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

serfboard

m17 wrote: »

The m18 ...

Thanks for the photos m17. It's great to see the M18 showing some real progress.

ki

Yeah, the m18 is catching up fast...

paul2013

m17 wrote: »

The m17 end of the sisk section looking towards annagh hill 22/01/17start of the roadbridge section looking towards tuam 22/01/17

Them Gates remind me of the peace walls in Belfast or worse an International boundary.

Middle Man

m17 wrote: »

Ballygaddy road flyover...

....27/01/17

Notice how generous the span on that bridge is - I think the next flyover at Kilcloghans has ample room underneath too - perhaps at some future point, this road will become a motorway though the necessity for it will be quite some time away unless Tuam becomes an expanded town to help ease congestion in Galway City.

m17

spacetweek wrote: »

There used be a Belgrade Sarajevo motorway? What happened to it? I was over in Sarajevo about 6 years ago and they were building part of that but it looked like a brand new alignment.

This forum is about the m17/m18 motorway so can we get back on topic please

Sam Russell

Mod: can we keep this popular thread on the M17/M18 progress.

I have deleted the unhelpful off topic posts.

I have proposed a cafe style sub forum that would tolerate such posts.

If you wish to support such a sub forum then please indicate with a +1 post in the sticky at the top of the infrastructure forum.

Thank you.

m17

Middle Man wrote: »

Notice how generous the span on that bridge is - I think the next flyover at Kilcloghans has ample room underneath too - perhaps at some future point, this road will become a motorway though the necessity for it will be quite some time away unless Tuam becomes an expanded town to help ease congestion in Galway City.

The reason that there is a generous span is that there will be six lanes going under the flyover 4 lanes and 2 slip roads as the flyover is so close to the junction see pics below2

m17

Annagh hill looking towards rathmorissy 29/01/17annagh hill looking towards tuamsign

m17

The new ballygaddy road will open in three weeks time just clink on the linkhttps://goo.gl/photos/1cqPMhNFGP4RDpaPA

Middle Man

m17 wrote: »

The new ballygaddy road will open in three weeks time just clink on the linkhttps://goo.gl/photos/1cqPMhNFGP4RDpaPA

They're great shots - shows good progress on this junction over the winter. About the room under the bridge, I know about the merge and diverge lanes there, but there's still a lot of width in the verges underneath - perhaps they're for sight lines or maybe the cutting slopes have yet to be profiled - we'll see how it turns out.

Sam Russell

m17 wrote: »

The new ballygaddy road will open in three weeks time just clink on the linkhttps://goo.gl/photos/1cqPMhNFGP4RDpaPA

Do you have an aerial view of that junction? - and a layout of how it will be finished?

m17

Sam Russell wrote: »

Do you have an aerial view of that junction? - and a layout of how it will be finished?

Ballygaddy road junction

m17

The m17 at Sheeaunpark looking towards tuam 30/01/17Sheeaunpark looking towards rathmorissycarthymore looking towards rathmorissycarthymore looking towards tuam

irishgeo

m17 wrote: »

Ballygaddy road junction

whats the idea of the pool of water?

Benbecul97

m17 wrote: »

Sam Russell wrote: »

Do you have an aerial view of that junction?  - and a layout of how it will be finished?

Ballygaddy road junction

Where's the bridge over the river Clare in relation to this map? I presume above the R332 text?

Czhornet

irishgeo wrote: »

whats the idea of the pool of water?

The water pond is multi functional, it allows silt to settle and deposit in the slow moving water of the pond and not clog up the water course that it is draining into. It also allows for flash flood water coming off the road to be slowed down before entering into the stream/watercourse preventing flooding down stream. It can also helps to catch oil spills if they happen on the road, before they are washed downstream, polluting long sections of drains. These are a common sight on new builds nowadays.

Mrs Dempsey

Czhornet wrote: »

The water pond is multi functional, it allows silt to settle and deposit in the slow moving water of the pond and not clog up the water course that it is draining into. It also allows for flash flood water coming off the road to be slowed down before entering into the stream/watercourse preventing flooding down stream. It can also helps to catch oil spills if they happen on the road, before they are washed downstream, polluting long sections of drains. These are a common sight on new builds nowadays.

Otherwise you get attenuation deficit disorder

D Trent

Mrs Dempsey wrote: »

Otherwise you get attenuation deficit disorder

And following on from such cases, the matter may become an ecumenical one.

m17

The m17 at Bauilphuil corofin 30/03/1530/01/17

m17

The accommodation flyover at cloonkeen north 31/05/1631/01/17

m17

Ballygaddy road flyover looking towards the kilmore roundabout 31/01/17ballygaddy road flyover looking towards kilcloghans flyoverkilcloghans flyover looking towards ballygaddy road flyoverkilcloghans flyover looking towards the mountpiller roundabout

m17

The m17 getting it's first layer of tarmac at Bauilphuil corofin 31/05/16

m17

Final culvert now in place on the tuam bypass 02/02/17

threeball

Benbecul97 wrote: »

Where's the bridge over the river Clare in relation to this map? I presume above the R332 text?

The road doesn't cross the river clare in Tuam. It only crosses a small tributary called the Nanny which would be about 500m south of the junction shown in the picture.

m17

The m17 6kms form tuam 03/02/17

Benbecul97

threeball wrote: »

Benbecul97 wrote: »

Where's the bridge over the river Clare in relation to this map? I presume above the R332 text?

The road doesn't cross the river clare in Tuam. It only crosses a small tributary called the Nanny which would be about 500m south of the junction shown in the picture.

I know that, it's not what I asked.

m17

The m18 at parknacappa looking towards rathmorissy 03/02/17parknacappa looking towards gortthe flyoverkiltiernan looking towards rathmorissykiltiernan looking towards gort

RyanAsh

Hi folks - I heard there is some plan for the development of Clarinbridge village after the M18 is opened from Gort to Tuam. Does anyone know where i'd find information about this? Thanks!

m17

The m18 at gort looking towards limerick 04/02/17gort looking towards rathmorissy

m17

The m17 between corofin and tuam,and through the bog just clink on the link 05/02/17https://goo.gl/photos/GaRiaXgsL3NZuAaV8