N25 Bypass - Any Pics?

Sully

One more batch before Pix.

Is there any easier access point to get a decent picture of the bridge? Rather then walking for an hour from B&Q :P

Sully

All that's left from the way I walked is a cleanup, lining and fitting of the rest of the street lights. When you arrive at the bridge there is a lot of work to be done. Security said it will be 2-3 months and the bridge will be fully completed. Apparently they get a load of visitors but he is the only guard on duty with no car and a lot to cover!

http://pix.ie/sully/album/336622 for all photos.

wellbutty

Is there any easier access point to get a decent picture of the bridge? Rather then walking for an hour from B&Q

I park near the Red Iron, walk towards the end of the lane and then hop over the gate on the left into a field, that way youre not on the building site

Here's a photo from the Bowefield estate.

Road-Hog

Some additional pictures of various parts of the Bypass are now viewable from the following site..........

http://www.waterfordcity.ie/n25bypass/gallery.html

Bards

Bypass website has now been updated with new photos - at last!!!

http://www.waterfordcity.ie/n25bypass

soldering iron

Sully

Excellent pics

deiseman21

seen lots of pics of bypass from kilmeaden to bridge but never seen any from north of the river from any other source than bypass website itself. any suggestions?

mike65

Took a few this morning on a cheapo p&s in a gale!

Sully

Bards wrote: »

Bypass website has now been updated with new photos - at last!!!

http://www.waterfordcity.ie/n25bypass

Still fairly out of date by the looks.

Vanhalla

is there only goin to be one tower. would have been better with two

Bards

Vanhalla wrote: »

is there only goin to be one tower. would have been better with two

explain better???

fricatus

Vanhalla wrote: »

is there only goin to be one tower. would have been better with two

Steady on, it's crossing the river Suir in Waterford, not San Francisco Bay!

It only has to cover 400 metres or so. Suspension bridges, which I presume you're referring to, cover distances more like 1,500 to 3,000 metres. The reason they have two towers is to allow them to cover these huge distances, with a span of maybe 1,000-1,400 metres in the middle.

The new bridge in Waterford is a cable-stayed bridge, which only needs one tower, and it's the ideal type for the river it has to cross.

If you don't think it looks cool, go and check it out. I see it every day from the north side of the river, and it gets cooler every day!

Flyer1

I might have a few pics of the Bypass and the new bridge from the air - i'm usually out flying around that direction....

The new bridge is mighty high, dunno if anyone has the stats on it. Even at 1500ft it seems mighty close

JohnC.

Flyer1 wrote: »

The new bridge is mighty high, dunno if anyone has the stats on it. Even at 1500ft it seems mighty close

112m (367.45ft) above foundation
95.6m (313.64ft) above the road

Flyer1

Thanks for that. Handy to know those figures.

Bards

Flyer1 wrote: »

I might have a few pics of the Bypass and the new bridge from the air - i'm usually out flying around that direction....

The new bridge is mighty high, dunno if anyone has the stats on it. Even at 1500ft it seems mighty close

from http://www.waterfordcity.ie/n25bypass/facts.html

River Suir Bridge Statistics
Cable Stay Bridge carrying dual carriageway (D2AP) over the River Suir crossing between Waterford and Kilkenny.


Overall width: 30.60m
Over length: 465m
Main span length: 230m (Longest span in 26 counties. Foyle Bridge in Derry NI has a main span of 234m)
Side span lengths: 40, 70, 90, (230), 35m
Clearance over MHWS: 14m above MHWS
Overall Tower height: 112m (above foundation)

Height of Tower above road level: 95.6m
Tower width at base: 53m
Total length of cable: 11900m (approx)
Diameter of cables (Outer sheath): Between 250-400mm comprising between 19 and 73 strands (Approx 550km of strand)
Tower = 300t
Volume of concrete: Deck = 2700m3 approx.
Tower/Substructure = 4000m3 Approx.
Total = 6700m3

Beeker

Flyer1 wrote: »

I might have a few pics of the Bypass and the new bridge from the air - i'm usually out flying around that direction....

The new bridge is mighty high, dunno if anyone has the stats on it. Even at 1500ft it seems mighty close

Love to see some shots from the air, if you can.

Flyer1

Took the plane up for a spin this morning around the city. Got some nice shots of the bridge and the bypass. ( including the toll plaza :mad: ).

I'm in work tonight, i'll try get the pics up tomorrow.

Beeker

Flyer1 wrote: »

Took the plane up for a spin this morning around the city. Got some nice shots of the bridge and the bypass. ( including the toll plaza :mad: ).

I'm in work tonight, i'll try get the pics up tomorrow.

Cool! Is it your own plane or a club thing?

Trick of the Tail

Where is the toll plaza?

A.

Sully

alinton wrote: »

Where is the toll plaza?

A.

Just before the bridge starts. Look back and you will see I posted pictures on it a few pages back

Flyer1

Right Folks,

As promised

Cabaal

Given eflow and all that why they hell are they building a toll plaza?

Flyer1, great pics
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Bards

Cabaal wrote: »

Given eflow and all that why they hell are they building a toll plaza?

Flyer1, great pics
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The M50 is the only cashless toll road in Ireland. The cost of admin per year to have this sort of system on any other tolled road in Ireland would not yield a return on investment.

There will be automated express lanes for people who have electronic tags to whizz through along with other methods such as cash etc for the tourist traffic

murphaph

Flyer 1 will you upload your pics to SABRE or allow me to do it on your behalf. They are too good (and a historical record in fact) to leave sitting on imageshack.

mike65

alinton wrote: »

Where is the toll plaza?

A.

Don't worry you can use most of the by-pass either side of the river without needing to pay the b*stards! :pac:

Sully

mike65 wrote: »

Don't worry you can use most of the by-pass either side of the river without needing to pay the b*stards! :pac:

Whats this now?

The toll plaza I assume wont be like the old one on the M50 with the booth. There doesn't look like any room to fit such..

mike65

I mean that if you are coming from the west and want to cut out Kilmeaden and head to the Industrial est area quickly then you can use the bypass as far as the junction before the tolls and similair on the other side of the river to avoid Ferrybank if looking to reach say Mullinabro

Daysha

Love that picture. Really puts the overall size of the bridge in context. They're all brilliant images though Flyer, well done.

You might want to post those pics over on the Commuting & Transport forum too, I'm sure they'd love to see how it's coming on.