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

Harry Palmr

So then what's it like this weekend? Full of rubbernecking? I think I'll wait until midweek before taking a spin.

NedNew2

Harry Palmr wrote: »

So then what's it like this weekend? Full of rubbernecking? I think I'll wait until midweek before taking a spin.

It's fine, no problems at all to see it this weekend. It's well able to handle the traffic.

What is noticeable is the high amount of traffic still on the approach road to New Ross from Wexford. Mostly local traffic I suppose but still surprising.

sideswipe

No sign of google maps updating, anybody know how long it usually take for them to pick up on road openings?

josip

sideswipe wrote: »

No sign of google maps updating, anybody know how long it usually take for them to pick up on road openings?

I think it was at least 4 days before they updated with the Enniscorthy bypass.

BelfastVanMan

josip wrote: »

I think it was at least 4 days before they updated with the Enniscorthy bypass.

Even at that, they still have the old N11 showing..

marno21

BelfastVanMan wrote: »

Even at that, they still have the old N11 showing..

They still have the N11 showing between Arklow and Rathnew even though it became the R772 in July 2015.

alta stare

Harry Palmr wrote: »

So then what's it like this weekend? Full of rubbernecking? I think I'll wait until midweek before taking a spin.

Iv just come back across it and it is fine.

allthedoyles

As you head down Glenmore hill from Waterford towards the Glenmore roundabout there is speed limit signs 100kmh.
As you head down the N25 from New Ross , towards the Glenmore roundabout, there is speed limit signs 80kmh.
No further speed limit signs as you join the bypass heading towards the bridge.
So which is it.

m17

The barrow crossing 01/02/20

JohnC.

Just back from a nighttime drive to see it lit up. Looked good enough from the Kilkenny side, but coming back from the Wexford side, when it comes into view you don't really see the Pink Rock in the darkness and it just looks like the lights are arcing into the darkness of the sky. Looks like it's going deceptively high. Amazing.

allthedoyles

My dashcam footage

Say my name

The bridge looks like three ships.

I'm not sure if it was part of the plan but three ships used to be on the Wexford and Waterford motif's.

m17

The barrow crossing 01/02/20

m17

The barrow crossing 01/02/20

swoofer

these are getting better and better. I have driven across it, ,, awesome

m17

swoofer wrote: »

these are getting better and better. I have driven across it, ,, awesome

It's the best 95 million this island as ever spent

alta stare

m17 wrote: »

It's the best 95 million this island as ever spent

If only we had the Glenmore to Waterford part done...oh and a new DC/Motorway to Wexford. Imagine a journey of about half an hour between WF and Wex. Pure bliss.

Cantona's Collars

Took a spin on the new road over the weekend,a lot of people parked up at either side of the bridge getting photos.
The bridge itself is not quite level as you drive across it with slight dips in it.
It's gas how people automatically slow down when crossing it,I did it myself just to take in the view.:)

josip

Lots of 'trippers' as the Famous Five would call them, around yesterday.
If anyone is going in the night time for a gawk, it's worth going
https://goo.gl/maps/AA1VDUjhRQv4AVBc7
to watch for a while.


You'll be far enough back to see the lights of the vehicles going across.
Maybe it's because I'm from the area and the bridge and traffic at that location is alien to me, but it's very surreal to watch these dots of light traversing the river so far above the water.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NpySZ1qqBHE

Leo Demidov

Cantona's Collars wrote: »

The bridge itself is not quite level as you drive across it with slight dips in it.

It's up and down like a wh*res knickers.

There was a 400mm height differential when the longest spans met so they jemmied them together with a 10 metre rsj, poured the last bit of concrete and hoped for the best.

A truly Irish solution to an Irish problem!

Cookiemunster

Leo Demidov wrote: »

It's up and down like a wh*res knickers.

There was a 400mm height differential when the longest spans met so they jemmied them together with a 10 metre rsj, poured the last bit of concrete and hoped for the best.

A truly Irish solution to an Irish problem!

No, it was the standard solution to an engineering problem seen all over the world.

Sam Russell

Cookiemunster wrote: »

No, it was the standard solution to an engineering problem seen all over the world.

Is that the purpose of those towers and cables - to keep the bridge platform level? They are tensioned as needed to pull the platform as required.

Cookiemunster

Sam Russell wrote: »

Is that the purpose of those towers and cables - to keep the bridge platform level? They are tensioned as needed to pull the platform as required.

It was mentioned at the time that after they had leveled the bridge and poured the final sections that they would then do the final tensioning on the cables.

Leo Demidov

Cookiemunster wrote: »

No, it was the standard solution to an engineering problem seen all over the world.

I'm pretty sure the engineer said in the Engineering Channel documentary that they hadn't come across this problem before. If its a common problem, surely they could have planned and mitigated against it and avoided the bumps. I'm not knocking the overall project but it is a little rough around the edges.

vicwatson

Leo Demidov wrote: »

I'm pretty sure the engineer said in the Engineering Channel documentary that they hadn't come across this problem before. If its a common problem, surely they could have planned and mitigated against it and avoided the bumps. I'm not knocking the overall project but it is a little rough around the edges.

It's a seriously noticeable dip between the first upright and second upright from the wexford side, looks almost unconvincing its safe.


I assume that was a mess up somewhere, that does not look right

Azatadine

Yeah it's very noticeable on the Wexford side. Maybe it'll level out over time?

realflash1982

Great to finally travel the new road and bridge today after 20 years of Wexford - Waterford commuting and a few years following this thread.

Looks fantastic in low light with the cable and deck lights on. I agree with another poster that it resembles three ships. Intended or not it looks the part! The road is super smooth.

With regards to it not being level, well it is impossible not to notice it . It won't bother motorists but it is very obvious from the Wexford approach given how it was meant to be.

kneemos

The picture in this article is accurate then?

https://www.irishexaminer.com/breakingnews/ireland/new-ross-bypass-will-cater-for-up-to-20k-cars-a-day-978396.html

prunudo

Is it noticeable with the naked eye or are the photos taken with zoomed lenses making it look worse than it really is.

josip

kneemos wrote: »

The picture in this article is accurate then?

https://www.irishexaminer.com/breakingnews/ireland/new-ross-bypass-will-cater-for-up-to-20k-cars-a-day-978396.html

Completely