[U/C] M2 North-South Motorway

[alexczarn]

For those interested in the Darlington Project, a newsletter has just been published:
http://www.infrastructure.sa.gov.au/__d ... _v9web.pdf

Also, I didn't know it was made public, but the Project Assessment Report was released in October 2016. View it here:
http://www.infrastructure.sa.gov.au/__d ... r_2016.pdf

Interestingly the Assessment Report alludes to the installation of ITS on the Southern Expressway as well as its incorporation into the lowered motorway.

[Norman]

For those interested in the Darlington Project, a newsletter has just been published:
http://www.infrastructure.sa.gov.au/__d ... _v9web.pdf

Also, I didn't know it was made public, but the Project Assessment Report was released in October 2016. View it here:
http://www.infrastructure.sa.gov.au/__d ... r_2016.pdf

Interestingly the Assessment Report alludes to the installation of ITS on the Southern Expressway as well as its incorporation into the lowered motorway.

I think they might be referring to the section between Seacombe Road and South Road, where they don't have much ITS equipment. I expect lane-use management and variable speed limit gantries in that section.

[muzzamo]

This render of the sothern expressway junction from the PIR was new to me:

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[HeapsGood]

hmm is that what it looks like now... I knew it was subject to change but I thought it was gonna be all cut into the ground...(or whatever technical term you call it)

[SBD]

hmm is that what it looks like now... I knew it was subject to change but I thought it was gonna be all cut into the ground...(or whatever technical term you call it)

It's fascinating what the artists can do that doesn't work the same for engineers

That picture seems to be missing a large hillside in the background, and the foreground has four lanes (bottom right) merging to three with the end of a solid concrete barrier appearing right in front of where a car in the disappearing lane would end up if it failed to find a gap between trucks in the second lane.

Practically, those errors probably lead to the net effect looking a lot flatter than final construction will make it. The Southern Expressway lanes come down a hill, and I think the viewpoint of the picture would be around where they could start to descend into a trench. Since the roads are not planned to be stacked vertically like the North-South Motorway Superway, there is little value in digging deep trenches except for ground-level crossing bridges (like Grange/Port/Torrens Roads). It just needs enough fences or drops to prevent pedestrians from attempting to cross, and maybe some depth to help with noise management (as long as it doesn't just echo and amplify).

[rhino]

hmm is that what it looks like now... I knew it was subject to change but I thought it was gonna be all cut into the ground...(or whatever technical term you call it)

Trench

[monotonehell]

hmm is that what it looks like now... I knew it was subject to change but I thought it was gonna be all cut into the ground...(or whatever technical term you call it)

Trench

Now now, Rhino. Don't get all technical on us with these esoteric industry buzzwords!

[Llessur2002]

Anyone know what the big metal structures are that are being built over the northbound carriageway between Grange and Port Roads? They look like giant bus shelters protruding over the road but obviously aren't...

I thought about signs or gantries but seem to big for that.

[HeapsGood]

hmm is that what it looks like now... I knew it was subject to change but I thought it was gonna be all cut into the ground...(or whatever technical term you call it)

Trench

All your new age internet social media buzzwords these days...

[ChillyPhilly]

Anyone know what the big metal structures are that are being built over the northbound carriageway between Grange and Port Roads? They look like giant bus shelters protruding over the road but obviously aren't...

I thought about signs or gantries but seem to big for that.

Art?

[monotonehell]

hmm is that what it looks like now... I knew it was subject to change but I thought it was gonna be all cut into the ground...(or whatever technical term you call it)

Trench

All your new age internet social media buzzwords these days...

I already did that joke on Friday.

[HiTouch]

Why did they remove those concrete barriers? I liked those concrete barriers.
For a brief period of time, they prevent people from being jerks and cutting across the road so you can see them just in time to adjust to the road conditions.
It will now be like the Salisbury Highway where W nkers cut you off.

Build those walls! Build those walls!!

[Llessur2002]

Anyone know what the big metal structures are that are being built over the northbound carriageway between Grange and Port Roads? They look like giant bus shelters protruding over the road but obviously aren't...

I thought about signs or gantries but seem to big for that.

Art?

Apparently so - according to the T2T enquiries people:

The metal structures are gantries, which are an architectural urban design feature on the project. There will be more erected along South Road in the near future.

[ChillyPhilly]

Anyone know what the big metal structures are that are being built over the northbound carriageway between Grange and Port Roads? They look like giant bus shelters protruding over the road but obviously aren't...

I thought about signs or gantries but seem to big for that.

Art?

Apparently so - according to the T2T enquiries people:

The metal structures are gantries, which are an architectural urban design feature on the project. There will be more erected along South Road in the near future.

Awesome, it'll resemble the art on the Motorway then.

[Norman]

Another traffic switch to shift north-bound traffic onto the new Port Road bridge will take place in late March or early April.