Show us Your Interchanges!

[henrys1996 127]

 

@Haljackey - (some reason wouldn't let me quote your post on the previous page) - That looks great. I can never make a spreadout complex system blend in well like that within a big city.

 

Thanks! Ya I try to make my highways nice looking as well as functional.

 

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4 parclo A-4s, one city.

 

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You, Haljackey, are OFFICIALLY an RHW master! Thank you for giving my lonely stack interchange a +1! PS. Where'd you get those cool looking TuLEP textures from?

[mrsmartman 200]

Heavy mixmaster.

 

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Edit: area before reconstruction

 

Your determination in enhancing traffic flow is really great.

[Lost Realist 762]

Here's one I made:

 

*snip*

 

Ohh, that's a nice spin on the Y, I like that.

[Haljackey 17,272]

 

You, Haljackey, are OFFICIALLY an RHW master! Thank you for giving my lonely stack interchange a +1! PS. Where'd you get those cool looking TuLEP textures from?

 

 

Thanks and no problem! I don't think I'll ever master the RHW . Been trying to learn how to use it since 2005.

 

Those are acutally the Euro TuLEP textures. I'm not sure why they are mixed in with the standard US road textures (although I have been doing some NAM testing), but I actually kinda like them together... Gives the roads a unique style. I'm crazy like that .

 

 

 

Your determination in enhancing traffic flow is really great.

 

 

Thanks! I think retrofitting is one of my favorite parts of the game. I like the challenge of rebuilding roads within a constrained area.

 

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Speaking of which, I am actually retrofitting this now.

 

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What was there before:

 

More pics over at the and threads.

 

 

[mrsmartman 200]

Wow, a massive project is happening in your city.

[Durfsurn 539]

Well, diagonals... (warning - big mosaic - 5mb)

 

 

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-Billy

 

EDIT:
Want to know how to do those diagonal overpasses/bridges? Here or here.

[Thin White Duke 4,072]

Durfsurn: Error 403 when I tried opening it in a new tab.

[timmetje 75]

I build a rural interchange in my region, it's based of an intersection near Arnhem in the Netherlands:

 

[timmetje 75]

another one, only this is multi tile and I've only finished this part, so prepare for the next one!

 

 

[Haljackey 17,272]

Ohhhh very complicated, but very nice!

 

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Parclo mirror.

 

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[dogma555 187]

sheesh! .. I was gonna post mine, but then Haljackey and Samerton had to come through and steal the show..

 

** slowly backs away **

[OnurT 3]

Simple, but could be upgraded to grade seperate;

[clhigh7 583]

 

Here is an area I've been working on for a little while.

[Johan_91 179]

 

 

Here is an area I've been working on for a little while.

Nice! Smooth and compact, exactly how I like it!!

[Lost Realist 762]

Here's one I made:

 

 

 

I had to have a stab at the general idea. Not nearly as nice looking as the one I ripped off, had to deal with some terrain limitations here as well, but the design actually fits the purpose very well.

 

[clhigh7 583]

@Lost Realist- I do like how you used flex fly on your version. It's hard for me to tell but is that flex fly hanging over a 6s?

[Lost Realist 762]

@Lost Realist- I do like how you used flex fly on your version. It's hard for me to tell but is that flex fly hanging over a 6s?

 

Thanks. It's actually a flex-fly hanging over an L1 RHW-4 though. Tightest solution I could come up with as the shoreline and some cliffs to the north were approaching quite rapidly during construction.

[Haljackey 17,272]

Simple MHW avenue diamond interchange.

 

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Not very realistic, but shows how far we've come from the vanilla junctions.

[henrys1996 127]

The beast of all interchanges. This highway leads into the city of Auburn, just east of Redmund, which is a new city I'm building. I wanted to fit this into Redmund, but as the city grew, the interchange went in to the backburner and suddenly, I had no space to build it there. This is the Highway 40/101 interchange, in the easternmost portion of my region. It is important to note that this section of Highway 101 (the diagonal highway) runs as a concurrency with Highway 95, the major north-south highway running through eastern part of the region of Kensington. (And no, you cannot go south on H95/101 if you're going westbound on H40). And yes, I will do my best to post the interchange where Highways 95 and 101 split.

Close-ups:

 

[NielsC007 499]

RHW 2 interchange!

 

[MandelSoft 2,769]

Now this is a smooth cloverleaf interchange!

 

 

Best,
Maarten

[Thin White Duke 4,072]

Now this is a smooth cloverleaf interchange!

 

Best,

Maarten

 

Stunning! The best I've created so far is a diamond interchange with RHW 8C.

 

At least I'm learning. My first time not using RHW 4.

[Haljackey 17,272]

Fantastic trumpet Niels!

 

Mandelsoft, you have made the best-looking cloverleaf I've ever seen in SC4!

 

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Those interchanges I have been working on now have development surrounding them. They are certainly getting their use.

 

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South of the roundabout the avenue widens to 8 lanes to handle traffic coming off the highway.

 

This is where the highway upgrade project ends, at least for now. I may upgrade this old RHW-4.0 era interchange to be free flowing, or transform it to a 3-way junction with an arterial extension.

[Thin White Duke 4,072]

I bring you what could probably be viewed as my first actual interchange. A very simple RHW-4 trumpet, but still. Not bad for a first try, eh?

 

 

[Haljackey 17,272]

Beautiful trumpet Borgmästarjojje! Love the night lighting too!

 

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Borderline arterial diamond interchange

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Another

 

 

Bonus: the last Maxis Highway interchange I have ever made (stopped making new Maxis Highways in 2010, built this interchange in 2011)

[Thin White Duke 4,072]

BEautiful use of MHW! USed the correct way it still looks bloody brilliant!

[11241036 5,096]

Wow, a bunch of fairly good interchanges.

[Haljackey 17,272]

Retrofitting and expanding a RHW 5.0-era parclo interchange.

 

This will be a big post. Click images for full size!

 

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The interchange in it's original configuration.

 

Eyecandy added:

 

Prior to retrofit:

 

Zoom in

 

The design cannot accommodate current and future traffic demands. Time to expand it!

 

Demolition

 

New 7.5m embankment will replace the old 15m one.

 

Work on the loops and the new bridge

 

This project will also help extend this short weave lane on the freeway

 

 

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This overpass will also be widened to accommodate 4 eastbound lanes

 

 

Done in the raw form

 

Cosmetic pieces, signs and lights added. Opened to traffic.

 

Beautification work complete

 

Done!

 

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Edit: Added a SB to WB slip ramp and an additional WB lane. Not really needed right now, but may as well add it in as part of the project.

 

 

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[krenemo 81]

i think im starting to ge tthe hang of RHW   


the breidge design was used from Haljackey...

[NielsC007 499]

i think im starting to ge tthe hang of RHW   

the breidge design was used from Haljackey...

 

Looks nice! I recommend making more use of FAR pieces, but it already looks very good!