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

Benbecul97

johnnyryan89 wrote: »

Ext 18 bring you off at Oranmore?

Exit 18 is the Rathmorrissy interchange for the M6, M17, M18
Exit 19 on the M6 is the Oranmore exit
Exit 19 on the M17 is the Roscommon exit
No Exit 19 on the M18

Quackster

Benbecul97 wrote: »

And why does it not include "Gaillimh" in its name?
Baile Chlair = Clare Town!

Many place-names are different as Gaeilge - you have to look no further than Dublin!

joeKel73

Details on the cycle this Sunday...
http://www.directroutegorttotuam.ie/media/27129/great_western_cycle_cyclist_handbook.pdf

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The m17 at bauilpuil 05/09/1505/09/17

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The junctions form gort to tuam, m18 junction 16 gort m18 junction 17 kiltiernanm18/m17/m6 junction 18 rathmorrissym17 junction 19 annagh hillm17 junction 20 the kilmore roundabout

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Here are a few signs that will be gone in three weeks time the m18the n18 will be the r458the n17 will be the n83the n63 will be the r354 (annagh hill to loughgeorge)

BelfastVanMan

m17 wrote: »

Here are a few signs that will be gone in three weeks time the m18the n18 will be the r458the n17 will be the n83the n63 will be the r354 (annagh hill to loughgeorge)

Possibly the last pics ever taken of these...great job M17! :-D

marno21

The yellow signs will likely stay put (the L2052 in Co. Kerry still has N21 signs even though it was bypassed 11 years ago)

m17

In three weeks time it will be straight on m18 junction 16 24/12/14

plodder

m17 wrote: »

M17 junction 20 the kilmore roundabout

Interesting design for the pedestrian bridge. I wonder why it takes that circuitous route rather than straight over the roundabout?

Kevwoody

m17 wrote: »

In three weeks time it will be straight on m18 junction 16 24/12/14

Has there ever been any accidents at this junction with traffic having to merge and go around a tight loop?

Benbecul97

plodder wrote: »

Interesting design for the pedestrian bridge. I wonder why it takes that circuitous route rather than straight over the roundabout?

Its a pity that each side of the pedestrian bridge wasn't a mirror image of the other. Wonder why this was? They had the space to do it.

Benbecul97

Benbecul97 wrote: »

Its a pity that each side of the pedestrian bridge wasn't a mirror image of the other. Wonder why this was? They had the space to do it.

Space, yes!
Money, NO!

plodder

Deleted User wrote: »

Space, yes!
Money, NO!

But, why not run it across the roundabout? That would have been shorter.

wotzgoingon

plodder wrote: »

But, why not run it across the roundabout? That would have been shorter.

They never do that in any of the pedestrian bridges in Ireland anyway.

I haven't been to too many other country's to comment on theirs.

plodder

plodder wrote: »

But, why not run it across the roundabout? That would have been shorter.

The bridge deck needs to be about 4 metres above the road, going straight over the roundabout would need a much longer span, a longer ramp (rising/falling further away from the junction) and piers on the roundabout.

wotzgoingon

wotzgoingon wrote: »

They never do that in any of the pedestrian bridges in Ireland anyway.

I haven't been to too many other country's to comment on theirs.

in places like Milton Keynes, they built four underpasses at the roundabout so pedestrians go under the roundabout to the centre and under again to the other side.

https://www.google.ie/maps/place/Milton+Keynes,+UK/@52.0399801,-0.7742729,257m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m5!3m4!1s0x48764cf882238685:0x161a9df74cb97e14!8m2!3d52.0406224!4d-0.7594171

godskitchen

[Deleted User] wrote: »

in places like Milton Keynes, they built four underpasses at the roundabout so pedestrians go under the roundabout to the centre and under again to the other side.

https://www.google.ie/maps/place/Milton+Keynes,+UK/@52.0399801,-0.7742729,257m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m5!3m4!1s0x48764cf882238685:0x161a9df74cb97e14!8m2!3d52.0406224!4d-0.7594171

You really wouldn't want an underpass in Tuam.

XsApollo

I dont think I have posted on this thread in the long time I have been keeping up with it.
I've never cared about so much about a road in my life .
I'm always checking in on this thread and seeing what Pics M17 has in store for the latest update :-D
It's Some effort you have put into this thread,
Possibly the most detailed up to date thread ever on boards? That I've seen anyway.

Well done man.

Chris_5339762

Given that I started this thread over a decade ago, I really ought to get down there ASAP after opening for a few pics. Shame its opening on a weekday or I'd go to the opening.

high horse

wotzgoingon wrote: »

They never do that in any of the pedestrian bridges in Ireland anyway.

I haven't been to too many other country's to comment on theirs.

There used to be a pedestrian bridge going straight over the sarsfield Rd roundabout in Cork before the road layout was changed

Middle Man

high horse wrote: »

There used to be a pedestrian bridge going straight over the sarsfield Rd roundabout in Cork before the road layout was changed

That is correct, but the space and terrain was there to do it.

plodder

Deleted User wrote: »

The bridge deck needs to be about 4 metres above the road, going straight over the roundabout would need a much longer span, a longer ramp (rising/falling further away from the junction) and piers on the roundabout.

You could use two shorter spans actually. Straight ramps would be an issue, but most pedestrian bridges don't use straight ramps anyway, which makes me think maybe it's a cycle track.

plodder

Chris_5339762 wrote: »

Given that I started this thread over a decade ago, I really ought to get down there ASAP after opening for a few pics. Shame its opening on a weekday or I'd go to the opening.

You could drop down this Sunday. There's a cycling event taking place along the length of it. Hoping to get to it myself.

Benbecul97

Deleted User wrote: »

Space, yes!
Money, NO!

Why would it cost more?

What I'm saying is the northern ramp has 3 turns, the southern ramp has 1 turn. Why not have the ramps the same, either 3 or 1 turn on both, and be a mirror image of each other. From a design perspective it would look better.

peking97

Benbecul97 wrote: »

From a design perspective it would look better.

Agreed. It's all about the symmetry!:)

paul2013

Are any of you board talkers going to the official opening ceremony's the the end month to have a salute to the new motorway?

Roadfan

paul2013 wrote: »

Are any of you board talkers going to the official opening ceremony's the the end month to have a salute to the new motorway?

Have to be a virtual salute from me I'm afraid. Travelling this weekend on what should be my last time on old route. Will salute Claregalway Clarinbridge etc etc as I pass through them for the last time

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The m17 3kms form tuam 24/05/1507/09/17

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The komatsu 800 heading for the roadbridge yard 23/04/15on the m17