Mullingar - Athlone Greenway progress?

nice_guy80

you widen the metal gangway on the lock and the bikes go across on the lock.
if the lock is open, they get to have a rest

Subcomandante Marcos

Well, the lock is very rarely completely open, so they'd be able to cross one of the the two gates handy enough, but like, how do you get the track from the greenway to Burgess Park in the first place?

nice_guy80

Subcomandante Marcos wrote: »

Well, the lock is very rarely completely open, so they'd be able to cross one of the the two gates handy enough, but like, how do you get the track from the greenway to Burgess Park in the first place?

monorail

demanufactured

nice_guy80 wrote: »

monorail

I shouldn't have stopped for that haircut.

veryangryman

Drove by the White Gates other day and i see that access is available to the ongoing site (or was that day anyway)

Any idea when theyre due to finish. Would love to have this ready for summer.

Zubeneschamali

veryangryman wrote: »

Any idea when theyre due to finish. Would love to have this ready for summer.

They closed the footpath beside Dunnes Montree as part of the works and the sign says closed until July.

AshfieldM10

Folks does the Mullingar greenway appear on google maps

AshfieldM10

AshfieldM10 wrote: »

Folks does the Mullingar greenway appear on google maps

Google it!?!?

flazio

The trail is marked out but there hasn't been a street view camera on it.

veryangryman

Got this when i asked around aboout extension to bridge with Boxer


They have work to do to build up to this which will take until late summer to complete. After this the TII will be looking at it.

veryangryman

Cycled under the 2 bridges near Corrib Oil/Coosan road yesterday. There was alot of heavy machinery active on the old road. They're definitely working away anyways. Good to see.

mr spuckler

veryangryman wrote: »

Cycled under the 2 bridges near Corrib Oil/Coosan road yesterday. There was alot of heavy machinery active on the old road. They're definitely working away anyways. Good to see.

yeah I drove by there a couple of weeks ago and they've a very substantial amount of machinery and cleared land also.

Sunny Dayz

veryangryman wrote: »

Cycled under the 2 bridges near Corrib Oil/Coosan road yesterday. There was alot of heavy machinery active on the old road. They're definitely working away anyways. Good to see.

Irish Rail are suspending services this weekend for the Galway and Westport routes to facilitate works on the cycleway.
http://www.irishrail.ie/news/major-works-and-service-alterations-this-easter-weekend

mr spuckler

and the end result...

https://twitter.com/westmeathcoco/status/1121332700856639488?s=19

Zubeneschamali

mr spuckler wrote: »

and the end result...

For reference, here is a Google maps aerial view showing where that photo is, with Dunnes Montree at the bottom (North), and a flat roofed building in the Hospital grounds with a skylight dome at the top (South):


https://www.google.com/maps/@53.4287733,-7.9418932,145a,35y,180h,39.53t/data=!3m1!1e3

mr spuckler

Zubeneschamali wrote: »

For reference, here is a Google maps aerial view showing where that photo is, with Dunnes Montree at the bottom (North), and a flat roofed building in the Hospital grounds with a skylight dome at the top (South):


https://www.google.com/maps/@53.4287733,-7.9418932,145a,35y,180h,39.53t/data=!3m1!1e3

yes and that site with the shell of a house bordering the railway line and Abbey rd has been completely cleared for the project.

Zubeneschamali

mr spuckler wrote: »

yes and that site with the shell of a house bordering the railway line and Abbey rd has been completely cleared for the project.

Not a house, an abattoir per the 1930s OSI 6" map.

veryangryman

Actually looking at it now, depending on the exact "near the marina" site of the new bridge, there'l be very little interaction with traffic there. Maybe 100m or so?

Zubeneschamali

veryangryman wrote: »

Actually looking at it now, depending on the exact "near the marina" site of the new bridge, there'l be very little interaction with traffic there. Maybe 100m or so?

I think the Greenway will run through the hospital grounds, and just cross the road to the marina - way less than 100m

Smashmouth

mr spuckler wrote: »

and the end result...

https://twitter.com/westmeathcoco/status/1121332700856639488?s=19

Really looks like a magnet for ****ty graffitti and discarded syringes.

veryangryman

Smashmouth wrote: »

Really looks like a magnet for ****ty graffitti and discarded syringes.

As every bridge in the world is. Needs to be lit the whole way as the last extension was due to proximity of nacks.

mr spuckler

don't think this has been posted before.

Dublin Galway Greenway Bridge set to open in 2 years

http://www.dublingalwaygreenway.com/2019/04/dublin-galway-greenway-bridge-set-to.html

Subcomandante Marcos

It's not just in an incredibly stupid location, it's ugly as sin.

flazio

Smashmouth wrote: »

Really looks like a magnet for ****ty graffitti and discarded syringes.

That's more a poor reflection on Athlone rather than the idea or design of the Cycle way.

Smashmouth

flazio wrote: »

That's more a poor reflection on Athlone rather than the idea or design of the Cycle way.

Nah it's a reflection on building a dingy concrete underpass in a dark corner of a car park and would be the same in any town.

veryangryman

mr spuckler wrote: »

don't think this has been posted before.

Dublin Galway Greenway Bridge set to open in 2 years

http://www.dublingalwaygreenway.com/2019/04/dublin-galway-greenway-bridge-set-to.html

Will be great for those coming from Monksland to points East when this opens.

That said, the location of the bridge in the drawings from the link seems to indicate it being right near the Library. Which would be ****e if it runs parallel to existing bridge, dealing with traffic etc

mr spuckler

yeah I think it goes across from the corner of the Radisson to near the old library alright.

Zubeneschamali

veryangryman wrote: »

Will be great for those coming from Monksland to points East when this opens.

That said, the location of the bridge in the drawings from the link seems to indicate it being right near the Library. Which would be ****e if it runs parallel to existing bridge, dealing with traffic etc

The whole point is to separate users of the Greenway from the traffic, hence a completely separate bridge.

veryangryman

mr spuckler wrote: »

yeah I think it goes across from the corner of the Radisson to near the old library alright.

Had a look at it from the Roscommon side. The cranes as the crow flies are VERY close to the line of the White Bridge, and there's alot of greenery that they could put the track through. In this (admittedly guesswork) case, the bridge would be very far away from the artists impression. Indeed, the whingers who said it would spoil the view of Railway Bridge would be placated by this as it would no longer block it.

Mearings

We need another bridge so that the council can attach a placque with their names on it, as happened in Church Street recently. They might as well stick one on the new tunnel at Montree while there're at it.