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

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KILTIERNAN 05/01/18

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The tuam bypass at the Kilcloghans flyover looking towards the ballygaddy road flyover 17/04/1707/01/18Kilcloghans flyover looking towards the mountpotter roundabout 17/04/1707/01/18

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Mahangh bridge on the m17 14/06/1508/01/18

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The m17 at sheeaunpark 02/02/1707/01/18

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RATHMORRISSY 26/09/1529/11/17

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The ballygaddey road flyover on the tuam bypass 20/10/1606/01/18

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The flyover at Kilcloghans on the tuam bypass 05/09/1608/02/1713/04/1710/01/18

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The m17 at cloonkeen north 19/08/1526/09/17

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The tuam bypass 09/01/18

Sam Russell

I was down in Galway yesterday and was on the M6 at J19 about 5 pm just where the motorway starts. I was surprised at how heavy the traffic was going towards Dublin, but more surprised at how little turned off at Rathmorrisey, and at how much turned off at J17 and J16 leaving very few going onto the tolled part.

Is there much traffic on the M17 or M18?

marno21

Sam Russell wrote: »

I was down in Galway yesterday and was on the M6 at J19 about 5 pm just where the motorway starts. I was surprised at how heavy the traffic was going towards Dublin, but more surprised at how little turned off at Rathmorrisey, and at how much turned off at J17 and J16 leaving very few going onto the tolled part.

Is there much traffic on the M17 or M18?

https://www.nratrafficdata.ie

All your questions answered there.

About 10k on the southernmost part of the M18 at Gort dropping to 7.5k below Tuam.

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The bat bridge on the m18 looking towards rathmorrissy 12/01/18looking towards gorttop of the bridgegort sideAriel view

Gwynston

What is access over the bat bridge for? It doesn't look like a roadway - is it just a local farmer's crossing?
Seems like an awful lot of work and expenditure for little worth.

AugustusMinimus

Sam Russell wrote: »

I was down in Galway yesterday and was on the M6 at J19 about 5 pm just where the motorway starts. I was surprised at how heavy the traffic was going towards Dublin, but more surprised at how little turned off at Rathmorrisey, and at how much turned off at J17 and J16 leaving very few going onto the tolled part.

Is there much traffic on the M17 or M18?

Is traffic not to be discussed on this forum?

Sam Russell

AugustusMinimus wrote: »

Is traffic not to be discussed on this forum?

Having spent many hundreds of millions on the M6 from Athlone to Galway, and many hundreds more on the M18 and M17, it is reasonable to discuss the volume of traffic using it now they are complete. The traffic counters linked by Marno21 were useful in showing such usage.

Traffic volumes, as in overall use, is obviously part of the infrastructure discussion. The discussion of driver behaviour or traffic incidents are more a Motoring subject.

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New sign at loughgeorge on the n83 13/01/18

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M18 junction 16 gort 13/01/18

marno21

m17 wrote: »

New sign at loughgeorge on the n83 13/01/18

Aside from having a national road from nowhere to Tuam which should not exist, the above sign is wrong. Regional roads are to be signed with the next destination, in this case either Turloughmore or Abbeyknockmoy. Should be R354 Turloughmore then (N63) Roscommon and (M17) Sligo/Tuam.

Same as R639 out of Cork is signed Glanmire, R445 out of Limerick signed Annacotty/Castleconnell, R526 out of Limerick signed Patrickswell etc

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marno21 wrote: »

Aside from having a national road from nowhere to Tuam which should not exist, the above sign is wrong. Regional roads are to be signed with the next destination, in this case either Turloughmore or Abbeyknockmoy. Should be R354 Turloughmore then (N63) Roscommon and (M17) Sligo/Tuam.

It should be r354 lackagh then (m17)sligo/tuam n63 roscommon sign at annagh hill where the r354 ends

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The bat bridge 31/10/1614/01/18

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The start of the tuam bypass at the kilmore roundabout looking at the cheese wire 12/01/18

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The m17 rathmorrissy to tuam

Spiller78

AugustusMinimus wrote: »

Is traffic not to be discussed on this forum?

Hi AugustusMinimus,
I got banned by Sam the moderator for talking traffic.
He is watching you.

marno21

marno21 wrote: »

Aside from having a national road from nowhere to Tuam which should not exist, the above sign is wrong. Regional roads are to be signed with the next destination, in this case either Turloughmore or Abbeyknockmoy. Should be R354 Turloughmore then (N63) Roscommon and (M17) Sligo/Tuam.

Same as R639 out of Cork is signed Glanmire, R445 out of Limerick signed Annacotty/Castleconnell, R526 out of Limerick signed Patrickswell etc

I would know and refer to that road as the Roscommon road. Is there a guideline size of town it should direct to?

Sam Russell

Spiller78 wrote: »

Hi AugustusMinimus,
I got banned by Sam the moderator for talking traffic.
He is watching you.

See post #8776 about traffic discussions.

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The m18 at kiltiernan 16/08/1615/01/18

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The m18 at coole demesne looking towards the bat bridge 17/01/18

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The m18 rathmorrissy to gort

paul2013

Why is the TII developing a policy of following the railway lines parallel to the (Ennis via Athenry Railway) New Motorways and Dual Carriageways across Ireland and how come Iarnrod Eireann or Irish Rail speed up their trains?
As you've to go out to Athenry to go to Limerick on the train as well as by car IF YOU want to go that way or else go by the old N18 which is faster if you go as far as Kiltiernan and join the Motorway at Exit 17.
The big junction at Rathmorrissey was the greatest waste of money I've ever seen, Very poor uptake on it

veryangryman

paul2013 wrote: »

Why is the TII developing a policy of following the railway lines parallel to the (Ennis via Athenry Railway) New Motorways and Dual Carriageways across Ireland and how come Iarnrod Eireann or Irish Rail speed up their trains?
As you've to go out to Athenry to go to Limerick on the train as well as by car IF YOU want to go that way or else go by the old N18 which is faster if you go as far as Kiltiernan and join the Motorway at Exit 17.
The big junction at Rathmorrissey was the greatest waste of money I've ever seen, Very poor uptake on it

Its for North-South traffic, not East-West. Links 2 of our busiest airports also and along with improvemenets further north (N17) would generate more use for a faster trip to North Connaught and Ulster.

Personally i can now travel Athlone to Cork in just over 2 hours using M6->M18->M20->N20. Roll on the M20 to make that < 2 hours.

Think big picture Officer.