Baton Rouge, Louisiana, a cajun taste!

[Mr. Beer 12]

BATON ROUGE, LA      

 

 

 

 

Parish: East Baton Rouge

City pop: 224'097

Metro pop: 751'965

Aera: 199 sq. km

 

 

 

 

I'm proud to show you my work about Baton Rouge, LA. (sorry if I do some mistakes in english, I usually speak french)

For the moment, I build the western shore of the Mississippi; Port Allen, Beaulieu...

Caution: It's not a real replica of the city and the metro area. I'm just using main highways and freeways as a frame. Streets, houses, buildings, zones and other are fictional.

But I do all possible to make a realistic city, as you can see from a plane...

 

 

This the sattelite view of the area: 7x6 large maps = 28km by 24km.

 

 

The transportation map. I'm not using the highways from the game, they looks unrealistic, unmodulable, and so.

The advantage: you can make large interchanges, full, 3/4, 1/2 cloverleafs for avenues/freeways or freeways to freeways.

Large and wide median and curves. And! you add to the game a 4th type of road: divided highway, ideal for strip malls, etc...

Disandvantages: no stack! but so...

You can see the I-10 bridge, the interchange with the LA-1 and far north, a part of the Airline Highway.

 

Some details will come soon! I think the images are little bit little...

 

Yeah, in my reconstruction of Baton Rouge, city or neighbor name will probably change, for a more french spirit

[simster6 0]

Wow that looks awesome! I can't wait to see some close up pics!

[Traffic_Jam 0]

Nice start!

[Bongoswimp 14]

Thats very nice. Looking forward to seeing some closer pictures.

[Mr. Beer 12]

Ah, ah!

Here is some close up pics from St. G

[crazyarchitect 7]

nice start, I go through Baton Rouge all the time coming from Texas to Mississippi, so great work so far, can't wait to see more

[____----____ 37]

so cool i love your cj already

 

ALek

[Nardo69 51]

I've never been in the USA but if I will go there you made me feel I hace to visit Baton Rouge! Tes images sont marveilleux (rests of the french I learned long ago in school ...)

This is definately a CJ worth following! Keep up the excellent work!

Nardo

[Bongoswimp 14]

Cool update. I really like the interchange and the pipeline layout.

[sirgeoj2 1]

This is looking great!  I like your industrial area, you put it together very nicely!  I cant wait for more!

 

[Ninja12 3]

NICE INTERSECTION i fell in love with it

[Pinchman 0]

I really like what you did with the small tanks. Great CJ!

[petercintn 0]

Very nice.  I'm half cajun so I was naturally drawn to your cj.  Momma, gone now for near 30 years, was a french speaking cajun, but I was raise up redneck in NC and now live in TN.  But me. my sister and my daughter all got momma's looks.  I'll be keeping up.  One thing (I'm new here) what is this about not using the roads that come with the game?  First I heard.  Please enlighten.

[simcitic 2]

hi Mr.Beer,

nice work with the interchanges and bridges....I love it.

 

keep it growing....put in the effort and u shell receive

 

Adieos Amigo,

 

--Simcitic

[Murakumon 1]

Your refineries are something to be seen. I especially like the use of thew dirt paths/roads in between, very nice and realistic touch. And Beaulieu ( in the region view ) is remarkable, the way you got your farms and fields shapped like that is very interesting.

A model for my city

[oroen 0]

This is really absolutely wonderful! The transportation map looks amazing, your use of avenues and one-ways is really very adept, and the industrial areas look so real!

[jacqulina 162]

great start

[Mr. Beer 12]

Thanks, everyone! You're probably waiting for downtown pictures, that will come a little bit later. I planed to build one or two cities around and than to attack the center.

to Murakumon: Thanks, but at the moment, Beaulieu is my worst city: unenployment problems and farms wont develop.

I must to work on.

 

to petercintn: Ho! I'm very pleased to speak to an half-cajun! before to start my region, I searched some informations about cajuns and Louisiana. That make me envious to visit this land.

I just don't use the highways, they're not, in my opinion, terrible. One way roads gives more realism and it's more funny when you have to plan interchanges and to build'em. I hope I answered correctely.

 

I found a french-english dictionary yesterday. 

[Deathtoall 28]

nice work keep it up, it already looks realistic!

[E.J.C 9]

this is just so great!!

 

 

the region shots were amazing, but the close-ups are as well!!

 

 

 

keep up this great CJ!! don't give up on it!!!

[Mr. Beer 12]

Yep! here is an little update: I tried to make the I-110/US-190 interchange (it's in reality a stack). I wouldn't make something like a cloverleaf, and I did this one:

 

It takes a lot of space, but I don't care... big is beautiful, no? (it works)

 

After 1,5 hours playing: not finished yet, probably tomorrow.

 

 

Scotlandville is just on the right of St. G

[MTLT_17 27]

That is awesome, I drove by that refinery and drove over that bridge (I-10)just last week, on my vacation! I love it!!

 

-MTLT

[Cjah 15]

OMG....

I have flooded the room with drool...there are you happy?

 

I have never such.....perfection....My god your use of one way roads is inspiring and here I am using these crappy highways....On my next C.J. I will not make the same mistake using highways...

 

Please keep up this masterpeice!

[Bongoswimp 14]

Great. Cool update with a beautiful interchange.

[MayorTim 16]

This is AWESOME!!!!

[Pinchman 0]

One word...STUNNING!!!

[PhilsCafe 8]

I like the industrial area. It's impressive. Btw, strange idea using roads instead of highways, but I kinda like it.

- Phil

[simcitic 2]

very creative my friend

i guess u dont really need highways for interchanges

 

btw, r u planning to make a countryside or a busting metropolis?

[Mr. Beer 12]

To simcitic: I'm planning to build a medium sized metropolis (~800.000 - 1.000.000). We will see.

Now a little update (after a weeked full of beer):

 

The a part of the northern suburbs:

 

NORTH BATON ROUGE

 

 

It's not just an isolated plantation...

 

 

Along the LA-1, North Port Allen, a bedroom community, with nothing to do...

 

 

North of this community, a barge terminal along the Mississippi River (the area is called Sunrise-Poplar Grove Plantation).

I added a barge for the cars.

 

 

On the opposite banks, the cereal terminal of North Baton Rouge. The tanker got some problems when it wants to leave the terminal. - Captain, somebody has stoled the whiskey' crate!

- It's not me!

- It's the duck...

- burps...

 

 

The area is just an impressive suburbs between the Scenic Hwy and the I-110 freeway.

The neighboroods of Cadieux.

 

 

Here are located the two garbage incinerator (West Baton Rouge Parish Sanitary Dpt).

 

 

Not so far, an industrial park.

 

 

Strip mall: brand name retailers, fast food, etc. And the famous Capitol Hill Mall...

 

 

A general view of this neighborood situated just a few hundred meters from the State capitol...

 

 

The Jean Lafitte College... Students like this park, and the teens of the area too. (Well known for savage party on the soccer fields).

 

 

The last, just for the eyes .

 

More to come, stay tuned! (I take my job today, after a short week of holiday) 

[Traffic_Jam 0]

Cool update!

 

Very nice!