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The CJ that's always under construction! Tarkusian Cities follows the travails of various transportation authorities across an alternate universe version of Western North America

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Tarkus
Hi everyone- I'm back with more Tarkusian Cities . . . this time, a little bit smaller project in the same part of town. Replies from the last update are up here. Scarlet Street NE Extension Project This project will connect the two disconnected segments of Scarlet Street NE, separated by Sorenson Creek by constructing a new bridge, and extend the street south of 39th Avenue NE, to an extended 32nd Way NE. Scarlet Street is a collector road that the City of Chemeketa has been gradually expanding with the...
Tarkus
Hi everyone- First off, Happy New Year to all of you! At any rate, I'm back with the first Tarkusian Cities update of 2012, which will involve the construction of a brand new interchange. Replies to last update are also now up here. This project will rebuild the overpass of 39th Avenue NE in Chemeketa over the West Oregon Freeway (Highway 15) into a Single-Point Urban Interchange, and widen and rebuild several intersections along 39th Ave NE, within the Interchange Area Management Plan (IAMP) zone: The...
Tarkus
Hi everyone- It's time to continue the holiday construction blitz! This update we'll be looking at the conclusion of the 52nd Avenue widening project in Chemeketa. Replies are up on the last update as well. 52nd Avenue NE Corridor Widening Project: Phase 3 (Scarlet to Ashcroft) Phase 3 of the 52nd Avenue NE Widening Project will widen the section of 52nd from Scarlet Street NE (the west end point of Phase 2), west to Ashcroft Street NE, from 4 to 6 travel lanes, with a center left-turn lane along some...
Tarkus
Hi everyone- Well, after a long hiatus, Tarkusian Cities is back. I want to thank all of my readers for their patience and support, and the thoughtful comments and encouragement several of you left in response to my last "wall of text" about the future of TC. I have decided to "go with the grain" and basically take advantage of the natural "spurt-and-hiatus" flow of things here. While RL is a little less hectic, as is the case right now, I'm going to try to squeeze in a rapid-fire "spurt" of updates before...
Tarkus

Moving Forward

By Tarkus,

Hi everyone- First off, my apologies to all my loyal readers here for the lack of updates and the "roaring silence" here (to borrow from Manfred Mann's Earth Band). Between the usual case of Fall Real-Life Syndrome (RLS) and the fact that my SC4 focus has been pretty much entirely consumed with NAM projects (first, NAM 30/RHW 5.0/NWM 2.0/etc.; now "Project 0E"), I haven't really had the time/energy to update Tarkusian Cities, and I've been evaluating where to go from here with it. Much as there's been a...
Tarkus
Hi everyone- Well, back with another update--Chemeketa has obtained the funds to continue the 52nd Avenue Widening Project, so we'll be headed out there. Before I get really into things, I thought I'd share a little something--an updated full map of the Chemeketa Region. 52nd Avenue NE Corridor Widening Project-Phase 2 (Mosby to Scarlet) The purpose of this project is to continue the improvements to 52nd Avenue NE in the Sorenson Creek area of North Chemeketa to facilitate faster and safer travel. As with...
Tarkus
Hi everyone- I'm back with another installment of Tarkusian Cities--a slightly smaller one. Tower Loop NE Extension (Heald to Ashcroft) The Tower Loop Project will extend the eastern "stub" of Tower Loop NE (named after Poster #100 in the ST edition of Tarkusian Cities, Towerdude) from Heald Way NE to Ashcroft St NE at 75th Avenue NE, completing the loop. The area northeast of the intersection of 71st and Ashcroft has recently been purchased with the intent of building a high-tech park. The city council...
Tarkus
Hi everyone- Well, I'm back here with another smaller construction project in Chemeketa, which the city is undertaking with impact fees gleaned from developers while it acquires funding to finish widening 52nd Avenue. McCabe Street SE Extension (23rd to 33rd/Creek Way) Below is a map illustrating the plan for this latest project--the dashed lines are roads that will be constructed as part of this update. The McCabe Street Extension will extend McCabe Street SE from 23rd Avenue NE to 33rd Avenue NE/Creek...
Tarkus
Hi everyone- Well, I'm back with another update here, which I think you'll really enjoy. Suffice to say, it's road construction season! And featuring some as-of-yet unreleased content! 52nd Avenue NE Widening, Phase 1 (Mosby to Halpert) The City of Chemeketa's Department of Public Works is beginning the process of improving 52nd Avenue NE in order to better facilitate the movement of commuters and freight traffic in North and Northeast Chemeketa. As shown on the long-term project map from April, this...
Tarkus
Hi everyone- Well, I'm back again with another update . . . as the road crews were already in the vicinity, the City of Chemeketa's decided to make a few little improvements near the recently completed Rankine-Dallas Corridor Project. This "minor" project will widen Dallas Drive NE between the Rankine Lane Roundabout and Aldrin Way NE, as well as the section of Aldrin Way NE from just south of Dallas Drive up to 52nd Avenue NE. The intersections at Dallas/Aldrin and Aldrin/52nd will also be improved...
Tarkus
Hi everyone- It's that time again . . . another update of Tarkusian Cities is upon us. We'll be back to the Rankine-Dallas Corridor Project for Part 2. When we last left off, the City of Chemeketa had completed Part 1 of the Rankine-Dallas Corridor Project--hooking Sorenson Street NE into Dallas Drive NE to provide better access to some of the new office park developments in that area. We'll be looking at the work on the north side of the corridor, where Rankine Lane NE will be connected into Dallas Drive....
Tarkus
Hi everyone- While RL's been busy, I happened to have a little bit ready on the first of the long-term projects I mentioned on the previous update. The Rankine-Dallas Corridor Project, being undertaken by the City of Chemeketa, will streamline the transport networks in the northeastern part of town. The project consists of two major components: a) an extension of Rankine Lane NE, south from 52nd Avenue NE to Dallas Drive NE, and b) a re-alignment of Dallas Drive NE near its intersection with Sorenson...
Tarkus
Hi everyone- We'll, it's the moment many of you have been waiting for here in Tarkusian Cities. Mosaicfest is upon us, as well as the Chemeketa Metro Area Regional Transport Plan and a giant map covering 30 large city tiles (5 wide x 6 high). With RL going full swing after this weekend (and not really letting up much until late May at the earliest), it may be quite awhile before Update 74 comes down the road. Now it's mosaicfest. I've prepared two mosaics, one from each side of the river. Both of these...
Tarkus
Hi everyone- Well, I'm back with another update. We'll be finishing up Phase 1 of the Chemeketa Parkway, and the long-awaited mosaic fest will be here next update. PROJECT AREA: ORDOT is still hard at work on Phase 1 of the Chemeketa Parkway project, which will upgrade a short stretch of Highway 219 in Chemeketa to 4-lane expressway standards. We left off last time with work still underway on converting the dangerous intersection at 39th Avenue Northeast to a full interchange. Here's looking west at the...
Tarkus
Hi everyone- Well, I'm back with another update, where we'll be back on the east side of the river to look at the upgrades underway on Highway 219. The long term transportation plans for North Chemeketa and northern Marion County include goals for improving connectivity and capacity along the major arterials in the region, including the construction of new arterial roadways to facilitate travel in and out of the Chemeketa city center, and to the larger national highway system. One such project is the...
Tarkus
Hi everyone- Well, I'm back with another update . . . we'll be mostly finishing up the Northern Crossing Project this update, taking a look at the construction improvements on the west side of the river. This update will mostly bring the Northern Crossing Project to a close, before we head back over to the east side of the river to look at the remaining Chemeketa Parkway work along Highway 219. As you've seen from the previous updates, the bridge over the Willamette River on 52nd Avenue (Highway 221) was...
Tarkus
Hi everyone- Back with another update . . . we'll be continuing work on the Highway 219/52nd Avenue interchange. We're now onto Part 3 of the Northern Crossing Project, which will mark a milestone in the project--the opening of the 52nd Avenue interchange. As we left off last time, 52nd east of Highway 219 was closed off for overpass construction, and both Highway 219 and the open section of 52nd to the west were on temporary, narrowed alignments for construction staging. As you can see here, the overpass...
Tarkus
Here's where we left off last time . . . the new twin bridges on 52nd Avenue over the Willamette River are in place, and now work's about to get going on the infamous intersection with Highway 219 (facing east): You can probably tell that there's going to be some grade separation here. ORDOT has determined that because of the railroad that parallels Highway 219, it would be advisable to elevate 52nd Avenue to eliminate the level crossing. In order to do so, 52nd will be closed off between Progress Street...
Tarkus

Table Of Contents

By Tarkus,

Tarkusian Cities--TABLE OF CONTENTS Most Recent Update: Update 99 INTRO--City of Wakeman UPDATE 1 --Mosaic of Downtown Wakeman UPDATE 2 --Obligatory Curvy Road Mosaic UPDATE 3 --Wide S-Curve Tutorial UPDATE 4 --New Road Map UPDATE 5 --Mini-Mosaic and More Construction UPDATE 6 --Argentum Revisted--Part 1 UPDATE 7 --More Construction in Wakeman UPDATE 8 --Suburbia Arrives UPDATE 9 --Random Maps and Stuff UPDATE 10 --Gilmour Parkway Project, Phase 1 UPDATE 11 --Argentum Revisited--Part 2 UPDATE 12 --Argentum...
Tarkus
Hi everyone- Well, I'm back for a third update this week . . . and we'll finally be getting down and dirty with a new construction project. The Northern Crossing Project consists of a series of major safety and capacity improvements centering around the vicinity of 52nd Avenue and Highway 219 in the northern section of Chemeketa, including the 52nd Avenue Bridge, over which Highway 221 crosses the Willamette River between Chemeketa and Vivien Heights. The rough vicinity of the project bounds is shown on...
Tarkus
Hi everyone- Well, in true NAMite spirit, I have a surprise--the second update this week. This is going to be a small update, and doesn't include any construction. Instead, we'll be looking at the finished result of some of the upgrades to Highway 36 through downtown as part of the Wallace Corridor Project, in the form of a mosaic. The thumbnail links to the full resolution version, which is almost as wide as it is high. (Yay 1366px screen!) Hope you enjoy it! We'll be putting on the hard hats again next...
Tarkus
Hi everyone- Well, after a nearly 4 month hiatus, Tarkusian Cities is at least temporarily back in action with the first update of 2011. I don't know how regularly I'll be able to really update things after this--that'll largely depend on RL and how things are going on my various transit modding projects. But I've undertaken quite a few "construction" projects in Chemeketa that I haven't shown yet, and some of which dovetail nicely with some of the new stuff we're developing on the NAM Team, so I felt it...
Tarkus
Well, after a lengthy hiatus, I'm back with more Tarkusian Cities. We'll be returning to the Wallace Corridor Project to look at the upgrades to the Wallace Road interchange with Highway 36 just west of downtown Chemeketa, and the new Wallace Road bridge over the Willamette River--subprojects A, B and C on the map. When we left off last time, Wallace Road's overpass at Highway 36 had just bit the wrecking ball. Here, you can see things have progressed a little further. The groundwork is being laid for a...
Tarkus
Hi everyone- Back with another installment of Tarkusian Cities . . . we'll again be returning to Chemeketa to look at a series of roadway improvements being undertaken jointly by ORDOT and the cities of Chemeketa and Vivien Heights, which has been dubbed the Wallace Corridor Project. The Wallace Corridor Project is a joint venture between ORDOT, the City of Chemeketa and the City of Vivien Heights, streamlining a series of five smaller projects that are designed to improve traffic flow in the vicinity of...
Tarkus
Hi everyone- Tarkusian Cities is back in business here in the Simtropolis CJ section after a hiatus--it's good to be back, and I hope you all enjoy it! I've also migrated a few update that hadn't made it over here yet from the SC4D version as well, which you can find in the table of contents (entries 061-068. This update is a little bit different than the usual Tarkusian Cities fare. . . we'll mostly be taking a look around various parts of the City of Chemeketa, my most recent region. For those of you who...
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