Show us Your Interchanges!

[TheMurderousCricket 5,059]

3 hours ago, Gwyain said:

First time trying out RHW. Took me the better part of two days to get the interchange as tight as I wanted while managing to keep the slope gradients reasonable, but it turned out pretty well in the end.

 

That cliff looks terrific! And so does the intersection!

[Haljackey 17,330]

On 10/13/2021 at 1:44 PM, Metalhead123 said:

Edit: I wanted to show another interchange I made with a similar concept. I based it off this one I saw on google Maps.

 

Very cool! I tackled that one way back in the RHW 5.0 days- check it out if interested

I had a super high res pic linked but it looks its hosted on majhost, which is a dead hosting site

Here it is at normal res

 

[Lucario Boricua 7,029]

     After so much craziness during the last pages, here's a return to the basics, with cloverleaf interchanges!     

 

Fresh from my freeway and interchange design laboratory...

 

Simple and most compact design which still looks nice:

 

 

Using separate lanes for weaving between the loop ramps:

 

 

Variant using the newer height transitions, including the diagonal L0-L1 RHW transitions and the 90° L0-L1 curved height transitions:

 

 

All of these designs fit comfortably inside a small city district (1 X 1 km) and are realistically scaled.     

[Metalhead123 260]

Just replaced a cloverleaf interchange in one of my cities. I wish I could have made it more symmetrical, but I only had so much room and the sloping wasn't perfect, so it is what it is. As it stands though, I like this one a lot.

 

EDIT: Might try to make it more even. I think I see some ways I can

[Metalhead123 260]

18 hours ago, Metalhead123 said:

Just replaced a cloverleaf interchange in one of my cities. I wish I could have made it more symmetrical, but I only had so much room and the sloping wasn't perfect, so it is what it is. As it stands though, I like this one a lot.

 

EDIT: Might try to make it more even. I think I see some ways I can

I decided to spruce up the interchange and make things more even. Here it is now after a facelift.

[Eggman121 1,035]

Here is a new piece that was developed recently. Guess what it is...

-eggman121 (NAM Team Member)

[Phillip Driver 19]

Here are some of my interchanges i've built so far:

My Turbine Interchange:

 

[CityNut607 622]

Just finished this beast!   Complete overhaul with the addition of a new freeway spur in Downtown Fairway resulted in this:

--CityNut607

[Phillip Driver 19]

Just completed 2 interchanges! One is a Stack Interchange:

And the other one is a Double Trumpet Interchange!

The Double Trumpet Interchane that i've built is Based off of this Real one in South Carolina between US 501 and SC 31!

UPDATE! I made the 2nd interchange better!:

  Edited October 30, 2021 by Phillip Driver  
Edited the left end of the 2nd interchange

[Haljackey 17,330]

Simple folded diamond interchange in the woods (for now). Built as an avenue for easy future expansion.

[mitsos 12,854]

[Leathershoes&corn 829]

In CXXL.

[pierrebaptiste 472]

Excellent !

[MOWS 4 U 169]

[bdehnwehn 24]

I like Maxis highways...
Because they're grey, because they're easy to lay, and because of their (NAM) interchanges!

[art128 4,618]

Revisited another one of my interchange. I realized after developing the tile that some connections were missing...
 

Here's the old one:
 

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And the new one:

[MOWS 4 U 169]

Something different...   

[Lucario Boricua 7,029]

     This orthogonal-diagonal cloverstack took an immense amount of trial and error to get right, but I'm super pleased with the result!     

 

 

[Haljackey 17,330]

Couple new ones-

Folded diamond into use

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Half diamond on a highway that goes over another elevated RHW - that has it's own diamond!

 

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Zoom out showing the two- part of a extension project

[Haljackey 17,330]

Been a while since anyone posted stuff here. I have a couple retrofits to show- pushing an extra lane through interchanges

Before

After

Before

After

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Ramp connections for the above interchange changed as well.

North side before

After

South side before

After

[Haljackey 17,330]

This interchange is getting overloaded. Time to twin the bridges and expand the trumpet.

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Bah! Not really much of an improvement. The highway may be twinned, but the ramps have the same capacity

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Ok- beef up the ramp, widen the approach, and fine widen the bridges to 3 lanes too.

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On the eastern terminus of this highway, the interchange was reworked and is almost unrecognizable.

Before:

After

Quite the urban/rural divide.

[CarstenB 660]

8 hours ago, Haljackey said:

This interchange is getting overloaded. Time to twin the bridges and expand the trumpet.

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Bah! Not really much of an improvement. The highway may be twinned, but the ramps have the same capacity

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Ok- beef up the ramp, widen the approach, and fine widen the bridges to 3 lanes too.

Where are all these vehicles coming from? The map seems undeveloped and yet you have so much traffic. How did you do that?

PS: great pictures and I like your region very much.

[Haljackey 17,330]

1 hour ago, CarstenB said:

Where are all these vehicles coming from? The map seems undeveloped and yet you have so much traffic. How did you do that?

PS: great pictures and I like your region very much.

Thanks! I run the traffic simulator on low which causes a lot of traffic to show in the game and presents a considerable challenge to manage all the congestion. It's compounded by the fact I have a large, dense city.

This area is at the fringe of development. Commuters will use it to access a new part of town in the east.

The new highway is clearly visible south-central in region view- showing where it connects to.

Hope that helps!

[Haljackey 17,330]

Fully grade-separating this parclo, getting rid of the traffic lights.

The N/S highway is built to expressway standards- not a full freeway... but it doesn't have any intersections anymore

Before:

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After:

It was quite a challenge to retrofit this existing interchange on hilly terrain- but that's why I play the game.

 

 

 

[Tubthumper 499]

Nothing fancy or complex like some of the entries here, but the first actual interchange I made on my own.  Started working on it in a sandbox, got my measurements, made an excel sheet so I could know what to flatten, flattened some hills, used some el-train tracks to smooth cliffs, seeded my forest again, and built in a future city tile.  Overall, took me about 4-5 hours.  Working on a new one that is going to be a bit more complex - but I actually like the way this turned out.  Any suggestions I will glady entertain.

[Lucario Boricua 7,029]

49 minutes ago, Tubthumper said:

Nothing fancy or complex like some of the entries here, but the first actual interchange I made on my own.  Started working on it in a sandbox, got my measurements, made an excel sheet so I could know what to flatten, flattened some hills, used some el-train tracks to smooth cliffs, seeded my forest again, and built in a future city tile.  Overall, took me about 4-5 hours.  Working on a new one that is going to be a bit more complex - but I actually like the way this turned out.  Any suggestions I will glady entertain.

 

Have you tried using the diagonal ramp-styled height transitions for RHW? Those support MIS and RHW-4, and could help you make the interchange more compact over at various spots. As-is it's still really good!

[Tubthumper 499]

19 minutes ago, Lucario Boricua said:

 

Have you tried using the diagonal ramp-styled height transitions for RHW? Those support MIS and RHW-4, and could help you make the interchange more compact over at various spots. As-is it's still really good!

Seeing as I have no idea what you are talking about - I am going to venture to say 'no'  

I am still learning parts of the RHW...I know, I know - RTFM...but I prefer to be annoying and ask here than - gasp - read what has been put out.  Maybe I will check out the manual

[franyer 305]

[Haljackey 17,330]

1 hour ago, Tubthumper said:

Seeing as I have no idea what you are talking about - I am going to venture to say 'no'  

I am still learning parts of the RHW...I know, I know - RTFM...but I prefer to be annoying and ask here than - gasp - read what has been put out.  Maybe I will check out the manual

First of all, fantastic work. Great to see new creations shown here!

What @Lucario Boricua is mentioning is that there are now transition pieces to get your elevated RHW to ground level (or vice vera) on the diagonal so you don't have to curve it and then place the transition.

For example, your WB to NB ramp could have transitioned to ground level with that piece.

This is what it looks like in-game

(Screenshot taken from this vid- could be useful to yourself and others so posting it here)

Great work as well @franyer!

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And while I am here, I may as well show an interchange

[franyer 305]

Thank you @Haljackey, I really admire you and I admire what you do, the gigantic and realistic exchanges you build. I learned a lot in this forum. Thanks again
this is other of my designs