Phase 2 of Highway Upgrades!!! 

Hello again! Last time we saw phase 1 of the new upgrades to the East/West mainline highway through Fairway. Today we will focus on Phase 2! 

Phase 2's plan was to lower the grade of the highway through the downtown as well as complete reconstruction of "The Beast" interchange. (it really isn't a beast anymore) as well as change the grade of the North/South Highway. The aim of this project was to not only upgrade the highway system downtown, but it was to allow a more aesthetic appeal to the area. The old highway was raised and was beginning to become an eyesore to the downtown. This project was big and a lot of changes took place. Without further ado, lets dive in! 

Our first stop is this interchange:

Everything leveled and prepped for new: (left grid on to emphasize terrain changes)

Interchange has been replaced with a simple sunken diamond. This saves a lot of space and allows development to grow around the area.

Other side of sunken Diamond heading into the T interchange:

"T" interchange before: (sorry, I realized that I did not get a good picture of it...)

New grade work:

After: This interchange mostly kept its old configuration. 

 

Death of "The Beast"

We are now moving into the former "Beast" interchange. 

Before:

After: (not final configuration)

 

This next interchange did not change much either. Mostly coordinating the new sunken levels.

Before: (this pic is turned a different direction)

After:

 

Project Complete! 

Here are overviews of the same areas we just saw with completed features:

 

And lastly, pics of after development: 

 

That concludes the presentation of this project. Questions can now be taken! 

 

Future Plans

Preview of things to come:

The two circled areas are where I want to focus my attention to next! 

• Lower left corner is the final leg of the ring road to be finished, and the upper box includes the newest development of the region. I am thinking about maybe streaming live the work on the final leg of the ring road if anyone would be interested. I want to allow people to see the way I plan and build in full detail that I cannot capture in a CJ. 
• Another project I am going to work on is creating a detailed map of Fairway Metro and actually label the highways and major arteries. Its not a small task, but it needs to be done. To help you all better know where you are at when I am showcasing. Any tips are appreciated. 

 

Thank you all for viewing and your support of Fairway. The region continues to grow and I plan to keep going with this CJ for a while. 

Until next time, 

-- CityNut607