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

prunudo · 26-06-2019 7:34pm

m17 wrote: »

Panama

I see

steeler j · 26-06-2019 7:38pm

m17 wrote: »

They are taking off by crane then the finishing joint is put in place just like the altantic bridge

Thanks

spacetweek · 26-06-2019 10:41pm

m17 wrote: »

They are taking off by crane then the finishing joint is put in place just like the altantic bridge

I’m confused. Is that not the New Ross bridge? If it’s the Panama bridge it looks exactly like the NR one.

Joey Joe-Joe Jr · 26-06-2019 10:52pm

spacetweek wrote: »

I’m confused. Is that not the New Ross bridge? If it’s the Panama bridge it looks exactly like the NR one.

I think you should have gone to SpecSavers pal! ;-)

The Atlantic bridge is more than three times longer than the New Ross bridge at 2800 meters. It has two pylons with cable stays whereas the NR bridge has three. The pylons are taller so the angles of the cables are significantly different. The Atlantic Bridge has far more piers too.
A serious piece of engineering too. Not as serious as the Panama Canal though. Would love to go there some day.

Sam Russell · 26-06-2019 11:05pm

spacetweek wrote: »

I’m confused. Is that not the New Ross bridge? If it’s the Panama bridge it looks exactly like the NR one.

It is a suspension bridge, not an Extradose one. The towers are too tall to be Extradose. The deck is not mostly self supporting, so construction at the last phase would be different, I would think.

mikeymouse · 26-06-2019 11:23pm

Joey Joe-Joe Jr wrote: »

I think you should have gone to SpecSavers pal! ;-)

The Atlantic bridge is more than three times longer than the New Ross bridge at 2800 meters. It has two pylons with cable stays whereas the NR bridge has three. The pylons are taller so the angles of the cables are significantly different. The Atlantic Bridge has far more piers too.
A serious piece of engineering too. Not as serious as the Panama Canal though. Would love to go there some day.

Only two two pylons over the river, so he'd be forgiven for confusing the two.
At first glance I assumed it was it was NR one too , until the question was asked.

badgerbroc11 · 27-06-2019 7:09am

What's the estimated time saving for a commute from Enniscorthy to Waterford?

NedNew2 · 27-06-2019 7:35am

9 minutes

CoBo55 · 27-06-2019 9:15am

NedNew2 wrote: »

9 minutes

At the very least, no more 70km/h drivers from Corcoran's roundabout!!! Can't bloody wait.

loyatemu · 27-06-2019 9:27am

this + the Enniscorthy bypass should make the east coast route faster than the M9 for anyone going from south Dublin or north Wicklow to Waterford.

BelfastVanMan · 27-06-2019 9:49am

loyatemu wrote: »

this + the Enniscorthy bypass should make the east coast route faster than the M9 for anyone going from south Dublin or north Wicklow to Waterford.

Just needs the rest of the N30 realigned now, including a bypass of Clonroche, and job's a goodun'.

serfboard · 27-06-2019 12:42pm

loyatemu wrote: »

this + the Enniscorthy bypass should make the east coast route faster than the M9 for anyone going from south Dublin or north Wicklow to Waterford.

Might make an interesting experiment when these road schemes are finished to compare journey times from Sandyford to Waterford via M7/M9 Vs M11/N30.

loyatemu · 27-06-2019 2:08pm

Google reckons it's currently 10 mins faster from Dun Laoghaire via the M9; I'd expect the 2 new bypasses to more than cancel that out but you'd still have a fair bit of single carriageway road on the N11/N30/N25 route so more potential to be held up and/or die horribly in a head on crash (I hate those wide N roads).

fricatus · 27-06-2019 3:26pm

loyatemu wrote: »

(I hate those wide N roads).

I know exactly what you mean - they're a curse. Carriageway separation FTW.

marno21 · 27-06-2019 3:33pm

loyatemu wrote: »

Google reckons it's currently 10 mins faster from Dun Laoghaire via the M9; I'd expect the 2 new bypasses to more than cancel that out but you'd still have a fair bit of single carriageway road on the N11/N30/N25 route so more potential to be held up and/or die horribly in a head on crash (I hate those wide N roads).

Waterford-Glenmore should be up for doing in the next 6/7 years. The New Ross-Moneytucker N30 section is one of the few sections of national primary road not even in the Top 70 schemes at present.

Chris_5339762 · 27-06-2019 9:27pm

serfboard wrote: »

Might make an interesting experiment when these road schemes are finished to compare journey times from Sandyford to Waterford via M7/M9 Vs M11/N30.

I'm in Cobh, and have worked out that M11/N30 to say, Greystones is on par with M7/M8 once the NewRoss and Enniscorthy bits are done.

Traffic dependant of course. But the M11/N30 run is far, far more scenic.

loyatemu · 27-06-2019 9:53pm

Chris_5339762 wrote: »

I'm in Cobh, and have worked out that M11/N30 to say, Greystones is on par with M7/M8 once the NewRoss and Enniscorthy bits are done.

Traffic dependant of course. But the M11/N30 run is far, far more scenic.

problem with using that route to/from Cork is the number of towns and villages you still have to go through between Cork and Waterford. Lots of opportunities to get snared up.

Carawaystick · 28-06-2019 12:44am

loyatemu wrote: »

problem with using that route to/from Cork is the number of towns and villages you still have to go through between Cork and Waterford. Lots of opportunities to get snared up.

Some of the villages might Killeagh the average speed,
( really trying to showhorn some martyr ref here....)

28-06-2019 11:37am

Meanwhile in Italy...

https://www.rte.ie/news/world/2019/0628/1058955-genoa-bridge/

Chris_5339762 · 28-06-2019 9:00pm

loyatemu wrote: »

problem with using that route to/from Cork is the number of towns and villages you still have to go through between Cork and Waterford. Lots of opportunities to get snared up.

Oh for definite. Castlemartyr, Killeagh and Dungarvan. Late at night or first thing in the morning its a great route. 100kmh the whole way and straight through the middle of Dungarvan town which is shorter and skips seven of the nine roundabouts.