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

There is a charity cycle along the motorway this weekend.

This pdf includes a map with all the future road labels.
http://www.directroutegorttotuam.ie/media/27129/great_western_cycle_cyclist_handbook.pdf

m17

The flyover at bauilpuil 15/02/1608/09/17

emfifty

m17 wrote: »

The flyover at bauilpuil 15/02/1608/09/17

Fantastic piece of infrastructure. Pity about the weeds growing up alongside the crash barrier before it´s even open

jenningso

HERE maps has the motorway up on their site and it looks complete:

https://wego.here.com/?map=53.29394,-8.79434,15,satellite&fb_locale=en_GB

joeKel73

Nice. It's not available for routes yet. Interested to find out the time difference for getting from Galway City to the far side of Tuam.

marno21

Treasure these last few Friday evenings lads.

Won't have many more pleasurable Friday evenings soaking in the lovely walls of Clarinbridge, Claregalway and Tuam whilst moving between 0 and 5km/h.

m17

The end of the current m18 at gort looking towards Limerick 08/09/17start of the new m18 looking towards rathmorrissythe first sign on the new m18

Kevwoody

marno21 wrote: »

Treasure these last few Friday evenings lads.

Won't have many more pleasurable Friday evenings soaking in the lovely walls of Clarinbridge, Claregalway and Tuam whilst moving between 0 and 5km/h.

Having spent the last 5 or more years driving Cork to donegal twice a week, I can't wait!!

m17

M18 junction 17 kiltiernan looking towards rathmorrissy 08/09/17kiltiernan looking towards gort

m17

The northbound lane on the m18 at gort 09/09/17progress report hears what's left to be done the tuam bypass tighten that chicken wire,the m17 hedge cutting,the m18 remove the barriers at junction 16,1 km of line painting and cats eyes and put up that gantry sign and it's ready to rock a big thanks to roadbridge/sisk and langans you have done unreal work over the past 32 months thanks again yours m17

whitey1

I did Castlebar to Shannon in 2 hours flat this Summer......how much time will I shave off when the new motorway opens? Im thinking 20 minutes

Roadfan

whitey1 wrote: »

I did Castlebar to Shannon in 2 hours flat this Summer......how much time will I shave off when the new motorway opens? Im thinking 20 minutes

Think 30 minutes

m17

New sign at kiltiernan 09/09/17

marno21

m17 wrote: »

New sign at kiltiernan 09/09/17

This sign is wrong, Gort should be signed using the M18 also as the M18 is the fastest route from Kilternan to Gort.

Middle Man

marno21 wrote: »

This sign is wrong, Gort should be signed using the M18 also as the M18 is the fastest route from Kilternan to Gort.

The signage situation is becoming a complete farce. Who is overseeing the permanent signage for this project??? The waste of resources is completely unacceptable and IMO, heads need to roll!

m17

The kilmore roundabout 09/09/17start of the tuam bypass

m17

Middle Man wrote: »

The signage situation is becoming a complete farce. Who is overseeing the permanent signage for this project??? The waste of resources is completely unacceptable and IMO, heads need to roll!

Here's another cock up sign one at the start of the new m18sign two the start of the tuam bypassthese signs are 53 kms apart sign one should have sligo 166kms

wtd2008

Thanks for all the updates.
We are so close at this stage, but do they ever open motorways ahead of the official opening day? I know the M6 opened early due to the floods, just idly hoping !

Isambard

m17 wrote: »

Here's another cock up sign one at the start of the new m18sign two the start of the tuam bypassthese signs are 53 kms apart sign one should have sligo 166kms

I've often wondered if motorway signs give the distance to the turn off rather than the distance to the destination. If a place was 11km ahead but the turn off was 1 km ahead a sign with 11 km could be misleading.

Kermit.de.frog

Roundabouts everywhere.

We need the Germans to come in and design our roads for us.

Middle Man

Kermit.de.frog wrote: »

Roundabouts everywhere.

We need the Germans to come in and design our roads for us.

The original plan for the Tuam Bypass was worse - there was to be at least another roundabout if not two along the bypass itself. I don't find the current layout too bad - perhaps Kilmore should have been grade separated, but at least the pedestrian/cycle traffic is now elevated.

carlfleming

I used an iPhone to navigate to the registration point for Sunday’s cycle in Tuam and noticed that the Tuam bypass is live on Apple maps now. It’s used if you navigate e.g. from Claregalway to Sligo.

Best of luck to anyone cycling the motorway route tomorrow.

Aontachtoir

Isambard wrote: »

I've often wondered if motorway signs give the distance to the turn off rather than the distance to the destination. If a place was 11km ahead but the turn off was 1 km ahead a sign with 11 km could be misleading.

That's why they have signs 2 km before each exit saying which roads and destinations the exit leads to. As far as I'm aware, these on-line route confirmation signs always show the distance from the sign to the final destination (give or take a few kilometres, as the signs in your post show), never the distance to the relevant exit.

Kermit.de.frog

Kermit.de.frog wrote: »

Roundabouts everywhere.

We need the Germans to come in and design our roads for us.

give me roundabouts any day over brain dead traffic lights that make you wait for the wind to pass!

m17

Kermit.de.frog wrote: »

Roundabouts everywhere.

We need the Germans to come in and design our roads for us.

There's only three on this project the kilmore roundabout and the mountpotter roundabout both on the tuam bypass and the one at rathmorrissy

Kermit.de.frog

m17 wrote: »

one at rathmorrissy

Should have been a cloverleaf

m17

Kermit.de.frog wrote: »

Should have been a cloverleaf

A cloverleaf would have been more expensive,what we have is much better rathmorrissy 02/09/17

irishgeo

Was a cloverleaf not picked because they wanted to have a service station on the roundabout too.

Chris_5339762

Also cloverleafs + weaving + Irish driving = no

Middle Man

irishgeo wrote: »

Was a cloverleaf not picked because they wanted to have a service station on the roundabout too.

A cloverleaf (continental style) would be no better - there'd still be conflicts between the right turn movements. Cloverleafs are old fashioned at this stage IMO. Perhaps an Irish style figure 8 junction might have been better - there was a lot of space to construct a very large version of such.