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<\/p>\nThe tallest crane across Ireland and the UK had to be brought in to construct a new bridge<\/p>\n
12:55, 08 Sep 2026Updated 13:00, 08 Sep 2026<\/p>\n
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The Adare bypass under construction<\/p>\n
Drone footage shows the impressive scale of the works underway on a new Munster<\/a> bypass, with crews racing to finish before the start of next year’s Ryder Cup.<\/p>\n The Adare bypass in Limerick<\/a> is scheduled for completion in June, just a few months before the world-famous tournament kicks off at Adare Manor.<\/p>\n The project is a joint venture between construction firms Sisk and Sorensen, with around \u20ac150 million being invested into the completion of the new bypass. The new road will span around 7km between Croagh and Adare, greatly speeding up traffic flow in a congested part of the county’s road network.<\/p>\n The bypass will remove traffic snarls on the N21 and divert any unnecessary through traffic, including HGVs, away from nearby villages, making them safer for pedestrians.<\/p>\n In the latest video update, you can see crews hard at work along a vast stretch of the new bypass, carrying out preparatory groundworks, laying down tarmac, and installing new bridges.<\/p>\n While it’s easy to drive past projects like these without giving them much thought, these videos show the immense amount of work that goes into them and how much truly needs to be done to bring a new bypass from the planning stage into reality.<\/p>\n You can watch the latest video update below:<\/p>\n This latest update follows the installation of a new bridge over the summer, which was one of the project’s key milestones. The installation required the use of the largest crane available across the UK and Ireland, and another video shared in recent weeks showed it in action.<\/p>\n Ireland’s largest crane working on the bypass(Image: Sisk)<\/p>\n The crane was used to lift bridge supports into place, which consisted of nine pairs of metal girders, the heaviest of which weighed over 400 tonnes.<\/p>\n It was a careful operation where a lot could have gone wrong, but the workers<\/a> weren’t fazed, and each section of the bridge was methodically lifted into place over the course of two weeks.<\/p>\n![](\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/0_Screenshot-2026-08-19-at-105145.png\")
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