M17/M18 - Gort to Tuam [open to traffic]

marno21

m17 wrote: »

Those signs are 1.5kms south of rathmorissy,sisk is the only section that has those signs so the will have to change them all rathmorissy to coldwood which is 5kms 18 in total

Sound. They'll all be changed so unless there's some other reason behind them being wrong (perhaps the equivilant signs on the M18 approaching Gort are off and they don't want to have to change all the signs from Gort to Limerick).

serfboard

marno21 wrote: »

unless there's some other reason behind them being wrong

<speculation>Could it be that they were originally measuring the distance all the way to Oranmore where the M18 on its own would have terminated?</speculation>

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The m18 part two 13/06/17 kiltiernan looking towards gortkiltiernan looking towards rathmorrisyturloughtrassa looking towards gortturloughtrassa looking towards rathmorrisyrinn looking towards gortrinn looking towards rathmorrisyparknacappul looking towards gortparknacappul looking towards rathmorrisycoldwood looking towards gortcoldwood looking towards rathmorrisygortroerathmorissyend of the m18 and the start of the m17

glineli

Any idea when they will start the wearing course on M18?

m17

glineli wrote: »

Any idea when they will start the wearing course on M18?

The have 6kms of the southbound lane done

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The m17 14/06/17 the m17 25.5kms sisk/roadbridge have 19kms of the wearing course done on the southbound lane and 10kms done on the northbound lane

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The tuam bypass 15/06/17 the kilmore roundaboutstart of the bypasswier road underpassballygaddy road junctionballygaddy road flyover looking towards the kilmore roundaboutballygaddy road flyover looking towards kilcloghanskilcloghans flyover looking towards ballygaddy road flyoverkilcloghans looking towards the mountpotter roundaboutend of bypassthe mountpotter roundabout

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RATHMORISSY 15/06/17

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The m17 at laraghmore looking towards rathmorrisy they have started painting the northbound lane 16/06/17laraghmore looking towards tuamthey have 19kms of the southbound lane done and 12kms of the northbound lane done as of the 16/06/17

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The m18 at coldwood langans are marking the motorway for the line painting 16/06/17

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The m17 at cloondarone looking towards rathmorrisy 17/06/17cloondarone looking towards tuamkilleelaun looking towards rathmorrisykilleelaun looking towards tuamthe kilmore roundaboutthe m17 25.5kms they have 19kms of the wearing course done on the southbound lane,and they have 16kms of the wearing course done on the northbound lane roadbridge have 3kms left to do should be done by next Wednesday and the two roundabouts by Friday week

Middle Man

Great updates by M17.

Great progress it has to be said!

road_high

When's the lot due to open?

m17

road_high wrote: »

When's the lot due to open?

The 3rd of November 2017 roll on, but the official opening will be Feb 18 all the guys will be off site by the 8th of September and the it's handed over to the tii who will be road testing for 8 weeks as this is a ppp the money won't be available until then

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Galway to tuam around rathmorissy m6/slip road/ via roundabout/slip road /m17 part one 18/06/17234567891011

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Part two 1213141516171819

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RATHMORISSY 18/10/1618/06/17

It looks like the roundabout is simply going to be used as a standard roundabout, ti would have been better if they were going to mark it as a freeflow weaving interchange.

D Trent

[Deleted User] wrote: »

It looks like the roundabout is simply going to be used as a standard roundabout, ti would have been better if they were going to mark it as a freeflow weaving interchange.

Unfortunately Irish drivers just aren't ready for that.

gammygils

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Killaloonty Tuam

gammygils

And IMG_20170618_200029.jpg

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Annagh hill 19/06/15looking towards rathmorrisy 19/06/17looking towards tuamrathmorissy 13kmsslip road wearing course doneto the nearest SOS phone

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The m17 at Bauilphuil corofin 19/02/1619/06/17just the line painting and the cats eyes on the northbound lane left to be done and the sos phones and that's it

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The m17 at castlelambert looking towards rathmorrisy 19/06/17castlelambert looking towards tuamthe m17 25.5kms roadbridge will be finished the wearing course on there section by Wednesday and that will be 19kms done, then sisk will have do the wearing course on the northbound and southbound lanes on the first 6.5kms

Middle Man

gammygils wrote: »

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Killaloonty Tuam

It appears that the tensile steel wire remains to be fully tensioned.

PS. Very nice pictures of the Tuam Bypass!

Middle Man

m17 wrote: »

<snip>looking towards rathmorrisy 19/06/17looking towards tuam<snip>

It's seriously getting very real now!

Great pictures! Just as well - it's a real pity that Robert Lally hasn't posted any recent videos of his drone footage.

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The m17 at laraghmore looking towards tuam 19/06/17laraghmore looking towards rathmorrisy

Benbecul97

Deleted User wrote: »

It looks like the roundabout is simply going to be used as a standard roundabout, ti would have been better if they were going to mark it as a freeflow weaving interchange.

D Trent wrote: »

Unfortunately Irish drivers just aren't ready for that.

Many of them aren't ready for standard roundabouts! :pac:

m17

end of the m17 at tuam 20/06/17kilmore roundaboutkilmore roundaboutclaregalway sidestart of the tuam bypass

Benbecul97

m17 wrote: »

end of the m17 at tuam 20/06/17kilmore roundabout

Not a very streamlined finish between the red brick and central barrier. Looks shoddy. Surely a potential hazard for North-bound traffic?