Entry no.46 - The Transfer pt.2
Favorite highway project
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Welcome Back to the Transfer. The highlight of this entry is the animation scenes but I left those for last as there's still a few other interesting things around the interchange that I'd like to show first. Originally I had planned to only have one entry on The Transfer but combined that would've been nearly 100 images which imo is probably a little excessive for a CJ entry, unless of course your name is Korver and your doing an end of the year special, definitely one of the few occasions we're it's completely justified.
Continuing from where I left off last time we'll start by taking a look at the northern portion of The Transfer (exiting via the 702 northbound) followed by the area in the north east quadrant, the two highlight sections in the map below;
Walkthrough con't
The 702 continues northward through Calgon to the 5 points interchange and then onto Central Pretoria from here. The other noteworthy piece of infrastructure in this area is the dual tunnel entrance of the Fastraxx L(Loop) & SS(South Shore) commuter rail lines. This tunnel runs directly under the interchange and then Cisco Bay itself before re-emerging some 4 km south in the city of Dresden.
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Zooming in closer on the tunnel entrance
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Moving south east from here the area transitions from commercial development to the Industrial on the east side of the 702.
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A tall telecommunication mast(631ft/192m) of a fairly common design looms over the area. There are several telecom towers located throughout Calgon, three of which are significantly taller.
I was hoping to place a new design here alas I'm still working on getting 3ds max to render properly again.
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Traffic cams are placed high up on the tower so as to keep an eye on current traffic conditions in and around the Transfer. A closeup view of the 702 as seen from the tower;
That brings us to the final section of the interchange, the Eastern portal. The 705 continues eastward from here to the city of Baycole(entry's 37 to 42).
South from the industrial lot on the north east corner of the interchange we come across Dawson's Creek which passes under the Great Western Railway's Portland subdivision and the NB702 to WB705 ramp twice before continuing west and passing underneath the 702 itself.
Closeups
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Also located here is the Whirlwind Monument, which was meant to be located at the Whirlwind Interchange which is also in Calgon but they ran out of available land over there and since the contractors were already paid to build it they just built it here instead hoping no one would notice and as a result to this day most citizens have no idea what relational it holds to anything 
But they do appreciate seeing the colorful & well manicured flowers when driving by
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The Eastern most portion of the interchange
Southeast of the interchange is industrial area B and the port of Calgon which will be seen in a future entry, bit of a teaser of the start of the area;
Night Shots
Next up I have some evening & night images to show from various areas of the interchange. Lighting is absolutely essential in a interchange with as many curves as this.
Nobody wants to end up the creek or pond, safe to say that would ruin one's day. 2 evening shots;
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And the night images;
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Functionality
Proof-of-concept, none of the ramps are eye-candy the entire interchange is fully functional;
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Mosaics
We've finally arrived to what is normally my favorite part, the wide angle pano shots.
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The north view was seen last entry, it's actually my least favorite angle. These angles are better imo;
West Oval
The East view
And my personal favorite, the South view;
This time the pano's are not the last section, because we have...
Animations
Figured I'd do something special for this entry. Still images are nice but they just don't quite do the Transfer the justice it deserves.
And as intricate as some of my other interchanges are they don't feel quite as fluid as this one is when set in motion.
I've spaced out the images a little bit so that you don't get too distracted by the following one.
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How about we play "Follow that train!"
Gotta be quick or you'll lose it!
That is unless your trying to follow the Infinity Train
Not done yet
Lights on
Lights off
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And with an even 50 still images/gif's that concludes this entry.
Which image or gif did you like the best? And which of Pretoria's interchanges so far is your favorite? Vote or let me know in the comments below 
Quick Image links;
5 Points
Looper Junction
Spaghetti Junction
The Transfer
Might be a little premature to vote though because I still have at least two more huge interchange beasts to show, though this will be the last transportation/interchange focused update for a while. Next time on Pretoria we're going back to another one of my other favorites... that's right, we're going industrial! Following that there'll be landscaped and urban entries, thanks for dropping in!
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