Interchange U-Turns that are Intentional/By Design (NOT Texas U-Turns)

[webny99]

Minnesota has 3 examples of this that I know of:

1. US 8 traffic to northbound I-35 in Forest Lake is directed to exit at Broadway St and return to NB 35 from that interchange.

The reverse is also true; on I-35 SB, the Broadway exit is signed as "TO US 8" which requires a U-turn to I-35 NB.

[bassoon1986]

I feel like there has to be an example of this within DFW freeways, frontage roads or not. Fort Worth has some really odd movements downtown around US 377/TX 121 but nothing I can tell that fits this thread.

Random memory. Circa 1998 or so. Southbound I-35W from Denton, there was an exit for North I-35W. I can't remember if it was basically a Texas U turn at an overpass. But it was in an empty area, maybe about where Dale Earnhardt Blvd is now. Any Texas roadgeeks recall this one?

[NE2]

https://www.google.com/maps/@39.9326191,32.7751472,553m/data=!3m1!1e3?entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI1MDQzMC4xIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D 🦃🍗☪

[roadman65]

When you think about New Jersey has lots of examples of this.

[Bitmapped]

At the PA 837/PA 885 interchange near Homestead, PA, traffic wanting to go from PA 885 southbound to PA 837 southbound must exit at Glass Run Road, turn left at the end of the ramp, then left at a signalized intersection with PA 885 northbound, to then take a ramp to PA 837 southbound. https://maps.app.goo.gl/iZbgMCQPapCdKhCB6

[michravera]

Not sure if this is what you have in mind because it's not really signed as a U-turn, but the ramp pretty clearly makes one. NB NJ-17 to SB I-287 and NB I-287 to SB NJ-17 both come to mind (both movements use the same U-turn ramp immediately south of the state line).

Niagara Pkwy at the Fort Niagara Spur has a missing ramp, so the movement is covered by this u-turn

US 1 North near Princeton, NJ

GSV: https://maps.app.goo.gl/RSweKeN7CcEqTB2LA

Aerial: https://maps.app.goo.gl/msBmFfPYMxVPTPbA8

All interesting examples, but not exactly what I had in mind. I'm primarily looking for U-turns that occur on a surface street, especially where signage actually directs traffic to make a U-turn at a signalized intersection.

Arden Way in Sacramento has at least a couple "U turn on green U" signs with "U"s in the traffic lights. That sounds pretty deliberate to me!

[CoreySamson]

Here are some I've driven through recently:

Mexico uses U-turns a lot on its interchanges, especially this one on MX-57 in Coahuila:
https://maps.app.goo.gl/yxVSRRuo537qQiom8

Believe it or not, it is permitted to essentially U-turn onto I-244 EB here from Heavy Traffic Way in Tulsa:
https://maps.app.goo.gl/H8n2Ev566zDsjDgcA

[webny99]

Believe it or not, it is permitted to essentially U-turn onto I-244 EB here from Heavy Traffic Way in Tulsa:
https://maps.app.goo.gl/H8n2Ev566zDsjDgcA

I guess that's the way when traffic is heavy.

Seriously, what a bizarre road name. I honestly thought it must be some sort of local joke at first.

[kphoger]

Believe it or not, it is permitted to essentially U-turn onto I-244 EB here from Heavy Traffic Way in Tulsa

I believe it, because U-turns are typically permitted at signalized intersections in general.

[webny99]

Believe it or not, it is permitted to essentially U-turn onto I-244 EB here from Heavy Traffic Way in Tulsa

I believe it, because U-turns are typically permitted at signalized intersections in general.

This isn't a regular U-turn, though. It's a left turn across oncoming traffic and then another left turn onto a completely separate ramp that's somehow part of the same conglomerate intersection.

[kphoger]

This isn't a regular U-turn, though. It's a left turn across oncoming traffic and then another left turn onto a completely separate ramp that's somehow part of the same conglomerate intersection.

Reminds me of this in Nuevo Laredo, where a U-turn across the opposing roadway is the correct way to get from the border bridge to the CIITEV office (for vehicle permits)—and, heading in the opposite direction, a really tight U-turn here is the correct way to get to Texas from that same office.