Show Us Your Skylines Interchanges

[iviaarten 533]

Reworked my interchange near the Portside Industrial Park. I has definitely worked, and didn't require that much bulldozing after all.

 

[BLANKBLANK 4,414]

A mini photo dump of my latest interchange- Dayana roundabout.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[andreharv 1,197]

'Some danny' (No pillars mod) and 'japa' (fine road heights) have single-handedly (double-handedly?) fixed almost everything wrong with CS highways and they are my heroes!

[xonedl 341]

I prefer to keep things as compact as possible. SomeRoads double lane highway is life saver.

 

 

Made a pentagon transit hub at the West area of the interchange above ^

The hub idea prove to be very efficient, I like it 

 

[your_adress_here 11]

Built off the starting piece of highway in the first plot, where the highway loops around.

 

[Haljackey 17,303]

Made my first 4-way junction. It's a beast.

 

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Can still be polished up, but this is what I ended up with after a marathon session

[iviaarten 533]

holy crap, that episode is going to be either amazing, or very frustrating to watch

 

Nice job on the Beast though, looks great.

[_Michael 2,681]

Made my first 4-way junction. It's a beast.

 

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Very nice. May I ask, how did you make the 'On slope' transitions in the left of the first image?

Thanks

[Haljackey 17,303]

Here it is scaled back a bit, the loop also fills the central gap.
 

 

Very nice. May I ask, how did you make the 'On slope' transitions in the left of the first image?

 

 

Thanks

 

 

I use a mod called fine road heights that lets you change slopes from 12m to 3m. http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=413678178&searchtext=fine+road+heights

[kingofsimcity 5,739]

Yowza that's a bit clover-mill-stack thing! Would love to see its usage after you've developed the area a bit!

[Dazzyls 576]

All look very great!

 

I have made the derpiest interchange in the history of earth. Here's a picture:

[kingofsimcity 5,739]

It feels so good to play this game again! Clearly I've been going through withdrawal because I made not one but THREE interchanges within 24 hours.

 

Number 1: A large kinda cloverstack + partial Y with some rail mixed in.

 

 

Detail Shots!

 

 

 

Number 2: It's uhh... something.

 

 

 

Number 3: A rebuild of my river causeway interchange. This one made my funds go from around 5 million into the negatives.

 

Before:

 

 

After:

 

 

Details!

 

 

 

EDIT: AMERICAN ROADS! Node intersections are still impossible and the sidewalk/pavement is a tad bright for my liking. Still, this is a big step forward!

 

 

Enjoy!

[mgomrjsurf 16]

Looks good.

[Cool_Z 1,547]

EDIT: AMERICAN ROADS! Node intersections are still impossible and the sidewalk/pavement is a tad bright for my liking. Still, this is a big step forward!

 

 

 

You need the Road color changer mod : http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=417585852&searchtext=

[max_13 128]

I just built a diamond interchange. Or let's say the idea of a diamond interchange. Thought it looked quite alright, until I unpaused and realized that it actually doesn't work very well with some traffic Back to the drawing board

 

[max_13 128]

Next try. This one actually makes a lot more sense. The interchange connects the main highway to downtown and a rural highway.

 

 

 

 

[Sims firehouse 198]

Good job everyone! Those noodles... I bet in real life they should be at least twice larger!

Here is my work until now:

My previous prefab T interchange. Its size was 40 by 62 cells, or 320 by 500 meters. I measured one freeway junction and it is roughly 400 by 800 meters. So I decided to enlarge it.

Before:


After:


Note this new interchange also comes prefabricated. I used No Pillar mod and switch to Overlap mode to build outside the boundaries. Its size is 54 by 98 cells, or 430 by 800 meters. (link to my product)


Area view:


1- the new prefab T interchange
2 and 4- prefab SPUI
3- A trumpet between W/E and Northbound freeways, with added local access for industries.

Did you notice the girih tiles?
They can act as some sort of ruler!

[kingofsimcity 5,739]

Added a short collector section to part of a main highway that runs close to downtown.

 

[wallacet 336]

Wove a train track into my intersection. It was a bear but I finally got it!

[Balthoraz 178]

Well, is not much at the moment. The good iinterchange is coming. At the moment I can show this small interchange.

[Sabretooth78 808]

Starter interchange featured in previous posts.  The spur has since been extended into a beltway:

 

 

Trumpet interchange previously featured.  This one ended up becoming well over capacity so I effectively double-decked it.  The industry in the area has since moved on, though, so now it's relatively overbuilt.

 

 

Still-rural interchange on the new beltway:

 

My solution to cargo rail station congestion in tight quarters.  The station on top is a newer addition to help compensate for the limited directionality of the configuration.

 

Uses just about every inch of the tile area available:

[89James89 1,169]

Gabtoria's latest interchange upgrade.

 

From this:

 

 

To this:

 

 

I may have gone a bit over the top but it's all good lol.

 

Cheers

 

James

[kingofsimcity 5,739]

Nice stack James! It may be overkill now but it's always just enough for the future

 

I've done a little refitting and rebuilding myself, especially now that there are quite a number of mods available. This was my first interchange that I built and posted around a month ago. Was really proud of it at the time.

 

 

And behold, the transformation into a 5-way spaghetti monster!

 

 

Some other angles of the beast.

 

 

 

[zimmie 521]

Woah, that IS a monster. A pretty smooth and compact monster though. I like it.

[89James89 1,169]

Yay spaghetti!

 

Looks lovely and very smooth as mentioned above!

 

Cheers

 

James

[xonedl 341]

Hmm, 9x9 tiles arrived opening more space... A tad upgrade for coastal expansion... 

 

 

Plan vs completion... Oh well total fail on the roundabout. If only the game is as easy & flexible as using Photoshop... sigh. 

 

[chocolate_city 93]

Made my first 4-way junction. It's a beast.

 

Click for full size.

 

Zoom out:

 

Can still be polished up, but this is what I ended up with after a marathon session

Your interchanges are always so professional looking and executed, a Cities Skyline freeway tutorial would be greatly appreciated...

[Haljackey 17,303]

Looks good guys!

 

Your interchanges are always so professional looking and executed, a Cities Skyline freeway tutorial would be greatly appreciated...

 

 

Haha, thanks!

Tutorial? The game's barely been out for a month. None of us are experts yet. In fact I still don't know how well this will function as I have yet to develop all the area around it.

 

Here's what it looks like now with the US road textures and darker asphalt. Starting to developing the surrounding area too.

 

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[Mr_Maison 2,426]

How do y'all get your interchanges so symmetrical and tight? I have a big ugly interchange that I'm proud of because it works but afraid to post here.

[kingofsimcity 5,739]

How do y'all get your interchanges so symmetrical and tight? I have a big ugly interchange that I'm proud of because it works but afraid to post here.

 

There is a fair bit of planning for most of my interchanges, as I like to sketch out the rough design of it before starting my build. After that it's mostly trial and error in trying to get ramps and overpasses to fit nicely together. I also found that the collision toggle portion of the No Pillars mod is extremely useful for super-tight situations, as it basically eliminates most rules in regards to overpasses, and you can create stuff like this.

 

 

Hope that helps!