A6 Toome Bypass - About the Scheme
Location on Northwestern Key Transport Corridor
Toome Bypass:
- Begins at Creagh Roundabout east of the Blackpark Road.
- Continues as on-line dualling - a new carriageway built alongside the south side of the existing road.
- Diverges to the north alongside the electricity transmission line.
- Rises on embankment to cross over the Lower River Bann on a new bridge to Roguery Road Roundabout.
- Continues south east on shallow embankment and then shallow cutting to Gloverstown Road.
- Crosses Gloverstown before curving east to Drumderg Roundabout.
Links to the local road network include:
- Creagh Roundabout connecting the bypass to Hillhead Road and to an Invest Northern Ireland Industrial Estate.
- A priority junction located midway between Creagh Roundabout and Roguery Road Roundabout connecting the bypass to Hillhead Road east.
- Roguery Road Roundabout connecting the bypass to Roguery Road north and Roguery Road south.
- A priority junction connecting the bypass to Gloverstown Road.
- Drumderg Roundabout connecting the bypass to Moneynick Road east and west.
A 98 metre long single span 'Bowstring Girder' carries the bypass over the Lower River Bann, allowing the bypass approach embankments to be kept low in this environmentally sensitive area whilst ensuring the river continues to be navigable. The bridge abutments are set back from each river bank to maintain the integrity of the river habitat and allow free passage for anglers and ramblers.
