Show us Your Interchanges!

[Srawldaddy74 17]

Isn't having a roadway running directly under an airport rather dangerous? One car bomb could ruin your whole day.

Actually it is rather common. McCarren Int. in Las Vegas has a really long tunnel and Raleigh-Durham has an underpass under a runway. Im sure there a lot more but I just took it to another level.

[jim 546 43]

Isn't having a roadway running directly under an airport rather dangerous? One car bomb could ruin your whole day.

It's better than Gibraltar, where there's a main road going directly through the middle of the runway.

[catfriedrice 3]

Isn't having a roadway running directly under an airport rather dangerous? One car bomb could ruin your whole day.

Actually it is rather common. McCarren Int. in Las Vegas has a really long tunnel and Raleigh-Durham has an underpass under a runway. Im sure there a lot more but I just took it to another level.

I believe one in Nashville International does something similar: It's not the runway, but two taxiways cross over Donelson Pike

[noahclem 262]

Nice intersections srawldaddy74! I think more on-slope transitions would make them even better--and I agree that tunnels under airports are relatively common.

One from back in February from me:

And a closer view from the opposite angle:

The concept was to create an intersection with realistic scale, curves, and merging lanes in as small a space as possible. Utilizing flyovers instead of a more conventional A2 or B2 parclo layout gives a bit more space for the offramps and allows the next junction to be placed closer to this one without increasing weaving. The original concept was significantly more compact because it featured an avenue tunnel instead of an underpass, but I got frustrated trying to make the tunnel adjacent to the outside MIS's and gave up. I'm considering revisiting the interchange, possibly using FLUPs to save two tiles or even expanding the motorway from RHW4/6 to RHW6/8.

Let me know what you think! My MD "Siilijoki" (SEE-LEE-YO-KEE [Finnish]) will likely be getting a Simtropolis edition soon.

  Edited June 30, 2011 by noahclem  

[timmie 988]

Yes! Really good

[kj3400 178]

It's not pretty but this thread has been dormant for 18 days...

[Alejandro24 575]

Intersection between road and highway.

[jacksunny 741]

That takes up a fair bit of the city...

  Edited July 20, 2011 by jacksunny  

[Hadrean 0]

Kj3400, I think you can smoothen out that interchange a bit. maybe add some smooth curves and more space for the merging lanes? But it strangely resembles the semi-compact interchanges i like to make.

[Alejandro24 575]

Intersection between road and highway.

That intersection is inspired in one real. This is the real intersection: http://maps.google.com/?ll=20.430029,-103.581183&spn=0.01498,0.027466&t=h&z=16

[nathanthemayor 1,261]

Two interchanges from my latest CJ update:

  Edited July 21, 2011 by nathanthemayor  

[fonzyfb73 39]

... not the best interchange in the world (and it's still missing a connection), but here it is.

[9988 428]

Very good intercharges, Nathanthemayor!

[TheHaso2011 152]

Hey Everyone

This took me Just Under 30 Mins to Produce.

Its a Biggish Interchange btu is not yet Complete. I'm hoping to put some Highway Sound Walls on to Give Extra affect and in the next week or so I might Build a City a Round it. Bare in Mind, this was a Mid-City Tile. Here are some more Images of the Interchange close up:

What are your Thoughts on this Interchange do you like it? Send in yours and other veiwers can rate it out of 5!

Have Fun, I'll be updating with some more Interchanges soon!

  Edited August 12, 2011 by TheHaso2011  

[sirdanilot 8]

Though I do use the RHW and aim for *some* realism, I like to keep my interchanges compact so my sims will actually use them. A small collection of the ones I love best:

I like this one for its design

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/29498835/simcity1.jpg

Roundabout interchange. I added some of those fly-overs later on, but the interchange itself was one of my first RHW interchanges.

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/29498835/simcity2.jpg

Entrance to a city.

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/29498835/simcity3.jpg

this one was incredibly hard to construct due to the enormous bridge, which creates a slope that is very hard to work with. The entrances to the suburb were added later.

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/29498835/simcity4.jpg

This is a more recent one, where I had knowledge of how to use slopes and the "on slope" puzzle pieces. Sadly the road is over its capacity because diagonal avenue-over-RHW doesn't exist...

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/29498835/simcity5.jpg

Also a recent one in a "posh" suburb, where I had knowledge of slope mods and "one slope" pieces. Overpasses look much cleaner if you learn how to use that, and it doesn't take up that much extra space.

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/29498835/simcity6.jpg

Some random butterfly-like off-onramp.

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/29498835/simcity7.jpg

Finally a roundabout interchange with an actual roundabout.

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/29498835/simcity8.jpg

[TheHaso2011 152]

Nice

[GMT 389]

What are your Thoughts on this Interchange do you like it? Send in yours and other veiwers can rate it out of 5!

my thought is that it's not necessary to use the MIS transitions. you could have run the 2 wide RHW just through like you did one time. With the MIS it might end up as a bottleneck under higher traffic flow

[TheHaso2011 152]

Sorry about that End bit. I posted a new Topic about RHW Interchanges without seeing this one AndI forgot to Edit it...

[nathanthemayor 1,261]

Not perfect, but a new interchange I built in a fictional region.

[TheHaso2011 152]

Nice...

[Srawldaddy74 17]

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Uptown Wilmington. Not done yet just need to finish some infill near the outer neighborhoods and install highway walls.

[Keder 116]

A T-interchange in one of my upcoming cities

[deathtopumpkins 43]

Been a while since I've shown off in here...

so have a RHW turbine!

(with a diamond thrown in for fun)

[nathanthemayor 1,261]

Ooooo I spy some of the new RHW features.........

[a2A209_ 10]

NWM TLA-5 over RHW,smoother splliters,transitions and new cosmetic pieces.Maybe RHW 7C in the future, 90 degree turns for MIS, almost direct connections to RHW 4 to avenue. The secret is realved. EDIT:Finnaly I know all of this is wrong.

  Edited September 18, 2011 by a2A209_  

[riiga 233]

NWM TLA-5 over RHW,smoother splliters,transitions and new cosmetic pieces.Maybe RHW 7C in the future, 90 degree turns for MIS, almost direct connections to RHW 4 to avenue. The secret is realved.

• NWM TLA-5 over RHW - Nope, that is just standard avenue.
  
• Maybe RHW 7C in the future - Unlikely.
  
• 90 degree turns for MIS - Not a new feature. It's already present in 4.x.
  
• Almost direct connections to RHW 4 to avenue - Just standard RHW->OWR and MIS->OWR. This functionallity goes back several versions...
  

The only new features in this picture are FARHW, FAMIS and some new ramp interfaces...

[bluemoose 223]

Hooray!!! diagonal to FAMIS. Will we see a diagonal to FARHW 4 piece as well? That would be really Handy!

[riiga 233]

Hooray!!! diagonal to FAMIS. Will we see a diagonal to FARHW 4 piece as well? That would be really Handy!

Yes.

[deathtopumpkins 43]

Re RHW-7C: This is already possible in the current public version of the RHW, albeit through a workaround. All it is is an asymmetrical RHW-6C/8C.

And I see you guys wasted no time picking out the new features.

[tewkesape 5]

Only my second time posting on here so please be kind . But here's a rather crude 3 lvl roundabout

Edit: Here's a second 3 lvl roundabout:

  Edited August 25, 2011 by tewkesape