M74 Extension goes ahead

[rico]

I was having a wander yesterday with my camera and had a look at the M74 building works next to the Kingston bridge, I did a wee panorama taken from where the new road will be eventually. Should have climbed higer looking at it now, but shows the supports for the flyover for the junction and the famous skijump etc.



a bigger version

It's my first attempt at a panorama, did it freehand and stitched it in photoshop. Not bad i'd say although it almost killed my computer doing it.

[mrsam]

Great 360o panorama
Autostitch
http://www.cs.ubc.ca/~mbrown/autostitch/autostitch.html
can do all of the hard work for you and is free...

Much respect if you stitched by hand as this must've taken hours.

Mr Sam

[rico]

Great 360o panorama
Autostitch
http://www.cs.ubc.ca/~mbrown/autostitch/autostitch.html
can do all of the hard work for you and is free...

Much respect if you stitched by hand as this must've taken hours.

Mr Sam

cheers, i have to admit used a photoshop batch process for the stitching, i meant freehand as in sans tripod.

[engineer]

belgian heavy lift specialists Sarens were shifting a massive beam around the compound at cook street and tradeston street today
was going to take a pic but traffic lights conspired against me, ill try tomorrow.
make a good shot if anyone is passing tonight

[engineer]

actually a bridge being assembled


probably not much change out of 5M euros for this 700 tonne crane

might well be the westbound link bridge? will be interesting to see it moved and installed!

[penguinmonkey]

Only just up the road from me. Might have a wander up to goggle at the massive Tonka toys

[rico]

a couple more:

[dave2]

That looks like a really badly thought out plan. Its cutting out half of the M8 routes southbound that cannot access the new link road. IMO, you are going to see more congestion in the tradeston areas with folk leaving the M8 south and looping around to get on the new M74 road. Why didnt they link the southbound traffic on to the new road?

If you are going from M8E - M74S, you go via M73, as now. It's only a bypass of the city for traffic going from Inverclyde / SW Glasgow -SE Glasgow / South Lanarkshire / Motherwell etc.

For North Glasgow, Stirling etc you go via M8 as now and for Monklands and Edinburgh you have a choice.

It is a way of splitting the traffic flows, not replacing it.

[Mori]

BBC

Ramp closed for extension works



Motorists in Glasgow have been warned to expect delays while an off-ramp on the M8 is closed to allow work to progress on the M74 extension.
The Paisley Road ramp on the eastbound carriageway closed at midnight and will remain shut for a fortnight.
An alternative route will be in place to allow drivers to leave the M8 at Junction 21 Seaward Street.

[tommytank]

That looks like a really badly thought out plan. Its cutting out half of the M8 routes southbound that cannot access the new link road. IMO, you are going to see more congestion in the tradeston areas with folk leaving the M8 south and looping around to get on the new M74 road. Why didnt they link the southbound traffic on to the new road?

If you are going from M8E - M74S, you go via M73, as now. It's only a bypass of the city for traffic going from Inverclyde / SW Glasgow -SE Glasgow / South Lanarkshire / Motherwell etc.

For North Glasgow, Stirling etc you go via M8 as now and for Monklands and Edinburgh you have a choice.

It is a way of splitting the traffic flows, not replacing it.

Ah, ok. I can see the logic in it on the big picture, but living in Finnieston i had pictured me being able to jump out my flat and be on an almost straight road to England if needed. I guess space restrictions made only essential routes be catered for at Kingston.

[engineer]

http://www.eveningtimes.co.uk/news/display.var.2522523.0.90ft_crane_gives_m74_a_huge_lift.php
http://www.theherald.co.uk/display.var.2522589.0.0.php?utag=127645

flyovers at southern end of kingston bridge are going up this weekend and next

[TA_Ealing]

Sorry I am being thick! Can someone say if I will be able to come along the Expressway, go onto the Kingston bridge, then onto the M74 towards Polmadie?

[Vinegar Tom]

Big beasts on the loose today.



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[engineer]

Sorry I am being thick! Can someone say if I will be able to come along the Expressway, go onto the Kingston bridge, then onto the M74 towards Polmadie?

far as i know, there is no access from kingston bridge southbound onto M74

[TA_Ealing]

Bloody hell! No use to me then. Gutted. Thanks for the info