Show Us your Highways!

[Haljackey 17,302]

caspervg: Nice tunnel entrance/exit!  It reminds me of the one in Tokyo Bay.

dogma555: Interesting view @ both images!  I like it!

Deever: Nice photoshopping effects used!  I aggree with dogma555 though, it would look and function so much better if you got rid of the avenue transition and the signals.

vilbe: Lookin good!  Nice job!

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Here's some new highway "construction" I am currently working on. 

Click on the Images to view them in FULL RESOLUTION!

Before:

During:

After:

Zoom-out of the new RHW on the other side of the river:

I am preparing this area for development.

Best,

-Haljackey

[Smarty218 2]

Great work, hoping to see more!

[Almighty Nienaber 3]

• this is the Willson Express in mid-town Whail lake

[Almighty Nienaber 3]

the same pic. of Willson Express 17 years later

another pic. of the willsom express from down town, 17 years after the first pic

[dogma555 187]

just a new portion of my mega highway i have been working on.. still working out the kinks until it is opened to the public though..

[XskylineX360 0]

How do you guys get extra lanes on the highway?

[dogma555 187]

this is the latest rural highway mod update.. but il warn you its a pain in the ass to set up properly.

[Haljackey 17,302]

dogma555:  Its not that hard to set up extra lanes on a highway. Just follow the RHW reference guide (link in my signature) or make a Multi-Lane RHW.

[chrisnhl50 2]

Here are some highways i've been dieing to show! I know its alot of pics but haljackey just showd me how to to this and im getting excited. Also thanks hal for the highway devider idea.  I will post more! Let me know what you guys think!

Entering Minneapolis on the 695 Freeway with an I-110 freeway style Interchange to limit congestion wile exiting

The start of the RHW 8!! Where it get's really busy on the edge of Dowtown Minni.  I had to remove some hosuing area to make room for extra lanes.  Kind of like a highway renewal project.

First connection from the north end of downtown

Just a further up

Leaving town

First interchange coming into minneapolis from my furthest suburb.  Ive been trying to force my communities to use the freeways and sometimes it leads to abadonment but oh well....It still needs some work I know.

[vilbe 6]

i was debating where to stick these, but i finally had me some much needed time...

just before the cloverleaf...

the inner, ring known as the New London Freeway is infamous for its neon lights. here's an example..

ah, looks better with development. the Y interchange. Gold end takes you downtown. The light blue end takes you to Pachaug, suburbs and farms..

stunning views by the capital district. with neon.

i've been meaning to ask around, how does the MIS [RHW] do with slopes? i've been debating the addition for quite sometime, for the realistic highway approach.

[Haljackey 17,302]

chrisnhl50: Nice work!  Although I see  few things with your photos that could be improved:

-Try to avoid MIS/one way connections.  Aside from not looking good, they actually hinder your functionality because of all the transitions.  Try to extend the MIS all the way,

-You have sharp 90 degree turns.  In RL, that would cause tons of rollovers, especially with trucks,  Try to make your curves more gradual.

-Your slopes are a little steep, don't you think?  Try to make the grading more smooth for a better slope.

-Try not to place entrance/exit ramps so close to eachother.  This causes weaving, which is especially noticeable in your first photo, northbound.  Try to elongate the ramps or separate them to help reduce/eliminate weaving.

In addition, I can see that you are trying to link your images to their full resolution.  Make sure you provide the direct link to the image.  For example, your first image should be linked to http://img229.imageshack.us/img229/5841/enteringminnigy3.jpg

Other than that, nice job!

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Vilbe:Great job!  I have always liked your sunken highways.  Keep it up!

Best,

-Haljackey

[XskylineX360 0]

Originally posted by: haljackey dogma555:  Its not that hard to set up extra lanes on a highway. Just follow the RHW reference guide (link in my signature) or make a Multi-Lane RHW.quote>

Thank you!

[politicman 1]

WoW all of these pics are very hot Great job everyone !!!

[chrisnhl50 2]

@ Hal. Thanks for the constructive critisisme!

- I use one way connextions because I installed this network in replace of an old existing highway and it was a major renewal project so I played around with so many different options and this just seemed to work the best with in some cases extremely high volumes of traffic

-The 90degree angle turns are just me trying to replicate some of the residential interchanges on the 110 in Los Angeles that restrict stopping on the avenues underneath the freeway. They also did this using major accel decel lanes that were really hard for me to make room for and it caused some texture problems. In the new version it will be so easy.

- as for the waving..Umm well you definitly have a point there but I just did this to make the rhw8 as long as possible. Do the one way conenctions seriously cause problems?

[Dsrwhat316 12]

a fresh pic from me:

This pic was meant to showcase how to blend in a sunken freeway in a large city, not focusing on the highway itself.

~ Dan

[vivydu29 60]

Excellent work, It's a beautiful highway

[Haljackey 17,302]

Cutting through the forest.

Click on the image to view it in High-Definition! (1920x1200)

Its about time to get this thread flowing again!

Best,

-Haljackey

[Erzei 0]

Construction of a new bypass is nearly completed:

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Hey... where u got that walls? They look modern, perfect for downton areas

[Jazzmaster 716]

Those highway walls are avaliable on the  STEX...sorry I can't find them at the moment

EDIT: I found 'em! http:/www.simtropolis.com/stex/index.cfm?id=12982

Thousands use this highway a day, so I'm glad my roundabout is more than just eye candy.   This is part of the next CJ update of mine in the works.

Comments are welcome!

[xbfernandez 3]

I'm no highways person (I don't like building large towns, because I focus more on small, agricultural towns), but the highway pics here have made me want to try my hand on them. They're AWESOME!

BTW, where do you get the large pointy things that look like lights, Yoshiisland and haljackey?

[tahill79 13]

xbfernandez--they are called HIGHWAY LIGHT TOWERS V2 by the great chozo heres a crappy link to them

https://www.simtropolis.com/stex/index.cfm?p=results

[vilbe 6]

sorry for the distance shot, but you captured a recent project. replacing the bridges to something of more capacity [even with 2 ferry lines running too!]. the hard part was making an on/off ramp on the island, which i'm still not satisfied with. while trying to disrupt as little as possible.

[jacqulina 162]

excellent work guys

[un1 41]

Wow, they look great, vilbe wow thats cool it remindes me of Caplital Island in my game.

[socalwu 0]

Originally posted by: vilbe i was debating where to stick these, but i finally had me some much needed time...

just before the cloverleaf...

the inner, ring known as the New London Freeway is infamous for its neon lights. here's an example..

ah, looks better with development. the Y interchange. Gold end takes you downtown. The light blue end takes you to Pachaug, suburbs and farms..

stunning views by the capital district. with neon.

i've been meaning to ask around, how does the MIS [RHW] do with slopes? i've been debating the addition for quite sometime, for the realistic highway approach.

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Where did you get the neon lights. I like need them.

[vilbe 6]

socalwu: here you are

[MCO1254 2]

This is I-41, it takes a route from Kensington, around the mountains to North Pointe. It's considered one of the most scenic routes in all of Marquette, but nobody really cares. They're working on a rest stop just after the third picture, that's why the shoulder is closed up ahead. The pictures go in order from southwest to northeast.

Let me know what you think.

[Haljackey 17,302]

MCO1254: Yes very scenic indeed. Great work!

One thing I would suggest is work on the slope of the RHW near the bridges to make it not as steep.

Best,

-Haljackey

[zakuten 8]

Here's one of mine; it's quite a convoluted mess, and it'll be due for fixing soon.

[Dalton 23]

zakuten, can I suggest a leveling mod? jeronij has a good one on SC4Devotion it just smooths the land under roads/rail/highways ect... I'm getting motion sick just thinking about driving around your streets