I was looking through my old posts here and I saw something about ROROs, and naturally, I decided to look them up. There wasn't a very good source for seeing a RORO other than Google Maps; as I have looked everywhere for one. Google (not maps)? About the way of loading boats. AARoads? Nothing, really. I am enlisting your help to find and show good examples of RORO interchanges, and how it differs from RIRO interchanges.
https://www.google.com/maps/place/Mt+Elam+Rd,+Massachusetts/@42.5475403,-71.8132528,217m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m5!3m4!1s0x89e3e6801cd65aa1:0x27f3ab12cbb18f88!8m2!3d42.5555335!4d-71.8077568
What is the difference between a RIRO and a RORO?
Quote from: 1 on January 01, 2021, 03:50:20 PM
What is the difference between a RIRO and a RORO?
No idea, that's why I'm asking and why I made this thread lmao
Referring to this post?
Quote from: roadman on July 31, 2020, 04:07:23 PM
Quote from: 1 on July 31, 2020, 03:18:33 PM
MA 2 in/near Leominster has a few at-grades. MA/RI 146 also has two segments (one in each state) with several at-grade intersections.
The only remaining at-grade intersection on MA 2 in the Leominster area is Mt. Elam Road. And the full intersection was removed in the early 1990s. It's now just a pair of ROROs (right off, right on). Likewise, most of the at-grade intersections on MA 146 in Millbury and Sutton have also ben converted to ROROs. The only remaining full at-grade intersection on the MA segment is at Boston Road.
RIRO and RORO mean the exact same thing.
RIRO is right in/right out (like this (https://www.google.com/maps/@41.6068636,-74.5653628,3a,75y,130.49h,95.41t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sDHEKbpKSBj3yad1Nef9U0g!2e0!6s%2F%2Fgeo3.ggpht.com%2Fcbk%3Fpanoid%3DDHEKbpKSBj3yad1Nef9U0g%26output%3Dthumbnail%26cb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile.gps%26thumb%3D2%26w%3D203%26h%3D100%26yaw%3D114.27188%26pitch%3D0%26thumbfov%3D100!7i13312!8i6656) or even this (https://www.google.com/maps/@41.3524457,-73.8103778,3a,75y,221.12h,85.01t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sNmy9NvEF1EPpYCodH678qg!2e0!6s%2F%2Fgeo0.ggpht.com%2Fcbk%3Fpanoid%3DNmy9NvEF1EPpYCodH678qg%26output%3Dthumbnail%26cb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile.gps%26thumb%3D2%26w%3D203%26h%3D100%26yaw%3D1.5943208%26pitch%3D0%26thumbfov%3D100!7i13312!8i6656)). Going by the Google Maps link, RORO appears to be ramp off/ramp on.
RIRO, is Right-in, Right-on/out
RORO is Roll-on, Roll-off. This is typical terminology for ferries that that take vehicles on one end and they drive off the other end.
I assume the definition of a RIRO/RORO is the presence of on and off ramps in a location where there is no crossover and thus no full interchange. But if a crossover exists a mile or two up the road, is this really a true RIRO/RORO? Hmmmm.
RORO to mean 'right off/right off', there is one of those at I-41/Main St (interchange 132) in Neenah, WI:
https://goo.gl/maps/3jkEHsEKLaLGLPpYA
It is 'off only' in both directions.
:nod:
Mike
Quote from: someone17 on January 01, 2021, 03:39:07 PM
I was looking through my old posts here and I saw something about ROROs, and naturally, I decided to look them up. There wasn't a very good source for seeing a RORO other than Google Maps; as I have looked everywhere for one. Google (not maps)? About the way of loading boats. AARoads? Nothing, really. I am enlisting your help to find and show good examples of RORO interchanges, and how it differs from RIRO interchanges.
https://www.google.com/maps/place/Mt+Elam+Rd,+Massachusetts/@42.5475403,-71.8132528,217m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m5!3m4!1s0x89e3e6801cd65aa1:0x27f3ab12cbb18f88!8m2!3d42.5555335!4d-71.8077568
This looks like it used to be an undivided intersection and they just left the light up.
Quote from: TEG24601 on January 02, 2021, 01:14:07 PM
RORO is Roll-on, Roll-off. This is typical terminology for ferries that that take vehicles on one end and they drive off the other end.
This. RORO is a type of ferryboat.