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Route of the N52 Tullamore Bypass??

  • 23-10-2009 12:44pm
    #1
    lucernarian
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    Hey guys, I can't find a map of this on the NRA website. Has there been any posted here on boards before?


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  • #2
    munchkin_utd
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    from scheme webpage (crap map though)
    http://www.wccprojectoffice.ie/new/scheme.asp?schemeId=10

    tullamoremap.jpg

    EDIT:
    heres the proper 1mb pdf version of the map
    http://www.offaly.ie/eng/Services/Roads/N52_Tullamore_Bypass/Map_of_Tullamore.pdf


  • #3
    lucernarian
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    Cheers, much obliged.


  • #4
    Chris_533976
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    Seven roundabouts. Challenging Galway this one is.


  • #5
    SeanW
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    munchkin_utd wrote: »
    tullamoremap.jpg
    :mad: Mother of God, is there some law than when surveying for a bypass, the NRA has to pick the most indirect, roundabout laden circumnavigation possible? That bypass looks like it's about twice the length it needs to be if sent East of the town.


  • #6
    Chris_533976
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    By the looks of it they wanted to hook up with the N80 going south and got stuck with a lake and a bog.


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  • #7
    L1011
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    SeanW wrote: »
    :mad: Mother of God, is there some law than when surveying for a bypass, the NRA has to pick the most indirect, roundabout laden circumnavigation possible? That bypass looks like it's about twice the length it needs to be if sent East of the town.

    It had to pick up the N80 also, and bypass Mucklagh. This looks like the most direct route that gives both the N52 and N80 a bypass of Tullamore and the N52 a bypass of Mucklagh.


  • #8
    medoc
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    MYOB wrote: »
    It had to pick up the N80 also, and bypass Mucklagh. This looks like the most direct route that gives both the N52 and N80 a bypass of Tullamore and the N52 a bypass of Mucklagh.


    That is also quite an old map and the urban area marked on it is no where near the actual size of the town. The road practically touches the edge of the buildings along most of the route from before the N80 Portlaoise road to the Link with the western relief road and is also close along the other sections. One of the original proposals was to bypass Mucklagh on the South / East side as opposed to the chosen route. The online upgrade section in front of the castle between Mucklagh and town was the compromoise which resulted in a more indirect bypass of mucklagh.

    http://archives.tcm.ie/businesspost/2000/11/12/story176240138.asp


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