Show us Your Interchanges!

[Lucario Boricua 7,027]

Somehow I don't find quite intuitive to always require the outer side lanes (right side in right hand driving, left side in left hand driving) for freeway-freeway interchanges--I prefer full directionality (left lanes for left turns, right lanes for right turns) to speed-based semidirectionality (central "fast" lanes to go ahead, outer "slow" lanes to take exit ramps).

[Moonraker0 192]

This one's kind of...odd? I built it this way so that when the freeway to the right side of the picture ends, cars can still stay on a long ramp and directly interchange with the elevated freeway instead of a normal intersection to get onto it.

I guess my image also unintentionally shows a two-level roundabout interchange on the left, which doesn't actually involve freeways, it's just because I needed to do something other than a normal intersection there.

@Dragonxander: I agree that left exits can make more sense a lot of the time, although I wouldn't want a left entrance without merge space to a freeway. A left entrance could be okay if it forms a new lane, like with the RHW-6C puzzle piece.

[Durfsurn 539]

I dare someone to try recreated one of these! Wonder if these are possible in RHW 5.0. Maybe we'll have to wait till NAM 31?

[kj3400 178]

That interchange from Birmingham is missing a roundabout. It's pretty integral to that interchange.

[bluemoose 223]

Here are a couple shots of a part-expressway/part-surface road. This is some of the most complex and circuitous surface roadwork in the region:

[Indiana Joe 1,750]

I believe I've come up with a new 4-way interchange design. I guess it would be a variant of the cloverstack.

Has some stability issues in the middle, but that should be fixed by NAM 31 (right?)

[Moonraker0 192]

Cool...but couldn't you just put RHW-4 starter stubs in those empty tiles in the middle to make the override stick?

[Indiana Joe 1,750]

I went and tried that and it did indeed work. Thanks! (I should have thought of that.)

[Simelonius 24]

This intersection connects the city ring road to the Lancaster-Burbank "Express"way. It's located in Lancaster, east of my downtown area.

[Indiana Joe 1,750]

I'm always trying to make things more compact.

[Johan_91 179]

Nice job there =D So many turns when you look from the air, makes me confused XD

One of mine, which is almost a copy of that one in the Simcity Devotion tutorial xD

Doesn't have much usage yet, but the south and east areas of the motorway aren't developed yet (south is upwards in the picture).

And the dump has to be removed >,>

[Charlie_Zane 963]

The curves on that interchange look so smooth!

How long did it take you to make?

[Johan_91 179]

The curves on that interchange look so smooth!

How long did it take you to make?

I had the tutorial as help, so it took around 10-15 min

[Haljackey 17,268]

Great work everyone! +1'ed your posts!

The curves on that interchange look so smooth!

How long did it take you to make?

I had the tutorial as help, so it took around 10-15 min

Glad the tutorials help!

[Durfsurn 539]

dang glitches...

[7238320 77]

dang glitches...

visual glitches are ok if the 'draw paths' are there!

[Ganaram Inukshuk 906]

visual glitches are ok if the 'draw paths' are there!

But they're not. Trust me. The paths are simply not there.

Puzzle pieces can't override. Flex items rely on overrides. What happens if you combine the two? You break the functionality of the other. And no, it can't be fixed unless you use a completely different implementation.

  Edited January 24, 2013 by Ganaram Inukshuk  

[Durfsurn 539]

Yeah oh well. Have to wait for FLEXFlups or use tunnels in the meantime.

[newyorkrunaway1 110]

[Durfsurn 539]

Wow those look amazing NewYorkRunaway1!

Here is a new one. Rather interesting design with the 15m and 30 m embankments there instead of L2/L4. Also tried to make it semi-compact. Anyone know the name of it? Some sort of semi-directional stack? 3 level stack? Turbine? Windmill? Also I might make a tutorial for this one.

[ROFLyoshi 1,760]

Nice shots everyone!

Just a basic one for me. The morning peak hasn't picked up just yet, but the Kensington Expressway is certainly busy with commuters crossing the bay to their jobs in the city.

Due to the odd topography, a 3/4 interchange is placed further south and just one onramp here. Note the 2+1 road designed to accommodate the higher volume of traffic going that way.

[mightygoose 92]

an oldie but a goodie from me.

[Indiana Joe 1,750]

Stacks are cool. But compact stacks...those are hard to build with puzzle pieces. Can't wait for increased draggable functionality with NAM 31.

Trumpets are at least easy to build.

[Ganaram Inukshuk 906]

What's a puzzle piece?

[Indiana Joe 1,750]

I take it that P57 is going to eliminate them completely?

[RepublicMaster 428]

If only. Nice Interchange

[Haljackey 17,268]

Pulling this from my archives thread but thought it is worth a share here.

A medley of real-life inspired interchanges I created with the RHW 5.0 during 2012.

Note: these are PNGs and have quite a large filesize. They may not load. If not, click the links below to see them (and for full resolution)

http://www.majhost.c...e/drawing-2.png

http://www.majhost.c...hange/final.png

http://www.majhost.c...wing-3fixed.png

http://www.majhost.c...drawingff-4.png

Hope you enjoyed them!

[simlink 1,098]

Nice work on the freeman interchange, Hal! The basketweave is impressive as well.

[Haljackey 17,268]

Made this junction with RHW 4.0. Hard drive died and latest backup files I had were a few months before I made this creation.

After putting it off for a long time, I decided to tackle it with RHW 5.0.

Which looks better? (Don't mind the monorail/HSR/BTM glitch, I'm working on fixing that )

[simlink 1,098]

The one with RHW 5.0 for sure... it seems like traffic would flow much better, especially eliminating the spaghetti of MIS ramps on the left side of the picture.