Breezewood-type situations

[Kacie Jane]

Edited to add: It was Kacie Jane who posted it in the other thread, not kphoger.

eh, they're probably the same person.  I mean, we all know NE2 and hbelkins are the same person.

I am he as you are he as you are me and we are all together.

[TheStranger]

Edited to add: It was Kacie Jane who posted it in the other thread, not kphoger.

eh, they're probably the same person.  I mean, we all know NE2 and hbelkins are the same person.

I am he as you are he as you are me and we are all together.

Semolina Pilchard, climbing up the Eiffel Tower.

(On-topic: Sorry for the misattribution!)

[kphoger]

Edited to add: It was Kacie Jane who posted it in the other thread, not kphoger.

eh, they're probably the same person.  I mean, we all know NE2 and hbelkins are the same person.

I am he as you are he as you are me and we are all together.

Semolina Pilchard, climbing up the Eiffel Tower.

(On-topic: Sorry for the misattribution!)

Kicking Edgar Allen Poe!  

[Brandon]

Edited to add: It was Kacie Jane who posted it in the other thread, not kphoger.

eh, they're probably the same person.  I mean, we all know NE2 and hbelkins are the same person.

I am he as you are he as you are me and we are all together.

Semolina Pilchard, climbing up the Eiffel Tower.

(On-topic: Sorry for the misattribution!)

Kicking Edgar Allen Poe!  

I am the eggman.  We are the eggmen.  I AM THE WALRUS!  Kookoocachoo, kookookachoo.

[Scott5114]

Edited to add: It was Kacie Jane who posted it in the other thread, not kphoger.

eh, they're probably the same person.  I mean, we all know NE2 and hbelkins are the same person.

I am myself, last time I checked.

[Mr_Northside]

I am the eggman.  We are the eggmen.  I AM THE WALRUS!

Here's another clue for you all... The walrus was Paul....

[hbelkins]

eh, they're probably the same person.  I mean, we all know NE2 and hbelkins are the same person.

I am the eggman.  We are the eggmen.  I AM THE WALRUS!  Kookoocachoo, kookookachoo.

Ha. Had a co-worker years ago who said I looked like a walrus. Or "wallarus," as a few around here say.

[yakra]

It's like Lenin said...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HlZhPuDYqbU

[kphoger]

SO.  How 'bout them Breezewoods?

[CentralCAroadgeek]

How about CA-152 in Los Banos? It's a freeway on either side of the city, yet has traffic lights within city limits. Similar to US-50 in Placerville, as myosh mentions.

[TheStranger]

How about CA-152 in Los Banos? It's a freeway on either side of the city, yet has traffic lights within city limits. Similar to US-50 in Placerville, as myosh mentions.

Not quite:

http://maps.google.com/maps?q=Los+Banos,+CA&hl=en&ll=37.06189,-120.845833&spn=0.089176,0.182304&sll=38.549791,-121.393726&sspn=0.010925,0.022788&hnear=Los+Banos,+Merced,+California&t=m&z=13

Route 152 only has 2 or 3 interchanges between Route 99 and I-5.  (This will change when the Los Banos bypass is completed.)

[TheStranger]

https://maps.google.com/maps?q=Dell+%26+Camden,+Campbell,+CA&hl=en&ll=37.273489,-121.949208&spn=0.011731,0.026157&sll=37.274565,-121.948628&sspn=0.01173,0.026157&hnear=Camden+Ave+%26+Dell+Ave,+Campbell,+Santa+Clara,+California+95008&t=m&z=16

The southern terminus of San Tomas Expressway at Route 17 in Campbell, CA is a diamond interchange, but 1/10 mile immediately after that, San Tomas Expressway has two interchanges in succession (Dell Avenue/Sunnyoaks Avenue and Winchester Boulevard).

Further north on San Tomas Expressway, in Santa Clara at the terminus with US 101...

https://maps.google.com/maps?q=Scott+Boulevard+%26+San+Tomas+Expressway,+Santa+Clara,+CA&hl=en&sll=35.914135,-120.38398&sspn=6.110937,13.392334&hnear=San+Tomas+Expy+%26+Scott+Blvd,+Santa+Clara,+California+95054&t=m&z=16

Between Walsh Avenue and Thomas Road, the only intersection is at Scott Boulevard, 1/10th mile south of US 101.   

Similar situation happens just north of there with Montague Expressway (which begins at US 101 where San Tomas Expressway ends), which has one intersection (Thomas Road) on an otherwise limited-access stretch from US 101 to Agnew Road that includes two interchanges (Laurelwood Road, Lafayette Street) -

https://maps.google.com/maps?q=Thomas+Rd+%26+Montague+Expy,+Santa+Clara,+CA&hl=en&ll=37.386663,-121.960623&spn=0.011713,0.026157&sll=37.388657,-121.95631&sspn=0.011713,0.026157&hnear=Montague+Expy+%26+Thomas+Rd,+Santa+Clara,+California+95054&t=m&z=16

[mukade]

I may have missed it earlier in the thread, but US 41 in Henderson, Kentucky is already a significant bottleneck between I-164 and the Pennyrile Pkwy. Once I-69 is done to Bloomington, Indiana in 2014 (especially), it will look on maps as a realistic alternative between Nashville and points south to Indy and points north. I expect things will become a lot worse then. I drove through Henderson around 6:30pm a few weeks ago, and traffic was backed up on to the freeway portion south of the commercial strip, and I would guess the average speed there on US 41 was less than 10 mph.

Google Maps of US 41 (in Illinois) bottleneck in Henderson, Kentucky

[ftballfan]

We all sometimes do not follow the signs.  There are times when we take our own shortcuts too! Plus, I have seen where signs themselves tend to take people the long way as well!

Look at Southbound US 441 at FL 50 in Orlando, FL on strretview.  You will see a sign for I-4 that points South on 441 rather than left on FL 50.  The easiest way there is via 50, especially eastbound.

Then you have further south on US 441 (and US 17 & 92) at FL 482.  You have a TO FL 528 shield pointing EB on 482 when it is only true for EB 528 as for WB it is the most direct, shortest, and toll free by staying straight for another mile.

What about the Garden State Parkway Southbound for US 22 Eastbound in Union, NJ.  The best way is to exit at Vauxhall Road to access it.  Yet the only exit for US 22 is Exit 140A and its for Westbound only!  You have to make a u turn to EB via NJ 82.  By the time you follow the signs through the loop around you lost a lot of unnecessary time and gas (that means money at 3 p;us a gallon) when all you do here is turn left for a quarter mile and just hop on US 22 EB there.

Michigan has a few, with their most infamous being Fremont signed at Exit 118 on SB US-31. It is A LOT shorter and more direct from SB 31 via Exit 140 or even Exit 131.

[roadman65]

From what I read on wikipedia, it says that I-90's last segment to be completed was in Wallace, ID.  Furthermore, it stated, that the city's one and only signal is considered to be "The last stoplight on I-90."

The article was very interesting.  It stated that I-90 was supposed to go through town and the city had to register all of its buildings as a historic landmark.  That is why the interstate through Wallace is elevated.  Though, from what I see on google, it really did not need to be elevated nor why would you even want to destroy the city in the first place?

Anyway, to get back on point, I am imagining with what was said in the article that the freeway ended at both sides of the city, and being that it is referred to as the last stoplight, that I-90 was actually routed through the streets of Wallace.  Being we have I-180 in Wyoming and I-70 in Breezewood, PA, stranger things have happened.

[TheStranger]

The interchange of I-24 and TN 155/Briley Parkway near Nashville International Airport used to be a full cloverleaf, but now has stoplights as a parclo - though TN 155 is a freeway from there to about 1.7 miles northeast:

https://maps.google.com/maps?saddr=Briley+Pkwy+E&daddr=Briley+Pkwy&hl=en&ll=36.110542,-86.721804&spn=0.011909,0.026157&sll=36.123057,-86.697922&sspn=0.011907,0.026157&geocode=Fdr-JgIdksHU-g%3BFeY1JwIdgx7V-g&t=h&mra=mift&mrsp=1&sz=16&z=16

From there, there are uncontrolled-access gaps of 1/2 mile (Venus Drive to Kenton Place) and 1/3 mile (Corporate Drive to Karen Drive) before the freeway-to-freeway junction with I-40.

[elsmere241]

Anyway, to get back on point, I am imagining with what was said in the article that the freeway ended at both sides of the city, and being that it is referred to as the last stoplight, that I-90 was actually routed through the streets of Wallace.  Being we have I-180 in Wyoming and I-70 in Breezewood, PA, stranger things have happened.

I remember it being posted as Business 90 in 1988.  I think part of the deal about "last stoplight" was that once I-90 was open and there wasn't all that traffic going through Wallace, they took down that stoplight.

[roadman65]

In Plymouth Meeting, PA I passed through the Mid-County Interchange on I-476 just today and noticed that to get on I-276 WB from I-476 NB you must exit at Plymouth Road instead of passing through a direct ramp.

[thenetwork]

One Breezewood situation that just crossed my mind -- the Huron Church Road connector between the Ambassador Bridge and The 401 in Windsor, ON. 

[mgk920]

One Breezewood situation that just crossed my mind -- the Huron Church Road connector between the Ambassador Bridge and The 401 in Windsor, ON.

That's being fixed.

http://www.weparkway.ca/

Mike

[Beltway]

In Plymouth Meeting, PA I passed through the Mid-County Interchange on I-476 just today and noticed that to get on I-276 WB from I-476 NB you must exit at Plymouth Road instead of passing through a direct ramp.

Whoop-de-doo. Use I-76.

It would be better to be able to connect directly to I-276 West than to unnecessarily have to use a section of the Surekill Expressway, IMHO.

[roadman65]

http://www.flickr.com/photos/54480415@N08/6866462814/in/photostream/

This here may count as there is no current connection to the Florida Turnpike from FL 417.   Interestingly enough, there is no assembly like this NB on FL 417.  This photo is taken SB, most likely for Orlando International Airport travelers as there is a directional guide on nearby SB Boggy Creek Road at the entrance ramp to SB FL 417.  Currently, those exiting the OIA merge onto Boggy Creek Road as the OOECEA has not yet even started on a direct access to Airport Boulevard from FL 417 and there is none NB on Boggy Creek.

[TheStranger]

In another thread, the interchange of North Miles Road/OH 43 and Warrensville Center Road near the now-defunct Randall Park Mall in North Randall, OH was mentioned:

https://www.aaroads.com/forum/index.php?topic=5411.msg135042#msg135042

Looking a bit closer, Warrensville Center Road has one intersection (Aurora Road) in the 1/4 mile between the OH 43 cloverleaf and I-480:

https://maps.google.com/maps?q=North+Randall,+OH&hl=en&ll=41.427066,-81.53645&spn=0.004931,0.007296&sll=41.437322,-81.540012&sspn=0.079402,0.11673&hnear=North+Randall,+Cuyahoga,+Ohio&t=h&z=17

[thenetwork]

In another thread, the interchange of North Miles Road/OH 43 and Warrensville Center Road near the now-defunct Randall Park Mall in North Randall, OH was mentioned:

https://www.aaroads.com/forum/index.php?topic=5411.msg135042#msg135042

Looking a bit closer, Warrensville Center Road has one intersection (Aurora Road) in the 1/4 mile between the OH 43 cloverleaf and I-480:

https://maps.google.com/maps?q=North+Randall,+OH&hl=en&ll=41.427066,-81.53645&spn=0.004931,0.007296&sll=41.437322,-81.540012&sspn=0.079402,0.11673&hnear=North+Randall,+Cuyahoga,+Ohio&t=h&z=17

Still, I wouldn't consider it as a "Breezewood" situation, as SR-43 is simply a 4-5 lane road, and not a freeway.  I believe that interchange was created because Warrensville Center Road was built over the railroad tracks immediately to the south of SR-43 and there was no real good way to maintain both a RR overpass next to a 4-way intersection in such a short distance. 

[DandyDan]

I'd have to think K-10 in Lawrence, KS counts as a Breezewood-like situation.