Missouri Interchange Design Sends Drivers to Left Side

This article describes plans to construct the first diverging diamond interchange (DDI) in the U.S. The unusual configuration, approved by the Missouri Department of Transportation for a congested interchange in Kansas City, involves crossing the east- and westbound lanes so that vehicles will be moving on the left side of the road. The more traditional cloverleaf or a single-point interchange was deemed too costly and would disturb the existing highway overpass. The DDI, common in Europe, costs far less and requires less construction. The article includes a design of the proposed interchange.

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• Authors:
  • Hansen, Brett
• Publication Date: 2006-6

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Features: Illustrations;
• Pagination: pp 17-18
• Serial:
  • Civil Engineering
  • Volume: 76
  • Issue Number: 6
  • Publisher: American Society of Civil Engineers
  • ISSN: 0885-7024
  • Serial URL: http://www.pubs.asce.org/ceonline/newce/html

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Interchanges
• Uncontrolled Terms: Diverging diamond interchanges
• Geographic Terms: Kansas City (Missouri)
• Subject Areas: Design; Highways; Pavements; I20: Design and Planning of Transport Infrastructure;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01026429
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: UC Berkeley Transportation Library
• Files: BTRIS, TRIS
• Created Date: Jul 3 2006 7:08AM