Elevated Avenues?

[monkeysown92 1]

Hey so I was looking around the internet and some people have raised avenues and I was wondering how i can do that? I don't mean just an overpass a highway or road but like an extensive network and if that's even possible or was I did I not get a good enough look at it?

[Indiana Joe 1,750]

Elevated roads, OWRs, and Avenues are part of the

[jdbknpchi 14]

also ive figured out how too make elvated highway over elavated highway

but thats not u were asking download the network add on mode'

[Gurning_Chimp 398]

also ive figured out how too make elvated highway over elavated highway

but thats not u were asking download the network add on mode'

Is that the Double Decker highway you're on about?

[Indiana Joe 1,750]

also ive figured out how too make elvated highway over elavated highway

but thats not u were asking download the network add on mode'

Is that the Double Decker highway you're on about?

No, if you drag elevated highway over another elevated highway, it goes over it. I believe that's a Maxis feature.

[jdbknpchi 14]

yeah the maxis i just figured out about it yesterday when i was dragging elavated highway it highlighted blue soo i let goo it went over i only posted just in case you did not know!!! lol

ive had the game 2yrs and finding new things lol

[monkeysown92 1]

I have nam, nwm, rhw, and all the stuff. I just couldn't figure it out and theres a ton of buttons

[Indiana Joe 1,750]

Understandable. Those things have a TON of features. Occasionally I find something that I didn't know about too. There'll be even more with their next release (coming up soon it seems)!

[A Nonny Moose 8,261]

Even after 10 years of play, I keep learning new things. This is a game for the ages.

[Gurning_Chimp 398]

also ive figured out how too make elvated highway over elavated highway

but thats not u were asking download the network add on mode'

Is that the Double Decker highway you're on about?

No, if you drag elevated highway over another elevated highway, it goes over it. I believe that's a Maxis feature.

Oh yeah, when there's no room for a cloverleaf intersection/you don't want one.

[monkeysown92 1]

so how exactly do you make the elevated avenues? sorry i still can't find it

[DCMetro34 576]

so how exactly do you make the elevated avenues? sorry i still can't find it

Under the roads menu probably, near the bottom of it, you will see something should say something like "elevated avenue puzzle pieces", or something to that nature. You will click that, then you can use the "Tab" key to cycle through puzzle pieces and the "Home" and "End" keys to rotate them.

Using these puzzle pieces will help you create your network.

  Edited June 22, 2012 by DCMetro34  

[A Nonny Moose 8,261]

You know, I've never noticed that. I've been playing for quite some years now, and I learn something new all the time.

[monkeysown92 1]

so how exactly do you make the elevated avenues? sorry i still can't find it

Under the roads menu probably, near the bottom of it, you will see something should say something like "elevated avenue puzzle pieces", or something to that nature. You will click that, then you can use the "Tab" key to cycle through puzzle pieces and the "Home" and "End" keys to rotate them.

Using these puzzle pieces will help you create your network.

im pretty sure there arent, because I dont see them anywhere. i have looked in all the menus and looked for the activator lot things. nothing

[CaptCity 4,753]

...im pretty sure there arent, because I dont see them anywhere. i have looked in all the menus and looked for the activator lot things. nothing

If you have NAM installed, they'll be in the Road Menu:

After selecting that menu icon, you have to use the "Tab" key to cycle through the various pieces. Using the "Home" and "End" keys will rotate them.

With those pieces, you can do something like this simple example...

And that's just the avenues. Practically the same pieces exist for roads and one-ways.

[A Nonny Moose 8,261]

You know, that makes me feel like an utter jerk. I wanted that a couple of days ago and never even looked. One gets set in one's ways.

[Inca1987 5]

You know, that makes me feel like an utter jerk. I wanted that a couple of days ago and never even looked. One gets set in one's ways.

With a reputation of 905 and 25K+ posts !

Shame on you Nonny lol

[A Nonny Moose 8,261]

You know, that makes me feel like an utter jerk. I wanted that a couple of days ago and never even looked. One gets set in one's ways.

With a reputation of 905 and 25K+ posts !

Shame on you Nonny lol

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Well the NAM didn't have them at the beginning, and I am not one to read long screeds. I usually find these things out by asking the machine. If it is doing what I want, I generally am too lazy to try and stretch it.

[etahn54 0]

I don't know why this helps but like to use elevated highways.

[A Nonny Moose 8,261]

Elevated highways are fine in their place, which is not in the downtown. Elevated Avenues are all puzzle pieces and really only good for fancy overpasses.

  Edited July 5, 2012 by A Nonny Moose  

[Darkwings 5]

Going elevated can be useful, but if you actually need more space for buildings, going underground could be better.

With the hole digger tools mod you could make a little tunnel, over which you can build (leaving free tiles all around the entrance).

You can't build under an elevated thing, but you can build over any underground passage.

I.E. : to avoid an avenue 4-ways intersection in the middle of your downtown you can have one stretch of avenue go underground, raising up again just before the commercial district and having the intersection right there. That solves congestion in the R area, improves traffic in the C area and leaves you more room to build.

On the sides of the entrance of a tunnel, no road can be built, but buildings CAN. The same applies for overpasses.

It's not realistic because cars will have to 'fly' into buildings, but it still works.

You can also do a 4-decker way using underground, ground, elevated, and over-elevated way, in case of extreme traffic. Or if you just love roller coasters

  Edited July 6, 2012 by Darkwings