Show us Your Interchanges!

[art128 4,618]

awesome interchange everybody !

[Patricius Maximus 236]

boredtodeath:  1) An innovative design, but I think a volleyball would be better -- it takes up no more space and has no weaving.

2) Put in some 90 degree smooth curves and it'll be perfect.

I have a monster of mine to show. In going through East Augusta, I could take no more of that weaving stretch. So, I completely rebuilt it into a monster collector system:

And here is a linkup to a nearby turbine interchange:

24 lanes at it's widest, it is one of the most complex freeway systems ever designed in Patian County. There is virtually no weaving on this thing.

It is also the widest stretch of freeway I have ever built.

It is designed to provide all-around access to both the turbine and the parclo, to both collector and express lanes; a most complex situation, that required a complex solution:

And there are more on the way.

Please post comments and suggestions.

[Yeah_Right 2]

request:

sorry, i am ***** at interchanges especially RHW.

umm how can i connect RHW with a parallel road? using on ramps and off ramps in easiest and compact way possible?

thx

[Haljackey 17,271]

Originally posted by: Patricius Maximus

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[Patricius Maximus 236]

Haljackey: Wow. It must be very shocking to shock a transit master like you .

Yeah_Right: A perfectly sensible request. But I need more specifics -- is it One-Way Road or 2-Way Road?

[McDuell 301]

Very nice interchanges here! And still there are always new ideas .

Anyways, I messed around again and came up with some new creations.

A space saving variant of an RHW - Ave+GLR connection:

Y-split of RHW:

RHW Y-split with curved parclo avenue interchange:

These are older creations of a Multi-Highway interchanges using Big Dig lots.

Cloverleaf (weaving, but no interweaving between collector and express lanes):

A big Avenue - Multihighway - Road interchange, again with Big Dig lots:

More experiments with RHW; a Cloverstack interchange:

A full RHW stack interchange, orthogonal version:

... and a diagonal version:

I (sometimes heavily) used the method found out by metarvo to  link diagonal RHW with OWR. (link to intersection thread). Thanks for the discovery.

As always:  Have fun

[Haljackey 17,271]

McDuell:  Whoa!  Those are some of the very best interchanges I have ever seen!  Truly some fantastic work!

Love the stack interchange!  I remember Mightygoose made one but he had to convert the RHW to a two-way road for curves and diagonal segments.  I'll have to read about metarvo's discovery.  I have no idea how he got the diagonal-GLR in ave to connect to a RHW, so I'll have to play with it.  The diagonal stack and the cloverstack look fantastic as well as the others you posted! 

Amazed is an understatement McDuell!   Excellent job!

Best,

-Haljackey

[Jazzmaster 716]

Great job on those, I especially love all the time you spent detailing with trees and such!

[pagenotfound 53]

um.... wow , amazing work on these

[wishfulanthony 3]

Whoa! I'm really blown away from those interchanges! I really, really, REALLY do love them! The only problem: my map only has small spaces to make them!

Great job! Fantastique!

[un1 41]

Amazing McDuell! (Can't say more... Take to much time......)

-un1

[kj3400 178]

(speechless)

Gives me an idea or 6...

[deathtopumpkins 43]

OMG those are all awesome!

OK, serious now. Patricius, that's still cool every time I see it...

McDuell, you have reached the ranks of Patricius Maximus and Haljackey when it comes to those interchanges! Those are spectacular, and I'm saving the links to those to use as inspiration.

[Craig-Abcvs 1,595]

McDuell - those are seriously cool interchanges.

Impressive is an understatement.

[Patricius Maximus 236]

McDuell: Now that is fantastic. I like the cloverstack and stack the best.

DTP: I'd say he reached that 'rank' a while back. But McDuell also gives me about 3 ideas.

Hehe. Guess it's my turn to be amazed. But I have a new spur in the works for Patian County, so stay tuned to the Patrician Showcase (I post it there first, it may wind up here later ).

[Yeah_Right 2]

patricius, it is two way road.

so yeah, the RHW is 2 lanes, (one on each side), with a two way road running parallel to it,

i am really bad at RHW so yeah, thx

btw, is there a way to get RHW to show on transport maps in region mode?

regards

[phoenix7 3]

No, RHW is a network that can be anywhere from 2 to 6 lanes wide.

[Patricius Maximus 236]

RHW cannot show up on the transport map, as the transport map is contained in the .exe file, and altering it is a crime.

So the parallel road is a 2 way road. This is the most simple connection I can come up with:



It only involves 5 puzzle pieces.

For more complex connections, see my own Patrician Showcase.

[mcarch 15]

RHW cannot show up on the transport map... but doesn't the unfinished road peice that Maxis left, show up?

[xena99 12]

http://img46.imageshack.us/img46/5766/newcityaug6081189656295md0.jpg

how is this done?

[phoenix7 3]

Originally posted by: mcarch RHW cannot show up on the transport map... but doesn't the unfinished road peice that Maxis left, show up?quote>

No, the ANT wasn't far enough in devolepment, I guess that was still on their to-do list.

[Patricius Maximus 236]

xena99: It's quite simple. All you need is the NAM installed, then just draw a normal intersection. Then draw diagonals right through it. Then you'll have it.

[beebs 129]

My preciouss...

[xena99 12]

Patricius Maximus: I'll try that, thanks

[Patricius Maximus 236]

beebs: Looks good. I think I've seen it somewhere before, but I'm not sure .

[phoenix7 3]

I seem to have seen that before too... Must be a weird coincidence. But that is a cool interchange. You should post the old H22/Capiliano Ave. interchange. That was awesome.

[McDuell 301]

Thanks for all your praises. This echo is overwhelming; I really feel very flattered .

Haljackey: Wow, the second shocked expression of the master of transit network in one single page .

I too remember that stack from Mightygoose now after you mentioned it, but I couldn't find it anymore. About the diagonal connection: it's not that difficult once you got the hang with it. I whipped together a small explanation how I did it.

Single direction:

1. Place 2 diagonal GLR-in-Av pieces next to each other and delete one of it afterwards.

2. Puzzle Piece (PP) after deletion of it's neighbor

3. connect the RHW with the PP

4. connect the OWR with the PP

Voilà, you're done.

Double direction:

1. Place the diagonal PP directly to the ending stub of the RHW. This also works very well at the ends of the gentle RHW curves.

2. Place the opposite PP and connect all 4 sides.

3. Make sure you connected both RHW parts with the PPs, then place a 3rd PP as shown in the picture. Now, delete it.

4. Mind that you can't just reconnect the side where you placed the 'helper' PP if the connection get broken. In that case you will have to redo the whole transition again. This problem occurs whenever the helper PP is put perpendicular to the main transit lines.

Yeah_Right: There is kind of a workaround with showing the RHW in Region view. Save the city with the DrawPaths cheat active, this will draw the paths into the miniature as well. The drawback is that you also see the path in the satellite view.

Beebs: This is a nice one. I especially like the rest stop and the way this interchange is integrated into the topography.

(edit: image resized to fit the conventions)

[Patricius Maximus 236]

McDuell: Some minor resizing needed there...

I have a new Semi-Directional T variant, for my new spur. It has been recently featured in the Patrician Showcase:

Please post comments and suggestions.

[kj3400 178]

A good tutorial, McDuell. I didn't know that was even possible.

That's a nice semi-directional T, Patricus Maximus. It's nice and compact.

[mcarch 15]

How did you get that nice curve on the interstate?