Interchanges Tutorial
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Interchanges Tutorial
In this thread, I will show you how to make good interchanges and solve traffic.
Motorway to road interchanges
Diamond
Conventional, basic motorway-to-road connection.
Traffic: Little - Middle
Price: Cheap
Land needed: Little
Dumbbell
Halfway between a diamond and a roundabout interchange.
Traffic: Little - Middle
Price: Cheap
Land needed: Middle
Lilo
A junction with no bridges and not much choice if you're on the side road.
Traffic: Little - Heavy
Price: Cheap
Land needed: Little
Roundabout
A sort of a Diamond Interchange. Mostly used in the United Kingdom
Traffic: Little - Heavy
Price: Cheap
Land needed: Little
Folded diamond
A half of a cloverleaf
Traffic: Little - Middle
Price: Cheap
Land needed: Middle
Four ramp partial cloverleaf
A sort of a folded diamond.
Traffic: Little - Middle
Price: Cheap
Land needed: Middle
A9, Exit 4 (Netherlands)
An exit with a parallel road.
Traffic: Little - Middle
Price: Cheap
Land needed: Middle
A7, Exit 9 (Netherlands)
An uncompleted folded diamond.
Traffic: Little - Middle
Price: Cheap
Land needed: Middle
R1, Exit 1 (Belgium)
A mix of a diamond and a cloverleaf interchange.
Traffic: Little - Heavy
Price: Cheap
Land needed: Middle
A1, Exit Centura Bucuresti (Romania)
I dunno what this is.
Traffic: Little - Middle
Price: Middle
Land needed: Middle
Three-way interchanges
Fork
One way on and one way off: a fork in the road.
Traffic: Little - Heavy
Price: Cheap
Land needed: Little
A1, Exit 13 (France)
A interchange normally used for toll.
Traffic: Little - Heavy
Price: Middle
Land needed: Middle
Triangle
Three levels of road, three roads connected, three ways to build it.
Traffic: Little - Heavy
Price: Cheap
Land needed: Middle
Trumpet
The simplest free-flowing three-way connector.
Traffic: Little - Middle
Price: Cheap
Land needed: Middle
A15, Exit 12 (Netherlands)
A difficult interchange to make a road go over the water.
Traffic: Little - Heavy
Price: Middle
Land needed: Little
The Hellegatsplein Interchange (Netherlands)
An Intersection.
Traffic: Little - Middle
Price: Middle
Land needed: Little
Four-way interchanges
Cloverleaf
Four symmetrical loops — it's impossible to miss one.
Traffic: Little - Middle
Price: Middle
Land needed: Middle
The Everdingen Interchange (Netherlands)
A interchange used for special directions.
Traffic: Little - Middle
Price: Little
Land needed: Middle
A4 - A2 Interchange (Macedonia)
A Macedonian interchange.
Traffic: Little - Middle
Price: Middle
Land needed: Middle
R-8 - R-9 Interchange (Phillipines)
A small interchange for a small amount of space.
Traffic: Little - Heavy
Price: Small
Land needed: Small
Partially Unrolled Cloverleaf
A clever improvement on the cloverleaf.
Traffic: Little - Heavy
Price: Middle
Land needed: Lots
A1 - A29 Interchange (France)
A interchange normally used for toll. Can handle lots of traffic.
Traffic: Little - Heavy
Price: Lots
Land needed: Middle
If the traffic is still stuck, you might try using parallel lanes. For example:
The middle lane is for going straight, the parallel lanes for going other directions.
Tips & Tricks
Don't use too many curves,
Don't use interchanges too close to each other,
Try building new highways,
Don't use too many roads.
For now have fun with the interchanges!
Motorway to road interchanges
Diamond
Conventional, basic motorway-to-road connection.
Traffic: Little - Middle
Price: Cheap
Land needed: Little
Dumbbell
Halfway between a diamond and a roundabout interchange.
Traffic: Little - Middle
Price: Cheap
Land needed: Middle
Lilo
A junction with no bridges and not much choice if you're on the side road.
Traffic: Little - Heavy
Price: Cheap
Land needed: Little
Roundabout
A sort of a Diamond Interchange. Mostly used in the United Kingdom
Traffic: Little - Heavy
Price: Cheap
Land needed: Little
Folded diamond
A half of a cloverleaf
Traffic: Little - Middle
Price: Cheap
Land needed: Middle
Four ramp partial cloverleaf
A sort of a folded diamond.
Traffic: Little - Middle
Price: Cheap
Land needed: Middle
A9, Exit 4 (Netherlands)
An exit with a parallel road.
Traffic: Little - Middle
Price: Cheap
Land needed: Middle
A7, Exit 9 (Netherlands)
An uncompleted folded diamond.
Traffic: Little - Middle
Price: Cheap
Land needed: Middle
R1, Exit 1 (Belgium)
A mix of a diamond and a cloverleaf interchange.
Traffic: Little - Heavy
Price: Cheap
Land needed: Middle
A1, Exit Centura Bucuresti (Romania)
I dunno what this is.
Traffic: Little - Middle
Price: Middle
Land needed: Middle
Three-way interchanges
Fork
One way on and one way off: a fork in the road.
Traffic: Little - Heavy
Price: Cheap
Land needed: Little
A1, Exit 13 (France)
A interchange normally used for toll.
Traffic: Little - Heavy
Price: Middle
Land needed: Middle
Triangle
Three levels of road, three roads connected, three ways to build it.
Traffic: Little - Heavy
Price: Cheap
Land needed: Middle
Trumpet
The simplest free-flowing three-way connector.
Traffic: Little - Middle
Price: Cheap
Land needed: Middle
A15, Exit 12 (Netherlands)
A difficult interchange to make a road go over the water.
Traffic: Little - Heavy
Price: Middle
Land needed: Little
The Hellegatsplein Interchange (Netherlands)
An Intersection.
Traffic: Little - Middle
Price: Middle
Land needed: Little
Four-way interchanges
Cloverleaf
Four symmetrical loops — it's impossible to miss one.
Traffic: Little - Middle
Price: Middle
Land needed: Middle
The Everdingen Interchange (Netherlands)
A interchange used for special directions.
Traffic: Little - Middle
Price: Little
Land needed: Middle
A4 - A2 Interchange (Macedonia)
A Macedonian interchange.
Traffic: Little - Middle
Price: Middle
Land needed: Middle
R-8 - R-9 Interchange (Phillipines)
A small interchange for a small amount of space.
Traffic: Little - Heavy
Price: Small
Land needed: Small
Partially Unrolled Cloverleaf
A clever improvement on the cloverleaf.
Traffic: Little - Heavy
Price: Middle
Land needed: Lots
A1 - A29 Interchange (France)
A interchange normally used for toll. Can handle lots of traffic.
Traffic: Little - Heavy
Price: Lots
Land needed: Middle
If the traffic is still stuck, you might try using parallel lanes. For example:
The middle lane is for going straight, the parallel lanes for going other directions.
Tips & Tricks
Don't use too many curves,
Don't use interchanges too close to each other,
Try building new highways,
Don't use too many roads.
For now have fun with the interchanges!
Last edited by Josh on 10 Jun 2017, 21:36, edited 15 times in total.
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Cloverleaf Intersection is going to be very hard to make
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It's not difficult at all, I just did it and it only lasts 1:30 minutes
Price: Médium
Traffic level: Very light
Complexity: Medium
Land required: a little high
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A cloverleaf intersection in jakarta was Freaking busy
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Re: Interchanges Tutorial
This interchange actually works quite well:
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Highway in grey with bridges has two directional green ramps attaching to both sides of the alley in dark blue. You can just use expressway for the greenroad also.
From the highway bridge on top, a car would turn right, reach the bottom, turn left to turn left and go under the bridge or (see alley second chance up) turn around or turn right to turn left to turn right .
From the alley (first chance) a car would turn left to turn right and up then turn right or straight to turn left to turn around.
From the alley (second chance) a car would turn left to turn right and up then turn right to turn left or straight to turn left to turn around.
Bold indicates final or in case of a highway turnaround, another trip through.
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