N4 - Collooney to Castlebaldwin [open to traffic]

marno21 · 08-10-2019 8:25pm

Earthworks September 2019 part 3

All credit to Roadbridge @ www.n4realignment.ie for the fantastic snaps.

road_high · 08-10-2019 8:29pm

Looks like decent progress. Rarely use this road but will be great to see this notorious accident black spot go

shanec1928 · 19-12-2019 9:54pm

Bridge over the main road where the bad bend used be mostly up. I’d be shocked if it didn’t open early. The way progress seems to be going

marno21 · 20-12-2019 2:36am

shanec1928 wrote: »

Bridge over the main road where the bad bend used be mostly up. I’d be shocked if it didn’t open early. The way progress seems to be going

Late Q2/early Q3 2021 according to Sligo Council. Programmed date when construction commenced was Q4.

veryangryman · 01-01-2020 4:23pm

Southbound from collooney, there seems to be construction going on both sides of the current road. Can anyone fill in what this is? Access route?

serfboard · 02-01-2020 12:41am

veryangryman wrote: »

Southbound from collooney, there seems to be construction going on both sides of the current road. Can anyone fill in what this is? Access route?

Yes, there are a lot of access roads being built as part of this scheme. Very usefully shown on OpenStreetMap.

marno21 · 03-01-2020 12:03pm

veryangryman wrote: »

Southbound from collooney, there seems to be construction going on both sides of the current road. Can anyone fill in what this is? Access route?

The existing N4 is being used for the 2+2 with properties and minor roads being facilitated with access routes and realignment of the minor routes. It’s over a distance of 2.5km, but very efficient use of land.

It wouldn’t surprise me if the southern offline section was complete well in advance of this northern 2.5km due to the additional complexity involved. The southern part seems to be racing ahead with the beam lifts on the overbridge over the existing N4 at Ardloy complete already

veryangryman · 07-01-2020 4:59pm

Is the Roundabout at N17 junction staying? Actually same for the Collooney Roundabout? Will we get freeflow, maybe wishful thinking

dakar · 07-01-2020 6:39pm

veryangryman wrote: »

Is the Roundabout at N17 junction staying? Actually same for the Collooney Roundabout? Will we get freeflow, maybe wishful thinking

Both are staying.

shanec1928 · 15-01-2020 7:36am

Hopefully won’t be any delays from this

https://m.independent.ie/regionals/sligochampion/news/prehistoric-sites-found-along-new-n4-route-36019955.html?fbclid=IwAR2qoNAgQom_RJ52oBPH3pjSGeZQ1uD7ZYxTKXr0Oh-c53eVUF7wcg4sI3E

ryanch09 · 15-01-2020 4:59pm

shanec1928 wrote: »

Hopefully won’t be any delays from this

https://m.independent.ie/regionals/sligochampion/news/prehistoric-sites-found-along-new-n4-route-36019955.html?fbclid=IwAR2qoNAgQom_RJ52oBPH3pjSGeZQ1uD7ZYxTKXr0Oh-c53eVUF7wcg4sI3E

That article was written in August 2017

shanec1928 · 16-01-2020 10:47pm

ryanch09 wrote: »

That article was written in August 2017

Had seen it shared elsewhere. No date when viewing on mobile. That’s good so.

Reuben1210 · 24-01-2020 5:24pm

They haven't updated the website with photos or updates since September which is a shame

VR6 · 25-01-2020 6:42pm

I agree. In fact i emailed them a couple of weeks ago to inquire when they plan to publish the next newsletter but I have not had any reply to date.

VR6 · 31-01-2020 12:15pm

Latest Newsletter on the project has just been uploaded on the N4 re-alignment project (https://www.n4realignment.ie/newsletters )

I nearly fell off my chair !

Better late than never....

road_high · 31-01-2020 8:00pm

Will it really take to July 2021 or do people think they’ll get it open sooner? Another woeful stretch heading for the history books- great to see. Often you see on these upgrades the accident rate drops off significantly on the old adjoining existing route as they excavate around (More light and removal of banks) and put in traffic management etc

VR6 · 02-02-2020 1:12pm

Not a lot of info in the latest newsletter tbh, and very tiny pics. Difficult to read in places due to the blue background (why ?!).

M17 We need you on this thread !

marno21 · 02-02-2020 2:18pm

road_high wrote: »

Will it really take to July 2021 or do people think they’ll get it open sooner? Another woeful stretch heading for the history books- great to see. Often you see on these upgrades the accident rate drops off significantly on the old adjoining existing route as they excavate around (More light and removal of banks) and put in traffic management etc

Difficult to say at this stage but the planned completion date at the start of construction was Q4 2021 so they’re already 3-5 months ahead of schedule

marno21 · 07-02-2020 2:25am

Latest pics December 2019

marno21 · 07-02-2020 2:27am

Pics Dec 19 Part 2

prunudo · 07-02-2020 7:57am

Aren't drones one of the best inventions for people interested in keeping up to date with the progression of road construction.

The alignment of the 4th picture in the first post looks a bit weird, presume they still need to excavate the bank on the right hand side of the photo.

spacetweek · 07-02-2020 10:36pm

My word, they are flying along. Future alignment marked out clearly and most of the earthworks done.

serfboard · 13-02-2020 7:48pm

Unfortunately, a man was killed on the old road today:

RT&#201 wrote:

A man in his 40s has died following a road crash in Co Sligo this afternoon.

The collision between a car and a truck happened on the N4 road between Castlebaldwin and Collooney at around 12pm.

Shows the importance of upgrading this road.

BelfastVanMan · 14-02-2020 12:13pm

serfboard wrote: »

Unfortunately, a man was killed on the old road today:

Shows the importance of upgrading this road.

Absolutely.

Such a tragedy that it happened at all, let alone so close to that horrible piece of road being replaced.

Let's hope there are no more.

R.I.P.

marno21 · 03-03-2020 4:24pm

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Vilnian · 03-03-2020 6:27pm

They are plowing through! Nice to see this upgrade progressing at this speed.

veryangryman · 03-06-2020 12:21pm

They're back to work since last week or 2. Lots of activity to be seen. A fine job sofar even with the obvious obstacle

marno21 · 03-06-2020 4:59pm

N4 pics February 2020:

Full credit as ever for the fantastic pics by Roadbridge at www.n4realignment.ie

marno21 · 03-06-2020 5:04pm

Pics April 2020:

spacetweek · 04-06-2020 10:42am

Amazing - thanks.

N4 - Collooney to Castlebaldwin [open to traffic]

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