The Craziest Interchanges from Your Country/State

[2557+cards 0]

The Houston interchange is actually a simple stack interchange...

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There are various Illinois interchanges which I will showcase:

U.S. 150 (War Memorial Dr.)/I-74 in Peoria, Illinois.

I-80/I-57 in Country Club Hills (Chicago suburb), Illinois.

I-294; I-80; I-94/I-94 in South Holland or Lansing (both Chicago suburbs), Illinois.

I-55/I-90/I-94/E. Cermak Rd. in Chicago, Illinois

I-90/I-290/I-94 in Chicago, Illinois.

I-294/I-90/I-190/Des Plains River Rd. in Chicago, Illinois (just east of O'Hare International Airport)

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There are also a couple of interchanges located within Indiana which I will showcase (but they are all within the Chicago metropolitan area):

Indiana 51/I-80/I-90 in Gary, Indiana. (I realize this is simply a combination of a trumpet interchange, a T-interchange, and a four-cloverleaf interchange, but it still caught my eye exploring Google Maps.)

U.S. 20; U.S. 12/I-65/I-90/E. 15th Ave. in Gary, Indiana.

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Sorry for the absence of links.

Mitch

  Edited March 18, 2011 by 2557+cards  

[nathanthemayor 1,262]

These are some interesting interchanges, people!

[tepodon 29]

Interchanges from Japan: Super Confusing/Super Crammed

1. Edobashi Junction (Tokyo, Japan): Edobashi Junction

- double deck, super confusing to drive through

2. Miyanogi Junction (Chiba, Japan): Miyanogi JCT

- if you've ever been to Tokyo through Narita Airport you've most likely gone over this interchange

3. Misato Junction (Saitama, Japan): Misato JCT

- very nice interchange

4. Kawaguchi Junction (Saitama, Japan): Kawaguchi JCT

- again very nice

5. Ooizumi Junction (Tokyo, Japan): Ooizumi JCT

- a partially underground interchange

6. Tsurugajima Junction (Saitama, Japan): Tsurugajima JCT

- everything is jammed into one corner

7. Kariba Junction (Kanagawa, Japan): Kariba JCT

8. Shinhodogaya Interchange (Kanagawa, Japan): Shinhodogaya IC

9. Tomobe Interchange (Ibaraki, Japan): Tomobe IC

10. Kooriyama Junction (Fukushima, Japan): Kooriyama JCT

11. Nagoya Minami Interchange (Aichi, Japan): Nagoyama Minami IC

It's not in any ranking order, just posted some crazy interchanges in Japan.

Hope you guys send some aid to those affected by the Earthquake and Tsunami

Red Cross

[jayredd8683 0]

More from Houston:

The Mixmaster (I-10 x I-45)

The prototypical mixmaster interchange, with a few extra downtown-access ramps. One I've always wanted to build in-game, but even w/ RHW it's proven quite difficult.

The 59-Split (I-45 x US 59 x TX 288)

A fascinating use of a short dual-highway network; from a distance, looks like just another stack and t-bone.

The Maze (my name for it) (I-45 x Allen Parkway x Memorial Dr. x Houston Ave. x well, lots of other streets)

The I-45 curve over Sam Houston Park; quite possibly the most confusing network of exits and onramps in the state of Texas, even for those who live here.

[tonyr 926]

I have thoroughly enjoyed those wacky interchanges. I used to draw interchanges as a little boy ,so thanks for bringing back fond memories. Awesome guys! :thumb:

[jetstone644 15]

Click here to see a interchange from my city.....i was curious to see what the Highway looked like from my school, but didnt really expect it to look like this

[Rury 37]

The I-90 and I-5 cloverleaf in Seattle:

[nathanthemayor 1,262]

Saw this while I was in Arizona this past summer:

Link

[ROFLyoshi 1,760]

My link

The St. Kilda Junction in South Melbourne always gets me. You sometimes need to use back-roads to get from certain parts to the other.

[thegameguy 4]

I love living in the uk, home of the original Spaghetti Junction, lesser known as Gravelly Hill Interchange on the M6 (just outside Birmingham)

See google maps: http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?hl=en&ll=52.480715,-1.706872&spn=0.01563,0.042272&sll=53.800651,-4.064941&sspn=15.56051,43.286133&z=15

However the weirdest one near me is on the M25 (londons carpark!) It doesn't look too insane in it's self, but if your going anti-clockwise (to the left, and this is left hand drive) you have under 300 ft to go from 15mph to 70mph, otherwise you get wiped out by a lorry!

See google maps: http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=London+Colney,+Saint+Albans&hl=en&ll=51.715969,-0.278413&spn=0.00795,0.021136&sll=52.48048,-1.710434&sspn=0.03126,0.084543&z=16

Now you've got me on a rant!!!

[Edit] nearly forgot the infamous london joke of the Hanger Lane Gyratory

See google maps: http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?hl=en&ll=51.530606,-0.292361&spn=0.003991,0.010568&sll=51.53103,-0.29484&sspn=0.007982,0.021136&t=h&z=17

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You ate my lama

  Edited July 23, 2011 by thegameguy  

[kirkub 1]

Has no one yet mentioned the Orange Crush (Orange County, California)?

From Wiki: "The 2002 edition of the Guinness World Records book cites this as the most complex road interchange in the world, stating that it is an intersection of 34 different routes, when taking into account collector/distributor roads, surrounding on- and off-ramps (such as Bristol Street/La Veta Avenue, Broadway/Main Street), and direct carpool-to-carpool flyovers. Adding to the complexity is that of the five possible directions to enter the interchange, entering eastbound on SR-22 is the only approach that allows motorists to exit the interchange in all possible directions of travel. This is a result of the acute intersecting angles of SR-57 and I-5, as well as the fact that the interchange is approximately 3 miles (4.8 km) from SR-22's eastern terminus at SR-55, which also intersects I-5 several miles south of the Orange Crush."

Orange Crush

[catfriedrice 3]

check out this link, we call it Spaghetti junction. It's located in Atlanta, GA. It's not really strange, it just has about two dozen different ramps.

all this time I used to think this (Link) was the Spaghetti junction.

Here in Knoxville, I thought about posting the 40 275 intersection that used to be called malfunction junction. Instead, I'll use this one: LINK. It's the only area I can think of where 75 has 1 lane each direction (minus the bridge over to Canada) and both 640 East clovered entrances have short acceleration lanes.

[nathanthemayor 1,262]

bump...

Here's one in Fresno(The left one), which will get even crazier once the braided ramp system to the 168 interchange(At right) is complete:

[alvinheriadi 2]

A Four Level T-Interchange over Intersection over Underpass. I'ts height approximate 50 feet. Check it out (sorry if some part of that interchange is covered by cloud). If you don't want clouds, open it in google earth and see the pictures.

http://maps.google.c...=h&z=18&vpsrc=6

  Edited December 22, 2011 by alvinheriadi  

[SAVAGExPHOENIX 955]

This one I travel every day in Dallas on my way to school.

The Dallas High Five Interchange is a five level stack interchange where I-636 comes together with US-75. It is a monster, with over 700 pillars and 50+ lane miles of highway. It took about 4 years to complete, and the tallest bridge stands over 120 feet above the ground-level highway.

Another nasty travel is where I-35 and I-30 actually merge to become one freeway for about a half mile. This interchange is hell to travel at rush hour. If you zoom out a bit, you'll see that all of Dallas is pretty much one massive interchange where US-75, I-30, I-45, I35, Woodall Rogers Freeway and the Dallas North Tollway all come together in a 2 mile radius.

[fonzyfb73 39]

Several from my area

A T-Interchange in Southern California (Interstate 5 and CA 14): Link

I don't live in socal. =P

Warren Fwy (CA 13) at CA 24 near Berkeley: Link

Capital City FWY at I-5 in Sacramento (Interstate 5/CA 99 and US 50/Business 80/CA 99): Link

One of those interchanges that's nicer seen in person (James Lick Fwy/US 101 at I-280). 280 on the right is a double-decker. San Francisco: Link

Same as above, better if seen in person (actually it looks pretty ghetto and looks so old a 4.0 earthquake could probably knock it down ). (James Lick Fwy/I-80 at US 101). San Francisco: Link

Bayshore FWY (US 101) at SFO: Link

I-580 at I-238 at Castro Valley, south of Oakland: Link

Nimitz FWY (I-880) at MacArthur Freeway (I-580/I-80). In West Oakland: Link

How much more awesome would RHW be if they could actually be done in-game. =)

  Edited December 26, 2011 by fonzyfb73  

[Moskva 75]

This is not from my country but i think this is worth of being shown, type this in google images:

59.837851,30.274451

Crazy russians, unarguable proof of soviet superiority! *Sarcasm*, or not?

[2farnorth 26]

The original spaghetti junction, junction 6 of the M6 in Birmingham UK. Just. Pure. Madness.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gravelly_Hill_Interchange

[AIX 270]

This is not from my country but i think this is worth of being shown, type this in google images:

59.837851,30.274451

Crazy russians, unarguable proof of soviet superiority! *Sarcasm*, or not?

Actually, considering the layout of the highways being connected here, that design isn't half bad.

[Moskva 75]

The thing that mostly surprised me AIX is that it is a 5 ways interchange with (seems) all possible ways for commuters. That's pretty smart and complex, however doesn't look like messy LA junctions .

[iEatRazorz 24]

I-95 is right behind my house and that interchange there is right around the corner.


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If your not paying attention, speeding in bad weather, you will wipe going onto Aramingo.

[poshbakerloo 186]

check out this link, we call it Spaghetti junction. It's located in Atlanta, GA. It's not really strange, it just has about two dozen different ramps.

all this time I used to think this (Link) was the Spaghetti junction.

Here in Knoxville, I thought about posting the 40 275 intersection that used to be called malfunction junction. Instead, I'll use this one: LINK. It's the only area I can think of where 75 has 1 lane each direction (minus the bridge over to Canada) and both 640 East clovered entrances have short acceleration lanes.

This is the correct link...M6-A38(M) spaghetti junction.

http://maps.google.c...,43.286133&z=15

  Edited April 24, 2012 by poshbakerloo  

[Moskva 75]

Cool Spaghetti in the UK. Here's one from Italy, nearby Turin, google maps: 45.13, 7.73

[Zodicus 34]

Here's some pretty interesting ones:

Houston:

Ah, but that intersection has been expanded and rebuilt. Here it is in 2002.

Note the small bridge just north of Interstate 10...that was the old MKT railroad, which was used as extra space when the freeway expanded several years later.

That's the I-10 / Beltway 8 (Sam HoustonTollway) interchange. Hey I see my house in that picture

[YUUU 65]

Belgium is defenately the country for crazy and dangerous intersections:

Some random examples:

1)http://g.co/maps/zrzsm

2)http://g.co/maps/8zp7p

3)http://g.co/maps/47qab

4)http://g.co/maps/y4csj

5)http://g.co/maps/aszqz

6)http://g.co/maps/79v6u

7)http://g.co/maps/bfvmk

8)http://g.co/maps/etbur

9)http://g.co/maps/tc3qf

10)http://g.co/maps/c7n8e

[samalexander 0]

This is the correct link...M6-A38(M) spaghetti junction.

http://maps.google.c...,43.286133&z=15

Nope, that's the M42/M6 link in the south of Birmingham

The Spaghetti Junction is the nickname for the Gravelly Hill Interchange between the A38(M) and the M6 in the north of Birmingham.

http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?hl=en&ll=52.511298,-1.86538

[Moskva 75]

Oh man, now that's a serious "WTF" interchange. I love it!

[simlink 1,098]

That looked like fun...

[flyatl 4]

Hear is a neat one in Atlanta between I-20 and I-75/85:

http://www.google.com/imgres?q=i-85+i-20&um=1&hl=en&biw=1024&bih=595&tbm=isch&tbnid=txKrvG-7PStPPM:&imgrefurl=http://www.ptank.com/blog/2009/05/fun-with-highways-i-85-i-75-and-i-20-in-atlanta/&docid=-hGfp1GGTJR5pM&imgurl=http://www.ptank.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/atlanta.png&w=400&h=292&ei=sf_xT9DiFuXY0QHmy_D6Ag&zoom=1&iact=hc&vpx=243&vpy=142&dur=1797&hovh=192&hovw=263&tx=159&ty=79&sig=109342418047089143284&page=1&tbnh=117&tbnw=160&start=0&ndsp=15&ved=1t:429,r:1,s:0,i:75

[Wiecher 192]

To me, crazy doesn't always have to mean that it's a mess of spaghetti.

It's the complete lack of spaghetti, more like.

When these highways were constructed, the planners could not know that within a few decades the amount of traffic would be 10 times higher.

In these examples 3 highways intersect and there is a smaller road going into the city.

First: Julianaplein in Groningen.

http://goo.gl/maps/b5WW

This is where the A28 crosses the A7. The A28 is the major highway from the central part of the country to the north, and the A7 is the highway from Amsterdam that goes north across the 30km long Afsluitdijk and then to the German border via Groningen.

The intersection of these two important highways at the most important city of the north is just an at-grade intersection.

Second: Knoopunt Joure

http://goo.gl/maps/T8wy

The same A7 meets the A6, also from Amsterdam but going trough the polder.

Here they solved it by building a giant roundabout with a diameter of 250 meters.