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

mikeingalway

Finally, I see the mast is nearing completion at Annagh Hill! Here hoping it will knock out the black spots each side of it ... I’d say they will still need another one near Cartymore.

m17

mikeingalway wrote: »

Finally, I see the mast is nearing completion at Annagh Hill! Here hoping it will knock out the black spots each side of it ... I’d say they will still need another one near Cartymore.

There is no plan for one at cartymore the mast at Annagh Hill will also cover this area as Annagh hill is 8kms away form carthymore

mikeingalway

Really, can't see a mast covering that distance and the hidden dips all the way toward and including Cartymore. What is the range of these masts?

Kermit.de.frog

BIGT4464 wrote: »

Exactly but look at what we got.

obi604

BIGT4464 wrote: »

How it should have looked 

I know nothing about road design.
How does this work?

I can’t see how all the roads join up......or are there different layers that I’m not seeing.

marno21

obi604 wrote: »

I know nothing about road design.
How does this work?

I can’t see how all the roads join up......or are there different layers that I’m not seeing.

Wiki can explain better than I ever could: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cloverleaf_interchange

Kermit.de.frog

That would have been cheaper as well.

For taxpayers your money has been wasted on a more expensive and yet inferior junction.

Should be an inquiry in to that in my opinion.

m17

The M18 at roveagh the accommodation flyover 29/09/16

29/09/18

flazio

Kermit.de.frog wrote: »

That would have been cheaper as well.

For taxpayers your money has been wasted on a more expensive and yet inferior junction.

Should be an inquiry in to that in my opinion.

Yielding and stopping isn't the end of the world, just a minor inconvenience.
You need to build a bridge, put a roundabout on it and get over it.

flazio

flazio wrote: »

Yielding and stopping isn't the end of the world, just a minor inconvenience.
You need to build a bridge, put a roundabout on it and get over it.

or just slap on a bit of paint!

Kermit.de.frog

flazio wrote: »

Yielding and stopping isn't the end of the world, just a minor inconvenience.
You need to build a bridge, put a roundabout on it and get over it.

Time for you to build a bridge and get over the Father Ted approach to infrastructure.

Nothing will change unless these planners are challenged.

We should not be accepting second rate infrastructure.

marno21

MOD: Can everyone please give over with the potshots at other posters please.

Kermit.de.frog wrote: »

Nothing will change unless these planners are challenged.

We should not be accepting second rate infrastructure.

The M17 carries 10k vehicles per day or so. A three level stack is actually overspecced for that volume. Perhaps if the M17/M18 was built properly and served the needs it was supposed to then a more complex junction would have been warranted.

Roadfan

News item on Ocean fm. Sorry not great at copying links. Anyway planning for new road between Collooney and Knock on going and being led by Sligo Coco. It'll be a long time coming though. 10 to 13 years estimated.

jenningso

Roadfan wrote: »

News item on Ocean fm. Sorry not great at copying links. Anyway planning for new road between Collooney and Knock on going and being led by Sligo Coco. It'll be a long time coming though. 10 to 13 years estimated.

https://www.oceanfm.ie/2018/10/11/upgraded-n17-still-in-the-planning-but-at-least-a-decade-away/

m17

M17/m18 overview
http://www.engineersjournal.ie/2018/10/16/construction-m17-m18-gorttuam-motorway-overview/

m17

The bat bridge 28/10/16


21/10/18

SeanW

A partly unrolled cloverleaf would have been perfect. Seriously, when they decided not to go with the service station in the middle or whatever it was, the NRA/TII whoever was responsible should have sent the junction back to the drawing board.

Benbecul97

The World's longest sea bridge in China, set to open this week, is roughly the same length as the M17/M18 motorway! Insane! :O

Benbecul97

Benbecul97 wrote: »

The World's longest sea bridge in China, set to open this week, is roughly the same length as the M17/M18 motorway! Insane! :O

At least you don't need to be a privileged politician or have a special permit to drive on the M17. :pac:

remfan

Deleted User wrote: »

Benbecul97 wrote: »

The World's longest sea bridge in China, set to open this week, is roughly the same length as the M17/M18 motorway! Insane! :O

At least you don't need to be a privileged politician or have a special permit to drive on the M17. :pac:

What's even worse is they plan to build a parallel bridge from Shenzen to Zhongshan a few miles further north in the bay to be open by 2030. To be fair I have been over there a few times and if you look at the 7-8 major cities that line the bay like a horseshoe from Hong Kong to Macau there are almost 100 million people living in that small area so getting from one end to the other can take 3 hours by car. I saw the new bridge recently from the ground and the air and it is an incredible piece of infrastructure. No ABP issues over there.

m17

The bat bridge on the M18

BelfastVanMan

m17 wrote: »

The bat bridge on the M18

That's a great pic

Truckermal

I seen some lad with a black Skoda parked all over the road earlier taking pics!

m17

Rathmorrisy 23/10/15

23/06/18

BelfastVanMan

m17 wrote: »

Rathmorrisy 23/10/15

23/06/18

Another smashing pic.
Junction 18 looks like it's been there for years, already!

Sam Russell

BelfastVanMan wrote: »

Another smashing pic.
Junction 18 looks like it's been there for years, already!

But no traffic. There are more vehicles on the construction photo than on the open one. Where is all the traffic?

m17

Sam Russell wrote: »

But no traffic. There are more vehicles on the construction photo than on the open one. Where is all the traffic?

In claregalway stuck in a jam

serfboard

Sam Russell wrote: »

But no traffic. There are more vehicles on the construction photo than on the open one. Where is all the traffic?

Very little traffic on the M6 in that photo either - even though that road has 29K AADT.

marno21

I nearly fainted at the weekend when I had to stop at the Rathmorrissey roundabout and yield to another car whilst exiting the M6 eastbound.

Imagine the chances of two cars being on the roundabout at once.

Aontachtoir

Not sure if someone has mentioned it already, but Google Maps has been updated and now includes Street View all along the M17/M18.