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N6 - Athlone Bypass Upgrade works

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  • #1002
    veryangryman
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    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.


  • #1003
    billbond4
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    clever planning dont you mean?


  • #1004
    [Deleted User]
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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?


  • #1005
    veryangryman
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    [Deleted User] wrote: »
    What's happening at the crossroads?

    Pipe laying same as church st previously.


  • #1006
    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


  • #1007
    veryangryman
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    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..


  • #1008
    billbond4
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    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,


  • #1009
    billbond4
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    Both sides down to one lane between j13 and j11


  • #1010
    [Deleted User]
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    Looks like expansion joints again, it doesn't seem that long since they last replaced them.


  • #1011
    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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  • #1012
    veryangryman
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    Eastbound is open fully again. Westbound still cone city.


  • #1013
    billbond4
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    Both lanes were open this morning, and they seem to have tarred over the expansion joints altogether ?


  • #1014
    [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.


  • #1015
    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?


  • #1016
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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:


  • #1017
    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


  • #1018
    [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.


  • #1019
    billbond4
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    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


  • #1020
    whyulittle
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    Just noticed that Street View on Google Maps shows the bypass during the upgrade works.


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  • #1021
    veryangryman
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    whyulittle wrote: »
    Just noticed that Street View on Google Maps shows the bypass during the upgrade works.

    Photos now from 2011 in most cases. The old ones taken in 2009.


  • #1022
    Reuben1210
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    Is there any chance this will be upgraded to motorway so that there isnt a break in the m6 motorway?


  • #1023
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    Reuben1210 wrote: »
    Is there any chance this will be upgraded to motorway so that there isnt a break in the m6 motorway?
    None, as it is the only east-west route that avoids the town for all classes of traffic. If it was a motorway the non motorway traffic would clog up the town.


  • #1024
    Schadenfreudia
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    Deleted User wrote: »
    None, as it is the only east-west route that avoids the town for all classes of traffic. If it was a motorway the non motorway traffic would clog up the town.

    Probably cheaper and easier to build a parallel non-motorway bridge across the Shannon than a new motorway south of Athlone.

    Assuming, of course, that anyone wants a motorway past Athlone :cool:


  • #1025
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    Schadenfreudia wrote: »
    Probably cheaper and easier to build a parallel non-motorway bridge across the Shannon than a new motorway south of Athlone.

    Assuming, of course, that anyone wants a motorway past Athlone :cool:
    I believe the planners looked at that, but it was far too expensive.


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