Insane Intersections

[CtrlAltDel]

Post your intersections that make you question the sanity of the people who designed and approved them here. I'm looking mostly for regular roads here, and not freeways or expressways, unless they look in some way like regular roads.

For starters, this would be a normal T-intersection, except that something went very wrong.

(This is actually from an old thread: https://www.aaroads.com/forum/index.php?topic=16297 )

[Hurricane Rex]

Does the fishook intersection in Dundee, OR count? Of so, I can easily find a picture and put it up.

[kurumi]

New Jersey has not only jughandles but "flat" at-grade cloverleaf intersections, as in Toms River: https://goo.gl/maps/pw6PH3EfC7n

A little more modern, nestled in the I-95 / NJ 29 interchange, is a flattened 3-way semidirectional intersection, done with channeling: https://goo.gl/maps/kLFH6CDJJWt

In Meriden, CT, there's a short block of Colony St that is 3-way (north, south, and north again): https://goo.gl/maps/rTBCXkC7HN22

[froggie]

In the OP's photo example, it's clear to me that the main traffic stream goes from left to up and vice versa, so it makes sense that they designed the intersection as such.  They probably didn't revise it into a "typical" T-intersection where the road from the right becomes the side street because of the driveways at the bottom.

[1995hoo]

A lot of Americans would probably find the Magic Roundabout to be insane, and no doubt if this were tried in the USA it would be a disaster. It worked great the times I drove through it, though.

[triplemultiplex]

For starters, this would be a normal T-intersection, except that something went very wrong.

(This is actually from an old thread: https://www.aaroads.com/forum/index.php?topic=16297 )

What looks like an inner right turn lane for SB to WB I think is intended for traffic turning NB from EB.  The white painted island is what makes it look screwed up.  It should have yellow paint to indicate it is separating directions of travel.

[Voyager75]

I-459/US 280 southeast of Birmingham. This entire intersection needs to be nuked. The 500 ft of 4 lanes merging off 459 onto 280 is ludicrous and has to be experienced and not explained to see why. 


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[kphoger]

not freeways or expressways, unless they look in some way like regular roads.

I-459

[TheHighwayMan3561]

My two least favorite intersections in MSP, both in St. Paul:

MN 5 comes in from the SW and then turns east on Minnehaha Avenue: https://www.google.com/maps/place/St+Paul,+MN/@44.9630033,-93.0635643,67m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m5!3m4!1s0x52b2d4cee4e9379f:0xc87291d23fda2e29!8m2!3d44.9537029!4d-93.0899578

MN 5/MN 51 junction: https://www.google.com/maps/place/St+Paul,+MN/@44.9125563,-93.1496185,141m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m5!3m4!1s0x52b2d4cee4e9379f:0xc87291d23fda2e29!8m2!3d44.9537029!4d-93.0899578

[Rothman]

KELLEY SQUARE IN WORCESTER, MA.

The thread can end here.

[kphoger]

The thread can end here.

bet not

[froggie]

MN 5/MN 51 junction: https://www.google.com/maps/place/St+Paul,+MN/@44.9125563,-93.1496185,141m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m5!3m4!1s0x52b2d4cee4e9379f:0xc87291d23fda2e29!8m2!3d44.9537029!4d-93.0899578

City's looking into relocating Lexington away from this intersection to tie into Elway.  That'd make it a 4-leg or possibly even a 3-leg if Montreal Ave to the east is closed at West 7th.

[webny99]

^ That link shows just St Paul, not the specific location.

[hotdogPi]

^ That link shows just St Paul, not the specific location.

To me, it shows the intersection itself.

[webny99]

^ That link shows just St Paul, not the specific location.

To me, it shows the intersection itself.

Strange. I did find it though.

[7/8]

^ That link shows just St Paul, not the specific location.

To me, it shows the intersection itself.

Strange. I did find it though.

It works on my laptop, but not on my tablet

[webny99]

^ That link shows just St Paul, not the specific location.

To me, it shows the intersection itself.

Strange. I did find it though.

It works on my laptop, but not on my tablet

I'm using a phone - I notice in "Suggestions and Questions" there is a sticky-tacked thread started by vtk that summarizes this problem. It seems to only happen on mobile devices. I would link to the thread, but,

I'm using a phone

[Hurricane Rex]

Since No one has shut me down, OR 18/OR 99W in Dundee OR.

[Flint1979]

I-459/US 280 southeast of Birmingham. This entire intersection needs to be nuked. The 500 ft of 4 lanes merging off 459 onto 280 is ludicrous and has to be experienced and not explained to see why. 


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Just looking at the route needed to take to get to the Cracker Barrel is nuts.

[NE2]

Since No one has shut me down, OR 18/OR 99W in Dundee OR.

Not at all strange.

[Road Hog]

Since No one has shut me down, OR 18/OR 99W in Dundee OR.

Not at all strange.

Seems pointless to have a T intersection only to loop it back across with an overpass. The overpass is nothing but an added expense. Just put the intersection where the overpass is at and call it a day.

[US 89]

Since No one has shut me down, OR 18/OR 99W in Dundee OR.

Not at all strange.

Seems pointless to have a T intersection only to loop it back across with an overpass. The overpass is nothing but an added expense. Just put the intersection where the overpass is at and call it a day.

Usually that design is because there is a train track too close to the intersection, like in that photo. The highway with the overpass can't get down from the bridge over the train track in time for the intersection, so it keeps going and loops around.

[SectorZ]

Since No one has shut me down, OR 18/OR 99W in Dundee OR.

Not at all strange.

Seems pointless to have a T intersection only to loop it back across with an overpass. The overpass is nothing but an added expense. Just put the intersection where the overpass is at and call it a day.

Usually that design is because there is a train track too close to the intersection, like in that photo. The highway with the overpass can't get down from the bridge over the train track in time for the intersection, so it keeps going and loops around.

Can concur with that, given this, https://www.google.com/maps/place/Shelburne,+MA+01370/@42.617474,-72.7444398,17.75z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x89e1283fded890c1:0xaca337d5ddb5f35c!8m2!3d42.5898074!4d-72.6884244, and https://www.google.com/maps/place/Shelburne,+MA+01370/@43.1874207,-72.4389383,16.5z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x89e1283fded890c1:0xaca337d5ddb5f35c!8m2!3d42.5898074!4d-72.6884244

[Rothman]

Haven't seen anything close to Kelley Square in nuttiness in these examples.

[webny99]

Haven't seen anything close to Kelley Square in nuttiness in these examples.

I can't state my opinion on that subject, since we don't have street view or the likes for Kelley Square