New Motorway to Dublin

lovelyhome

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jondon

try it its easy just get on at the galway clinic and straight road to dublin, there is a toll near ballinasloe 1.80 euro , saves alot of time

Dr. Kenneth Noisewater

jondon wrote: »

try it its easy just get on at the galway clinic and straight road to dublin, there is a toll near ballinasloe 1.80 euro , saves alot of time

Sorry to be pedantic but the toll is actually 1.90!

But yeah it does save a lot of time, you're crossing the shannon before you know it.

I spun of the feker in the bad weather so out of my times on it, 2 were excellent and 1 scared the life out of me.. Great road, Athlone feels like no distance away.

bonzodog2

deccurley wrote: »

Not to be pedantic but the toll is actually 1.90!

But yeah it does save a lot of time, you're crossing the shannon before you know it.

Actually that is being pedantic. And factual. Not that I mind ...

Acoshla

I drive the Galway/Athlone stretch almost everyday, driving to Dublin this evening, it's great, and properly signposted, an uncommon thing on Irish roads.

I find the people at the Toll Plaza at Cappataggle so friendly as well, I pass through there at least 8 times a week and every time I get a friendly hello and a bit of chat, nice to meet happy people halfway through my journey!

dafunk

There is no possible way to get lost. It's one straight road the whole way to city centre.

pjmn

It's great - Knocknacarra to car park in Dublin Airport in 2 hours 10 mins - heaven....

fergiesfolly

Its a fantastic bit of tarmac. But I grind my teeth every time I pass the TOLL booth. Its not right. Not right at all.

fergiesfolly

Its a fantastic bit of tarmac. But I grind my teeth every time I pass the TOLL booth. Its not right. Not right at all.

hoody

fergiesfolly wrote: »

Its a fantastic bit of tarmac. But I grind my teeth every time I pass the TOLL booth. Its not right. Not right at all.

? It was hardly ever going to be free, was it?

LeBash

hoody wrote: »

? It was hardly ever going to be free, was it?

I think they fact we pay road tax, that is way over the odds, should mean its free. Seen as that money is certainly not going into maintaining the roads, it should be used for free shinny new ones

Bummer

Spadina wrote: »

I drive the Galway/Athlone stretch almost everyday, driving to Dublin this evening, it's great, and properly signposted, an uncommon thing on Irish roads.

I find the people at the Toll Plaza at Cappataggle so friendly as well, I pass through there at least 8 times a week and every time I get a friendly hello and a bit of chat, nice to meet happy people halfway through my journey!

They are all dead on at it...always a smile for ya...

Also when u mentioned tarmac There seems to be a different surface from balinasloe to athlone...I prefare the balinasloe to Galway city tarmac...Reason been is the water seems to Soak of better from balinsloe to Galway...Anyone else notice this on a really wet day!!

connemara man

deccurley wrote: »

Sorry to be pedantic but the toll is actually 1.90!

But yeah it does save a lot of time, you're crossing the shannon before you know it.

what are the tolls all the way to dublin?

biko

The tolls are €7.80 one way apparently.
More info in this thread.

Magnus

Magnus wrote: »

The tolls are €7.80 one way apparently.
More info in this thread.

Is it not €4.80 in tolls to Dublin city one way?

Dr. Kenneth Noisewater

connemara man wrote: »

what are the tolls all the way to dublin?

If you're going to Dublin city centre from Galway its €1.90 at Cappataggle, then a further €2.90 at Enfield, giving you a total of €4.80 - if you're going to the airport via the M50 it's another 3.00 giving you a total of €7.80 (assuming you're driving a regular car and that you're not registered with e-flow for the M50 toll bridge).

biko

€1.90 near Ballinasloe and €2.90 on the M4 Kinnegad toll, actually that's 4.80 yeah. Think I included the M50 toll up to the airport.

connemara man

thanks for your swift replies

trish23

Bummer wrote: »

They are all dead on at it...always a smile for ya...

Also when u mentioned tarmac There seems to be a different surface from balinasloe to athlone...I prefare the balinasloe to Galway city tarmac...Reason been is the water seems to Soak of better from balinsloe to Galway...Anyone else notice this on a really wet day!!

Yes, I definately noticed this. The 'grip' from Ballinasloe-Athlone is not as good as Athlone-Dublin. Glad to hear that Galway-Ballinasloe is better as I haven't been on it yet. I never feel as safe on the Bal-Ath stretch & I can hear it in the tyres.

lovelyhome

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Dr. Kenneth Noisewater

lovelyhome wrote: »

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You can exit at 19 different junctions on the motorway, including Athenry, Loughrea, 2 exits for Ballinasloe, 6 exits for Athlone, one for Moate and so on.

markhf

Exactly where is the entrance to the motorway in the city?

Victor

Either the Coolagh roundabout by the Galway clinic on the N6 or the N18 by the airport.

Shinto

Here's the satellite imagery...(although the picture is a good few months old so the entrance is only being built. But you can see where the clinic down the road is).

http://www.wikimapia.org/#lat=53.2857425&lon=-8.9785767&z=15&l=0&m=s&v=9

witnessmenow

Bummer wrote: »

They are all dead on at it...always a smile for ya...

Also when u mentioned tarmac There seems to be a different surface from balinasloe to athlone...I prefare the balinasloe to Galway city tarmac...Reason been is the water seems to Soak of better from balinsloe to Galway...Anyone else notice this on a really wet day!!

trish23 wrote: »

Yes, I definately noticed this. The 'grip' from Ballinasloe-Athlone is not as good as Athlone-Dublin. Glad to hear that Galway-Ballinasloe is better as I haven't been on it yet. I never feel as safe on the Bal-Ath stretch & I can hear it in the tyres.

Your definitely not going crazy anyways, infact its very well observed they are built by two different companies

Galway -> Balinasloe stretch was build by a Joint Venture Called M6 Construction (or something like that), consisting of Hegarthy Construction and two spanish companies.

Ballinasloe to Athlone stretch was built by a different Joint Venture called Siac-Wills, consisting of Siac construction and Wills bros engineering (i think thats their name anyways)

Mrs OBumble

lovelyhome wrote: »

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I'm guessing you mean getting nervous as soon as you hit Dublin city centre. Can kinda sympathise, but it still wouldn't put me off doing the trip (if I had a car )


Anyone know if there's a updated edition of the Ordinance Survey (or anyone else's, for that matter) printed road maps. On-line is fine for sitting at home, but an up-to-date ish book is really comforting one the road. I had to get from Dublin up to Rush 12 months ago, and as my partner was car-sick he didn't want to go on the M50. 'Twas a nightmare trying to figure out where to go instead.

kinetic

lovelyhome wrote: »

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Please God ,tell me your joking?

pdiddy

Galway -> Balinasloe stretch was build by a Joint Venture Called M6 Construction (or something like that), consisting of Hegarthy Construction and two spanish companies.

just to clarify hegarty constuction had nothing to do with the road construction they were just over the building of the toll plaza

KevR

Got a few pictures last week between Doughiska and Athenry. Picture quality isn't the best because the light was poor and it was sleeting.

As people have already said, the surface on the Galway-Ballinasloe stretch is noticeably better than Ballinasloe-Athlone (and most other sections of motorway & other types of road in the country). Galway-Ballinasloe is a lot flatter and has less curves than Ballinasloe-Athlone also.

KevR wrote: »

Click thumbnails for full size images.

Heading East from Doughiska to Athenry.

Doughiska:



Rock cutting near Doughiska:


Signage approaching Junction 19/start of motorway:



Getting nearer J19:



At Junction 19/start of motorway:


Ice warning VMS and SOS phone + destination signage:



Wide median section + wide bridge over wide median section:


Heading East:

KevR

And some more:

KevR wrote: »

And some more heading East.

Approaching Junction 17 (Athenry):


Approaching Junction 17 (Athenry):


End of Motorway at Athenry:

CrowdedHouse

Why does the photo caption say Junction 18 but the signposts show 17 ?

KevR

lovelyhome wrote: »

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Open Street Map is up to date for the M6/M4 Galway-Dublin route. Can see junction numbers and layouts on it. The only thing to bear in mind about Open Street Map is that, while it is very up to date for major roads such as motorways, it's not up to date for some minor routes.

KevR

CrowdedHouse wrote: »

Why does the photo caption say Junction 18 but the signposts show 17 ?

Woops! That's my mistake. That is infact Junction 17. Junction 18 doesn't exist yet. J18 will be the M6 junction with the M17/M18 at Rathmorrissey when they eventually get built.

DD67

As a matter interest any reason why the access road on/off the M6 at athenry is such poor quality particularly between the first and third roundabouts coming out of Athenry (behind Joyces supermarket).At first i though it was a temporary dressing but its road marked and has cats eyes down so it must be permanent. As someone who drives a bike i find this road surface very dangerous in the wet.

KevR

DD67, I'm not sure on this but I think that might actually only be a temporary surface because there seemed to be temporary roadwork style speed limit signs rather than permanent ones.
They're in the process of building a second link road over to the Derrydonnell side of the town. I'm guessing that when the second link road is open, they will be able to put a permanent surface down on the existing one without causing major disruption. The existing link road probably had to be rushed so they could get the main motorway open on the 18th of December. During the floods, when there was the emergency opening of the motorway, people couldn't get on or off the motorway at Athenry - I assume because the existing link road wasn't ready at the time.