N25/N30 - New Ross Bypass [open to traffic]

riddlinrussell · 10-12-2018 12:35pm

Looks like they have the first cables installed from the video M17 posted, good to see!

toof · 12-12-2018 12:27am

There are lots of pictures and videos of the bridge on the insta_mavic Facebook page and YouTube page. Some have been posted here with the watermark cropped off. Credit should be given to the photographers of all photographs.

https://www.facebook.com/instamavic/

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCb9HdOgppFptbqzwVniVHTQ

Azatadine · 12-12-2018 10:23pm

The new roundabout on the Wexford side was in use this evening.

alta stare · 13-12-2018 9:53am

josip wrote: »

Not being smart, but zero saving on that route at non-peak times.

I reckon avoiding New Ross will save 10 mins.

serfboard · 13-12-2018 6:53pm

There are great views available now of this project on Google Maps (Satellite) - including junctions.

Chris_5339762 · 13-12-2018 7:59pm

alta stare wrote: »

I reckon avoiding New Ross will save 10 mins.

At off-peak times I'd say 10 mins is about right. Peak times would be 20 - 30 I'd say.

Youghal bridge next please, thats gonna be my next pet project!

m17 · 13-12-2018 8:14pm

The barrow crossing 09/12/18 the cable tower is starting to take shape pic fb page

toof · 14-12-2018 12:32am

m17 wrote: »

The barrow crossing 09/12/18 the cable tower is starting to take shape pic fb page

From which fb page?

m17 · 14-12-2018 8:46pm

The barrow crossing 11/12/18

toof · 14-12-2018 9:54pm

m17 wrote: »

The barrow crossing 11/12/18

This picture along with the last you posted were taken on the 4th of December. Credit to insta_mavic for both.

https://www.facebook.com/instamavic/photos/pcb.2395195700701387/2395194030701554/?type=3&theater

josip · 15-12-2018 12:28am

toof wrote: »

This picture along with the last you posted were taken on the 4th of December. Credit to insta_mavic for both.

https://www.facebook.com/instamavic/photos/pcb.2395195700701387/2395194030701554/?type=3&theater

Open to correction but I thought m17 and insta_mavic were one and the same?

toof · 15-12-2018 12:45am

josip wrote: »

Open to correction but I thought m17 and insta_mavic were one and the same?

m17 is not associated with insta_mavic. There are plenty of photographs on here with the insta_mavic watermark removed and no credit given. Link to all original photographs and dates they were taken in the link below.

https://www.facebook.com/instamavic/

m17 · 16-12-2018 2:33pm

Here's a project they are doing in China

Cookiemunster · 16-12-2018 2:59pm

I don't see how a suspension bridge in China is in any way relevant to the extradosed N25 bridge. They are completely different bridge types.

m17 · 16-12-2018 4:18pm

The rfk bridge pic on Twitter

alta stare · 16-12-2018 6:54pm

Cookiemunster wrote: »

I don't see how a suspension bridge in China is in any way relevant to the extradosed N25 bridge. They are completely different bridge types.

Unless of course it is BAM constructing it then it could be said to be relevant. Doubt it is BAM though.

m17 · 20-12-2018 4:13pm

The barrow crossing

alta stare · 20-12-2018 7:04pm

Looks like there is still a good bit of surfacing works left on the New Ross side.

NedNew2 · 26-12-2018 3:24pm

Some photos of the new bypass. The roundabouts are open at the N30 to Enniscorthy, N25 to Wexford and N25 to Waterford at Glenmore. These photos were taken mostly between Ballymacar (N25 to Wexford) and the R733.

The direction sign on the last photo says 'Next exit 2km' (which would be at Camblin, R733) with destinations of Arthurstown, New Ross and 'Port'.

Also the road between Ballymacar N25 and the N30 at the Tramps Heartbreak appears to be dual carriageway. I had thought this was only to be single carriageway (I was obviously wrong but it's a pleasant surprise).

alta stare · 26-12-2018 3:27pm

Surprised at the small barrier between carriages.

tonc76 · 26-12-2018 8:21pm

alta stare wrote: »

Surprised at the small barrier between carriages.

Surprised how?

BelfastVanMan · 26-12-2018 9:22pm

tonc76 wrote: »

alta stare wrote: »

Surprised at the small barrier between carriages.

Surprised how?

Seems like every other Type 2 dc..

eagerv · 26-12-2018 10:10pm

Is the hard shoulder normally that narrow on non motorway dual carriageways?

L1011 · 26-12-2018 10:20pm

There is no hard shoulder at all on T2

allthedoyles · 26-12-2018 11:19pm

Today at the Pink Rock

alta stare · 27-12-2018 12:05am

tonc76 wrote: »

Surprised how?

I havent seen such a small barrier on a dual carraigeway before. Iv travelled many and they usually have the concrete median as does the nearest DC of that type which is the Waterford bypass.

MichealD · 27-12-2018 12:20am

NedNew2 wrote: »

Also the road between Ballymacar N25 and the N30 at the Tramps Heartbreak appears to be dual carriageway. I had thought this was only to be single carriageway (I was obviously wrong but it's a pleasant surprise).

It’s all dual carriageway bar the 1.2km section from the N30 tie in to the Corcoran Cross roundabout which is now open.

Chris_5339762 · 27-12-2018 12:48am

alta stare wrote: »

I havent seen such a small barrier on a dual carraigeway before. Iv travelled many and they usually have the concrete median as does the nearest DC of that type which is the Waterford bypass.

Waterford bypass is Type 1 (basically motorway), and they have to have concrete medians now. (The M6 Ballinasloe to Athlone was built with a crash barrier and the then-NRA flipped the lid and insisted on it being concrete in the future)

New Ross bypass is Type 2, also known as 2+2. Had no hard shoulders at all and has cheese wire grating or a crash barrier in the middle.

alta stare · 27-12-2018 1:08am

Chris_5339762 wrote: »

Waterford bypass is Type 1 (basically motorway), and they have to have concrete medians now. (The M6 Ballinasloe to Athlone was built with a crash barrier and the then-NRA flipped the lid and insisted on it being concrete in the future)

New Ross bypass is Type 2, also known as 2+2. Had no hard shoulders at all and has cheese wire grating or a crash barrier in the middle.

Is the road type not down to the layers used on the surface or does it factor in more than that? Obviously its not my line of work but it is what i have gathered from reading about the ongoing works on the bypass and also on the Waterford bypass. To me the type description is more down to with what the road was made of. Maybe i have misinterpreted it.

Irrespective of the above i still think having such small barriers separating a DC seems inadequate.

Charles Babbage · 27-12-2018 1:13am

alta stare wrote: »

Is the road type not down to the layers used on the surface or does it factor in more than that? Obviously its not my line of work but it is what i have gathered from reading about the ongoing works on the bypass and also on the Waterford bypass. To me the type description is more down to with what the road was made of. Maybe i have misinterpreted it.

Irrespective of the above i still think having such small barriers separating a DC seems inadequate.

This type of road is an alternative to the wide single carriageway with shoulders of old. These routes are not very busy, there is a limited to what provision is reasonable.

N25/N30 - New Ross Bypass [open to traffic]

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