N69/N22/N70 Tralee Bypass

carchaeologist · 19-12-2011 11:52am

Some more shots from the Ballybreanagh/Knockwaddra crossing(no trespassing, i stood up on the gate!:))

Looking down towards Tralee/upper Ballybeggan. These are the from the same angles as the shots i posted earlier in the year.
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And the opposite side of the road looking north towards the N69.

You can see the access roads put in lately.

stevielenihan · 19-12-2011 8:06pm

Great pictures. They have a lot of work done there.

carchaeologist · 19-12-2011 9:05pm

stevielenihan wrote: »

They have a lot of work done there.

Lots more to do tho. At least its not -13 deg like this time last year.

stevielenihan · 20-12-2011 10:28pm

yep i know. They have piles of work to do yet

stevielenihan · 23-12-2011 10:38pm

When will the first edition of the tralee bypass newsletter be out?

Vain · 24-12-2011 5:00pm

Anyone see the Garda speed van out side this yesterday eve! Caught alot of people!:mad:

stevielenihan · 24-12-2011 8:09pm

Vain wrote: »

Anyone see the Garda speed van out side this yesterday eve! Caught alot of people!:mad:

where was the garda van located/

carchaeologist · 27-12-2011 10:06pm

Some more shots from the Ballybeggan road.

Looking North..
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Looking south..

stevielenihan · 01-01-2012 1:56pm

great pictures they have a nice bit a work done now at the middle of the road too

dmeehan · 11-01-2012 11:31am

They had a stop/go single line traffic for some work at the Ballybeggan Road bit the other morning, but was gone that evening.

ongarboy · 17-01-2012 1:08pm

just an update from the Kerry Co Co website on upcoming stage of the bypass construction
Temporary Closing of Roads - Knockawaddra

Released: 12 January 2012

KERRY COUNTY COUNCIL
TEMPORARY CLOSING OF ROADS
SECTION 75 OF ROADS ACT 1993

Notice is hereby given that, pursuant to Section 75 of the Roads Act 1993, and the Temporary Closing of Roads Regulations 1994, Kerry County Council has decided to close to public traffic the Local Road L-6510 (in the townland of Knockawaddra Middle, Tralee) to avoid major interface between construction plant and road users (General Public) and to facilitate the construction of the Knockwaddra Road Bridge on the N22/N69 Tralee Bypass Road Improvement Scheme for a period of five (5) consecutive months between the dates of Friday, 20th January 2012 and Friday, 22nd June 2012.

Gerard O’Brien/Gearóid Ó Briain
Acting SEO/Feidhmeannach Sinsearach Gníomhach
Corporate Affairs/Gnóthaí Corparáideacha

carchaeologist · 18-01-2012 1:23am

Good to see a move on with this. Will be a good photo opportunity over the next few months.

carchaeologist · 31-01-2012 1:04am

Road blocked to facilitate roadbridge construction in Knockwaddra middle. Photo taken from upper side

Ballybeggan Road crossing looking south. Much rockbreaking going on now.

And a shot over the fencing looking north up towards the planned roadbridge in Knockwaddra. Is this an underpass being constructed here?

I have recently picked up a new phone so the photo quality should be much improved from here on in..:)

dmeehan · 31-01-2012 5:29pm

@carchaeologist I think its a bridge over a stream???
There was a crane onsite here over the last couple of days and looks like they built a bridge over a stream. You can see it from the (existing) road.

carchaeologist · 08-02-2012 11:19am

That concrete structure in the above pictures has now been completed. Looked like they were filling in around it yesterday.

dmeehan · 08-02-2012 1:00pm

carchaeologist wrote: »

That concrete structure in the above pictures has now been completed. Looked like they were filling in around it yesterday.

will the junction here be on the Listowel side of this structure, or on the current road and will require another similar structure for the new road towards the IT?

carchaeologist · 09-02-2012 11:44pm

Pic from this week from the upper side of the Knockwaddra roadbridge roadblock. All the trees and vegetation has been cut down.

carchaeologist · 12-02-2012 10:47pm

Pic of the completed concrete structure today.
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dmeehan · 13-02-2012 3:52pm

Kerry County Council have informed us that the water supply to Kerry Technology Park and the Institute of Technology will be turned off tomorrow, Tuesday between the hours of 4pm and 9pm.

This is due to essential works on the new Tralee Bypass site, which is adjacent to the Park.

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ejmaztec · 13-02-2012 7:15pm

It was a bit of a mystery, seeing the work being done, and not seeing anything on the KCC site. It still doesn't appear in the "projects and schemes" section, and it's also strange that the work apparently commenced before someone found a biro for the contract.:pac:

The main road between Tralee and Listowel is set for a major facelift in the coming months. A 6.5 million euro contract to construct three-and-a-half kilometres of the N69 between the two north Kerry towns was signed this afternoon. Mayor of Kerry Tim Buckley signed the documents at Aras an Contae which will result in the realignment of the Rea to Tullig road. The work, which has already begun is being carried out by local contractors Allman Contracts Limited along with Mid-Cork Tarmacadam Limited. The project will see the construction of two-and-a-half kilometres of new road, with improvement works to an additional 1 kilometre of existing road. The project is expected to be completed in October.

http://www.radiokerry.ie/news/

carchaeologist · 16-02-2012 12:54am

Pipelaying yesterday under Killarney road where the new roundabout will be constructed shortly.

stevielenihan · 18-02-2012 6:18pm

when will work on the killarney road roundabout begin?

carchaeologist · 18-02-2012 7:48pm

stevielenihan wrote: »

when will work on the killarney road roundabout begin?

It already has. Parts of it are completed, just to do the centre of the road andd tarmac same.

carchaeologist · 18-02-2012 8:03pm

Pumps were turned off it seems on that culvert now that its completed, and the amount of water running through it can be seen now. I didnt realise there was so much!

And theres more digging going on in Knockwadddra, hard to tell from here how much of the road is taken away though. I took this pic by standing on the plastic bollards blocking the road.

stevielenihan · 19-02-2012 12:21am

Great pictures. How far will they dig down throught the fields?

Yakult · 19-02-2012 2:57am

Re: N69 Listowel road - Tralee.

Are they planning on widening it on some parts? I noticed alot of construction work while going into Tralee yesterday.

michael999999 · 19-02-2012 3:18am

The council need to have a word with the fencing contractors, seem to think they can park there trucks on the road as long as they have there hazards on.

They were dropping off fencing over the ditch on a pitch black evening on a couple of days this week, with a fellow in a luminous jacket trying to wave down oncoming traffic. No lights or signage. Its an accident waiting to happen.

This was where they started the new roadworks on the Listowel road, not the bypass that Bam are doing!

carchaeologist · 19-02-2012 10:56am

Yakult wrote: »

Re: N69 Listowel road - Tralee.

Are they planning on widening it on some parts? I noticed alot of construction work while going into Tralee yesterday.

Alllman construction are building a completely new road from just past Kilflynn junction heading towards Listowel to what I would call the Waterfall. They reckon it will be finished by October. I had a look on Thursday and there was lots of machinery there. Seems there is a big push on alright.

xxyyzz · 20-02-2012 1:59pm

carchaeologist wrote: »

Alllman construction are building a completely new road from just past Kilflynn junction heading towards Listowel to what I would call the Waterfall. They reckon it will be finished by October. I had a look on Thursday and there was lots of machinery there. Seems there is a big push on alright.

Thank Christ. Commuting on that road is going to drive me to drink. If anyone knows the oul lad who pulls out onto the main road from Kilflynn every morning around 8.20 in a blue vauxhall and plods into Tralee at 55kmph, can you please tell him he has a problem with his break lights - they are permanently on and nobody knows when he is slowing down. He's gonna cause an accident.

dmeehan · 21-02-2012 3:34pm

xxyyzz wrote: »

If anyone knows the oul lad who pulls out onto the main road from Kilflynn every morning around 8.20 in a blue vauxhall and plods into Tralee at 55kmph, can you please tell him he has a problem with his break lights - they are permanently on and nobody knows when he is slowing down. He's gonna cause an accident.

maybe thats why he only does 55

carchaeologist · 21-02-2012 11:36pm

Heres some shots of the Forge cross i took today. Trees are being cleared and im sure the old Forge has not long to live now...Its been a landmark for many years!

Afaik there will be a roundabout constructed here.
Looking down from the hill up towards the college.

The old Forge..

Crossroads looking from Tralee out the N69.

Tree clearance looking towards Tralee and up towards the college.

The old Forge looking up from behind.

stevielenihan · 11-03-2012 11:10am

great pictures

carchaeologist · 12-03-2012 12:08am

Pictures from this week..

Looking north again from the new culvert in Ballybeggan.

And there seems to be alot of progress on the bridge construction on Knockwaddra.

dmeehan · 12-03-2012 10:10am

its cool how the original road works signs are still up in place even though they are now after where the road is closed :-) looks funny

carchaeologist · 12-03-2012 11:11am

Yes, it is kinda funny. It appears they are starting to build the pillars for the bridge on the edges of the huge crater in the middle, hopefully the unusual spell of good weather is helping things along.

I see this thread is just about hitting the 20.000 views mark now. That's alot of views!!
Glad it's proving interesting to many of ye!

stevielenihan · 12-03-2012 6:01pm

are they starting to put down gravel on the bypass at balleybagen?

stevielenihan · 12-03-2012 10:48pm

stevielenihan wrote: »

are they starting to put down gravel on the bypass at balleybagen?

Well Carchaeologist we would be lost without you for taking the pictures. You take great pictures.

carchaeologist · 13-03-2012 12:42am

stevielenihan wrote: »

are they starting to put down gravel on the bypass at balleybagen?

A bit, but i reckon its only for access roads for machinery. This seems to be the case all along the route. If it rains it would be a swamp!:D

Well Carchaeologist we would be lost without you for taking the pictures. You take great pictures.

Thank you, i wasnt sure if anyone was viewing this thread but it appears theres 140 views on here today alone.
I try to take the pics at the same angle and place very time for comparison afterwards.

ongarboy · 13-03-2012 11:28am

carchaeologist wrote: »

A bit, but i reckon its only for access roads for machinery. This seems to be the case all along the route. If it rains it would be a swamp!:D

Thank you, i wasnt sure if anyone was viewing this thread but it appears theres 140 views on here today alone.
I try to take the pics at the same angle and place very time for comparison afterwards.

Well, you got a plug in Infrastructure/Roads yesterday when someone posted that they couldn't understand how an active road scheme like the Tralee bypass hadn't had any posts in that forum in months. Someone else responded to say all the updates are in the Kerry forum so maybe that explains the visits!

Keep up the good work - would it be realistic to say we could have the road open this time next year? - considering so many of the recent projects finished months in advance.

carchaeologist · 13-03-2012 11:55am

ongarboy wrote: »

Keep up the good work - would it be realistic to say we could have the road open this time next year? - considering so many of the recent projects finished months in advance.

Part of it hopefully. They are making good headway with it.

carchaeologist · 13-03-2012 1:20pm

Looking north from the Killarney road.

You can see the start of the footpath of the roundabout on the middle right.

stevielenihan · 17-03-2012 11:33am

the Tralee Bypass will open to traffic around the middle of next year.

carchaeologist · 18-03-2012 2:49am

New roundabout under construction on the Killarney rd looking out from Tralee.

carchaeologist · 18-03-2012 2:54am

And a shot across the road from the same spot.

carchaeologist · 19-03-2012 11:24pm

This is where the road will meet the existing road between Skehanagh cross and the Lidl junction.

And todays shot of the bridge constuction from the barriers. Not much different, except the toilet has moved to the other side of the bank!:D

carchaeologist · 23-03-2012 11:46pm

I think this is the new rail bridge, view looking south from Ballinorig.

carchaeologist · 24-03-2012 8:25pm

carchaeologist wrote: »

The old forge was sadly crossed out yesterday...wonder how many years it was standing? Works seem to be moving on here now for the roaundabout construction now, lots of marker poles in the fields adjacent.

carchaeologist · 27-03-2012 10:03pm

Lots of site clearance work going on in the forge cross area this week. Couple of diggers in and more marker poles put in place.

Heres this weeks bridge pic..

dmeehan · 30-03-2012 12:44pm

it would be great if someone could collate the weekly bridge pics into an annimated GIF or similar :-)

carchaeologist · 31-03-2012 3:48am

dmeehan wrote: »

it would be great if someone could collate the weekly bridge pics into an annimated GIF or similar :-)

That would hopefully be the plan when completed, I reckon it would look pretty cool as the shots are from approx the same place each week.

N69/N22/N70 Tralee Bypass

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