De Tunnel

[nelly sham]

Was Jack Lynch the head engineer of this?

 

[Rorz]

I am not a crook

 

[Bandon Langer]

I remember when to cross the city you had to drive in the Douglas road and across Patricks bridge
Young people don't realize how much we have developed in the last 50 years

We'd want to have, considering the world is unrecognisable compared to 50 years go. Mind you, we're still catching up.

beat me to it :mrgreen:

 

[noah]

And they talk about tolling it.

Ffs.

Can you imagine the delays it would cause if they did...

 

[Drucker]

Pay the toll?

I will in me hole!!

 

[SoundMan]

Toll? Can you just imagine the tailbacks?

 

[ColCork]

Toll? Can you just imagine the tailbacks?

The will use a camera based toll like the M50.

 

[budwards dad]

Great thread idea. Challanging build in that it is built through mud and had to be done in 2 havlves with massive cofferdams as can be seen in the pic above.

I have seen sketches of the bridge originally planned and it was a suspension type but the access ramps were massive to allow ships pass underneath.

When the tunnel opened i knew of cobh people working in ringaskiddy who would drive the long way around and through the tunnel rather than pay for the ferry.

There was also a proposal for a causeway and a tidal barrier incorporated into it to protect us from tide rises with the added benefit of full tide downtown all the time thus allowing the river to become a better transport and amenities area. The docks would have had to go .... but hey, they’re going now anyway

 

[Drucker]

The will use a camera based toll like the M50.

Infrastructure is already in place on the M50. Simple to extend it to Jack Lynch Tunnel. Just install gantries on the exit and entry approach roads and off you go.

€3 to go Southside and €0.50 to go Northside

 

[gallant1]

They should of upgraded the Dunkettle interchanged 2r3 years ago but Na our centric pale government put back to 2020.De Tunnel has become a disaster,carpark half the time