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

road_high

This is poor. Seasonal factors me arse

m17

road_high wrote: »

This is poor. Seasonal factors me arse

It feels like there waiting on brexit

Dunmoreroader

m17 wrote: »

It feels like there waiting on brexit

Good name for the bridge; The Wexit!! :pac:

Kirbstone

Disappointment for some, but there's no point in rushing the opening if things aren't ready. I suspect there will be walkers on the bridge over the Christmas period if they are allowed.

Tom K.

gman2k

Kirbstone wrote: »

Disappointment for some, but there's no point in rushing the opening if things aren't ready. I suspect there will be walkers on the bridge over the Christmas period if they are allowed.

Tom K.

Permanent security at the site entrances now....

micknail

So what's the holdup?

The Access road on the Waterford/Kilkenny side does not look near complete,
what was the hold up there? surely they could have painted lines / Lighting up on the road from the roundabout while the concrete issue was being resolved?

Azatadine

Yeah, looks like theres a lot to be done there still alright.

josip

They were probably pulling out all the stops to make the 20th before the recent accident.
Once that happened and activity stopped for a few days, there was no way they were going to be opening on the 20th.

micknail

josip wrote: »

They were probably pulling out all the stops to make the 20th before the recent accident.
Once that happened and activity stopped for a few days, there was no way they were going to be opening on the 20th.

Was the accident not wayyyyy back in July, before even the issue with the concrete discovered?

josip

micknail wrote: »

Was the accident not wayyyyy back in July, before even the issue with the concrete discovered?

There was a fatal accident on nearby, but separate roadworks in Gaulstown earlier in the year.

This is the recent accident I was referring to.
https://www.independent.ie/regionals/newrossstandard/bridge-worker-seriously-injured-in-accident-38703475.html

road_high

Kirbstone wrote: »

Disappointment for some, but there's no point in rushing the opening if things aren't ready. I suspect there will be walkers on the bridge over the Christmas period if they are allowed.

Tom K.

Well there’s no worries there after nearly 4 years- they certainly ain’t rushing anything.

road_high

josip wrote: »

They were probably pulling out all the stops to make the 20th before the recent accident.
Once that happened and activity stopped for a few days, there was no way they were going to be opening on the 20th.

While the accident is deeply regrettable and unfortunate, I fail to see what impact it should have had. Yes, deal with the aftermath and reason for it but unless it involved a catastrophic collapse in a structural element or something then it really shouldn’t hold up the opening of the road

road_high

micknail wrote: »

So what's the holdup?

The Access road on the Waterford/Kilkenny side does not look near complete,
what was the hold up there? surely they could have painted lines / Lighting up on the road from the roundabout while the concrete issue was being resolved?

Yes I don’t understand that either. I was down there two months ago and it doesn’t look to have moved on a great deal since that time.

m17

The barrow crossing 08/12/19 (pic fb )

sideswipe

^^That's a magnificent looking piece of infrastructure.

blindsider

Super pic! Well done that person!

Thanks for posting M17 (As ever!)

Joey Joe-Joe Jr

It’s a great photo.
Though I really really wish that temporary pier in the middle would go away!! 🀪

Harry Palmr

I want to go over it :mad:

josip

I want to go under it

eagerv

Joey Joe-Joe Jr wrote: »

It’s a great photo.
Though I really really wish that temporary pier in the middle would go away!! ��

It's being demolished at the moment. Out there yesterday and a few metres already gone...

Joey Joe-Joe Jr

eagerv wrote: »

It's being demolished at the moment. Out there yesterday and a few metres already gone...

Great! Thanks for the update.

eagerv

Temporary Pier on Island has been demolished fast.
12 Noon today.

josip

That was much faster than the Kilkenny-side one.
It was only 1/3 demolished on Sunday

Joey Joe-Joe Jr

josip wrote: »

That was much faster than the Kilkenny-side one.
It was only 1/3 demolished on Sunday

Yeah, seems to have come down very fast!

Maybe there was an issue with the concrete!!

m17

The barrow crossing 07/12/19 (pics fb )

josip

Does anyone know what kind of aesthetic lighting has been designed into the bridge?
Black and Amber or Purple and Gold?

insta_mavic

The third and last temporary pier gone as of today.

Chris_5339762

josip wrote: »

Does anyone know what kind of aesthetic lighting has been designed into the bridge?
Black and Amber or Purple and Gold?

Black and Amber on one side, Purple and Gold on the other.


But swapped

road_high

josip wrote: »

Does anyone know what kind of aesthetic lighting has been designed into the bridge?
Black and Amber or Purple and Gold?

Hopefully neither as that would be completely tacky

emfifty

m17 wrote: »

The barrow crossing 08/12/19 (pic fb )

That wins photo of the thread for me - great snap!