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[kphoger]

2025-08-31: What are some lesser-known types of interchanges?

SPRI - single point rural interchange

I'm working on a worse answer for this...

We all know about the Single Point Urban Interchange (SPUI).  And I already mentioned the Single Point Rural Interchange (SPRI), which is rare enough.  But there's one related interchange type that's even less frequently used.

Ladies and gentlemen, allow me to introduce you to the Single Booth Toll Interchange!  Allowing for a full service interchange between two toll roads with just a single bridge a single toll booth, this innovating design affords those toll agencies suffering from a severe funding deficit a more affordable option than traditional interchange designs, as it saves a significant amount of upfront construction cost.  Furthermore, with a single booth toll point, agencies can have the flexibility to retain human toll collection by only needing to staff two or even one employee at any given time.

[1995hoo]

... just a single bridge ....

Are there not more bridges because of the "ramps" (for lack of a better word) having to cross each other? You don't show such in the diagram, so maybe there are traffic lights or stop signs or some such instead?

[jlam]

Ladies and gentlemen, allow me to introduce you to the Single Booth Toll Interchange!  Allowing for a full service interchange between two toll roads with just a single bridge a single toll booth, this innovating design affords those toll agencies suffering from a severe funding deficit a more affordable option than traditional interchange designs, as it saves a significant amount of upfront construction cost.  Furthermore, with a single booth toll point, agencies can have the flexibility to retain human toll collection by only needing to staff two or even one employee at any given time.

And people heading from the south to the west or the north to the east have the opportunity to pass through the booth two times!

[kphoger]

Are there not more bridges because of the "ramps" (for lack of a better word) having to cross each other? You don't show such in the diagram, so maybe there are traffic lights or stop signs or some such instead?

Yes, they're at-grade.  Lights or stop/yield signs as appropriate, depending on the location.

And people heading from the south to the west or the north to the east have the opportunity to pass through the booth two times!

Yes, that was intentional.  After all, if you're using two toll roads, then you should pay two tolls.  This is another cost benefit of the design.  I realized shortly after posting that I'd neglected to require it for the other two movements, but I was too lazy to remove the ramps from my illustration.

[formulanone]

2025-08-31: What are some lesser-known types of interchanges?

SPRI - single point rural interchange

I'm working on a worse answer for this...

We all know about the Single Point Urban Interchange (SPUI).  And I already mentioned the Single Point Rural Interchange (SPRI), which is rare enough.  But there's one related interchange type that's even less frequently used.

Ladies and gentlemen, allow me to introduce you to the Single Booth Toll Interchange!  Allowing for a full service interchange between two toll roads with just a single bridge a single toll booth, this innovating design affords those toll agencies suffering from a severe funding deficit a more affordable option than traditional interchange designs, as it saves a significant amount of upfront construction cost.  Furthermore, with a single booth toll point, agencies can have the flexibility to retain human toll collection by only needing to staff two or even one employee at any given time.

Doctor Heinz Doofenshmirtz
  Memorial Interchange

[Max Rockatansky]

9-3-25:  What are your favorite golf cart roads?

[formulanone]

9-3-25:  What are your favorite golf cart roads?

Brickyard Crossing is a great golf CART road.

[PColumbus73]

9-3-25:  What are your favorite golf cart roads?

TX 130