M17/M18 - Gort to Tuam [open to traffic]

The m18 at kilternan 02/12/16 looking towards rathmorissylooking towards gort

m17 wrote: »

That 41km makers that's the length of the current m18,they have built 45.5kms of the m18,when fully opened it will be 73kms as far as rathmorissy,the 53 kms will be form the gort interchange j16 m18 to the kilmore roundabout j3 m17 and the tuam bypass is 4.5kms

Ok, and according to wiki, the M17 section from Kilmore to Rathmorrissey is 25.5kms: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/N17_road_(Ireland)#Galway_to_Tuam_.28Motorway_-_Under_Construction.29

So based on what I've seen so far...
Kimore roundabout (Tuam) to Rathmorrissey interchange (just west of Athenry): 25.5kms (15 minutes or so)
Rathmorrissey to Coolagh roundabout: 13kms (7 minutes or so)
Total distance: 38.5 (23 min)


So about 23 minutes from the Kilmore roundabout to the Coolagh roundabout? That's not so bad. A good reason to avoid the N17. At rush hour it will probably still be a good idea to head for Cloonboo, or of course just hop on a bicycle at carnmore cross or claregalway and cycle through the traffic

(calculated roughly using google maps and the map here: http://www.directroutegorttotuam.ie/routemap.aspx)

Any idea when southern roundabout at Kiltiernan junction will be finished?

RATHMORRISY 05/12/16 the double slip road coming off the m6 gets its 2ND layer of tarmac the far lane for the m17 near lane for the m18

The m18 at raheen/kiltartan looking towards gort 05/12/16looking towards rathmorissyowenbristy looking towards gortlooking towards rathmorissy

RATHMORRISY 26/08/1526/08/16

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0Bxgpi7cNMlFVOVVKN1U1T20tZmM/view

The m18 at coldwood looking towards rathmorissy 09/12/16looking towards gortthe m18 finally get the jersey crash barrier

The kiltiernan interchange 27/10/16

wintear wrote: »

Looking at the above picture at Kiltiernan, where are the off ramps?

Am I missing something, there only appears to be on ramps. Or have lagan simply not built them yet?

They are right next to the on ramps.

The tuam bypass the foot bridge 11/12/16top of the ballygaddy flyover looking towards the kilmore roundaboutlooking towards Miltownkilcloghans looking towards kilmore roundaboutlooking towards milltownend of bypass

The tuam side of annagh hill on the m17 27/10/16the accommodation flyover at ballynasting on the m18 between rinn and turloughtrassa

Ariel view of the raheen/kiltartan flyover on the m18 28/10/1612/12/16

Sam Russell wrote: »

What is a bat bridge?

It allows bats to navigate over and back across the motorway to their roosting and feeding sites which are on both sides of the motorway