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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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empirestate

Quote from: cl94 on May 12, 2016, 11:26:57 PM
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.

Well there's always this.


cl94

Quote from: empirestate on May 15, 2016, 09:54:34 AM
Quote from: cl94 on May 12, 2016, 11:26:57 PM
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.

Well there's always this.

Skipped over it. Not really a braid because Exit 3/3B is completely elevated over Exit 3A/4. The latter's ramps are entirely before/after the former's.
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empirestate

Quote from: cl94 on May 15, 2016, 07:06:25 PM
Quote from: empirestate on May 15, 2016, 09:54:34 AM
Quote from: cl94 on May 12, 2016, 11:26:57 PM
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.

Well there's always this.

Skipped over it. Not really a braid because Exit 3/3B is completely elevated over Exit 3A/4. The latter's ramps are entirely before/after the former's.

Are we looking at the same thing? I'm looking along the South Mall Expwy., just east of Pearl St.

WillWeaverRVA

Quote from: johndoe on May 12, 2016, 09:11:01 PM
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

Yeah, it was a big deal when that interchange in Chesapeake was rebuilt. The design actually won an innovative management award in the 2010 edition of the America's Transportation Awards, in part because of the use of braided ramps.

There's a really good aerial shot of the braided ramps in that article:

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Jardine

Found a construction pic of the west end.

Kinda sexy from this angle  :)



cl94

Quote from: empirestate on May 16, 2016, 12:41:50 AM
Quote from: cl94 on May 15, 2016, 07:06:25 PM
Quote from: empirestate on May 15, 2016, 09:54:34 AM
Quote from: cl94 on May 12, 2016, 11:26:57 PM
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.

Well there's always this.

Skipped over it. Not really a braid because Exit 3/3B is completely elevated over Exit 3A/4. The latter's ramps are entirely before/after the former's.

Are we looking at the same thing? I'm looking along the South Mall Expwy., just east of Pearl St.

No we aren't. Nice catch and I can't believe I forgot about the example I live 10 minutes away from.
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ftballfan

Quote from: roadman65 on May 12, 2016, 10:52:42 AM
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.
There is one at Universal (the exit ramp for Sand Lake Rd goes over the entrance from Universal Studios)



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