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[kj3400 178]

Um not to rain on your parade, but what construction? I don't see any pics

[Vahr 341]

Bit of a delay I had there... lol

So we're taking a minor detour from our route and visiting a construction site on H24. It's not exactly the construction style you'd see like in Tarkus's excellent CJ Tarkusian CIties, but more of how the project would progress in the most bare-bones way (at least there's dirt later on).

This interchange has been a bottleneck for Jordan Ave (running N/S here) and isn't exactly the best interchange in the first place (although the reasoning for the loop ramps was to increase the space for commuters to change lanes before the Kaoi Mega Interchange (H24 x H27S (toll) x H424 (Capital Beltway) x H17).

Trees and soundwalls cleared away

Ramp foundations and Jordan Ave widening. Also extending Firing Rd (the TLA-7 in the bottom corner) to intersect.

We'll now focus on the interchange itself. Asphalt has already been laid for the temporary ramps (and dirt now exists)

Temporary overpass for H24 being built. Old ramps have been disconnected and the temp ramps are in place

The area was shut down for a while as they tore down the old overpass and finished the temporary overpass, resulting in

Overpasses for H24 completed

Temporary overpass removed

This is far from done, as you can tell. The temporary ramps will be moved again to make space for the actual interchange, and we'll fix up the rest.

[Larks2242 251]

Epic Larkster Road? Logan Creek?

Man I feel right at home, I should buy a house there!

EDIT: Sorry I haven't been around the CJs in a while so i haven't been able to keep up, I will make an effort to now though.

  Edited April 30, 2012 by Larks2242  

[Charlie_Zane 963]

that's a very smart way to upgrade/change a highway interchange

[Prens 168]

Can I have places named after me toooooo?

P.S. Nice update or whatever..

[nathanthemayor 1,261]

Ooooo I like the new interchange. Can't wait to see the final version.

EDIT:Do I spy some RHW 6.0 features?

  Edited May 6, 2012 by nathanthemayor  

[simlink 1,098]

Love construction... look forward to the finished interchange.

[FreewayofFlight 41]

look forward to more! Maybe you could do an update explaining your HOV system, the exit and the signage you showed last time still confused me, haha!

[packersfan 666]

Strange that you would build new freeway overpasses to replace a surface road overpass since freeways tend to carry more traffic, have a larger footprint, and thus cost more. Anyways, great construction pictures. Love how to handled replacing the overpasses by having freeway traffic divert to one bridge!!!

[zahrul3 471]

Nice update, but....

If any of you notices, there is a case of St. Ritzy infestation on the upper right side of the 1st, 2nd and 3rd pics

[Aaron Graham 4,417]

Lovely update.

[Vahr 341]

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[Vahr 341]

Sorry to keep all of you waiting, in terms of SC4 I've mostly been working on parts of the region... I'll just let the region views do the work

Region view

Region transport view

Region map

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Coming out of Logan, we pass through the corner of Dyfania (terrible name, I know, I had no creativity at the time)

This image is slightly touched up

A look at Bolovov Expwy at the interchange

We then enter the north side of Aurora. We're about to get onto the Turnpike, so get your wallet ready, unless you have GreenPASS

The interchange is unique because it used to be a simple parclo with an avenue, and had to be upgraded in the same space

Merging with the turnpike. We don't pass under that sign, but I included it to help get a sense of which goes where

We're now leaving the Ravenna suburbs and heading into open land

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As we haven't shown the finished product at H24-Jordan Ave, and I really couldn't bother to make a full update about it, here's the completed area

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I've also been forced to upgrade portions of the Capital Beltway due to increased traffic.

This stretch used to be just a 6C/8C with a short portion having a RHW-4 collector

The area after. I tried to avoid seizing as much property as possible, hence the lack of soundwalls.

One of the interchanges not shown above. Used to be just a 6C folded diamond. We've added 6 to 10 lanes, which were sorely needed.

The SPUI was replaced with an express-local diamond. (I'd preferred to have kept it a SPUI without the express access, but it didn't like the setup very much). Also note the glitch on the bridge (which is in beta!) was fixed

Closer look at another of the same bridge

Well folks, that's all! I hope you enjoyed this update, and pardon the long break. Thanks for looking!

[Ion_Cannon 677]

Fantastic region view, I love the massive factor of pretty much everything

[nathanthemayor 1,261]

Very nice once again; And do I spy some new RHW features or is it just me?

[Charlie_Zane 963]

That;s certainly a lot of wide highways and intersections! Must be very efficient! But confusing.

[Fox 1,444]

A lot of work went in to that road system .. wow .. hate to think how stressed the architects and planners were when it was coming together .. lol