Show us Your Interchanges!

[Durfsurn 539]

Still not quite finished with beautification but its coming along. I added an extra access road to the left with a weird diamond interchange as you can't go all ways. I still need to finish off signage, pond maintenance (my "painting" skills are rubbish) and lighting but expect a good result (I hope )

And no the ponds aren't finished (it is built in a swampy area that's why all the ponds)

[AIX 270]

@Haljackey: Nice pictures. Reminds me of a major project done in Denver with I-25 a few years ago.

I do wish there was a decent concrete texture for RHW (instead of asphalt). I always thought concrete just looked better.

[nathanthemayor 1,261]

A simple interchange along a newly built highway in Paridise Island.

[Haljackey 17,272]

May not look like much but it was a pain to make it:

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I also livestreamed the event cuz that's what the cool kids do these days:

[data7 98]

Shame on me because I spent on this more than 1 hour. It look raw and unfinished, but I'm still learning how to make properly looking interchanges with RHW. IMO utility comes first, then there is place for eye-candy stuff (waste of time for me ;p)

Moreover - before I made this interchange there was highly congested Ave over RHW2.

[Haljackey 17,272]

Shame on me because I spent on this more than 1 hour. It look raw and unfinished, but I'm still learning how to make properly looking interchanges with RHW. IMO utility comes first, then there is place for eye-candy stuff (waste of time for me ;p)

I wouldn't worry so much about the amount of time you spent making the interchange. This is not a race! Did you enjoy playing the game while making the design? That's what it all comes down to, especially if you learn a thing or two .

[Patricius Maximus 236]

Indeed. Although I can and often do construct interchanges pretty quickly, I've been known to spend days tinkering with them. Most of the time they have to be upgraded the next day - a loop ramp there, a directional ramp here, and upgrading the ramps to 2 lanes can make a once-simple interchange into a sprawling monster.

I would also never live stream the construction of my interchanges. That's an intimate and private moment that is between me and my game.

  Edited October 17, 2012 by Patricius Maximus  

[MandelSoft 2,769]

I would also never live stream the construction of my interchanges. That's an intimate and private moment that is between me and my game.

I actually did it a few times, live-streaming my interchange construction and it shows that it is a trial-and-error process. Episode 9A of my live stream shows I made a cloverleaf interchange design which turned out to be ugly and not all too satisfying, so in-between streams, I've totally revised the design and got a decent looking cloverleaf out of it and showed the result in episode 9B. Sometimes, it's better to sleep over a night and then revisit it the next day. You can spend time then rethinking your strategies, maybe finding a way better solution altogether.

Just my two cents from a RHW interchange construction expert

Best,

Maarten

[data7 98]

I wouldn't worry so much about the amount of time you spent making the interchange. This is not a race! Did you enjoy playing the game while making the design? That's what it all comes down to, especially if you learn a thing or two .

Damn, I forgot to write down, that I'm very proud of myself after doing this pretty simple interchange. I've learned few new thing about RHW.

I enjoyed rebuilding the wole avenue from residential area to this point very much

[Hellken 1,658]

I also livestreamed the event cuz that's what the cool kids do these days:

@34:10 The "blank city" glitch is usually caused by doing something else while saving the game. If you are not careful it might corrupt your city.

[Cartographer29 13]

Just a random thought to throw in here.

One of my interchanges has a series of compact off ramps. So much so, there's no room to "place" an overhead structure that makes sense!

Now, I leave a 1 tile wide space for a median, whether that be used for widening, lighting, or transit is up to a future me to decide.

Why not design overhead signs to be "placed" in the median instead? I'd support the motion. Anyone else?

- Josh in Toronto

[MandelSoft 2,769]

That's because it would require more than a dozen new gantry models, which is for me not worth the effort of redundant designs...

[CCXXII 79]

"One of my interchanges has a series of compact off ramps. So much so, there's no room to "place" an overhead structure that makes sense!

Now, I leave a 1 tile wide space for a median, whether that be used for widening, lighting, or transit is up to a future me to decide.

- Josh in Toronto"

I actually wrote out a HWY Singage Signage Act, because I have bad short term memory, and I wanted a uniform lookj across my cities. I leave two, I like a speed sign after an on ramp, and a gantry before an off ramp.

Edit: You must sing while driving on any freeway in The Region of Welmont.

  Edited October 19, 2012 by CCXXII  

[WiiGoGetter 65]

Theses are two brand new interchanges I made

[CCXXII 79]

Not really an "interchange" but this is a common on/off ramp in my cities. This is Centre St North (Provincial Hwy 2) @ 6th Ave N. Centre St used to be TLA 5 that got upgraded.

Centre St N (PR2) @ 17 Ave N (17 Ave NW is the northern section of PR5, prior to a new interchange.

And with the new interchange, not sure if Im going to keep it yet, not really what I was wanting though.

[AcmeSigns 97]

CCXXII,

I realize that it's probably got something to do with the game's limitations, but I bet buses would high-center like crazy at these points.

Otherwise, if I was at all into symmetry...nice interchange.

[CCXXII 79]

CCXXII,

I realize that it's probably got something to do with the game's limitations, but I bet buses would high-center like crazy at these points.

Otherwise, if I was at all into symmetry...nice interchange.

if you move the roundabouts one tile further away from the freeway you can make a more realistic hill, but the ream ramp has to be one further back, and I needed to save some space. I call those hills clutch burners.

If any one has any ideas about the new interchange for PR2 @ PR5 Id love to hear them. North of PR5, PR2 (Centre St N) doesnt connect to its neighbour, because theres mountains right on the other side of the city limit.

  Edited October 20, 2012 by CCXXII  

[Ganaram Inukshuk 906]

I realize that it's probably got something to do with the game's limitations, but I bet buses would high-center like crazy at these points.

That's what happens when you don't have a proper slope mod.

[CCXXII 79]

Would a slope mod work that close to the freeway? Heres one from my old region, using (cant remember) slope mod. It still gave me an unrealistic slope where the road goes under the freeway.

  Edited October 20, 2012 by CCXXII  

[Ganaram Inukshuk 906]

Would a slope mod work that close to the freeway?

Actually, with a slope mod, you'd wanna make an even bigger interchange because the slopes of all of the networks are more gradual, but that's typically more realistic, anyway.

Ennedi Slope Mod. That's what I typically use.

[jacksunny 741]

I would just level it all out and make a ERHW-4 over the road.

[MandelSoft 2,769]

Or do it like this:

(By the way, I never showed this one before )

[RoFra 9]

Art128 said I should try RHW. So I did. It's pretty cool, I like it

This was my very first interchange. Nothing special. But my first one. So I'm proud of it

And here's my second try. It wasn't a good idea to start with a diagonal highway. Too complex for a beginner like me... But I think it looks good now after a couple hours of work:

[Drack 616]

My first one. Pretty simple but I'm getting excited already at what more i could want to do.

[nathanthemayor 1,261]

Don't know how long it's been since I was last here, but more progress photos from my RHWvolution project in my CJ:

This was a Maxis diamond:

This was a Maxis T. This was difficult to construct iniatlly due to slope problems.

Also a Maxis diamond. This one was hard due to the railline, but I improvised with my skills.

[AIX 270]

I just made this one below. It's simple but I am rather pleased with how it turned out.

[Kevenbro 94]

Nice one AIX bro

[Cartographer29 13]

If any one has any ideas about the new interchange for PR2 @ PR5 Id love to hear them. North of PR5, PR2 (Centre St N) doesnt connect to its neighbour, because theres mountains right on the other side of the city limit.

Could I offer up this suggestion for your "clutch burner" hills? ...

I tried to put the roads and the elevated rail in the right spots. Hopefully I got the measurements right.

As for your PR2 and PR5 interchange ... My only option is to convert it into a trumpet interchange, with the loop in the top-right corner. You can also alter that into a 1/2 parclo, 1/2 diamond in order to maintain local access, if you so desire. That way, you can likely spare the EL-to-subway conversion, as well as finesse things a bit by having a RHW-6 between the interchanges to increase capacity/realism.

[Haljackey 17,272]

Oh nice high capacity diamond AIX!

Cartographer29: Looks like someone followed my Dumbbell Interchange Guide

  Edited October 25, 2012 by Haljackey  

[AIX 270]

Oh nice high capacity diamond AIX!

Looks like some followed my Dumbbell Interchange Guide

Thanks To be honest, I seldom stroll over to SC4D and have visited the interchange guide about twice. Ironically, I have recommended it to many other players asking questions, but I have never seen the entire guide myself.

Edit: I misread your comment about following the Interchange Guide, but my point still stands

  Edited October 25, 2012 by AIX