josip wrote: » Are we unique in Ireland that we build our roads as a series of bypasses only proceeding with the next part when the bottleneck problem reaches significant proportions?
spacetweek wrote: » ...Those N11 segments are not referred to by those names. ...
loyatemu wrote: » I thought Ferns was being done as part of the enniscorthy bypass - maybe I'm wrong.
mike65 wrote: » Ferns is only 9-10 km away so it is proberly part of the Enniscorthy by-pass. Mike.
PoolDude wrote: » The enniscorthy bypass goes north as far as Scarawalsh, which I think is roughly where the turn of for the N80 Bunclody road is. That would mean Ferns and Camolin are not bypassed. The current plan is also for the the Enniscorthy bypass to be wide two lane, so it will not be dual carriageway.
josip wrote: » Referred to by who? The wiki page I linked to uses those names and while wikipedia is not a peer reviewed source, the information contained usually reflects commonly used nomenclature. Also just looking at the first 3 posts on this thread.
Cookiemunster wrote: » They may have been built under these names, but they are now just sections of the M11.
jca wrote: » Western Parkway, God that brings back memories. Remember the big sign, Now the west is won, as you drove off into the evening sun, exciting times!!
vicwatson wrote: » Never, they are and always will be refered to as Gorey/Arklow/Bray etc etc by pass
Chris_5339762 wrote: » Us roads nerds will always use "Bypass", cos thats what they were built as. That and "M11 gap".
Reuben1210 wrote: » Wrong. Over time they will be known as "the M11 near bray/Arklow/Enniscorthy";)
vicwatson wrote: » Over time? The bray by pass (there you go) is built maybe 20 years and still being referred by all I know as the bray by pass, as is the arklow by pass
jca wrote: » I went up past the Moyne nursing home heading for ballyorril yesterday. You can really see it taking shape in the new Ross direction, the amount of soil that's been removed is huge. I'll try and get a pic but it's difficult to get a good vantage point without being flattened.
kneemos wrote: » A bit of concrete in place. Not entirely sure what they're for,there's a tiny stream to the left where the black fencing is but it's only a trickle. The whole thing is being overpassed anyway as there is a road beside it.
daraghwal wrote: » These are all over the place. They are there to divert rivers and streams away from the motorway/underpasses etc. Why so high? So bats can get out if it floods... Here if you don't believe me!http://www.batconservationireland.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/BCI_Guidelines_waterways.pdf
kneemos wrote: » Seems like a mighty expense to accommodate a few little critters. Back in the day it would have been piped and forgotten about.
daraghwal wrote: » Yep, they do that for the bats and can't even give a smaller one to the farmers who are lucky to get an underpass without being able to drive a tractor through it!
Reuben1210 wrote: » Are we sure this isn't one for the farmers?
spacetweek wrote: » Welcome to 2016. I think the M1 in England cost a million pounds back in the day, even adjusted for inflation that's practically nothing.
loyatemu wrote: » built by Irish navvies who lived in caravans onsite. Different times.
jca wrote: » For far better money though, many of them left the factories to work the roads. Many are telling me that bam are paying €9 per hour, take it or leave it.
