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

Chris_5339762

Looks finished there can I drive it

Cookiemunster

Chris_5339762 wrote: »

Looks finished there can I drive it

I doubt the gaps have been filled yet. You can guarantee plenty of news coverage when the happens.

m17

The barrow crossing 27/06/19 (pic instragram)

m17

The barrow crossing 27/06/19 (pic instragram)

steeler j

I love the photos that are being taken , thanks to everyone who has taken and posted them ,much appreciated

blindsider

@m17 ...#1565 - what a great pic - really good!!

Are they ears of barley?

m17

The barrow crossing it's looking the part now (pic fb)

Hoof_Hearted

Lovely to finally see a continuous shadow, and reflection, on the water.

m17

The barrow crossing 01/07/19 (pics fb)

mikeymouse

Looking at pic 3 there, I'd say there was a fair cost incurred accommodating the disused railway, lowering the road and then bridging it.
But if and when the planned cycleway/greenway is completed it will be a nice trip .

my3cents

mikeymouse wrote: »

Looking at pic 3 there, I'd say there was a fair cost incurred accommodating the disused railway, lowering the road and then bridging it.
But if and when the planned cycleway/greenway is completed it will be a nice trip .

Useful map, switch on the satellite view (scroll down bottom left hand corner) and it puts the new bridge route and road into sharp relief, might be a while before the completed bridge itself shows up on the satellite view.

serfboard

my3cents wrote: »

Useful map, switch on the satellite view (scroll down bottom left hand corner) and it puts the new bridge route and road into sharp relief, might be a while before the completed bridge itself shows up on the satellite view.

Here you are:

my3cents

serfboard wrote: »

Here you are:

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Thanks but sorry I was referring to the road bridge and thinking back to the earlier discussion on the time the bridge will save. The map with the satellite along with the old track bed shows the N25 through New Ross and the new route using the bridge.

riddlinrussell

serfboard wrote: »

Here you are:

Thanks for this, I didn't realise they had actually put in a bridge for it! Good forward planning, a surprise for this country!

hi5

There should be a good view of the bridge from the railway bridge too which will add to the greenway experience.

prunudo

Will the n25 through New Ross be reassigned as the n30 or will it be detrunked when the bypass is finished?

fricatus

prunudo wrote: »

Will the n25 through New Ross be reassigned as the n30 or will it be detrunked when the bypass is finished?

(IIRC...)

The bypass will be N25 from the Kilkenny side (Glenmore) as far as where it joins the existing N25 on the Wexford side. Then, the bypass will continue as the N30, joining the existing N30 further north. The current N25 and N30 roads in the New Ross area will presumably then be detrunked.

veryangryman

fricatus wrote: »

(IIRC...)

The bypass will be N25 from the Kilkenny side (Glenmore) as far as where it joins the existing N25 on the Wexford side. Then, the bypass will continue as the N30, joining the existing N30 further north. The current N25 and N30 roads in the New Ross area will presumably then be detrunked.

I hope to gawd they don't do the clusterfk that is Galway's N83 redesignation of the old N17. if ever there was a fail, it was the pandering to local councils there.

The road through town should be an R road when the bypass is built. People should not be fooled into going into New Ross if it is not their destination.

marno21

The existing N25 and N30 will become either local or regional roads after the bypass opens. I’d imagine the N25 will become an R road and the N30 either an R road or an L road

The N30 detrunking at Enniscorthy may provide some insight on this

skodacb

prunudo wrote: »

Will the n25 through New Ross be reassigned as the n30 or will it be detrunked when the bypass is finished?

Detrunked from the national road network. It'll be reassigned as the R723 once open, from the Glenmore roundabout to the Ballymacar roundabout.

The same goes for the N30 that starts at the N25/N30 roundabout near Tesco out as far as the new Corcorans Cross roundabout, I can't remember it's new regional road number.

Whatever about the N30 being reduced to 80km/h from the current 100km/h limit from the ferry bridge to Corcorans Cross, I personally don't think the Glenmore to New Ross section should be reduced to 80.

prunudo

Thanks for the answers, just looking on google maps, I hadn't realised that there was a new portion of N30 included in this scheme.

m17

The rfk bridge 01/07/19 (pic n25 on twitter )

It's hard to imagine the level of expertise you'd need to be the brains behind the bridge. The responsibility is enormous. I know it's a team effort but still.... I wouldn't be able to sleep at night worrying that I'd slip up somewhere. I have massive respect for the engineers who head up projects like it.

gman2k

mikeymouse wrote:

Looking at pic 3 there, I'd say there was a fair cost incurred accommodating the disused railway, lowering the road and then bridging it. But if and when

The road was lowered in that location to get a lower level on the Glenmore roundabout junction. Cuts of that size are not a big deal anymore.

rekdtangle

mikeymouse wrote: »

Looking at pic 3 there, I'd say there was a fair cost incurred accommodating the disused railway, lowering the road and then bridging it.
But if and when the planned cycleway/greenway is completed it will be a nice trip .

The road would have been cut into the side of that hill regardless. The rock was needed out at Corcorans cross. Also the bog before it was a nightmare to build on, would have been a disaster trying to raise the ground any further there to keep the grade and the additional work that would have been required on the approach to the roundabout.

Silent Running

Today at Pink Rock.

spacetweek

Has a revised opening date been issued? Or would anyone like to hazard a guess?

CoBo55

spacetweek wrote: »

Has a revised opening date been issued? Or would anyone like to hazard a guess?

November is being bandied about by a few working on the site.

marno21

spacetweek wrote: »

Has a revised opening date been issued? Or would anyone like to hazard a guess?

The most precise official published date is Q4. Its guesswork or rumour beyond that

Kirbstone

I would like to echo and second Inthehat's remarks about the incredible knowledge and specialist expertise level achieved by the designers and constructors of such a breath-taking project as the RFK bridge.
Certainly at age 77 I am unlikely to see another such infrastructure project in Ireland in my lifetime and I very much look forward to getting down there to see it with my own eyes.

Thanks also to the contributors who have submitted a veritable deluge of pictures of the bridge &c.

Tom K.