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

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The m17 southbound lane gets the sos phones 22/07/17

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The m18 at caranavooduan looking towards rathmorrissy 22/12/1621/07/17

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The m17 at kileelaun 1km form tuam 12/06/1622/07/17

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Roadbridge work is now complete section between the burke and mountpotter roundabouts looking towards tuam 23/07/17(sorry if this a bit off topic)looking towards milltown

sdanseo

m17 wrote: »

Roadbridge work is now complete section between the burke and mountpotter roundabouts looking towards tuam 23/07/17(sorry if this a bit off topic)

Keeping the verge line on one side looks awful. Could they not have mirrored the tarmac (which presumably will be marked as a cycle lane)?

spacetweek

sdanseo wrote: »

Keeping the verge line on one side looks awful. Could they not have mirrored the tarmac (which presumably will be marked as a cycle lane)?

Good point.

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The last 1km of the m17 heading towards tuam 23/07/17 1kmkileelaun flyover800 metressign500 metres400 metres300 metressos phones200 metres60kmphend of motorway100 metreskilmore roundaboutkilmore roundaboutstart of the tuam bypass

Markiemarkso

L1011 wrote: »

Shannon is a terminal destination of the N19. Knock isn't a terminal destination.

Ireland West is a terminal destination of the R376, which is only 1 and a 1/4 mile long, from it's junction of the N17 to the gate of the airport.(so in effect a destination on the N17)
It's also the largest airport in Connaught. All the councils in Connaught make funding available to the airport to improve it, and by even just listing it as a destination on road signs it help advertise it, especially if people pass the signs every day, it becomes part of their consciousness, and can help improve business at the airport. Letterkenny is destination listed further up the N17 and to get to it you need to take N17, N4, N15, N13 and then N56. Maybe a review of how destinations are listed is in order

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End of the m17 at tuam 24/09/1624/07/17

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Direct route have issued there latest newsletterhttp://directroutegorttotuam.ie/newsletter.aspx

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Rathmorrissy 26/09/1624/07/17

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The footbridge at annagh hill 29/05/1625/07/17

spuddy

m17 wrote: »

Direct route have issued there latest newsletterhttp://directroutegorttotuam.ie/newsletter.aspx

Not opening until after the 10th September by the looks of things.

popa smurf

spuddy wrote: »

Not opening until after the 10th September by the looks of things.

Is that the bypass or the motorway, how many km ,Tuam to Limerick

m17

popa smurf wrote: »

Is that the bypass or the motorway, how many km ,Tuam to Limerick

The kilmore roundabout to Limerick is 115kms this sign is 1km south of the roundabout

plodder

L1011 wrote: »

Shannon is a terminal destination of the N19. Knock isn't a terminal destination.

Not sure I follow the logic there. Surely, airports are important destinations and should be sign-posted?

threeball

Have there been any official opening dates given yet even for sections of it?

L1011

plodder wrote: »

Not sure I follow the logic there. Surely, airports are important destinations and should be sign-posted?

There are rules about what appears on signs. Terminal destinations of routes are one thing that should always appear. Shannon Airport is the terminal destination of the n19, Knock is not a terminal destination of an N road

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The m17 part one 25/07/17 rathmorrissy the start of the m17castlelambert looking towards rathmorrissycastlelambert looking towards tuamcarthymore looking towards rathmorrissycarthymore looking towards tuamsheeaunpark looking towards rathmorrissysheeaunpark looking towards tuamkilkseagh looking towards rathmorrissykilkseagh looking towards tuamlaraghmore looking towards rathmorrissylaraghmore looking towards tuamannagh hill looking towards rathmorrissyannagh hill looking towards tuam

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The m17 part two 25/07/17 annagh hill footbridge looking towards rathmorrissyannagh hill footbridge looking towards tuambrockagh looking towards rathmorrissybrockagh looking towards tuamballinphuil looking towards rathmorrissyballinphuil looking towards tuamcloonkeen north looking towards rathmorrissycloonkeen north looking towards tuamcloondarone looking towards rathmorrissycloondarone looking towards tuamkilleelaun looking towards rathmorrissykilleelaun looking towards tuamkilmore roundabout

Czhornet

Great photos M17

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Progress report what's left to be done gort to coldwood 21kms langans section the have 12 kms of the wearing course done on the southbound lane, and 16kms of the wearing course done on the northbound lane,coldwood to the abbert river 21kms sisk section sisk have the wearing course done on the last 5kms of the m18 also rathmorrissy is now complete,they started the m17 northbound lane they have 6kms to do should be finished by Saturday and that will be the m17 finished, abbert river to the kilmore roundabout 11 kms roadbridge section that's all done now,the tuam bypass all that has to done is tighten that chicken wire move those concrete barriers and let us on as of the 25/07/17 hope you have enjoyed the pics and updates over the last 2 and half years, yours m17

Pereplyotchik

m17 wrote: »

Progress report what's left to be done gort to coldwood 21kms langans section the have 12 kms of the wearing course done on the southbound lane, and 16kms of the wearing course done on the northbound lane,coldwood to the abbert river 21kms sisk section sisk have the wearing course done on the last 5kms of the m18 also rathmorrissy is now complete,they started the m17 northbound lane they have 6kms to do should be finished by Saturday and that will be the m17 finished, abbert river to the kilmore roundabout 11 kms roadbridge section that's all done now,the tuam bypass all that has to done is tighten that chicken wire move those concrete barriers and let us on as of the 25/07/17 hope you have enjoyed the pics and updates over the last 2 and half years, yours m17

What? are you suggesting that they're opening up the bypass?

wotzgoingon

Pereplyotchik wrote: »

What? are you suggesting that they're opening up the bypass?

No afaik he is just saying they could open it if they wanted to as it is as good as finished.

Pereplyotchik

knew it was too good to be true....

I drive past it every day... it's so close ...

road_high

Pereplyotchik wrote: »

What? are you suggesting that they're opening up the bypass?

Don't be talking common sense...better to leave it idle there for two months as it's handier for the contract arrangements :rolleyes:
...as the country groans under an infrastructural deficit and needs every bit of new Motorway possible- open.

spacetweek

m17 wrote: »

carthymore looking towards tuam

A direct access to a field there. Hopefully it's for emergency use only.

BelfastVanMan

spacetweek wrote: »

m17 wrote: »

carthymore looking towards tuam

A direct access to a field there. Hopefully it's for emergency use only.

Yeah, looks like a similar one on the M6 near Ballinasloe.

marno21

BelfastVanMan wrote: »

Yeah, looks like a similar one on the M6 near Ballinasloe.

There's plenty of these on long stretches without junctions for emergency access, similar to the one on the N6 near Ballinasloe and there's several on the M7 PPP which has around 20km between junctions.

marno21

Locals up in arms about lack of signposting of small villages at Annagh Hill interchange

http://connachttribune.ie/communities-arms-lack-signposting-333/