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N6 - Athlone Bypass Upgrade works

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    #992
    billbond4
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    16th of November now it will be down to one lane.


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    #993
    [Deleted User]
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    billbond4 wrote: »
    16th of November now it will be down to one lane.
    Are they waiting for natural erosion to solve the problem! :rolleyes:


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    #994
    billbond4
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    yeah it looks like that, I sent them mail asking them what are they actually doing?
    Besides leaving cones on the road.


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    #995
    csd
    Registered Users Posts: 260 ✭✭csd


    Folks,

    Some pics of the refurbished bypass in this SSC post.

    /csd


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    #996
    [Deleted User]
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    It looks like they've finally got around to doing the work!
    The embankment has been stripped back and a stabilizing mesh of some type laid over it, still in progress.


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    #997
    veryangryman
    Registered Users Posts: 5,531 ✭✭✭veryangryman


    dolanbaker wrote: »
    It looks like they've finally got around to doing the work!
    The embankment has been stripped back and a stabilizing mesh of some type laid over it, still in progress.
    Nice and fast as usual...


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    #998
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    veryangryman wrote: »
    Nice and fast as usual...
    Perhaps they were hoping that gravity would do the work for them! :P


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    #999
    billbond4
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    They have finished installing the mesh and removed the cones last night.


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    #1000
    JupiterKid
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    billbond4 wrote: »
    They have finished installing the mesh and removed the cones last night.


    So are all the upgrade works to the Athlone Bypass finished now?


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    #1001
    [Deleted User]
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    JupiterKid wrote: »
    So are all the upgrade works to the Athlone Bypass finished now?
    The upgrade work finished last year, this was an emergency repair to an unstable embankment.


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    #1002
    veryangryman
    Registered Users Posts: 5,531 ✭✭✭veryangryman


    Traffic lights don't count as an upgrade in my book. The 'work' has finished yes. How do they sleep at night


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    #1003
    veryangryman
    Registered Users Posts: 5,531 ✭✭✭veryangryman


    New works on the bypass bridge for next 4 weeks. To coincide with the works on the crossroads of Dunnes Irishtown junction.

    The horror. The horror.


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    #1004
    billbond4
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    clever planning dont you mean?


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    #1005
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    veryangryman wrote: »
    New works on the bypass bridge for next 4 weeks. To coincide with the works on the crossroads of Dunnes Irishtown junction.

    The horror. The horror.
    What's happening at the crossroads?


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    #1006
    veryangryman
    Registered Users Posts: 5,531 ✭✭✭veryangryman


    [Deleted User] wrote: »
    What's happening at the crossroads?

    Pipe laying same as church st previously.


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    #1007
    billbond4
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    Mile and half tail backs yesterday at 5, hopefully it was because of extra traffic going to roscommon races and athlone town match last night


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    #1008
    veryangryman
    Registered Users Posts: 5,531 ✭✭✭veryangryman


    billbond4 wrote: »
    Mile and half tail backs yesterday at 5, hopefully it was because of extra traffic going to roscommon races and athlone town match last night

    :o

    If only..


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    #1009
    billbond4
    Registered Users Posts: 2,401 ✭✭✭billbond4


    at least they are working on the road and not just looking at it, they had big section scraped out this morning.
    But in fairness half the length of the tail back is dozie drivers,big gaps in the queue,drivers dont seem to keep close to car ahead.
    Once i was gone through it this morning, the bypass was like a ghost town,


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    #1010
    billbond4
    Registered Users Posts: 2,401 ✭✭✭billbond4


    Both sides down to one lane between j13 and j11


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    #1011
    [Deleted User]
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    Looks like expansion joints again, it doesn't seem that long since they last replaced them.


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    #1012
    billbond4
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    [Deleted User] wrote: »
    Looks like expansion joints again, it doesn't seem that long since they last replaced them.

    Yeah, maybe two/three years ago since they did them,looks like they must always have to replace them regularly


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    #1013
    veryangryman
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    Eastbound is open fully again. Westbound still cone city.


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    #1014
    billbond4
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    Both lanes were open this morning, and they seem to have tarred over the expansion joints altogether ?


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    #1015
    [Deleted User]
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    Must be some temporary fix before installing a more permanent solution, it won't last a winter if left like that.


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    #1016
    billbond4
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    [Deleted User] wrote: »
    Must be some temporary fix before installing a more permanent solution, it won't last a winter if left like that.
    Seems permanent enough, they have it repainted already it's about 90 foot long,maybe it's a special tar in that section?


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    #1017
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    billbond4 wrote: »
    Seems permanent enough, they have it repainted already it's about 90 foot long,maybe it's a special tar in that section?
    I thought that all they were doing was the expansion joints,:confused:


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    #1018
    billbond4
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    [Deleted User] wrote: »
    I thought that all they were doing was the expansion joints,:confused:
    Maybe it's a new method for expansion joints?
    Next time your driving over the main Shannon bridge have a look at the road surface


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    #1019
    [Deleted User]
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    I've just driven over it, no visible expansion joint, maybe the new road surface is made of a flexible asphalt that doesn't need a joint strip.


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    #1020
    billbond4
    Registered Users Posts: 2,401 ✭✭✭billbond4


    they are cutting up the new road surface that was laid last week on the eastbound side. so probably putting in a new expansion joint


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    #1021
    whyulittle
    Registered Users Posts: 3,878 ✭✭✭whyulittle


    Just noticed that Street View on Google Maps shows the bypass during the upgrade works.


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