N40 - Cork South Ring Bandon & Sarsfield Flyovers

Prowetod

Most of the work is taking place on the southern side of the road between the Bandon and Sarsfields roundabouts at present. They have blocked off the hard shoulder between the two roundabouts west-bound. This makes it very dangerous for us commuter cyclists who are now being forced out into the very heavy traffic

Can't you just cycle on the path on the northern side of the road. Presume it will remain open for another while before they need to remove it?

Also, they had the 3 lanes merged into 1 from the forge hill bridge to the sarsfield roundabout last night, it looked like they were erecting some barriers.

RubyXI

Any idea if there will be access for pedestrians during works, while they're knocking the flyover? It's used a lot.

MrDerp

How's this looking traffic-wise at the moment people?

I'll be down next Friday and heading from the tunnel direction towards West Cork at about 2.30 or 3 on Friday afternoon. Better to go Airport > Fivemilebridge > Ballinhassig > N71? or is it moving sufficiently well?

neddynasty

MrDerp wrote: »

How's this looking traffic-wise at the moment people?

I'll be down next Friday and heading from the tunnel direction towards West Cork at about 2.30 or 3 on Friday afternoon. Better to go Airport > Fivemilebridge > Ballinhassig > N71? or is it moving sufficiently well?

Going OK at the moment cause the schools are still off and there won't be lane closures for a few months. Next Friday I would think most of the schools will be back but if you're there around 2.30 to 3 then you should be fairly OK. Not a huge volume of traffic at that time.

harry21

+1, the schools are back on Wednesday so who knows?? Noramlly on a Friday its busiest between 12:30 and 2pm.

You could always chance it and if traffic is very heavy, turn off at Sarsfield Roundabout and head up Spur hill, and down past Chetwynd Cemetery :cool:.

PcAngel

No problem today at 3:30pm. You'll be grand - all going well!

EDINBRO

Was shocking today at half 5. Its gonna get a whole lot worse.

Definitely if heading west go via Airport road, 5 mile bridge etc.

caeser

phi3 wrote: »

Any idea if there will be access for pedestrians during works, while they're knocking the flyover? It's used a lot.

Ya there will be access for pedestrians. Think they are going to have something like whats on the existing Bandon rd roundabout. The pedestrian flyover is planned to be demolished over the October bank holiday weekend. The N25 will be closed for the entire weekend afaik!

fitzeyboy.

caeser wrote: »

Ya there will be access for pedestrians. Think they are going to have something like whats on the existing Bandon rd roundabout. The pedestrian flyover is planned to be demolished over the October bank holiday weekend. The N25 will be closed for the entire weekend afaik!

That will be interesting for traffic to say the least. :eek:

Chris_5339762

I doubt it. They dont need an entire weekend to demolish it. An hour at night with a JCB will bring most of it down.

harry21

Chris_5339762 wrote: »

I doubt it. They dont need an entire weekend to demolish it. An hour at night with a JCB will bring most of it down.

I doubt that, I'd say most of it will be crushed onsite and reused as fill if they not going to reuse it as a pedestrian bridge. The metal railing will surely be recycled, and that will take a half day to remove etc.

I'd say there is easily 3 days work in completely removing the structure, but it might be demolished quickly and move off the road.

Amtmann

Do we know when the bridge will be removed? Work so far seems... slow.

Amtmann

Update attached. Nothing really to see on the ground yet. I've moved to Ballincollig and will have to go through these two b.astards every day for the next two years. Looking forward to seeing the two flyovers take place.

Chris_5339762

Good (for the rest of us).

DAILY pictures while you sit in the traffic please!

cork_south

Tremelo wrote: »

Update attached. Nothing really to see on the ground yet. I've moved to Ballincollig and will have to go through these two b.astards every day for the next two years. Looking forward to seeing the two flyovers take place.

my heart bleeds for ya, ive been doing it every day for the last 6 years

cork_south

Chris_5339762 wrote: »

Good (for the rest of us).

DAILY pictures while you sit in the traffic please!

Lots of trees cleared today on the south east side of the Sarsfield

omerin

Tremelo wrote: »

Update attached. Nothing really to see on the ground yet. I've moved to Ballincollig and will have to go through these two b.astards every day for the next two years. Looking forward to seeing the two flyovers take place.

Well I did warn you


Very slow progress so far, I thought they'd be working around the clock on this

Amtmann

omerin wrote: »

Well I did warn you


Very slow progress so far, I thought they'd be working around the clock on this

You did, but I got a magnificent apartment that I would have been mad to turn down.

BAM are building the flyovers. BAM like to take their time. The days of projects coming in almost a year ahead of schedule are well and truly at an end I'd say. It'll be interesting to observe the dismantling of the pedestrian bridges.

invinciblePRSTV

I don't think I've seen any person stick to or below the 60 k/m hr speed limits.

Amtmann

invinciblePRSTV wrote: »

I don't think I've seen any person stick to or below the 60 k/m hr speed limits.

True that. So far the works don't seem to have had any affect on traffic at all.

niloc1951

invinciblePRSTV wrote: »

I don't think I've seen any person stick to or below the 60 k/m hr speed limits.

Why would they when 'the learned experience' is that there is only very occasional, if any at all, enforcement of 'works speed limits' in this country.

vf949

Tremelo wrote: »

You did, but I got a magnificent apartment that I would have been mad to turn down.

BAM are building the flyovers. BAM like to take their time. The days of projects coming in almost a year ahead of schedule are well and truly at an end I'd say. It'll be interesting to observe the dismantling of the pedestrian bridges.

Are SIAC not the main contractors?

alanucc

SIAC are the main contractor.

Not sure if this has been discussed, but the demolition of the pedestrian bridge coming up will be a very interesting operation. Its particularly complex because its basically a huge prestressed beam. If you just start cutting the bridge, the tendons will fly out and possibly do major damage. Also once this stress is released, the bridge wont stand on its own and it all falls down.

A sequence they might use is:
Prop the whole bridge
Locally break out around the ends of the tendons
Somehow relieve the prestress in the tendons.
Start the demolition.

Amtmann

New update attached.

Amtmann

Must say, I'm liking these regular updates. I'll be going through both roundabouts twice daily from Monday onwards - and I'll likely be the only person in the city who looks forward to that prospect. My camera, which has been gathering dust for the past year, is being charged

BluntGuy

Do you not use it for anything other than roads Shane? :cool: :pac:

Wild Bill

BluntGuy wrote: »

Do you not use it for anything other than roads Shane? :cool: :pac:

What else is there?

Ascii

Any more pictures...don't get to Cork too often

Amtmann

I plan to take a batch of photos at the weekend. The construction works are starting to get interesting now.

Chris_5339762

EVERY day