Trashiest/Rattiest Exits You Have Used

[Max Rockatansky]

The E Street exit from the freeway section of northbound Golden State Boulevard (former US 99) in downtown Fresno usually is full of garbage or homeless camps.  The Monterey Street Overhead was apparently even worse before it was torn down this past decade. 

Do those homeless band together to be a larger concern?

Can't say they really bother me.  All the same, they probably shouldn't be camping on limited access right of away.  Traffic tends to go way over the speed limit on Golden State and through the E Street exit.

[dantheman]

Taking the question a little too literally, how about Exit 7 on I-295 in Rhode Island. The signs read "Rhode Island Resource Recovery Industrial Park"... it's an exit for the Johnston Landfill, along with a bunch of junkyards and other heavy industry.

[bing101]

I got off ON 410 exit 13 for a delivery in Brampton. On the offramp, the very first thing I see is a single mother begging for money. Little did I know that Brampton has a bit of a reputation.

That's an unusual thing to see? My neck of the woods its usually veterans/fake veterans with signs mostly boiled down to "gobbless brother". There was a really classy woman that used to go between two large shopping malls in Burlington MA and Nashua NH, both off US 3, with her cup of ice coffee hanging in the cleavage of her tank top who then walked over to a brand new car after begging for money.

Going into Philly my entire life, it's just part of driving in the city.  I have no issues with them.  I dislike more the kids with squeegees since you have to wave them off, otherwise they'll wet your windshield and sit there waiting for their dollar.

In metro Manila, the "guy with towel and water to wipe your window when you don't ask" thing is surprisingly common - even just saw examples of it earlier today in Manila itself (at Quirino/Osmena intersection underneath Skyway). Basically, they seem to target interchanges/intersections with severe traffic congestion and very little room to go elsewhere, i.e my past experiences dealing with that on the offramps of the Buendia Flyover section of Osmena Highway/SLEX in Makati.  I do remember having to actually give some pesos to one at Roxas/EDSA in Pasay on my previous trip to the Philippines.

That being said, I wouldn't say Buendia/Skyway is "ratty".  I would nominate the Balintawak Cloverleaf in Quezon City and the nearby Camachile Flyover - the actual ramps on the cloverleaf itself has been given way too many access points to market stalls and even a Super 8 Warehouse store, despite the fact that a limited access toll freeway (NLEX) ends at the junction and feeds into southbound Skyway.  It's telling that the Wikipedia article on the 2010s-era cloverleaf at NLEX Connector (NLEX Harbor Link) and NLEX in Valenzuela includes a compliment for the junction being noticeably larger than Balintawak; the newer interchange still has a mediocre amount of weaving induced by its design! 
https://www.google.com/maps/@14.6563837,121.0003958,3a,75y,47.39h,98.56t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1su2fV_FkgjucYOz93ezilHQ!2e0!6shttps:%2F%2Fstreetviewpixels-pa.googleapis.com%2Fv1%2Fthumbnail%3Fcb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile%26w%3D900%26h%3D600%26pitch%3D-8.55898869728614%26panoid%3Du2fV_FkgjucYOz93ezilHQ%26yaw%3D47.392446984934544!7i16384!8i8192!5m1!1e1?coh=205410&entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI0MDgyMS4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D


In terms of pure function (and not the vibe of area safety/cleanliness), the Magallanes Interchange between SLEX and EDSA in Makati originally involved an odd ramp-merge design that linked the ramp from EDSA southbound to SLEX southbound with the ramp from SLEX (Osmena) southbound to EDSA northbound.  The latter ramp seems to have been closed the last few years specifically to address this problem, though possibly adding to the load of the Buendia Flyover ramp complex a mile north.

Google has even made the step of removing the southbound SLEX to EDSA northbound ramp from the mapping service even though it physically still exists:
https://www.google.com/maps/@14.5399559,121.0167691,3a,75y,136.17h,93.6t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1ssyybssHyZ26Y1sDTwwzRMw!2e0!6shttps:%2F%2Fstreetviewpixels-pa.googleapis.com%2Fv1%2Fthumbnail%3Fcb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile%26w%3D900%26h%3D600%26pitch%3D-3.598318482376939%26panoid%3DsyybssHyZ26Y1sDTwwzRMw%26yaw%3D136.1654540149362!7i16384!8i8192!5m1!1e1?coh=205410&entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI0MDgyMS4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D

Yes I seen some neighborhoods in the Manila area. 

[RobbieL2415]

Rattiest exit complex I can think of: Exit 248 (Michoud Blvd.), I-10, New Orleans.

Soutbound offramp is pretty bad. Hope the man in the pic is ok.

https://maps.app.goo.gl/BGdUsevBSmbMP7ud9?g_st=ac

[Rothman]

Rattiest exit complex I can think of: Exit 248 (Michoud Blvd.), I-10, New Orleans.

Soutbound offramp is pretty bad. Hope the man in the pic is ok.

New Orleans, Louisiana https://maps.app.goo.gl/BGdUsevBSmbMP7ud9?g_st=ac

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[LilianaUwU]

Rattiest exit complex I can think of: Exit 248 (Michoud Blvd.), I-10, New Orleans.

Soutbound offramp is pretty bad. Hope the man in the pic is ok.

New Orleans, Louisiana https://maps.app.goo.gl/BGdUsevBSmbMP7ud9?g_st=ac

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Here it is. This is the winner of the thread, I believe.

[RobbieL2415]

Rattiest exit complex I can think of: Exit 248 (Michoud Blvd.), I-10, New Orleans.

Soutbound offramp is pretty bad. Hope the man in the pic is ok.

New Orleans, Louisiana https://maps.app.goo.gl/BGdUsevBSmbMP7ud9?g_st=ac

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Corrected.

[RobbieL2415]

Rattiest exit complex I can think of: Exit 248 (Michoud Blvd.), I-10, New Orleans.

Soutbound offramp is pretty bad. Hope the man in the pic is ok.

New Orleans, Louisiana https://maps.app.goo.gl/BGdUsevBSmbMP7ud9?g_st=ac

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Here it is. This is the winner of the thread, I believe.

My theory is that these ramps were in higher demand before Katrina. Then Katrina happened, and debris littered the area and Six Flags New Orleans was destroyed. Heightened fear of repeated flooding events killed any future housing or commercial development, but LADOT just hasn't gotten around to removing the exit (there's another diamond interchange further north that has been removed).

[webny99]

Rattiest exit complex I can think of: Exit 248 (Michoud Blvd.), I-10, New Orleans.

Soutbound offramp is pretty bad. Hope the man in the pic is ok.

New Orleans, Louisiana https://maps.app.goo.gl/BGdUsevBSmbMP7ud9?g_st=ac

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Here it is. This is the winner of the thread, I believe.

The only catch is that you have actually used the exit. Google Maps is currently showing that the overpass of I-10 and the southbound on-ramp are closed, and the connector road to Michoud Blvd is barely drivable as of Feb 2023 Street View. So it seems very likely that the off-ramp is closed too, and it would be pretty sketchy to navigate even if it was open. But if anyone here has used this exit post-Katrina, they definitely win the thread.

[CovalenceSTU]

Rattiest exit complex I can think of: Exit 248 (Michoud Blvd.), I-10, New Orleans.

Soutbound offramp is pretty bad. Hope the man in the pic is ok.

New Orleans, Louisiana https://maps.app.goo.gl/BGdUsevBSmbMP7ud9?g_st=ac

Bad link.

Here it is. This is the winner of the thread, I believe.

The only catch is that you have actually used the exit. Google Maps is currently showing that the overpass of I-10 and the southbound on-ramp are closed, and the connector road to Michoud Blvd is barely drivable as of Feb 2023 Street View. So it seems very likely that the off-ramp is closed too, and it would be pretty sketchy to navigate even if it was open. But if anyone here has used this exit post-Katrina, they definitely win the thread.

Westbound has a "RAMP CLOSED AHEAD" sign and barriers starting in 1/2023, but in the latest shot (10/2023) the barriers are gone and there's only two lone cones stopping you from exiting. However the eastbound ramp is open even though GSV drives through a barricade to re-enter.

[Max Rockatansky]

I-75 Exit 44 to Dearborn Street in Detroit had a nice assortment of ruins and trash this week. 

[catch22]

I-75 Exit 44 to Dearborn Street in Detroit had a nice assortment of ruins and trash this week. 

That exit can also be quite aromatic depending on wind direction, since the Detroit sewage treatment plant is just to the SE of the exit. 

[hbelkins]

Rattiest exit complex I can think of: Exit 248 (Michoud Blvd.), I-10, New Orleans.

Soutbound offramp is pretty bad. Hope the man in the pic is ok.

New Orleans, Louisiana https://maps.app.goo.gl/BGdUsevBSmbMP7ud9?g_st=ac

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Corrected.

I still didn't see the person in question.

[webny99]

Rattiest exit complex I can think of: Exit 248 (Michoud Blvd.), I-10, New Orleans.

Soutbound offramp is pretty bad. Hope the man in the pic is ok.

New Orleans, Louisiana https://maps.app.goo.gl/BGdUsevBSmbMP7ud9?g_st=ac

Bad link.

Corrected.

I still didn't see the person in question.

Sadly you can't even tell it's a person unless you zoom in or pan down the ramp a ways.