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

josip

mikeymouse wrote: »

Speaking of ships,
doesn't M17's last pic there look like a 3 mast ship in full sail?
And is that Slievenamon it's heading towards?

How dare you!
That's Tory Hill


and no, not that kind of Tory, the other type.
http://www.theirishstory.com/2019/01/18/the-strange-history-of-the-term-tory-in-ireland/

mikeymouse

josip wrote: »

How dare you!
That's Tory Hill

Yeah , I thought it was a bit too close allright, ta.

VR6

Hoof_Hearted wrote: »

Thanks! Ive been looking at all the other road building threads recently, they are indeed exciting and I'll look out for the Listowel one. This, though, this bridge, completely captivated me. And introduced me to a part of the country I'd only passed through before. Gorgeous!

Think Marino May have been taking the p**s !!!!

hi5

lalababa wrote: »

Can someone explain why the bridge is so high and long? Seems to me they could of made it 1/5th the length and much lower.

It's so the Dunbrody can get under it when the next famine comes.

Hoof_Hearted

VR6 wrote: »

Think Marino May have been taking the p**s !!!!

Feck! Does that mean there's no Listowel bypass!?
Also...mortified

VR6

Hoof_Hearted wrote: »

Feck! Does that mean there's no Listowel bypass!?
Also...mortified

They've decided to plough the money into a new integrated underground and tramway system instead...

Silent Running

VR6 wrote: »

They've decided to plough the money into a new integrated underground and tramway system instead...

I thought they were going for the monorail.

VR6

Silent Running wrote: »

I thought they were going for the monorail.

Funnily enough, and you may know this already, they did have a monorail system designed by Charles Lartigue in 1888. Strange but true !:)

my3cents

VR6 wrote: »

Funnily enough, and you may know this already, they did have a monorail system designed by Charles Lartigue in 1888. Strange but true !:)

https://www.ballybunion.ie/history-and-folklore/lartigue-monorail.html

and famous for stories about having to balance the load either side of the monorail.

Reuben1210

Silent Running wrote: »

Ships. :P

And needs to be well above the flood plains!

Sam Russell

Not to mention the different heights, one side to the other.

m17

The rfk bridge 18/07/19

m17

The barrow crossing 18/07/19 (pics fb)

m17

The barrow crossing 20/07/19 (pic fb)

m17

The barrow crossing 20/07/19 (pic fb)

Looks like the final pour? Am I looking at it right??

BelfastVanMan

inthehat wrote: »

Looks like the final pour? Am I looking at it right??

Sure does!
Tarmac next?

blindsider

That's fabulous to see! Has the final pour on the other section been completed too?

Hope they can continue to make progress!

josip

I'd guess that there's still a pour needed on the Wexford gap.
Instamavic's drone vid from the 18th didn't show a concrete pumper at that gap on the same day the gap over the river was being pumped.

fricatus

https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/bridging-the-barrow-irelands-longest-bridge-is-now-almost-complete-38333123.html

Went down today .... it's looking great.

There was a lot of activity with the crane removing what looked like dismantled support stuff.

I presume that service area - out on the river where the crane is standing -will be removed??

There's a massive amount of work involved just removing all the construction scaffording, platforms, etc, apart from the construction itself.

And lovely to see Wexford and Kilkenny flags fluttering in the breeze

jmkennedyie

inthehat wrote: »

I presume that service area - out on the river where the crane is standing -will be removed??

Yep. Three piers need to be demolished too :eek:

[see diagram a few pages back]

rekdtangle

Noticed passing yesterday that the central barrier was being continued on from the railway bridge towards the roundabout. Finishing work being wrapped up in that area now.

gman2k

Fatal incident with a road worker on the Glenmore resurfacing works this afternoon. RIP.

blindsider

RIP.

CoBo55

gman2k wrote: »

Fatal incident with a road worker on the Glenmore resurfacing works this afternoon. RIP.

Oh Jesus that's terrible, I thought those days were gone RIP

Sam Russell

m17 wrote: »

There is only 2 piers that need removing the one next to pier 4 is the push pull there is a mistake in the diagram

No, the push pull is there in the photos. My understanding it is there to prevent resonance in the structure. It is not labelled as temporary as the other two are.

[Maybe I am wrong].

jmkennedyie

The tops of the three 'temp piers' are different to normal piers iirc from the videos. I know its just aesthetics, but would be dissappointed if designers now think some of them need to be permanent. Especially the one by pier 4.
If it stays would seem to imply a miss in initial design

Cookiemunster

jmkennedyie wrote: »

The tops of the three 'temp piers' are different to normal piers iirc from the videos. I know its just aesthetics, but would be dissappointed if designers now think some of them need to be permanent. Especially the one by pier 4.
If it stays would seem to imply a miss in initial design

I would be hugely surprised if all three weren't demolished. They bridge will be self supporting once the deck is complete and all the cable stays are properly tensioned.

Hoof_Hearted

It'll be grand when all the cables are tensioned and we get to see that lovely elegant sweep.