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The High Five in Dallas, Texas.This is a complicated five-level stack interchange, due to the proximity of frontage roads and segregated high-occupancy vehicle lanes.This hybrid design is based on parts of a four-level stack for highways, with a three-level-diamond interchange to handle the frontage roads.
A directional interchange, colloquially known as a stack interchange, is a type of grade-separated junction between two controlled-access highways that allows for free-flowing movement to and from all directions of traffic.
An interchange between a freeway and a minor road where the off-ramp diverges only slightly from the freeway and runs directly across the minor road at an at-grade intersection, becoming an on-ramp that returns to the freeway in similar fashion. Directional interchange. See stack interchange. Distributor road. See collector road
Despite the construction of interchanges smoothing flow, 11 of the top 30 most congested stretches of highway in the U.S. are in Los Angeles. [4] Pregerson Interchange in Los Angeles. Alemany Maze; Dosan Ahn Chang Ho Memorial Interchange; East Los Angeles Interchange; El Toro Y, at convergence of I-405 with I-5, in El Toro, California. This was ...
In Canada, the first precursor with semi-controlled access was The Middle Road between Hamilton and Toronto, which featured a median divider between opposing traffic flow, as well as the nation's first cloverleaf interchange. This highway developed into the Queen Elizabeth Way, which featured a cloverleaf and trumpet interchange when it opened ...
A "mixing bowl" highway interchange between I-96, M-5, I-275, and I-696 in Novi, Michigan, United States. At interchanges, roads pass above or below each other, using grade separation and slip roads. The terms motorway junction and highway interchange typically refer to this layout. They can be further subdivided into those with and without ...
An unlikely destination — the underside of a massive highway interchange in Birmingham, the second largest city in the UK, is rolling out the welcome mat with limited edition walking tours.
The interchange is classified as a system interchange if traffic remains in the highway system, traveling from one controlled-access highway to another, or a service interchange if the interchange serves a local area by allowing travel between a controlled-access highway and a road without access control.