Highway Planning and Architecture

[Compromise 1]

Nice pictures of the Sydney and German road network there. Good reading.

[bevanl 6]

My Local Main Roads

A4036: Dudley to Hagley (Outside Stourbridge, road goes past Merry Hill Shopping Centre)

A458: Lye (Stourbridge to the Coast in Mid Wales)

A456: Birmingham to Ludlow (Via Halesowen)


M5: Birmingham to Exeter (My Junction or exit is number 4, Also known as the Motorway Junction for Stourbridge and also junction 2 at Oldbury)

M6: The M6 connects to the M5 also this road is the Busiest in Europe (Basically a Car Park!) it links Birmingham all the way up to Carlisle (not far from the Scottish Border, people can carry on driving on the M74 to Glasgow) also
this road goes via Manchester.

This really shows that I have got some really long and busy roads by where I live!

Map of my Local Roads!

[newyorkrunaway1 110]

Here in Nashville we have 3 major highways, then a few parkways. We have I-65, I-40, and I-24. Those are the major highways that run through Nashville. Then we have the parkways, Briley Parkway, I-440, and Ellington Parkway. There are a few more here and there, but those are all the major thouroughfares in Nashville.

[hamsterofdoom 0]

I'm from Baltimore, where the highways never meet. Interstate 695 is the Baltimore Beltway, which encircles the city. I-83 runs from Pennsylvania [too lazy to find out where it ends] to downtown Bmore. I-70 technically ends at I-695, but was supposed to run to the upper west side. A 2-mile section [or so] of that is now US-40 (the green section on the yellow map). I-395 Is basically a spur off of I-95. I-83, Rt. 40 [i-70], and I-395 come within a two-mile radius of each other, but do not intersect [which is one of the headaches of Baltimore traffic!].

 

I-95 runs from the northeast to the southwest, through the city. I-795 runs to the northwest suburbs, I-295 parallels I-95 to DC, and I-895 parallels I-95 through the city [to reduce congestion at the harbor tunnels]. I-97 runs directly south, to Annapolis. I-70 runs all the way to Utah, and has a sign saying, Port Cove 1130mi just west of Baltimore.

 

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[kefka 3]

Downtown Detroit is along the Detroit River, where large  (sometimes the size of highways) avenues radiate from like wheel spokes.  The detroit river runs southwest, and the older parts of the city run parelel and adjacent to the river.  The newer parts of the city (maybe from 1930+ or something) run east and west, and north and south, mostly in a grid. 

 

There are large avenues that travel east and west, every mile you go north.  These are called the Mile Roads.  I think most of the wheel spoke roads eventualy start going North and south.  The mile roads start at 7 mile (I think) which is about 7 miles from downtown.  8 mile is the border of the city of detroit, and the suburbs to the north.  It is also the border for Wayne County, where Detroit is.  Inbetween these large streets it is mostly grids, but it still manages to get messy in some areas.  That I can think of, the only major road that curves is Jefferson, which goes along the waterfront.

 

If you ask me, what I said before works realy well.  With those roads, you can get to most places, and you can always find a recognisable avenue.  This layout also works well for mass transportation, and in the early 1900s, detroit had one of the most extensive public transportation networks in the world.

 

The highways just sorta carve through the city.  I'm not sure why they were put where they were put, but they can generaly take you where you want to go.  Unfortunatly, for various reasons, the public transportation was almost entirely disbanded, and now there are congestion problems on the highways and roads because everyone can only take their car.  I'm surprised no one has talked about Detroit yet, but the thread is still young!!

[codyg1985 0]

I am from Northern Alabama, and I visit the cities of Birmingham, AL and Huntsville, AL on a regular basis.

Birmingham has three main interstate routes going through the city: I-20, I-59, and I-65. I-20/59 enters the city from the southwest and follows the valley formed by creeks into the downtown area.

The two interstates intersect with I-65 just short of downtown at Malfunction Junction. At this junction the east and westbound lanes swap places to go through the interchange, as does the north and southbound lanes of I-65.

I-20/59 follows about a mile-long viaduct through downtown where it meets the Red Mountain Expressway, or US 31/280. The Red Mountain Expressway extends south from the interstates as a six-lane freeway across Red Mountain via a very impressive rock cut to the suburbs across the mountain, where the freeway ends.

I-20/59 continues east as an eight-lane freeway past the Birmingham International Airport where the two interstates split. I-20 heads due east across Red Mountain en route to Atlanta. There is a four-lane viaduct right before you cross the mountain, then the interstate expands to six lanes well outside of Birmingham.

A few miles later after passing the viaduct there is a stack interchange with I-459, the southern beltway of Birmingham. I-20 is on the second level of the four-level stack interchange, I-459 in on the third.

There is a widening project underway to add a lane in each direction to I-20 some 50 miles outside of Birmingham.

I-59 heads northeast from the split towards Chattanooga and points beyond roughly following the valleys formed by the southern end of the Appalachian Mountains.

I-59 intersects with I-459 a few miles to the northeast. I-459 has its northern terminus here at a Y-interchange.

I-65 follows a north-south orientation as it traverses the Birmingham Area. From the south, the interstate passes by Oak Mountain and crosses Shades Mountain and Red Mountain on its way into the downtown area. From Oak Mountain I-65 is six lanes all the way into the downtown area. It retaines six lanes through Malfunction Junction well north of Birmingham.

I-459, as mentioned earlier, is the southern beltway for Birmingham. It starts southwest of Birmingham at I-20/59 at a trumpet interchange as a four-lane freeway. A few miles after that it goes to six lanes, and it remains six lanes all the way to its end. I-459 has a four-level stack interchange at I-65 and at I-20. I-459 concludes its journey at I-59 northeast of downtown.

Construction is underway to improve the interchange of I-459 and US 280, the busiest arterial road in metro Birmingham. US 280 technically begins at I-20/59 at the Red Mountain Expressway. From the southern end of the Red Mountain Expressway, US 280 is six lanes with a couple of interchanges at local roads. The six lanes continue past I-459 to where the road climbs Oak Mountain.

Another interstate is under construction in Birmingham that will connect it with Memphis, TN. I-22 will begin just north of Birmingham at I-65 and march northwest. It will hit many rock cuts and rivers along the way, and the interstate is set to be finished in 2015, that is if the state DOT gets its act together.

There are also plans to construct a northern beltway for Birmingham which will start where I-459 begins. It will cross I-59 to the northeast of where I-459 ends and will end at I-20 well east of its juncture with I-459. Construction on one segment may begin in a few years.

More information and pictures can be found at http://www.southeastroads.com/birmingham.html .

I will post about Huntsville, AL at a later time.

[st louis dude 6]

I'm from St.Louis,Mo which means there are few intersates and highways near me.The first major interstate is I-270 which runs all the way around the metro west.After corssing the Missippi river I-270 turns into I-255 which heads into southern Illinois.I-270 north heads across the river into northern Illinois.Another interstate is iI-170 which runs from Highway 40.past I-70 and then stops at I-270.I-44 a southwestern St.Louis highway, runs from downtown where it meets up with I-55 and if taken south it goes all the way to Oklahoma city.I-55 the next big intersate also runs far south and up to Chicago.It starts in south east Missouri and then runs through south St.Louis and into downtown across the Poplar St. bridge where it meets up with rtes I-70 and I-64(aka highway 40).From there I-55 runs up through Collinsville to eventually Chicago.Next, we have I-70 which  starts all the way at Kansas city,then it runs past St.Charles county on the Missouri river.It goes past lambert airport and then  through the unlikeable north St.Louis.After that it runs past downtown and into Illinois.One smaller highway which is known as state highway 370 starts at St.Peters out by St.charles and stops at Bridgeton near the airport.Highway 40 starts out at Wentzville for the metro area and runs through the city of Chesterfield.Then it passes the everpopular Forest park and then downtown where it runs across the Poplar and into Illinois.Just to assure you ,those are the basic St.Louis interstates for anyone who didn't know.         

[xiziz 11]

Finaly found a decent map of Stockholms roads, though i added some numbers and 2 roads to it. since it only had the Major motorways marked up as motorways.
The E-roads are Europeanroads and they run through the entire continent, though most countries have them marked as something else like an M(Motorway) or A(Autobahn/Autostrada and so on) road.

E4 - Kemi(Finland) -> Finish Border(Into Sweden) -> Helsingborg(Sweden)
This road runs almost the entire streach of Sweden, the second longest one in the country at aprox 1600Km.

E18 - Craigavon (North Ireland) -> Norwegian Border(into Sweden) -> Kappelsk

[simcity1012 0]

Date: 7/31/2005 12:27:56 PM
Author: st louis dude
I'm from St.Louis,Mo which means there are few intersates and highways near me.The first major interstate is I-270 which runs all the way around the metro west.After corssing the Missippi river I-270 turns into I-255 which heads into southern Illinois.I-270 north heads across the river into northern Illinois.Another interstate is iI-170 which runs from Highway 40.past I-70 and then stops at I-270.I-44 a southwestern St.Louis highway, runs from downtown where it meets up with I-55 and if taken south it goes all the way to Oklahoma city.I-55 the next big intersate also runs far south and up to Chicago.It starts in south east Missouri and then runs through south St.Louis and into downtown across the Poplar St. bridge where it meets up with rtes I-70 and I-64(aka highway 40).From there I-55 runs up through Collinsville to eventually Chicago.Next, we have I-70 which starts all the way at Kansas city,then it runs past St.Charles county on the Missouri river.It goes past lambert airport and then through the unlikeable north St.Louis.After that it runs past downtown and into Illinois.One smaller highway which is known as state highway 370 starts at St.Peters out by St.charles and stops at Bridgeton near the airport.Highway 40 starts out at Wentzville for the metro area and runs through the city of Chesterfield.Then it passes the everpopular Forest park and then downtown where it runs across the Poplar and into Illinois.Just to assure you ,those are the basic St.Louis interstates for anyone who didn't know.

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Hey st louis dude, I live in Jefferson County. Have you ever seen Highway 21? The new one has very little traffic and the old one is still a major throughfare. Also, my father has to take 270 to work every day and sees at least one accident every two weeks.

BTW to everyone, the Interstate system was created during the Cold War so if the Soviets nuked us we could evacuate the cities as quickly as possible.

One more thing. Why does Hawaii have an interstate?

[Duke87 1,070]

I-95 northbound approaching Downtown Stamford, CT:

 

and a bit further along:

 

pictures are from www.aaroads.com

[wallasey 8]

Well one of my local(ish) roads in no less than the Preston by-pass on the M6 which was the first stretch of motorway in the UK. My local roads include (tunnel) which is two roads that pass from Liverpool to Wirral, the A59 which is the Liverpool to York road, A41 which is the Birkenhead to London road, M53 which is the Wallasey to Chester mway and finally the M62 whch runs from Liverpool to a field outside Hull where the A63 seems to take over.

 

MAP TO COME SOON

 

 

I would take a look at the following websites if you are interested in the UK road system...

 

cbrd.co.uk

pathetic motorways

LMARS (lancashire road and motorways)    this is red becase Lancashire is the RED ROSE COUNTY!!!

 

there are other links off these sites but I have listed these sites because they are the main ones.

 

[MadTV_Freak 0]

Here in Washington D.C. the metropolitan area is in two states , Maryland and Virginia. So we have a circular freeway that surrounds Washington D.C., it's called the Capital Beltway (I-495). Interstate 95 joins the Beltway in Maryland to become I-495/I-95. There is also Route 295 in Maryland a.k.a. Baltimore-Washington Parkway. It is supposed to be a scenic route but has turned into a major arterie.

Here is a picture of the Capital Beltway near the Woodrow Wilson Bridge taken about 1978.



Here is a picture of Interstate 295 in Washington D.C., it turns into the Baltimore-Washington Parkway once crossing into Maryland.



Interstate signs on I-295 on the DC/Maryland line



Baltimore Washington Parkway in Maryland

[Saint Andrew 6]

I did my Montreal highway guide a little earlier on page one,,, I wanted to come back with a few pictures from around the city.

Let's start with the bridges.

Jacques-Cartier Bridge

This is the view of Jacques-Cartier Bridge from the Montreal side, from Ville-Marie Blvd.

This is the bridge seen from the stands at the La Ronde Amusement Park (belongs to Six Flags) This is where people sit to watch the fireworks at the park once a week during the summer. The Bridge connects downtown to the South Shore and is also the only way on Ile Sainte-Helene, the island where the amusement park is (unless you take the subway). We can see a part of La Ronde on this picture, but don't worry, it's bigger than that
For more info, click here .

 

Mercier Bridge

Mercier Bridge is the westernmost bridge to connect the Montreal Island of Montreal to the South Shore 'burbs. This is the picture taken not long after the opening, from the South Shore. Quebec Route 138 passes onto Mercier Bridge.

 

Champlain Bridge

Champlain Bridge is arguably the busiest in town. Three major highways merge to go onto the bridge (Highway 15, Highway 20, Highway 10). You are guaranteed to get stuck for a while during rush hour. This is the bridge seen from the downtown area.

   

This is Montreal seen from the Champlain Bridge. We can see the main skyscrapers and also Mount Royal in the back.

 

Now I will show you the three main highway intersection in Montreal.

 

Turcot Interchange

   

It's the only aerial picture I could find, it was taken during construction. Anyways you can see the general complex style This Interchange is located just north of the Champlain Bridge, and it is where Highway 20 meets Decarie Highway (Highway 15).

 

Anjou Interchange

This is the smae picture from two different angles. It is located at the point where Metropolitan Highway (Highway 40) meets Highway 25, which leeds to the Lafontaine Tunnel and the south Shore.

 

Decarie Interchange

It's the only picture I found, this interchange is at the junction of Decarie Highway and Metropolitan Highway (40 and 15)

 

Metropolitan Highway

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This is Metro Highway at some of it's largest points at (1) St-Laurent Blvd (2) St-Denis and (3) Stinson St

 

Highway 720 (VilleMarie Highway)

Ville-Marie Highway is sort of a downtown spur that goes under downtown. Yes, it sounds weird but that's how it's done. It starts from Highway 20 and goes towards Downtown, then goes into a tunnel, under downtown. We can see the tunnel entrance in this picture. We can also see all three highest skyscrapers, the 1000 de la Gauchetiere (the blue one directly aligned with the highway) the 1250 Rene-Levesque (the closest building, on the left, kind of teal colored) and finally the Tour de la Bourse (the black international-style building on the right).

 

Decarie Highway

   

A simple pic of Montreal's only sunken highway, Decarie highway (the 15). This is where people drowned in '87 because of heavy rain that cluttered up the Highway.

 

Montreal Casino

It has nothing to do with road networks, but I love our casino. And especially that legal drinking/gambling age is 18 in Montreal

 

Montreal Skyline

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The picture and title speak for themselves!

[Buffalonian1 0]

Here in Buffalo we have this illogically planned intersection locals call skyway It smashes right into downtown and cuts it off from the waterfront. It isn't most pleasant looking from the ground, and hopefully it will be replaced soon, but on a good note it provides a beautiful drive into the city.



https://www.simtropolis.com/idealbb/files//downtownbuffalo2.jpg width=800 align=baseline>

[lakeyboy 12]

Here is some info and pics on Melbournes Freeways:

Melbournes First Freeway was opened in 1961 was called the South Eastern Freeway (Then State Route 80). It was a small 2km Freeway which stretched from Punt Road to Burnley. It was then later extended another 3.5km to Toorak Road in 1969. Melbourne has been expanding their freeway network ever since.

Here is a map of Melbournes Freeway Network: (Green = Freeway | Blue = Tollway | Broken Lines = Under Construction)
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Tullamarine Freeway 43 / 40 & Calder Freeway 40 / M79 Interchange: (Melbournes First. Built in the late 1960's) Also known to Melburnians as The Merge because of the congestion that is caused because this interchange is now too small to cope with the growth of the western suburbs. A new bigger interchange is about to be built in its place which will incorperate Bulla road into it instead of the current off/on ramps.
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Tullamarine Freeway 43 & Western Ring Road M80 Interchange: (It's called a Ring Road because it orbits melbourne in the western & northern suburbs but it's actually a freeway)
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Calder Freeway M79 & Western Ring Road M80 Interchange:
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Princes Freeway M1 / Princes Highway ALT 1 / Western Ring Road M80 / West Gate Freeway M1 Interchange: (This interchange was orignally a on/offramp from the freeway to Princes Highway. In 1997, when the Western Ring Road was constructed, a massive addition took place. This interchange has 45m tall light towers, 500m of bridges, 6km of Guardrail and 10km of kerb & channel.
http://www.imgcity.net/server/primary/Ring%20&%20Princes%20&%20Westgate%20Interchange1.jpg align=baseline>
(All photos are from Google Earth (Awesome Program!) and hosted at ImgCity)

[sebrat13wildcat 5]

I reckon Swiss highways are the best - they have created glass sound barriers to protect the terraced vineyards and they also have them built into the hillside above Lake Geneva. Truly spectacular and a joy to drive down.

[DuskTrooper 314]

A few pics of Houston:

The Current double(triple if you count the downtown loop) loop system:



Massive stack- Beltway 8@US59:



View of the highway loop downtown, which is essentially on massive interchange:



The Beltway on the west side (Currently has 6-8 mainlanes, and needs to be expanded).



I-45, North of downtown:



The busiest stretch of US59, which gets around 371,000 cars per day. It ranks only under the 401, and one or more of the freeways in LA.

[PhantomSoul 3]

Not too many Interstates here in NY/NJ; I guess when it came to building Interstates, we already had quite the bit of highways, as we still have many pre-interstate grade highways still in use, on which traffic is horrific these days.

In New Jersey:
US9/Garden State Parkway go South to Atlantic City, NJ
US1/NJ Turnpike go Southwest to Trenton, NJ/Philadelphia, PA
US22/I78 go West to Allentown, PA
US46/I80 go West to Delaware Water Gap, PA
NJ17 goes Northwest to I87 and the NY State Line

In New York:
US9/US9W/I87 go North to Albany, NY
US1/I95 go Northeast to New Haven, CT
I495 goes East to Riverhead, NY
US6/I84 just barely skirt the metro area on the north side en route between Scranton, PA and Hartford, CT

Interestingly enough, I95 is missing about a 30-mile section between Lawrenceville, NJ and Edison, NJ because the state will not allow a free Interstate to parallel prior-existing the NJ Turnpike toll road. This is also the reason that I76 ends at I295 in south NJ, as the free Interstate is not allowed to parallel the prior-existing Atlantic City Expressway toll road.

Oddly enough, the DOT got away with building I295 in South NJ, which parallels the Turnpike for over 60 Miles from Trenton to the Delaware Memorial Bridge.

Also, there is a section of I495 missing that would cross Midtown Manhattan between the Lincoln and Queens-Midtown Tunnels. I guess it just wasn't feasable to build a thru highway underneath Midtown Manhattan...

[tracer1138 1]

  DANGER: EXTREMELY Lengthy Rant!!

    I have to say I have mixed feelings when it comes to highways as I would guess many people do.  When I was young, I used to love freeways.  I loved the way they looked on maps. I loved the concept, the simplicity and the raw power they evoked

[justcallmesam 2]

Hey, I've been scouting around Simtropolis for the past few months with no success of posting a request. I have also been paying attention to the NAM and other highway addons that have been introduced to the general Simcity public. And I have yet to see a widened highway. I love the new interchanges and public transportations extras, but there is nothing that resembles urban highways such as large US cities like Atlanta, Los Angeles, Dallas, etc.
I have been traveling and observing that America has two lanes each direction on the interstates in rural areas (with the exception of some tollways), three lanes in medium size cities like Charleston, SC, and four lanes or more in cities with metro areas with populations in the millions. The highways also don't have emergency lanes. I'm asking anyone who can possibly construct these things to PLEASE add some realism to the highways in Simcity.

[cammo2003 20]

Date: 7/18/2005 2:58:44 PM
Author: chriscf

Date: 7/18/2005 6:02:37 AM
Streets in boroughs (urban areas) would be named for people like local councillors, mayors, aldermen, magistrates, etc. or for identifying features (tree-based names would originate sometimes from trees on the street or in local forests, a town's railway station would typically be situated somewhere on 'Station Road'). Another common name for main routes or former main routes is its destination, e.g. 'London Road'. In areas built on former private estates, names might reflect the owners, e.g. the 'suburb' of Manselton in Swansea was owned by the Mansel family, and most of its streets are named for members of the family (Robert Street, David Street, Philip Street, etc.)

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Yeah, most of those make sense. But what about the street names that don't make any sense whatsoever?

Yes, I do know some rather odd ones exist (can't think of any of them now, though I have seen a London street directory and know that they do indeed exist).

Roundabouts aren't uncommon here in Sydney, though they seem to be on their way out (which is probably a good thing, by the way, many of them were built on the location of former standard intersections and caused buses some real dramas...)

Mind, there's the case of the five-ways, where I think the roundabout was better than the behemoth intersection that's there now... (it involves an array of confusing traffic lights. Two turn signals at most intersections, and certain turns are not permissible.

It's interesting living in a city which is soon to change over to an alphanumeric one from one that mimicked the US system (National routes and state routes). Difference with our state route system, though, was that all states used the same shield (it's not really a big problem in Australia, you generally have to drive for several hours before you hit another state (though one of our major cities now straddles two states (the Gold Coast).

[aestiva 0]

I don't know the names of all the highways, but in Dallas Texas they make soaring flying overpasses that are easily 10 stories high.

hamsterofdoom- Baltimore does have some crazy highway patterns that make it hard to navigate, but the cityscape as you come down I-95 on the east side through the industrial area of the harbour is breathtaking. It is a pity that Balt. is so overshadowed by Phila., DC, and NYC that it goes underated as a cool city to inhabit.

 

-Aestiva

[ILL Tonkso 1,238]

Heres the Portsmouth Motorway System

 

The Metro Areas of Portsmouth and Southampton ^^

 

 

The Junction for the M275 Island Branch into Portsmouth City

 

And from the air showing the full junction and the bridge, my dads house is also visible in this shot

 

EDIT: Also the dark blue strip on the left is an old Torpedo Test Lake, now used for British SAS, SPS and US Delta Force Training. There are also 3 of my BAT pieces in this shot.

[ardecila 124]

Here's Chicago's highway system:



Oddly enough, it was quite difficult to find a stylized map of our interstate system that didn't include distractions like town names or county lines.

I had to cobble one together from a vector graphic I found at a realty website, and my own efforts in Photoshop.

At any rate, that's the system. The biggest problem currently is the width of I-80, which handles nearly all truck traffic coming from Ohio and the East Coast, and compresses it down to a 6-lane (total) highway. Efforts are underway to alleviate the problem, but the construction has taken up 1 existing lane, and even 2 lanes at some points. Wicked bottlenecks down there.

Note: the northern red segment (extension of IL-53 to meet I-94) is a huge controversy right now. There are actually grassroots efforts both for and against the project. The southern proposal is in a much less dense area, and it'd just be cutting through farmlands and such. However, it probably will not get built anytime soon unless the state decides to help fund the plan for a third airport at Peotone (right where the proposal stretch meets I-57).

[MsD 0]

I have had the pleasure of being in Vancover on several occasions and I deffently aggree with you about it being the largest highway in North America.  I also aggree with you about the traffic durring the rush hour, calling it a mess would be taking it lightly.  I love the photo you posted, I think the makers of SimCity should study this photo.  You see the highway on the right smoothly merging with the main highway in the middle of the phote?  I wish we were able to join highways the same way in the game.  Maybe some could create a MOD that could do this.  (Me? I don't think so, I'm just a novis)

[nycsc4 5,250]

I live in St. Louis and here is a map and some information about our Freeway system.  The Missouri Freeway system is the 7th Largest in the US.

 

https://www.simtropolis.com/idealbb/files//StLouis4.jpg align=baseline>

[Zeddic 3]

I'm getting green of jealousy... You've got so many highways there on the other side of the globe, or even nearer, while we in Finland have a 'whole' 650km of motorways! I wish there was more, especially since the country's got a huge area compared to population. 5.2 million residents in some 350 000 sqkms. Oh well, I guess traffic volumes aren't high enough to justify construction of bigger roads. I've attached a map of the finnish motorways, and as you can see, the network (if one can call it that) is really sparse. Almost all motorways are radials from the capital region ('P

[_MostlyHarmless 17]

Good God ardecila!!! i hate I-290 towards the city, no matter what day or what time of day its always backed up. every city oked the proposal to expand it to 4 lanes in each direction except oak park :[ grrr, i guess they just dont have the space.

How about the i dont know how many million dollar project to eliminate the Hillside strangler, but really just moved it up 500 feet, so now its the Bellwood strangler. LOL

[Glenni 1,445]

ok.lets take a small break from america and show some stuff from Europe ey?well northern Europe though....one of the Highways if you can even call it that...in Norway.i present you:The E18

 

 

 

sorry couln't find any maps.

First:Traffic jams

 

 

 

 

 

 

and then a normal one atleast....

 

 

i might find pics of other highways in norway like the E6 etc etc etc....

[Zeddic 3]

Well, I'd call that a highway. But I'm from Scandinavia, too, where we're used to a tad bit smaller scale. So I don't know. What do you think, americans? Oh well. The main reason I posted is that I drew a quick map of E18. It's only approximate, of course, but the route is basically that.


/Zed