Shortest and longest "life" for an interchange

[OCGuy81]

What are some examples of interchanges that have either:

A) Been updated and/or replaced not long into their life, or

B) have gone way way too long without ever being replaced or updated

To give an example of each:

A) The interchange if I-10 and Beltway 8 in Houston was replaced not long into its life. Maybe 10 years??

B) The East LA Interchange has been around for decades without getting much needed upgrades or a replacement.

[jakeroot]

US-36 at McCaslin Blvd in Louisville, Colorado was modified from a diamond, in 2006 to a parclo, and in 2014 to a DDI (8 years).

The 295 at Arundel Mills Blvd in Maryland was built in the early 2000s as a dumbbell interchange, and then converted in 2012 to a DDI (10-11 years).

I'm sure there are shorter intervals, but these stuck out to me (particularly the latter, as roundabouts are new enough that they are seldom removed, even if they're poorly designed).

[thenetwork]

The original "Cloverleaf" on the south side of Cleveland, where OH-17/Granger Road and OH-21/Brecksville Road (Old US-21) has been standing intact since the mid-to-late 40's. 

https://www.google.com/maps/place/Valley+View,+OH/@41.4136412,-81.6409257,314m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m2!3m1!1s0x8830de10af3b839d:0xddc2cb05a0f70465!6m1!1e1

[SidS1045]

A great example of instance B, one that commuters north of Boston curse every day, which should have been reconstructed decades ago:  the I-95/I-93 junction in Woburn and Reading.

[Jardine]

I hope my memory is accurate here, the Honey Creek and the Loveland overpass bridges over I-29 north of Council Bluffs Iowa are original to the Interstate.  They've been resurfaced, the Loveland one has a couple replaced beams from a too tall back hoe that winged it, but the pillars, abutments, most of the structure are original.

I-29 north of CB is one of the older segments of the Interstate ever opened.  1960 as I recall.  The on/off ramps are resurfaced, and the ones from the south side of the Loveland one were relocated to the north side to accomodate I-80N when it was finally built.

(Gawd, hope I remember all that right)  I think 'all' of the bridges on the NB and SB lanes of that section of I-29 have been rebuilt to allow for breakdown lanes, the 2 overpasses being the last remainders of the original interstate.

The Whiting, Sloan and Salix (south of Sioux City) overpasses might be as old or older, but we rarely traveled that way so I would be less sure of that.


another oddity;

The Salix overpass has virtually no dirt hauled in for the approaches, the overpass bridges continue on and go almost down to grade level.  I' don't know in my somewhat limited travels that I've ever seen another overpass like that.

[pianocello]

Marion, IL: I-57 and Morgan Ave went from no interchange to a half-diamond in 2009-2010, and now (2015) they're working on putting a DDI there. This is based on Google Earth's history function, so it's possible the half-diamond was completed and opened even later than that.

[ftballfan]

Some of the interchanges on US-131 through Grand Rapids probably date to when the freeway was originally built through there (especially between Franklin and 36th)

[bing101]

I-5 at CA-14 interchange Sylmar, CA damaged twice in a 23 year gap one in the 1971 quake and the second time in the 1994 quake.

[vtk]

Most interchanges on I-70 and I-71 in the Columbus area are original, and parts of I-71 date to 1959 I think.

When the New Albany Bypass opened circa 2000, did it have a half diamond at Little Turtle Way? If so, it was modified circa 2007, braided with the Sunbury Rd ramps and extended I-270 ramps.

[TheStranger]

In San Francisco, several of today's freeway interchanges date back to the 1950s: Route 1 at Brotherhood Way (the north end of the Junipero Serra Freeway) and Alemany Boulevard, the 80/101 split at the eastern terminus of the Central Freeway (and the one original Central Freeway exit remaining, where US 101 now splits off onto Mission Street/South Van Ness Avenue), the ramps from I-80 east to 7th Street and 4th Street and the ramp from I-80 west to 8th Street.

However, several go back to the 1930s construction of the Bay and Golden Gate Bridges!  The 5th Street westbound offramp/eastbound onramp from I-80 (Exit 2A westbound) is the former US 40/50 surface street routing from 1936 (when the two routes then continued westward on Harrison Street or entered via eastbound Bryant), predating the San Francisco Skyway by nearly two decades.  Though the interchange was slightly reconstructed about 2-3 years ago, the configuration remains pretty much as it was when first built, with access to Harrison Street via the left lanes.
https://goo.gl/maps/iBvjz4vHpCN2

(That interchange got in the news today - photo of a 1960s sign still in use at that junction is in there in fact - http://kron4.com/2015/11/24/chp-finds-man-on-top-of-san-francisco-freeway-sign/ )

In that vein, the ramps from the Bay Bridge to Treasure Island are original to the bridge's construction as well (though the onramp to eastbound I-80 has been slightly reconfigured with the completion of the new eastern span).
https://goo.gl/maps/SovfS36WRPy

Prior to 2012, the Y interchange between US 101 and Marina Boulevard - which was at various times slated to be a possible split between 101 and the unconstructed western portion of Interstate 480 - was the same one that had been built in 1937 as part of the original Doyle Drive approach freeway.  (It has since been converted into a diamond interchange as part of the Presidio Parkway project which opened this year)  While the Route 1/US 101 split has a similar configuration to the original 1937 ramps, the profile and width of the current ramps is very different.

[kurumi]

In Connecticut:

US 5 / CT 15 (Berlin Turnpike) at CT 9/72/372: 4-ramp parclo in 1942; revamped to cloverleaf for CT 72 freeway in 1962; reconstructed again for CT 9 freeway in 1989

CT 15 (Merritt Parkway) / CT 110: constructed in 1940; replaced 7-ramp interchange in 1958; cut back to 5 ramps c. 1998

I think the Berlin Turnpike/9(72) interchange, in the 20 years between 1942 and 1962, has the shortest time between complete reconstructions of an interchange in CT.

Longest life of full interchange: any of the original ones on the 1938 segment of the Merritt Parkway. Longest life of any interchange: US 6/CT 10 or CT 322/CT 10, opening 1932 or 1933.

[GCrites]

Most interchanges on I-70 and I-71 in the Columbus area are original, and parts of I-71 date to 1959 I think.

When the New Albany Bypass opened circa 2000, did it have a half diamond at Little Turtle Way? If so, it was modified circa 2007, braided with the Sunbury Rd ramps and extended I-270 ramps.

Looks like it according to Historic Aerials. I remember it being like that.

[bing101]

CA-480 at bay bridge existed for 30 years until Loma Prieta Quake took that interchange out.


Don't forget CA-110 @ US-101 interchange in Downtown LA its the oldest freeway interchange in the country.

[wanderer2575]

The Salix overpass has virtually no dirt hauled in for the approaches, the overpass bridges continue on and go almost down to grade level.  I' don't know in my somewhat limited travels that I've ever seen another overpass like that.

S'ppose I'm off-topic here, but two or three similar overpasses exist on I-75 in Michigan's Upper Peninsula, such as this one at M-48 near Rudyard.  Note the additional steel structure between every other pair of support columns.  Very strange.
https://www.google.com/maps/@46.2297439,-84.5610373,3a,75y,6.98h,84t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s245_EZpfevJ9WMTaTG64ww!2e0!7i13312!8i6656

[Jardine]

Much appreciate seeing that!

Very similar. 

[noelbotevera]

The Eisenhower Interchange in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.

https://www.google.com/maps/place/Eisenhower+Interchange/@40.2533039,-76.8217546,15z/data=!4m2!3m1!1s0x0:0x41986fb7a9c13ed7

This dates to the early 60's at latest, and late 40's at earliest. It has been left untouched save for repaving and patching. You can tell because I-83 NB has an unfair split to US 322 and I-283, with a single loop ramp continuing north to I-81 (which that interchange is also the same age). In the 2020's however, this will get rehabbed as part of a project to reconstruct Harrisburg's freeways.

[myosh_tino]

CA-480 at bay bridge existed for 30 years until Loma Prieta Quake took that interchange out.

Technically, the Loma Prieta quake severely damaged the Embarcadero Freeway, not the interchange.  When the freeway was torn down, most of the interchange went with it.  The ramp stubs were taken out a few years ago when the western approach was rebuilt.

[MaxConcrete]

The 5-level interchange at I-10 and Beltway 8 in Houston had a life of 19 years before it was dismantled and replaced. My perception is that this was the shortest-lived large-scale interchange in the United States. It was also the first five-level interchange in Texas.

The south side of the interchange opened in 1988 and the north side opened in 1989. It was dismantled in the period 2006-2007, and its replacement (also a five-level interchange) was fully complete in 2008.

The original interchange became obsolete due to the expansion of I-10, now Houston's widest freeway.

Here are photos showing the new ramps being built and the old ramps being demolished
http://houstonfreeways.com/modern/2007-08-26_i10_bw8.aspx

This August 2007 photo shows the new ramps on the right and the old ramps on the left, which were in the process of being demolished


 

[MaxConcrete]

While the I-10/Beltway 8 interchange may hold the record the shortest-lived large-scale interchange, TxDOT is developing plans for a total rebuild of the downtown Houston freeway complex.
http://www.ih45northandmore.com/

Current plans include the demolition of the interchange at I-10 and I-69 (US 59) and  removal of the associated distribution system into downtown Houston. That interchange complex was completed in 2003. So, depending on when that project moves forward, it could set the new record.

[Katavia]

I-40 and I-77 interchange in Statesville for longest (since late 1960s). It's getting replaced right now.

[tradephoric]

I-94 (Edsel Ford) and M-10 (John Lodge) in Detroit was constructed in 1953 and opened in 1955.  According to MDOT, it's the world's first freeway-to-freeway interchange.  Is this really true?

https://www.google.com/maps/@42.35892,-83.0766,1165m/data=!3m1!1e3

[roadman65]

The Eisenhower Interchange in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.

https://www.google.com/maps/place/Eisenhower+Interchange/@40.2533039,-76.8217546,15z/data=!4m2!3m1!1s0x0:0x41986fb7a9c13ed7

This dates to the early 60's at latest, and late 40's at earliest. It has been left untouched save for repaving and patching. You can tell because I-83 NB has an unfair split to US 322 and I-283, with a single loop ramp continuing north to I-81 (which that interchange is also the same age). In the 2020's however, this will get rehabbed as part of a project to reconstruct Harrisburg's freeways.

I do not know about the I-81 and I-83 interchange being that old.  I remember back in 1971 when I went on I-81 for the first time south of Hershey and remembered I-81 was incomplete from I-83 to US 11 at Middlesex.  You had a barricade direct you onto I-83 and then use I-83 to current PA 581.  Then west on PA 581 to US 11 south and rejoin I-81 at Middlesex.

Most of I-83 was US 230 Bypass, but it ended at US 22 (Jonestown Road).

Edit: I actually meant to say most of I-83 north of the Eisenhower Interchange as west of it was not US 230 Bypass.  I was in a hurry leaving the house earlier and never got the chance to write my last sentence like it should be.

[NE2]

I-94 (Edsel Ford) and M-10 (John Lodge) in Detroit was constructed in 1953 and opened in 1955.  According to MDOT, it's the world's first freeway-to-freeway interchange.  Is this really true?

No. NYC has some from the 1930s (e.g. Cross Island/Southern/Belt).

[bandit957]

Some of the interchanges on I-75 in northern Kentucky were around for maybe 30 years before being completely rebuilt. That is just a very, very short life for an interchange. It wasn't even necessary to rebuild them.

[bandit957]

The 5-level interchange at I-10 and Beltway 8 in Houston had a life of 19 years before it was dismantled and replaced. My perception is that this was the shortest-lived large-scale interchange in the United States. It was also the first five-level interchange in Texas.

That is so wasteful.