N25/N30 - New Ross Bypass [open to traffic]

m17

The barrow crossing 04/07/19 (pic fb)


One more pour and it will all be joined up

prunudo

Not sure if it has been mentioned before but will they paint the bare concrete or leave as is?

loyatemu

prunudo wrote: »

Not sure if it has been mentioned before but will they paint the bare concrete or leave as is?

they don't usually paint motorway bridges.

Hoof_Hearted

m17 wrote: »

The barrow crossing 04/07/19 (pic fb)


One more pour and it will all be joined up

Only one more pour - like a long-anticipated kiss I may head down again soon to see the closed/closing gap.

m17

The barrow crossing 02/07/19 (pic instragram)

Silent Running

m17 wrote: »

The barrow crossing 02/07/19 (pic instragram)

It's interesting how out of line the two sides are. I presume there's some adjustment to be done to get them lined up a bit better.

NedNew2

The two sides are offset by 1.2m, which is more than expected but nothing that can't be overcome. The weight gain from removing the traveler is expected to give a lift of 200mm.

The black braces that you see in the left of the photo will be used to slowly level out the two sides before the final pour. You can see the bolt holes for the braces also in the photo. This leveling will take up to three weeks.

The actual join will be end of July or more likely early August (which was the expected time frame).

My source will remain anonymous.

Joey Joe-Joe Jr

Thanks for the info.
Out of curiosity, do you know if any cable tension adjustment also takes place in order to help with alignment?

NedNew2

I don't know for sure but I would imagine so.

Also, there is a chamber running under the full length of the bridge where the cables can be checked, adjusted, etc. It's tall enough to walk in which is very impressive given the slim profile of the bridge from outside.

Chris_5339762

loyatemu wrote: »

they don't usually paint motorway bridges.

It crosses at Pink Point so lets paint the whole thing a garish shade of pink

jelutong

NedNew2 wrote: »

The two sides are offset by 1.2m, which is more than expected but nothing that can't be overcome. The weight gain from removing the traveler is expected to give a lift of 200mm.

The black braces that you see in the left of the photo will be used to slowly level out the two sides before the final pour. You can see the bolt holes for the braces also in the photo. This leveling will take up to three weeks.

The actual join will be end of July or more likely early August (which was the expected time frame).

My source will remain anonymous.

The Skew Bridge Mk2 might be a good name for it .

Kirbstone

I'm confident the engineers have everything in hand. That last pic. of the join with the two big black girders and massive boltholes in the bridge decks is very informative. I assume he same situation applies at the other (Wexford) end, too.

Tom K.

mikeymouse

Kirbstone wrote: »

I'm confident the engineers have everything in hand. That last pic. of the join with the two big black girders and massive boltholes in the bridge decks is very informative. I assume he same situation applies at the other (Wexford) end, too.

Tom K.

Google Maps;

Some serious realignment needed, or maybe there's going to be a chicane in the middle.
That or Google need to stich their maps together a bit better.

Cookiemunster

mikeymouse wrote: »

Google Maps;

Some serious realignment needed, or maybe there's going to be a chicane in the middle.
That or Google need to stich their maps together a bit better.

Its quite obviously a google mapping issue. There are plenty of aerial pics showing that it looks nothing like that.

blindsider

I was there yesterday and it looks nothing like that.

I suggest that the time spent posting that pic would have been better spent reading the thread.

M17 and several others have spent significant time posting pics of progress - much to regular reader's delight.

5 mins going back a few pages would explain a lot!

Kirbstone

A chicane is a double bend connecting sections of road where there is a horizontal misalignment. That alignment seems perfect from all the photos of the bridge I've seen. The residual problem is vertical and that will be speedily dealt with, I'm sure.

Tom K.

CoBo55

mikeymouse wrote: »

Google Maps;

Some serious realignment needed, or maybe there's going to be a chicane in the middle.
That or Google need to stich their maps together a bit better.

Ridiculous post making little of the thread, people have little to be doing.

Joey Joe-Joe Jr

I don’t think he was being serious in all fairness.

mikeymouse

Blindsider and Cobo55, apologies if my post upset ye.
It would be obvious to most it was a bit tongue in cheek,
as could seen from my comment about Google map stitching.
Also, I have been following this thread for some time as a little research would show.
There was no intention on my part to belittle the work of M17 and others on here.
I had been waiting for Google to update their aerial view,and just wanted to post their latest.
Anyone interested in the new road layout can see the markings and the slip lanes at the 2 roundabouts
I can't wait for Google street view to be updated.
I will be traveling to the ferry in Oct/early Nov and hope it is completed by then.
Keep up the good work ,and keep the photos coming.

Mikey.

Sam Russell

mikeymouse wrote: »

Google Maps;

Some serious realignment needed, or maybe there's going to be a chicane in the middle.
That or Google need to stich their maps together a bit better.

Could this be a joke by Google? - it is not beyond them to do such a thing.

We know that could not be a real image because of so many photos that have been posted here over the time of the project - both from drone footage and from static cameras.

mikeymouse

Sam Russell wrote: »

Could this be a joke by Google? - it is not beyond them to do such a thing.

We know that could not be a real image because of so many photos that have been posted here over the time of the project - both from drone footage and from static cameras.

It does look like they fiddled with the western bit of the road, but the shadow looks dodgy all right.
Would you have any idea of what date it's from?

JohnC.

mikeymouse wrote: »

It does look like they fiddled with the western bit of the road, but the shadow looks dodgy all right.
Would you have any idea of what date it's from?

Kilkenny side is 2/2. Wexford side is 28/3.

I think it could be a perspective issue. The Kilkenny side is taken at an angle and the Wexford side pretty much straight down.

mikeymouse

JohnC. wrote: »

Kilkenny side is 2/2. Wexford side is 28/3.

I think it could be a perspective issue. The Kilkenny side is taken at an angle and the Wexford side pretty much straight down.

Thanks JohnC,
some progress in 3 or 4 months then.

spacetweek

JohnC. wrote: »

Kilkenny side is 2/2. Wexford side is 28/3.

How do you know that??

JohnC.

spacetweek wrote: »

How do you know that??

Google Earth displays image dates. And allows you to go back in time showing older images, so there's actually a few different images at different dates you can see of bridge construction..

m17

The rfk bridge June 19 by insta_mavic

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The N25 June 19

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The barrow crossing 10/07/19 (pic fb)

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The barrow crossing june 19 (pics n25newross website )




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