Show us Your Interchanges!

[sim-fan192 4]

Originally posted by: un1 So today was the first day I could experiment with the new RHW. I made three interchanges, a T, a diamond and a Texas style diamond (with the frontage roads, in a high traffic area).

So here is the diamond with the frontage roads... and the MIS going over them,

That is all.

-un1quote>

 

     I live near Houston,TX. I just wanted to point out that down here in Texas, frontage roads are called feeders. By the way, it does look like a Texan diamond.

[teddybear2009 0]

well its nothing spectacular but this is one of my interchanges and in my opinion the nicest one in my city because of it surroundings.

hope you enjoy, thanks

[un1 41]

Originally posted by: sim-fan192

     I live near Houston,TX. I just wanted to point out that down here in Texas, frontage roads are called feeders. By the way, it does look like a Texan diamond.quote>

1. Well everyone else calls them frontage roads, and even here in Brownsville the frontage road is called "Frontage RD".

2. Of course it does, it was inspired by an interchange in Corpus Christi, TX.

[bluemoose 223]

On the LIE they are called Service Roads(North(westbound) and South(Eastbound))

On the Van Wyck and Cross Bronx they are The expressway names

Thats in NYC

[Whisperedinthenight 1]

Well, this is kinda i think my first upload, so lets hope it works. This is just a crazy interchange you'd never find in real life, but its fun!

BTW, love all of them, and haljackey, can you send me the links to some of the trees mods you use? and possibly the giant earth? THANKS

[pagenotfound 53]

[doorknob60 11]

This is my first chance I've had to mess with the new NAM and RHW, so I went overboard a little (or a lot). Click for full size image (in new tab/window).

[rainyday 2]

doorknob60: They're creative and overboard!!

P.S. You Double Posted

[doorknob60 11]

Triple, actually, and it won't even let me delete them. The forum lag causes me to double post almost every time I post It took almost 15 minutes after the time I first posted before I could even see any of my posts at all. Don't know how that happened. Is this site slow to everyone or just me?

[Vahr 341]

I made this out of boredom:

[wertopian 0]

This one took awhile for me...im not really a RHW kinda guy...but i think this one is kinda conventional at least...

[R30hedron 28]

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Here's a highway interchange, I don't know what it would be called though... I was trying to replicate the stack interchange that came with the NAM...

[Yukky 1]

one of my interchanges with feeder lanes

[shaylan221 0]

One of my simpler interchanges

For more exciting photos, go to the link to my CJ in the signature!

[McDuell 301]

I promised that this time, my post will be with comments, so here they are:

DavidBrown:

Unfortuantely, there was no way for me to view your picture, there is no link shown in the post (at least for me) .

psander5:

Wow, this must be about the most beautiful dumbbell interchange I've seen until now! And a nice rural landscape you're having here as well.

un1:

Interesting variant, I've not known this style before. But I think this must be a hell of an intersection at the end of the ramps, especially with the frontage road connectors. Maybe the performance could be enhanced by replacing those 2-way connectors with 1-ways (left connector northward)? This would clear up some of the direction redundancies.

selles:

A very creative combination of an avenue-connector and a highway split. About the curving one-way ramps, I personally don't mind them (actually, I use them frequently myself). It depends on the definition of 'realistic'.

For me (personal opinion, feel free to contradict me ), there are 2 kinds of realism (in SC4). One of those is the 'eye-candy-ness'. If you're going for that, then you should indeed avoid curving ramps. As Haljackey said earlier, they 'look' kind of odd, so they ruin the picture.

But there is a different approach to 'realism', and this is functionality. In reality, curved ramps do exist, there are even raised joins/splits, so why not build them in Sim City?. Sure, it may look a bit odd, but the main thing here is: It 'works' perfectly.

(I hope this made some sense ...)

bluemoose:

Thank you.

Good use of the underpass lots with the diamonds. Maybe we don't even need the lots anymore when (hopefully) a future version of FLUP supports RHW underpasses.

squiddster:

An unusual, but creative interchange. The weaving sections scare me a more than bit though.

The_Hutt:

I especially like the railroad going straight through the interchange area. Nice work!

teddybear2009:

Interesting layout of a highway, but in reference to the map it kind of fits nicely. Why are you using avenue bridges, they look a bit out of place?

Whisperedinthenight:

There seems to be something wrong with your Highway Restyling Mod. All those bridges and parts of the curves shouldn't be grey. Are you using an old version? You also should make sure that the mod loads after the NAM.

pagenotfound:

Nice interchanges, especially the diamond variant!

doorknob60:

For a first try it's really not bad. There are no ramps missing, nor are there any redundant ramps. Plus, it features no weaving. Some of the ramps are a bit unnecessarily curvy though.

Blue Lightning:

Whoa, what a mess ! But it seems complete. Every direction leads (eventually) everywhere.

wertopian:

You seem to be on a good start. Just try to smoothen some of the sharp turns in the clover leaves, they look a bit out of place.

R_Triacontahedron:

What you got here is a turbine interchange. Nice work!

Yukky:

I like the approach with the two curved highways. You are missing a ramp though. Coming from top right, there is no way to go straight right (in the picture), i.e. you can't left turn. Is this intentional?

shaylan221:

If you shorten the northbound online ramp to join the highway before the overpass, you may lessen the danger of the weaving traffic.

Now, I can't leave without putting some pics, can I ?

I'll start with some 'quick and dirty' pictures of some avenue splits and interchanges (sorry Haljackey: curved ramps). These are not meant as 'show-offs' but more as 'what does McDuell build when he has no ideas'. I hope you enjoy them anyway.

2 variants of avenue splits:

2 variants of 3-way avenue interchanges:

Nothing special? Ok, how about a 4-way interchange with only full directional ramps?

Now we get serious! The next one is kind of a hybrid of a turbine and a roundabout interchange. Although the turbine is replaced by a roundabout, there is no weaving, as all traffic enters the circle from right, and leaves to the left. So the traffic spirals inwards on the two lanes without disturbing each other. (Big image!)

Another roundabout solution connecting 5 branches to each other (big image!):

That's it for today.

As always: Have fun !

(edit: fixed links)

[Haljackey 17,272]

Gee whiz McDuell looks like you're living up to your trixie quite well!

And you're just begging to see raised one-way curves to be made. We have them for raised rail, but not yet for any road networks.

I really enjoyed that second avenue split, as well as your last two RHW interchanges. I'd call that a roundabout, because you can go around in circles if you wanted to. Excellent use of the new left RHW ramps to minimize weaving and El-MIS for overpasses. The last one is one of the most unique I've seen to this day, simply amazing!

I've been busy with other things these days, but I should show some of my creations here sometime soon.

Keep showing us your interchanges!

Best,

-Haljackey

[kj3400 178]

Wow, that's impressive. You really have a knack for that McDuell.

Here's a teaser for an intechange that I'm going to show in my CJ tonight most likely.

[sneakeypete 16]

I'm loving the RHW-4 cross over intersections here. I've been tinkering with a design of my own, based on a local intersection. though the ramps traffic lights, its very compact.

[Haljackey 17,272]

kj3400:   Hehe, even with those lights, its still dark!    Nice work!

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All right, as I stated, its my turn to showcase some stuff now.  I have 20 pics to show this time, all available at 1920x1200.

Click for full resolution!

A ground highway/RHW hybrid interchange I have been working on.

More work done on a bullet train interchange.

A new bullet train interchange I've been working on.

A parclo interchange taking advantage of the new RHW-6C high mast lighting.

What once was a multi-highway...

Is now a RHW-10.

A large, all-Maxis ground highway parclo interchange.

A ground, elevated, and "super" elevated highway design.

A unique type of parclo interchange:

The main junction of the new partial-y split.

MIS Madness!

Urban stack interchange:

Rural parclo interchange:

The El-RHW:

MIS junction leading up to the El-RHW in the last photo.

The multi-highway junction has attracted growth!

An older ave interchange with a temporary passing lane:

The first-ever Multi-RHW still getting its use near a interchange.

RHW-10 parclo A-4.

Zoom out of the RHW-10 near a university I was building.

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Anyways, that's it for now.  I recently finished building that university, which is showcased in the latest GTR update.  Some pics of the RHW-10 are in it too!  (Link in my signature).

Anyways, I hope you enjoyed them!

Keep showing us your interchanges!

Best,

-Haljackey

[antsel 841]

McDuell, I love those interchanges, especially your 4-way interchange. I've been trying desperately to get one to work like that, I will definitely try it out.

And of course, haljackey, your transportation networks are always impressive. You're a pro with the RHW.

[kj3400 178]

Looking good, hal!

And here is what that interchange looks like during the day.....

[The_Hutt 11]

Haljackey - where'd you get that modern-looking train station in Pic 17? I'd like to have it. Nice interchanges, by the way.

[chrisnhl50 2]

hey guys, heres a cool website to boost your interchange knowledge http://www.palmernet.com/winter04.pdf

[Owaen 5]

Absolutely stunning creations everyone !

Here is some of my intersections using the new RHW3.

Comments always welcome.

(Click images for full resolution 1680x1050)

Diagonal dogbone

Diamond of a sorts

A tight parclo

A T-intersection with flyover ramps

A trumpet-diamond-parclo-thingamajig

And finally something that can only be called a cloverleaf mess  

[buildsolid 4]

WOW those are amazing guys, Owaen the cloverleaf is a bit messy but still spectacular!!!

[jimbo_jj 1]

That has to be one of the most orderly messes I've ever seen! Does that make sense? No? Well ... anyway that cloverleaf really defines that island well. Nice use of ponds to fill in the dead space in the interchange as well.

[deathtopumpkins 43]

Thread revival!

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A few more from me:

My pride n' joy... a new cloverleafy-thingy with very minimal weaving and complete (mostly) with signage and landscaping.

East of that:

And across that river:

(this one's incomplete)

[Follarch 326]

Like I said dtp, the artsy equivalent of a monster of an interchange. lol Great work!

[ExiL3 10]

some very nice tight/space saving interchanges here, very helpful! *thumbs-up*

take care,

[Patricius Maximus 236]

I'll show some interchanges from my Patrician Showcase, as I promised quite a long time ago.

A cloverstack interchange, with beautitication in a rural area (sorry for the grid):

A volleyball interchange in a rebuilt ring road in Dioxia:

A trumpet interchange in an unrelated, completely new ring road:

Lastly, a parclo interchange with roundabouts and an RHW-2 connection:

Hope you liked them!

- Patricius Maximus