6-lane avenue at 45 degrees?

[robdragon 167]

Was wondering is it possible to have a 6-lane avenue at a 45 degree angle?

I have looked I could not find a starter piece for a 45 degrees 6-lane ave.

If so, where will I find it?

TIA

[McDuell 301]

Both, the 2-tile RD6 and the 3-tile AVE6 can go diagonal. However, as there are indeed no diagonal starters, you'll have to start orthogonal and then make a 45° curve. You can then continue to draw at 45° for a diagonal stretch.

Keep in mind though that the present NAM doesn't support diagonal intersections for RD6/AVE6 at all. The intersection will either not be possible at all, or the RD6/AVE6 will revert to its basic road layout. This also means that these networks have to start or end orthogonally anyway to connect them to other road based network, making diagonal starters superfluous.

 

[jeffryfisher 2,176]

18 hours ago, McDuell said:

these networks have to start or end orthogonally anyway to connect them to other road based networks

So you won't want diagonal segments to be very long -- the road will need to turn to a compass point periodically to allow intersections.

Not only that, but the alignment of the diagonal paths on 3-tile RD6/TLA7 is such that the center lane overlaps with the outer lanes, reducing capacity to a diagonal 2-tile avenue (e.g. TLA5). When diagonal, only pedestrians are able to use the edges of 3-tile nets.