Coolest Interchanges

[Roadsguy]

What's the coolest interchange you know of?

I mean either cool to drive through, or just from the air. Something like two-lane ramps all over, or all the ramps merging into seven lanes.

Stub ends count, though they rarely are...

[Dr Frankenstein]

Turcot (A-15/A-20/A-720) is pretty cool despite its sorry state.

[MBHockey13]

I am sure there are much cooler, but I sort of like doing the exit to Groometown Road from any direction at the I-85/BUS-85/US-29/US-70/I-73/US-421/US-220/FUTURE I-73 interchange. I do it on a regular basis, and the ramps are among the longest I have seen. I have to check my odometer the next time, but I think you can end up doing 2+ miles on ramps before getting to actual Groometown road.

Specifically, look at the movement from I-85 South to Groometown. Long drive, then tight loop at the Y, then another long drive, then a merge with traffic, then another long drive...

Other than the loop, I can do the whole thing while driving about 75+

http://goo.gl/maps/GDHZl

[agentsteel53]

the East LA interchange, specifically taking 5 southbound.  79mph around the 35 advisory curve just after 60 splits off.

note that this can only be done around 2am when the interchange is almost completely empty, and you have every lane at your disposal for maximum turning radius.

[Henry]

Being a Chicago native, this one's a no-brainer: The Circle Interchange! (where I-290 meets I-90/I-94)

[Federal Route Sixty-Nine]

I-605 and I-10 in Baldwin Park, Calif.

[NE2]

US (1)12 and M-52, Clinton, MI: http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&ll=42.076964,-84.012473&spn=0.014525,0.033023&gl=us&t=k&z=16

[Roadsguy]

Forgot to give my own example.

http://goo.gl/maps/tfZgq

Even though it's mid-construction, it's got huge flyovers, and almost all of the ramps are two-lane or more.

[kj3400]

I-95 and I-395 south of downtown Baltimore. I only like it because it's tangled with the MD 295 interchange to the left and the view from the light rail passing under it.

http://goo.gl/maps/s4spj

[Federal Route Sixty-Nine]

US (1)12 and M-52, Clinton, MI: http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&ll=42.076964,-84.012473&spn=0.014525,0.033023&gl=us&t=k&z=16

When are the HOV connectors going in?

[1995hoo]

I am partial to the Springfield Interchange in Virginia, partly because it's impressive to see but more so because it's near my house and so I regularly experience what a massive improvement it's been over the old design (prior to its completion, there were times when I'd start down the ramp onto the Beltway, see the stopped traffic, and cut a u-ie across the gravel area on the left of the ramp to head back and use an alternate route).

In this picture, south is at the top.

[Ian]

The Springfield Interchange in Virginia is definitely cool in my point of view. Here are a few more that I like...

-The former I-95/I-695 interchange northeast of Baltimore
-As Carl said, the Turcot Interchange in Montreal is really cool, despite being in such terrible condition
-The I-90/I-93 "Big Dig" interchange in Boston
-The Bruckner Interchange (I-95/I-278/I-295/I-678/Hutchinson River Parkway) in New York
-The New York Thruway exit 10 (US 9W) circular interchange in South Nyack, NY
-The windmill looking interchange between I-95 and US 6 in Providence
-The I-787 circle stack in Albany, NY
-The mess of ramps between I-95, I-295, I-495, US 202, and DE 141 south of Wilmington, DE
-Most of the interchanges in North Jersey are pretty cool and intricate

[hbelkins]

The interchange of I-70 and I-76 in Bedford County, Pa. 

[Federal Route Sixty-Nine]

Does anyone think the interchange of the Hollywood Freeway and the Harbor/Pasadena Freeway is cool or notable? I do, but I fear I may be the only one. 

[agentsteel53]

Does anyone think the interchange of the Hollywood Freeway and the Harbor/Pasadena Freeway is cool or notable? I do, but I fear I may be the only one. 

you mean the Four-Level?  that's nothing; it's just the first stack interchange on the planet.

[Federal Route Sixty-Nine]

Does anyone think the interchange of the Hollywood Freeway and the Harbor/Pasadena Freeway is cool or notable? I do, but I fear I may be the only one. 

you mean the Four-Level?  that's nothing; it's just the first stack interchange on the planet.

And still functioning in its original configuration after all these years!

[roadman65]

From what I heard was the Four Level interchange in LA.   I have driven through it years ago, but did not pay that close to attention, but the photos show it being cool!

The modified Springfield Interchange in VA is cool from the air.

Then one I saw on approach to Kansas City Airport, was a nice cloverleaf.   I do not know what intersection it was, but it looked cool and it was east of the airport. 

The most amazing is the Woodbridge, NJ tangle at the Garden State Parkway, US 9, NJ 440, and Industrial Avenue with its spaghetti type of setup.  Even a local street (Smith Street) is used as movement from Industrial Avenue to US 9 North and NJ 440 Eastbound.  Almost like a Breezewood, but Industrial Avenue is not a freeway though.

[bugo]

I like driving northbound through the northeastern corner of the Inner Dispersal Loop in Tulsa, the interchange between I-244/US 412 and I-444/US 75.  It's sort of a stack with a bunch of weirdness.

[Takumi]

Another vote for Springfield here.

[deathtopumpkins]

The Springfield Interchange is pretty awesome, and probably my favorite, but there are others I'm also quite fond of, including:

-The Philadelphia Airport interchange on I-95 and PA 291: https://maps.google.com/?ll=39.879774,-75.24725&spn=0.011181,0.026157&t=k&z=16 Airport interchanges are just usually interesting as a general rule.

-Boston's South Bay Interchange between I-93 and I-90: http://goo.gl/maps/av9wB

-And the Logan Airport interchange across the harbor where I-90 ends at Logan International and MA 1A: http://goo.gl/maps/ryULk

-There's not much to the I-93/US 1 interchange, but it's ...interesting. Particularly because it's built over Boston Sand & Gravel and the approach tracks to North Station: http://goo.gl/maps/HPE2Z

-I-195 at MA 79 in Fall River is also pretty neat, mainly because 79 is a double-decker: http://goo.gl/maps/4RL2P

Massachusetts interchanges usually don't really compare to newer interchanges in other states (like the Springfield Interchange), but those are probably the most interesting in the eastern half of the state.

[cpzilliacus]

The Springfield Interchange is certainly worthy of mention here.

But metropolitan Los Angeles probably has the largest collection of "cool" interchanges.

I am especially partial to the interchange of I-110 (Harbor Freeway) and I-105 (Century or Glenn Anderson Freeway), also known as the Judge Harry Pregerson Interchange.

[xcellntbuy]

Interstates 75, 595 and FL 869/Sawgrass Expressway on the western edge of Sunrise, FL in Broward County.  Free-flowing elevated 2- and 3-lane ramps, nearly all of which can be driven comfortably at 70 mph.

[kphoger]

I like the I-355/I-88 interchange outside Chicago, mainly because the two freeways parallel each other for a while.

Then there's the insanely long ramp from eastbound IL-13 to eastbound IL-15 in Belleville, IL, that almost nobody uses.

I was going to post Lower Wacker spilling out onto the Eisenhower, but what's going on there?  What's on the map doesn't jive with my memory.

[mgk920]

The south end of Wacker Drive is being rebuilt, it should be done by the end of the year.  I'm not 100% certain, but from what I am aware of, its interchange at Congress should be in pretty much the same configuration as it was 'before'.

As for Wisconsin, I'd say that the state's coolest interchanges include the Marquette Interchange (US 41/I-43/94/794) and the just rebuilt Mitchell Interchange (US 41/I-43/94/(xx)/894) in Milwaukee and the Wausau Interchange (US 51/WI 29 NW split) in Wausau.

Mike

[JustDrive]

805/8 interchange in San Diego, CA.  I always do freeway speeds regardless of which ramp I take.  And for some reason, I get a kick out of watching the slower cars struggle to go up 805.