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Originally Posted by Hecate
I disagree about the 59 perimeter interchange. It’s so over built, multiple pointless extra bridges for extra exit lanes that you don’t see anywhere else in the world but here. Why do they do that here? Why does mc Phillips need an entirely separate lane for the exits on the westbound side but not on the eastbound? Doesn’t make any freaking sense. Should have been a simple cloverleaf at 59 with the extra money going to build another interchange at birds hill.
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The 59/101 interchange is fairly standard for two divided roads meeting each other.
A cloverleaf would be a bad design, because it means entering and exiting traffic is weaving. They don't build them anymore because of this reason.
Edit: It looks like the entrance/exit ramp geometry for the north side of 101 is too tight for safe exiting/merging, hence the additional lane for acceleration/deceleration. Given that homes abut the corridor, I suspect limitations in improving that geometry would have been the issue. Perhaps having 59 be undivided through that section so that a parclo could be used might be the better option.