Show us Your Interchanges!

[Lost Realist 762]

Two interchanges right next to each other. Two highways intersecting in a cloverleaf with a semi-directional ramp added for higher capacity...

 

 

 

 

... and a rural road delivering to and taking from a federal road, a type of network that is mostly restricted-access and serves long rural routes. This one is built as a 2+1 system, switching the directions from one to two lanes every few kilometers to allow comfortable passing while maintaining a small footprint.

 

[T Wrecks 10,209]

I especially like the second one - it captures the German "Bundesstraße" look very well - except for the yellow road markings, of course.

[Thin White Duke 4,072]

Just another interchange sitting at a diagonal highway.

 

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Aren't they the greatest?

[Lost Realist 762]

I especially like the second one - it captures the German "Bundesstraße" look very well - except for the yellow road markings, of course.

 

Thanks, that's the look I was going for. I actually quite like the yellow markings though, I think they look better in my opinion. They also help me avoid localisation - the layout is mostly european, but it looks american, so it could pretty much be anywhere...

[Sabretooth78 808]

 

I especially like the second one - it captures the German "Bundesstraße" look very well - except for the yellow road markings, of course.

 

Thanks, that's the look I was going for. I actually quite like the yellow markings though, I think they look better in my opinion. They also help me avoid localisation - the layout is mostly european, but it looks american, so it could pretty much be anywhere...

 

 

Interchanges such as those are actually fairly common in the northeastern US - generally along the major US routes which were the superhighways of their day, before the advent of the interstate highway system.  For instance you can find several of them along US 20 throughout Upstate NY.  I don't think you see too many new ones being built nowadays except in the case of super-twos.

[11241036 5,096]

Interesting setup with those dual roundabouts in the top left corner!

 

Glad you like it. I've been resorting to that setting because of the terrain (the terrain is slightly rising towards the west).

 

 

Just another interchange sitting at a diagonal highway.

 

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Aren't they the greatest?

 

 

Indeed. They are sometimes quite a challenge to build, but perhaps that's what makes them interesting.

[Thin White Duke 4,072]

Don't know how I got this fella working, but I did. Yay for me. Now I'm going back to trumpets.

 

[Mymyjp 1,052]

I am finally beginning my second biggest learning curve: learning RHW

 

This is my first attempt at creating an interchange, which to date, work wonderfully in my city.

 

Be kind...lol

 

[Johan_91 179]

@Mymyjp

it is a good first attempt, but the only problem is, it is not complete (if you want full access that is). 
There is no option of going west-north, east-south  

[BLANKBLANK 4,414]

Mymyjp: That's a nice partial interchange.

[Thin White Duke 4,072]

As Johan said, it's not bad for a first try, but turning right is not an. The way you've laid it out, though, looks like it should be pretty easy to rebuild into a cloverleaf through a few simple clicks.

[Lost Realist 762]

Okay, I didn't mean to give all this away before I start my new CJ, but here's one more. An interchange between a highway and a federal route. Terrain restrictions had me get a little creative to maintain grade-separation. Blunt, but it works.

 

[Haljackey 17,272]

Great job everybody, really like what I see!

 

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I built a rather unique diamond by a rail line.

Click for full size:

 

Zoom out with some development:

 

A trio of diamond interchanges serve the tile. Here are the other two:

(City is still a work in progress)

[11241036 5,096]

Okay, I didn't mean to give all this away before I start my new CJ, but here's one more. An interchange between a highway and a federal route. Terrain restrictions had me get a little creative to maintain grade-separation. Blunt, but it works.

 

 

That's quite an interesting concept for a 4-way interchange. I might copy it.

[Mymyjp 1,052]

Thank you so much for the feedback! I would have not really realized that...I will have to hunt down more youtube videos and keep on finding new threads about interchange and RHW.

 

Lost Realist: that is a gorgeous interchange..

[NielsC007 499]

I am finally beginning my second biggest learning curve: learning RHW

 

This is my first attempt at creating an interchange, which to date, work wonderfully in my city.

 

Be kind...lol

 

 

I think that's a really good interchange, if you had used FAR pieces and ramps I think it'd look great! Nice work man!

[Sabretooth78 808]

Okay, I didn't mean to give all this away before I start my new CJ, but here's one more. An interchange between a highway and a federal route. Terrain restrictions had me get a little creative to maintain grade-separation. Blunt, but it works.

 

I've seen more than a few of these.  Most often, it's because one of the highways is tolled, and the barrier is placed on the connecting ramp.  I have seen a few due simply to terrain, however.  Very nice design.

[Lost Realist 762]

 

Okay, I didn't mean to give all this away before I start my new CJ, but here's one more. An interchange between a highway and a federal route. Terrain restrictions had me get a little creative to maintain grade-separation. Blunt, but it works.

 

 

 

That's quite an interesting concept for a 4-way interchange. I might copy it.

 

 

Thanks man, not like I invented it anyway. The german Wikipedia lists it as a "one-quadrant solution", which really fits it pretty much head on.

Lost Realist: that is a gorgeous interchange..

 

Thanks. And by the way, considering yours is a first attempt, it's a really, really good shot. Everything looks nice and well thought-out. It really isn't full-access, but it seems like it would rather easily upgraded, seeing as how it's very compact at its current stage. I'd be thinking turning it into a turbine would probably be the easiest and most compact solution.

 

 

Okay, I didn't mean to give all this away before I start my new CJ, but here's one more. An interchange between a highway and a federal route. Terrain restrictions had me get a little creative to maintain grade-separation. Blunt, but it works.

 

I've seen more than a few of these.  Most often, it's because one of the highways is tolled, and the barrier is placed on the connecting ramp.  I have seen a few due simply to terrain, however.  Very nice design.

 

 

Indeed, I know of a few of these interchanges used to force you through a toll booth and it's probably the most feasible way to do that. I just happened to think of this sort of solution when I faced the terrain difficulties I was forced to work with, which don't really look like much on the screenshot, but you guys would know how picky the RHW can be with elevation, so I just figured it would be a pretty sensible thing to do. Especially seeing as how the federal route isn't really a highway per se. And thanks for the compliment.

[simonvangenderen 123]

Buiilt this badboy, still needs some decoration, though:

 

[Johan_91 179]

A compact interchange (for a future urban area) 

[tonyr 926]

I am finally beginning my second biggest learning curve: learning RHW

 

This is my first attempt at creating an interchange, which to date, work wonderfully in my city.

 

Be kind...lol

 

 

That's HOT my friend!

[ROFLyoshi 1,760]

I love it when people make diagonal interchanges, and this one is no exception! Great job!

[Thin White Duke 4,072]

It's slightly off-topic, I know, but I was looking at the suburbs of my great homeland's great capital when I came across this eyesore of a cloverleaf. Looks more like something drawn by a five year old than any other infrastructural hub I've ever seen before that actually exists.

 

 

73-229 intersection, Farsta, just south of Stockholm, Sweden. 

[timmie 988]

Ha, well. You also have Slussen. Now that is an eyesore. (On the other hand, it dates from the 1930s, so it's really an icon of modernity, a time when Belgium didn't have any interchanges.)

[ROFLyoshi 1,760]

Egad! A road that runs straight into the interchange like that? Completely destroys the point of an interchange.

[Durfsurn 539]

Accidental deletion of previous post needs rectifying .

Smooth diagonal trumpet is smooth...

-Billy

[Sabretooth78 808]

 

A compact interchange (for a future urban area) 

 

 

You might want to realign that MIS ramp coming out of the roundabout - that's an awfully tight turn!  Otherwise, it's an interesting configuration.

 

It's slightly off-topic, I know, but I was looking at the suburbs of my great homeland's great capital when I came across this eyesore of a cloverleaf. Looks more like something drawn by a five year old than any other infrastructural hub I've ever seen before that actually exists.

 

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73-229 intersection, Farsta, just south of Stockholm, Sweden. 

 

Honestly, that doesn't strike me as too bad considering the situation, although those cutoff ramps inside the northern half are something I don't think I've seen before.  (I have seen mid-ramp intersections.)

 

It looks to me like an area where you once had 2 arterial roadways that over time became overcongested and a crude interchange was thrown in.  Probably a long time ago, when cars were smaller and people drove a lot slower.  There are a lot of interchanges like that in New England, for instance.  In this case it looks to me like Helgdagsvagen (or some other predecessor roadway) and Vinthundsvagen once may have been connected (with an intersection with Skondalsvagen?) and that segment of 229 was patched in to handle the capacity when they built 73.  Of course it's possible I'm totally wrong.  Forensic highway design.  I love trying to guess how roads used to look.

 

Back on topic, these are the types of interchanges I enjoy seeing in SC4.  7 approaches with full access (although the Sondagsvagen approach looks quite redundant/a mistake/hilarious).  Build it!  And don't forget the bike paths.

[Thin White Duke 4,072]

Ha, well. You also have Slussen. Now that is an eyesore. (On the other hand, it dates from the 1930s, so it's really an icon of modernity, a time when Belgium didn't have any interchanges.)

Sure is. I don't think anyone minds how ugly the actual intersection is. It's the first cloverleaf in Europe that just happens to be located slap dash in the middle of it's 46th largest city. The surroundings don't look all that bad if I may say so myself. I take pride in it, and I'm happy the proposition a few years ago to reconstruct it didn't fall through, even though it suffers from three times it's max. capacity daily.

[ROFLyoshi 1,760]

I like how there's a building in the middle of the loop.

It's crazy how far infrastructure can be stretched. The West Gate Bridge in Melbourne is sitting at 500% capacity, with the signs pointing to that becoming higher.

[Thin White Duke 4,072]

Incredible how politicians simply neglect the importance of a strong infrastructure with good traffic flow.