News:

Per request, I added a Forum Status page while revamping the AARoads back end.
- Alex

Main Menu

Collector-distributor lanes not on freeway, expressway, or parkway

Started by dgolub, August 25, 2013, 11:09:20 AM

Previous topic - Next topic

dgolub

A couple of months ago, I was travelling on US 9 in New Jersey and came across collector-distributor lanes, which I thought was interesting because US 9 is not a freeway, expressway, or parkway in the area.  I've never seen that anywhere else before.  Does anyone know of any other places where it happens?


Eth

There are a few sets of them on Santa Monica Blvd just east of the 405. (Street View example)

dgolub

Quote from: Eth on August 25, 2013, 01:26:25 PM
There are a few sets of them on Santa Monica Blvd just east of the 405. (Street View example)

That looks more like a service road to a local street.  Here, in New York, there are a few places where that exists in Queens, most notably on Queens Boulevard (NY 25).  However, what I saw in New Jersey on US 9 was a grade-separated interchange with collector/distributor lanes on a road that was not a freeway.

NE2

pre-1945 Florida route log

I accept and respect your identity as long as it's not dumb shit like "identifying as a vaccinated attack helicopter".

Pete from Boston


Truvelo

Speed limits limit life

iwishiwascanadian

Loch Raven Boulevard (MD-542) in Baltimore County, MD has them, so does Cottage Grove Road (CT-218) in Bloomfield, CT. 

roadman65

Quote from: dgolub on August 25, 2013, 11:09:20 AM
A couple of months ago, I was travelling on US 9 in New Jersey and came across collector-distributor lanes, which I thought was interesting because US 9 is not a freeway, expressway, or parkway in the area.  I've never seen that anywhere else before.  Does anyone know of any other places where it happens?
I take you are referring to the US 9/ CR 516 interchange in Old Bridge Township?  You have on the NB side c/d lanes because also Throckmorton Lane/ Ticetown Road have an interchange directly to the south of it, so to prevent weaving it was necessary to do so.
Every day is a winding road, you just got to get used to it.

Sheryl Crowe

Duke87

Oh hell, there are a whole bunch of roads in New York City with a inner/outer roadway setup for at least part of their length. Let's see:

Grand Concourse
Pelham Parkway
Mosholu Parkway
Queens Boulevard
Woodhaven Boulevard
Linden Boulevard
Kings Highway
Ocean Parkway
Eastern Parkway
Adams Street

Then you have Bruckner Boulevard, Van Wyck Boulevard, and Horace Harding Boulevard which historically were like this until their inner roadways were converted to freeways.
If you always take the same road, you will never see anything new.

Ned Weasel

There's a name for the type of road in many of these examples: multiway boulevard.  In fact, there's a whole book about them:

http://www.amazon.com/The-Boulevard-Book-Evolution-Boulevards/dp/0262600587/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1377476091&sr=8-1&keywords=The+Boulevard+Book

The Grand Concourse, Ocean Parkway, Eastern Parkway, and many others from around the world are discussed in great detail in that book.
"I was raised by a cup of coffee." - Strong Bad imitating Homsar

Disclaimer: Views I express are my own and don't reflect any employer or associated entity.