Show us Your Interchanges!

[Haljackey 17,271]

2 New ones from me

Parclo built using the RHW-8S to 6C split

 

Sunken turbine interchange. N-S highway digs in 7.5m, EW-highway digs in 15m.

This makes the junction only 7.5m above grade, the same as a regular overpass.

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...And for fun, original cloverleaf for scale

[Ganbare Shamiko 45]

Big.

[APSMS 1,892]

I made this off of a suggestion from Wiimeiser. I think he wanted something more compact than what he had made. It's not the most compact of interchanges, but I think it's alright. Not the world's smoothest and there's the slightest bit of weaving (I also overutilized those PS loop ramps) but there you go. Normally I go for earthen ramps but it's late and I was trying to get this one done.

Overview:

[HayleyRenaNemeth 465]

This is something I finished up today, not sure what you would call it , maybe Partial Cloverleaf?? 

 

[Razip 153]

On 06/10/2017 at 10:38 PM, AprilAero said:

This is something I finished up today, not sure what you would call it , maybe Partial Cloverleaf??

Is that a joke?

[APSMS 1,892]

@Tyberius06 pointed out to me that my interchange that I posted above was missing a east-bound ramp from the upper freeway to the smaller expressway.

In rectifying this problem, I eliminated some weaving and two of those look ramps, but the retrofit process took nearly as much time as building the initial interchange, and required that I shift the alignment of the north and eastern highway branches. I'm still not 100% satisfied with it's appearance, but is does solve a number of issues and looks pretty good, IMO.

[Indiana Joe 1,750]

Taking advantage of as many earthen embankments as possible.

 

Matt

[T Wrecks 10,209]

Daaaaang, that thing is so smooth! Great job!

Yes, I had to like and comment the post just for this.

[jabcool52 37]

This interchange was a recent project of mine in a tile that is just north of my main CBD. The tunnel was built to support traffic to another adjacent tile which provides a lot of industrial jobs without significantly affecting the nearby HSR and the suburb's residents who are some of the region's elite.

However, a new international airport is planned for construction to the west, which will require significant roadworks to increase west-bound capacity--and a full interchange. Several apartment buildings to the north are scheduled for destruction.

[TopDeej 254]

Two things I could never do before that I can with this version of NAM. Pretty happy so far, Im glad to finally have diagonal rhw transitions, as well as the ftls.

[jabcool52 37]

And now, after years of planning and construction, the final interchange is finished.

An alternative proposal was for a T-interchange, but due to the tunnel entrance, it was decided to go with a trumpet interchange. Even the trumpet interchange was a tight fit and required judicious use of MHW and Project Symphony for the tunnel entrance and on-ramps.

Edit: I had an error saving and it looks like I've lost the changes.

Edit 2: Never mind. I recovered the changes. Looks like the Windows update messed with my registry settings and changed my SimCity 4 directory.

[TopDeej 254]

I often use RHW-2 instead of 4 or 6 lane highways because they take up less space and are alot more common to see around where i live. Usually posted at 55 MPH, they are a good 'in between' choice if a 4 lane highway is not needed, but you need to move alot of traffic  at high speed with controlled access. 

[JohnAJ 253]

14 hours ago, TopDeej said:

I often use RHW-2 instead of 4 or 6 lane highways because they take up less space and are alot more common to see around where i live. Usually posted at 55 MPH, they are a good 'in between' choice if a 4 lane highway is not needed, but you need to move alot of traffic  at high speed with controlled access.

Nice to see some RHW-2. Looks very good and realistic! Sometimes we tend to go too far with the massive highways and interchanges ... :-)

[Edvarz 1,984]

I made this one a while back with NAM 34, I've always liked how relatively compact it is. However, it still uses deprecated height transitions, so I'll have to rebuild it. I'm posting it here before it gets destroyed.

Don't mind the city, I'm in the process of replacing Maxis stuff everywhere.

[Darrius11able 728]

First interchange of the region, debating if i should use highway walls on the west side of it.

[jabcool52 37]

My first parclo! This is on the east end of Oakview, a largely residential suburb to the east of the CBD, Riverside.

Zoom out for context. You'll notice a dumbbell interchange just south.

I would love suggestions on how to improve this, particularly since it's my first parclo. I wanted to keep the dumbbell interchange since it is also a major thoroughfare, but unfortunately I also have quite a bit of weaving. 

 

[Darrius11able 728]

[Darrius11able 728]

Baseball exit! As well as a northern exit to an industrial roundabout.

[Darrius11able 728]

Not sure what these are called but I think it came out alright. 

[Haljackey 17,271]

A look back - original concept vs full build out.

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[Darrius11able 728]

An odd cloverleaf I finished.

[Darrius11able 728]

Any suggestions of making this one better is welcome.  This particular one took the longest and a lot of trial and error. I am satisfied with most of it beside the large outer curved ramps that I had to compromise. Sorry for the grid, just a habit.

[Evane 61]

@ikilluasap1

Based on your design I'd like to propose a quick fix:

[Darrius11able 728]

11 hours ago, tun93ngo said:

@ikilluasap1

Based on your design I'd like to propose a quick fix:

Thanks much I'll work on it, this one looks much better.

 

[Darrius11able 728]

I'm experimenting with using the RHW interchange along with the Maxis ones. This is what i came up with for right now.

[blade2k5 1,523]

Here's how I do my freeway intersections.  I'm not going for realism either, I go with what works, including lighting.  Also a couple of shots of the highway/speed limit markers.

[redfox85 659]

@blade2k5 and as a result of going for what works... you likely save yourself many hours and many headaches. I envy you. 

[blade2k5 1,523]

1 hour ago, redfox85 said:

@blade2k5 and as a result of going for what works... you likely save yourself many hours and many headaches. I envy you. 

Sometimes it saves me time, sometimes I end up screwing up somewhere along the line and have to start over again.

Since I've been unable to get the last two NAM updates installed, I only have 2 level heights for on/off ramp bridges so I had to come up with a way to do a complete interchange outside of the cloverleaf and diamond interchanges.  I've just seen one from Haljackey I'm gonna try for a 'T' intersection that I liked and would work with what I have.  I'm still running XP on my pc that I play the game on.

[Haljackey 17,271]

2 hours ago, blade2k5 said:

  I've just seen one from Haljackey I'm gonna try for a 'T' intersection that I liked and would work with what I have.

Curious as to what one you liked?

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Heavy duty parclo interchange

Full size link

Original design had a larger footprint (and bullet train instead of rail). It was scaled down to be somewhat more compact

Like the real world, my infrastructure goes through a 'design' phase before the best option is chosen

 

[blade2k5 1,523]

Just so happens that I downloaded the image Haljackey.  This one....don't know why I didn't think of this myself.  I've been drawing maps since I was a boy after getting my first Rand McNally Road Atlas at age 8 in 1972.  I studied those maps, page after page, especially the street maps for years and still buy them today.  This is why I love SC4 and NAM.  I can draw my maps with SC4 and see what my city looks visually.

 

EDIT:  And here's my first try at one of those T-Inter-changes...