BarbulaM1's Workshop

[BarbulaM1 38]

This thread will mainly serve as a place for me to showcase my current city projects and the like. Hopefully morphing into a city journal style. My current project, Centennial, is the first city I've started entirely in After Dark, right now it sits at roughly 85,000 residents. The city is being built on a map that emulated geography of the Pacific Northwest, a fairly interesting challenge with a ton of hills and steep valleys giving way to small waterways and the ocean. I try not to plan things out too far in advance and build slowly onto my cities. In some cases engineer the city from the start to have some predetermined future problem points just for the fun of fixing them later. 

Entry 1: Union Highway 10 through the North Downtown Corridor Reconstruction

The first major infrastructure problem that will prevent much future growth is common, the initial road connecting the city to the regional feeder highway. As Centennial approaches 100,000 residents and industry grows, the main regional highway (Union Highway 10, U-10) running East/West across the region is becoming stressed, one intersection in particular is in need of major re-engineering. 

Overview U-5 Reconstruction

Above U-10 running East/West (Right-left through the image). The Centennial Blvd Exit to the right taking 6 lanes running South into the city's peninsula, followed by Commerce Blvd exit (accommodating quite a bit of industrial traffic) and the beginnings of the U-5 Connector (North/South highway) interchange. 

Centennial Blvd Looking South into the city

 

 

U-10 Looking West at Commerce Blvd Exit with Centennial Blvd in the distance

 

U-10 Looking East from Laural River Bridge toward Centennial Blvd exit.

[dedgren 830]

Very nice start!  The "U-10 Looking West" pic shows a lot of attention to detail, and is my favorite of the bunch.

 

David

[BarbulaM1 38]

Quick update on construction

 

U-10 looking East at new Centennial Blvd Interchange at night.

 

U-10/Centennial Blvd Overview

 

 

City of Centennial overview

 

[dedgren 830]

I see some 15 mile per hour/25 kph freeway ramps.  I wish CO or a modder would lose the crosswalks on the ramps in general.

I really like the overview pic.

 

David

[BarbulaM1 38]

Started working a bit on the rest of the city today. Here's a night overview, town of Clinton and the Clinton dam on the bottom. The small town is one of many in the river valleys to the north of the city of Centennial. Population now stands around 100k.

[dedgren 830]

Nice streams.  I've been working with a map full of them for several days trying to get the flow where I want it to be.  It looks like you are working along the same lines.

 

David