M17/M18 - Gort to Tuam [open to traffic]

moyners

D Trent wrote: »

Where is this particular bridge ?

It's the daftest thing I've ever heard , kept looking at the date of article to see was it April fools

Makes perfect sense to me. I know from growing up in the country that the bats zoom surprisingly low along the country roads snapping up the bugs hanging around the hedgerows. This seems like a really good idea.

Alun

Yes, they tend to follow lines of trees, hedgerows etc. rather than fly in the open. Not an April Fool's at all.

Carawaystick

They have a good few of these on the continent. Here's one in Luxemburg

Alun

Carawaystick wrote: »

They have a good few of these on the continent. Here's one in Luxemburg

There are plenty of wildlife overpasses, but generally these tend to be for mammals ... deer, badgers, foxes etc.. This is the first I've heard of ones for bats I must say.

There's quite a few in the Netherlands too ...

https://www.google.ie/maps/@52.065117,5.9441268,1755m/data=!3m1!1e3?hl=en
https://www.google.ie/maps/@52.1111698,5.9511095,1435m/data=!3m1!1e3?hl=en
https://www.google.ie/maps/@52.203995,5.8079823,1031m/data=!3m1!1e3?hl=en

m17

D Trent wrote: »

Where is this particular bridge ?

It's the daftest thing I've ever heard , kept looking at the date of article to see was it April fools

I think it's near coole park

Zubeneschamali

Alun wrote: »

There are plenty of wildlife overpasses, but generally these tend to be for mammals ... deer, badgers, foxes etc.. This is the first I've heard of ones for bats I must say.

Bats are mammals, too.

In fact, about 20% of mammal species are bats.

Alun

Zubeneschamali wrote: »

Bats are mammals, too.

In fact, about 20% of mammal species are bats.

Oops, yes, of course I knew that, silly me! OK then, four legged land based mammals then.

Reading this and "bat out of hell" just stared playing.

m17

New slip road opening at cartymore next week beside the sisk compound so the can work on the flyover

Czhornet

m17 wrote: »

I think it's near coole park

Its near Kiltartan (not far from Coole) there were people doing surveys around there a few years ago at night time.

D Trent

Czhornet wrote: »

Its near Kiltartan (not far from Coole) there were people doing surveys around there a few years ago at night time.

Don't think they were surveys, it may be a practice commonly referred to as dogging

Czhornet

D Trent wrote: »

Don't think they were surveys, it may be a practice commonly referred to as dogging

I hope not, as they had hi viz vests on and they had antenna's wired up to little boxes around their waist.

Then again, anything goes these days, what ever you are in to.....

JupiterKid

How is the M6/M17/M18 junction in Rathmorrissey coming along? Any signs of bridge formwork going up yet? Anyone have images of the latest construction work? Thanks!

m17

JupiterKid wrote: »

How is the M6/M17/M18 junction in Rathmorrissey coming along? Any signs of bridge formwork going up yet? Anyone have images of the latest construction work? Thanks!

Go to page 258

D Trent

http://galwaybayfm.ie/quarter-million-euro-sanctioned-south-galway-motorway-flood-works/

Schadenfreudia

D Trent wrote: »

http://galwaybayfm.ie/quarter-million-euro-sanctioned-south-galway-motorway-flood-works/

Must be an election in the offing :rolleyes:

Cookiemunster

m17 wrote: »

Go to page 258

Your better off pointing them to the post #. There are different numbers of posts per page depending on your settings. I'm currently only on page 210.

nordydan

Cookiemunster wrote: »

Your better off pointing them to the post #. There are different numbers of posts per page depending on your settings. I'm currently only on page 210.

And permanently I'm on page 1!

Schadenfreudia

Cookiemunster wrote: »

Your better off pointing them to the post #. There are different numbers of posts per page depending on your settings. I'm currently only on page 210.

I am assuming it was a joke! And a good one......:)

m17

Rathmorrisy on the 17/07/15 I passed there today the have started work on the bridge face

marno21

m17 wrote: »

Rathmorrisy on the 17/07/15 I passed there today the have started work on the bridge face

If the NRA ever has a few thousand to spare they could do with powerwashing some of the jersey barriers, starting to get very grimy nowadays (overbridges too e.g. the M20 ones)

m17

Blasting as part of the construction of the m18 near kiltieran has been postponed pending the completion of a hydrogeology report

Geogregor

m17 wrote: »

Blasting as part of the construction of the m18 near kiltieran has been postponed pending the completion of a hydrogeology report

What does that mean?
Is it standard practice or did something go wrong during planning and design stages?

m17

Pics of m17 in last week's tuam herald

Subpopulus

Geogregor wrote: »

What does that mean?
Is it standard practice or did something go wrong during planning and design stages?

They've probably just encountered some geological oddity like a karst fissure or a subterranean watercourse or something.

m17

Pics at rathmorrisy 07/08/15

Geogregor

m17 wrote: »

Pics at rathmorrisy 07/08/15

Thanks!

It is already visble where the overbridges for the roundabout and the main flyover will be. So now it is possible to picture the size of the junction.

Are the works only on one side of the M6 or is there activity on the other side too?

BTW, I was looking at GSV and you can see that during construction of the M6 they left place for the slip roads joining the mainline (places with wider hard shoulders) but central reservation is narrow with continuously poured barrier. That will complicate construction of the central supports for all the structures (I presume they will need central support).

m17

Geogregor wrote: »

Thanks!

It is already visble where the overbridges for the roundabout and the main flyover will be. So now it is possible to picture the size of the junction.

Are the works only on one side of the M6 or is there activity on the other side too?

BTW, I was looking at GSV and you can see that during construction of the M6 they left place for the slip roads joining the mainline (places with wider hard shoulders) but central reservation is narrow with continuously poured barrier. That will complicate construction of the central supports for all the structures (I presume they will need central support).

There only working on one side the m18 one

Ascii

Geogregor wrote: »

Thanks!

It is already visble where the overbridges for the roundabout and the main flyover will be. So now it is possible to picture the size of the junction.

Are the works only on one side of the M6 or is there activity on the other side too?

BTW, I was looking at GSV and you can see that during construction of the M6 they left place for the slip roads joining the mainline (places with wider hard shoulders) but central reservation is narrow with continuously poured barrier. That will complicate construction of the central supports for all the structures (I presume they will need central support).

I am guessing there is no central columns or supports. Anyone pass that new interchange that was build by roadbridge on the M6 just after Athlone for the service station lately? I am sure there are no centre piers on that. Too much disruption and safety factors to take into account. Easier to design them out

Gerobrien25

m17 wrote: »

Blasting as part of the construction of the m18 near kiltieran has been postponed pending the completion of a hydrogeology report

According to the website blasting is scheduled for this Thursday at Kiltiernan West. Does it mean the issue is solved?