Macken St Bridge – Santiago Calatrava
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@foremanjoe wrote:
Lighten up dave123.
And maybe read a newspaper.
Just sort yourself out dude! It’s simple. Try it. Could be good.
@dave123 wrote:
Just sort yourself out dude! It’s simple. Try it. Could be good.
Ok, I’ll give it a go.
Thanks man, I needed someone to straighten me out.
I haven’t been on an even keel for a while now.
Seriously thanks, this has cheered me up no end.
@Frank Taylor wrote:
It’s a direct journey…
pearse street, macken st, bridge, guild st, seville place, portland row, ncr, dorset street, drumcondra.The traffic lights are going to need some serious updating at the five lamps, tried this route today, there was light traffic and it still took forever. It struck me on the way how pointless it all seemed unless you put in a 70s style punchthrough going north from the bridge, it almost seems like it was the plan!
tried it last night at about 7pm. from the bridge up to the junction of ncr/Amiens there are about 7 sets of lights. the set at ncr/Amiens are still as bad as ever. as Bago said took me ages to get through with light enough traffic.
will stick to pearse st for the moment.I agree that this bridge is disappointing road users already. Some gripes from me include the “No Right Turn” at Seville Place onto North Strand. This should surely be a no brainer! However it is fair to say that Summerhil is much less busy than North Strand whcih may account for this restriction.
The sequencing of lights along Seville Place is terrible. There are about 5 or 6 sets which simply make yuou stop and start all the way along. Annoying.
Still at least as I am crossing the bridge from south to north I find out which direction the Wax Museum is! Thanks for that v. v. handy sign.
Im also taking bets on how long all that lovely lighting will last……The new bridge improves the outer orbital city route. Have a look at this map to see how it fits in
http://www.dublincity.ie/RoadsandTraffic/Traffic/Documents/Outer_Orbital_Route.pdf
I’d say the lights do need to be resequenced around Seville Pl, Amiens St
haha foremanjoe very topical.
StephenC, how is the lighting holding up on the Joyce bridge?
Hate to answer questions to other people but: the lighting on joyce bridge is terrible. One half of the ground lighting is out as are many individual lights.
Same story with O’Casey and Millenium.
Noticed this morning traffic coming south off the bridge is creating havoc for traffic coming from city along quays who have to squirm through misery hill to get south.
I really want to like this bridge, I can’t.
It is useless.
For instance: last night on the commute home amiens st and northstrand southbound was backed as far as east wall road.
So naturally I decided to take eastwall road to the docks hoping I could use the new bridge. But like about ten other cars the only way we could manage it was to turn right from the quays onto guild street and then do a U turn.
There restrictions really only have the eastlink in mind.
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