Abstract: The fact that this 1960's complex makes a perfect swastika is apparently accidental, and unnoticed until Google Earth came around. The Navy now intends to remodel to mask it. Conspiracy theories anyone??...
Abstract: This diverging diamond interchange, the first in Georgia, serves a diverse and vibrant commercial and residential area.
The project is intended to reduce peak hour delays along the Ashford Dunwoody arterial by separating the left and right turning traffic flows at the interchange and eliminating the left turn phases at the signals.
Construction began in September of 2011 and is projected to be complete by September of 2012. The "crossover" of the roadway will be in operation in the spring of 2012
Abstract: This is the first Median U-Turn, or Michigan left, intersection to be built in Utah. Vissim modeling shows that it will reduce future congestion from 2-minutes per vehicle to 26 seconds!
Abstract: This CFI is unique because it excludes the right-turn ramps so that it can fit with minimal need for new right-of-way. These ramps help reduce likelihood that drivers will turn into oncoming traffic.
Abstract: One of the first high-profile CFI's in the nation. Reportedly dropped delay from over 4-minutes per vehicle down to about 1-minute per vehicle.
Abstract: Pearl traffic is split between Spruce and Walnut streets around pedestrian mall, creates split intersection with Broadway and 14th streets. Beautiful example of a mixed-use, pedestrian friendly area that also has great multi-modal access.
Abstract: Calthorpe Associates was the architect for this TCI. It is in a brand new mixed use, high-end setting. There was concern among citizens that it might not function well, but it in fact functions very well and all are pleased.
Abstract: This was the first CFI in Utah, opened in late 2007. UDOT thought it worked so well they have since built about 4-5 more by 2011, and even more are slated for the future.
Abstract: Nature and man worked together to unintentionally make a weapon from Belgium’s lake Schulensmeer. A highway was constructed nearby in 1970’s and the parcels of land brought for it turned the lake into a pistol shape. From www.weirdlyodd.com/ (below)
Abstract: High-Five because 5-levels pass over each other. Some points are as tall as a 12-story building, and about 500,000 commuters pass through it daily. The project required 37 permanent bridges and six temporary bridges to be built. Additionally, 300,000 square feet of retaining wall and 74,000 square feet of drainage pipe run along the interchange. In 2006, the American Public Works Association selected the interchange as one of its "Public Works Projects of the Year."
