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Let's see some braided ramp examples

Started by johndoe, May 11, 2016, 09:15:01 PM

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johndoe

I'm looking for examples where braided ramps have been used in very tight (narrow) R/W.  Here's one example in Arizona:
https://goo.gl/maps/qSEi5noSmfG2

More please!


jakeroot

Here's an example along the 405 in Bellevue, WA. There are several more along 405, but no good images nor any decent satellite imagery (out of date).




Revive 755

A somewhat tight one for WB I-74 in downtown Peoria, IL:  Aerial

cl94

Belt Parkway at I-878

I-190 Exit 9 in Buffalo. This one has since become more complex with the addition of a slip ramp connecting the entrance ramp with the exit ramp.
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Darkchylde

I-435's southern leg in Kansas has a lot of new braided ramps between mile markers 79 and 83.

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California 170 at Victory Boulevard in North Hollywood.

Aren't there new braided ramps along I-405 where it meets Sunset Boulevard and Wilshire Boulevard?
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https://www.google.com/maps/place/Lake+Buena+Vista,+FL+32836/@28.3525661,-81.5298335,690m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m5!3m4!1s0x88dd7ff1e864a709:0x586e24c4f23ca6cc!8m2!3d28.3936186!4d-81.5386842

Here is part of many on I-4 near Disney.  This aerial shows two braided ramp examples on both sides of the interstate.  Both are between Exits 65 and 67 where travel between both interchanges is not possible.
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johndoe

Thanks everyone!  It'd be tough to find any much "tighter" than the example Will gave; that's a lot of square footage for one lane over two!

Quote from: WillWeaverRVA on May 12, 2016, 10:50:57 AM
I-64 at VA 168 & Greenbrier Parkway in Chesapeake, VA

I'm also interested in service interchanges next to system interchanges, so I thought Brandon's Grand Rapids example was really interesting.

Quote from: Brandon on May 11, 2016, 11:44:07 PM
US-131, Grand Rapids:
https://goo.gl/maps/S8WTiNRDdJC2

triplemultiplex

Tightest ramp braid in Wisconsin is between Highland Ave and Fond du Lac Ave on I-43:

Tight enough and acute enough to need those support columns that straddle the lower ramp.
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cl94

Tightest in New York is probably this one on the BQE at the Northern Boulevard SPUI. This one on the Cross Westchester is relatively tight. I can't immediately think of any others in this state - system predates braided ramps by several decades in places. I'm not counting the ramp from the Sag to the LIE that crosses the service road.
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Gardiner Expwy in Toronto
WB Gardiner to NB Yonge St braids with SB Jarvis St to WB Gardiner, while NB Bay St to EB Gardiner braids with the EB offramp to Jarvis.

Preeeeeetty tight, especially on the south side.
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Garden State Parkway at the AC Expressway (coming soon): https://goo.gl/maps/NZeiVKHN1an

ILRoad55

Pretty sure the ramps to get off at Chinatown on I-55 and I-90/94 have braided ramps.

theline

I don't think anybody's yet mentioned the brand new ramps along the US-31 freeway near 106th St. in Carmel, IN: https://www.google.com/maps/@39.9372272,-86.1613806,16z. They are quite tight, but there's no imagery to show yet.

Brandon

Quote from: ILRoad55 on May 13, 2016, 07:03:09 PM
Pretty sure the ramps to get off at Chinatown on I-55 and I-90/94 have braided ramps.

You mean this area: https://goo.gl/maps/hEnttYbysBT2 ?

Then there's this further north: https://goo.gl/maps/RkZubLGhM7C2 (currently under construction).
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Mapmikey

Here is US 50's cloverleaf with I-495 in Merrifield VA with braided ramps utilized for a SPUI interchange on each side of the Beltway...

https://goo.gl/maps/mQ21ejB8Yct


johndoe

Quote from: Mapmikey on May 13, 2016, 07:23:45 PM
Here is US 50's cloverleaf with I-495 in Merrifield VA with braided ramps utilized for a SPUI interchange on each side of the Beltway...

https://goo.gl/maps/mQ21ejB8Yct

I think I've only seen the braided loop ramps at a handful of locations; thanks for sharing!  I've wondered why this isn't done more often; sure it's lower speed than a semi-directional or directional ramp, but it's got to be way cheaper too!

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