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Boring interchanges

Started by webny99, May 19, 2017, 12:05:16 AM

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webny99

Interchanges, that are boring, basic, and unoriginal, with no unique or outstanding features whatsoever. The type that would not get discussed much, if it wasn't for this thread  :spin:


slorydn1

So you mean like basicly every diamond interchange ever contstructed in America then, right?
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plain

Basically every single interstate-to-interstate junction on I-85 except the Charlotte ones and I-285 NE of Atlanta
Newark born, Richmond bred

7/8

For Ontario, I would argue that the Parclo A4 is the dominant (and therefore boring) interchange type.

jeffandnicole

Quote from: webny99 on May 19, 2017, 08:57:55 AM
Quote from: slorydn1 on May 19, 2017, 12:48:42 AM
So you mean like basicly every diamond interchange ever contstructed in America then, right?

Not necessarily. If it has any unique features, including topography, dominant movements, or loop ramps, then it's a no go.

If it has loop ramps, it's not a diamond interchange. It'll be a partial diamond, folded diamond, etc.

That said, it's still a boring design, unless there's unique features.

Buffaboy

One gets tired of the trumpet interchanges along the Thruway after awhile.
What's not to like about highways and bridges, intersections and interchanges, rails and planes?

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hotdogPi

Along I-495 (MA):
Exit 25A-B: I-290 ends here and changes to a connector to MA 85, but the ramps are boring.
26-32: Boring.
33: Boring, even as a partial interchange.
34: Not boring; northbound entrance ramp crosses over a surface road.
35A-C: Interesting.
37: Not boring: one ramp is also a surface road.
38, 39, 40A-B: Boring.
41: Not boring. There is an A-B northbound, but not southbound.
42A-B: Boring.
43-45: Actually pretty interesting.
46, 47: Boring.
48: Not boring; it is a connector to another road.
49, 50: C/D lanes make it not boring, especially given that it is listed as "Exits 50-49" southbound, but they are separate northbound.
51-54: Boring, although Exit 52 has a restaurant between the ramps.
55, 56: Partial interchanges.

I-93:
Exit 4 (NH): Boring.
3: Long ramp, so not boring.
2: Boring.
1: Interesting; provides direct mall access northbound.
48 (MA): Interesting. Very simple but unique interchange (I know of no others like it).
47: C/D lane from Exit 48, so not boring.
46: Not boring, both before and after construction.
43-45: Boring.
42: Not boring; exit southbound takes you to a different road.
41: The interchange itself is boring, but MA 125 begins here, and it is very close to Exit 40.
40: The interchange itself is boring, but it is very close to Exit 41.
39, 38: Boring.
37C: Interesting; ramps are above road, not below.
37A-B: Boring; also, too much traffic on MA 128.
31-36: Not boring, all for different reasons.

MA 213:
Exits 1A-B: Same interchange as I-93 Exit 48 (so not boring).
2: Boring.
3: Not boring; ramps lead to different roads.
4: Not boring; long ramp.
5A-B: Boring.

I-95 (MA):
Exit 60: Not boring; visitor's center.
59: Partial interchange and switch in roads for I-84/I-90/I-290/I-495/I-95 New York City-Maine corridor, so not boring.
58A-B: "Breezewood" to get from I-95 north to I-495 south, so not boring.
51-57: Boring.
50: Not boring. Kind of a rotary.
46-49: These are accessible from one direction only (46 and 48 from one, 47 and 49 from the other), so not boring.
45: A good reference point, but the ramps themselves are boring.
44A-B: Very interesting.
43: Southbound, continuing straight leads to a mall. Not boring.
42: Not boring; ramps lead to different roads.
41: Boring.
40: Rotary, so not boring.
37-39: Boring, and beware the traffic.
36: Not boring; ramps lead to different roads.
35: Rotary, so not boring.
34: Boring.
33A-B: Southbound, continuing straight leads to Burlington Mall Rd., an interesting road. Not boring.
32A-B: C/D ramps for completely different roads, so not boring.
31: Boring.
30: Not boring; rest area northbound.
29A-B: The ramps are boring. MA 2 itself is not, as the freeway ends here temporarily.

US 3 (MA):
Exit 25A-B: See 32A for I-95.
26: Not boring; northbound entrance actually has two entrances.
27: Boring.
28: There is a road between ramps on the surface road. Not boring.
29: Boring.
30A-C: Interesting.
31: Part of C/D ramp from Exit 30, so not boring.
32: Not boring; pseudo-rotary.
33-35: Boring.
36: Not boring; provides direct access to the Pheasant Lane Mall.
Clinched, minus I-93 (I'm missing a few miles and my file is incorrect)

Traveled, plus US 13, 44, and 50, and several state routes

I will be in Burlington VT for the eclipse.

nexus73

There is no Boring interchange in Oregon.  (local joke)

Rick
US 101 is THE backbone of the Pacific coast from Bandon OR to Willits CA.  Industry, tourism and local traffic would be gone or severely crippled without it being in functioning condition in BOTH states.

roadman

Quote from: 1 on May 19, 2017, 11:26:19 AM
Along I-495 (MA):
Exit 25A-B: I-290 ends here and changes to a connector to MA 85, but the ramps are boring.
Ramp from I-290 east to I-495 north is a reverse compound curve.  Judging by the number of truck rollovers there, I wouldn't exactly classify it as boring.  Plus the road changing from a multi-lane Interstate to a super-2 configuration is hardly boring either.
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intelati49

I44 MM 0-100 (My stomping grounds)
Exit 1: Weird psudodirectional interchange
Exit 4: Squashed diamond rebuilt from a trumpet (Huh, interesting history there actually)
Exit 6: Diamond with swoop to NB Main St.
Exit 8: DDI rebuilt from old tight cloverleaf
Exit 11: Turbine/clover going into a parclo on I-49S
Exit 13: Diamond with roundabouts :banghead:
Exit 15: Half directional into/from Joplin
Exit 18: Cloverleaf with I-49 taking a loop ramp

Exit 22: Hey, our first run of the mill diamond!
26: Same!
29: Ditto!
33: Copypasted!
38: Copy of the last one!
44: bent diamond
46: reconstructed recently with lights and a wider bridge
49: Skewed again
57: Direction for Ol'66
58: Fu[n/c]ky ass parclo :banghead: (20mph curve with like no deceleration lane)

61: Hey, a plain Jane again
67: Just replaced old bridge turning it into a Plain Jane
69: Trumpet
70: Hey it's Exit 67's twin!
72: Parclo
75: Just a normal diamond. Wait, what's that ramp leading to 44?  :ded:
77: Another clone of 67. Wait, this is a DDI  :ded:
80: Funky diamond there? Oh, old Clover again
82: cloverstack
84: Diamond with funky geometry
88: Ditto
96: Diamond, but on a steepish grade (For MO anyways)

100: Bog standard Diamond

Huh, I-44's more interesting than I give it credit for.

PHLBOS

Quote from: 1 on May 19, 2017, 11:26:19 AMI-95 (MA):
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29A-B: The ramps are boring. MA 2 itself is not, as the freeway ends here temporarily.
Temporarily?
I wouldn't hold my breath on a full-blown upgrade of MA 2 west I-95 (& east of MA 27) to a continuous limited-access highway anytime soon.
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hotdogPi

Quote from: PHLBOS on May 19, 2017, 02:09:09 PM
Quote from: 1 on May 19, 2017, 11:26:19 AMI-95 (MA):
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29A-B: The ramps are boring. MA 2 itself is not, as the freeway ends here temporarily.
Temporarily?
I wouldn't hold my breath on a full-blown upgrade of MA 2 west I-95 (& east of MA 27) to a continuous limited-access highway anytime soon.

When I said "temporarily", I meant that it becomes a freeway again west of MA 27, not that it would be completed soon. I might have used the wrong word.
Clinched, minus I-93 (I'm missing a few miles and my file is incorrect)

Traveled, plus US 13, 44, and 50, and several state routes

I will be in Burlington VT for the eclipse.

Roadgeekteen

The exits in my hometown are nothing special, but the Kendrick street construction is semi-interesting.
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ColossalBlocks

So, basically every stack, diamond, cloverleaf, trumpet, and DDI ever built in the country and/or world.
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US Highways: 36, 49, 61, 412.

Interstates: 22, 24, 44, 55, 57, 59, 72, 74 (West).

Buffaboy

Quote from: nexus73 on May 19, 2017, 11:33:42 AM
There is no Boring interchange in Oregon.  (local joke)

Rick

Apparently there is with Us 20!
What's not to like about highways and bridges, intersections and interchanges, rails and planes?

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doorknob60

Quote from: Buffaboy on May 19, 2017, 04:00:28 PM
Quote from: nexus73 on May 19, 2017, 11:33:42 AM
There is no Boring interchange in Oregon.  (local joke)

Rick

Apparently there is with Us 20!

I assume you're talking about this one: https://www.google.com/maps/@45.4316778,-122.3418073,3a,49y,329.88h,87.27t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1swDJCqc4pRJB4kJr9uIy3Yg!2e0!7i13312!8i6656

(US-26 not 20)

I assume Nexus was somehow referring to the town of Boring, OR when he said that, but yeah I'd definitely say there is a Boring interchange.

jp the roadgeek

I-84 through NY, CT, and MA has its moments, but is pretty boring.  Highlights:

NY Exit 1: NJ state route shield despite the highway never entering NJ
NY Exit 4: Covered I-86 shields waiting to be released
NY Exit 7 A-B: Complex Thruway Interchange
NY Exit 20: I-684/US 6/US 202/NY 22 Interchange with split ramps and 1 entrance ramp with a deceivingly sharp curve.
CT Exit 3 & 7: Left hand exits
CT Exit 11: Freeway stub
CT Exit 19-20: The famous Mixmaster interchange
CT Exit 23 (EB): Long C/D road
CT Exit 29 (WB): Left hand exit that was a freeway stub
CT Exit 33 (EB), 35, 39 (EB), 43 (EB), 45 (WB), 46 (EB), 56 (EB), 57 (WB): All left hand exits.  Some to abandoned freeways
CT Exit 39A: Elaborate half-used stack interchange
CT Exit 59-62: Elaborate set of interchanges with its own set of reference markers.
CT Exit 64-65 (EB): Split ramp
MA Exit 1: Nothing fancy, just that the eastbound and westbound ramps are about 1/2 mi. apart due to split carriageways.
Interstates I've clinched: 97, 290 (MA), 291 (CT), 291 (MA), 293, 295 (DE-NJ-PA), 295 (RI-MA), 384, 391, 395 (CT-MA), 395 (MD), 495 (DE), 610 (LA), 684, 691, 695 (MD), 695 (NY), 795 (MD)

kkt

Boring can be good though.  I-35 in Minneapolis was a very exciting bridge, but I'd rather have a boring one.

DTComposer

Quote from: I-90 on May 19, 2017, 07:46:47 AM
https://www.google.com/maps/@42.1544585,-87.8751218,15z/data=!3m1!1e3

I wouldn't call this boring. Thru route takes a 90 degree turn, intersecting route comes in at 45-ish degrees, interchange with a local street worked in. Certainly not in the top 10 of exciting, but nowhere near as boring as something like this:

https://www.google.com/maps/@38.682521,-97.6212668,1373m/data=!3m1!1e3

nexus73

Quote from: doorknob60 on May 19, 2017, 04:54:38 PM
Quote from: Buffaboy on May 19, 2017, 04:00:28 PM
Quote from: nexus73 on May 19, 2017, 11:33:42 AM
There is no Boring interchange in Oregon.  (local joke)

Rick

Apparently there is with Us 20!

I assume you're talking about this one: https://www.google.com/maps/@45.4316778,-122.3418073,3a,49y,329.88h,87.27t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1swDJCqc4pRJB4kJr9uIy3Yg!2e0!7i13312!8i6656

(US-26 not 20)

I assume Nexus was somehow referring to the town of Boring, OR when he said that, but yeah I'd definitely say there is a Boring interchange.

I stand corrected!  Another local joke: Why is Oregon so wet?  Because it only has one Drain!

Rick
US 101 is THE backbone of the Pacific coast from Bandon OR to Willits CA.  Industry, tourism and local traffic would be gone or severely crippled without it being in functioning condition in BOTH states.

I-90


sparker

Quote from: I-90 on May 19, 2017, 09:11:50 PM


Either that's a new DDI or some engineer really misses Destruction Derby!

Question: just where is this interchange?

epzik8

Any diamond interchange.
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ColossalBlocks

Quote from: webny99 on May 20, 2017, 10:58:09 AM
Quote from: ColossalBlocks on May 19, 2017, 03:54:44 PM
So, basically every stack, diamond, cloverleaf, trumpet, and DDI ever built in the country and/or world.

Not sure what this means... you're saying those do or don't qualify?
Obviously, this is a fairly subjective topic, but there are very interesting examples of all of those interchange types...

Yes, they do qualify for being boring.
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US Highways: 36, 49, 61, 412.

Interstates: 22, 24, 44, 55, 57, 59, 72, 74 (West).



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