URBAN INTERCHANGE MOVES MORE TRAFFIC IN SAME SPACE

The urban-interchange design is a derivative of diamond interchanges. It moves more traffic through the interchange because it is arranged so left turns can be made simultaneously by traffic moving in opposite directions. Vehicles do not have to stop twice as they do many times on diamond interchanges. The urban interchange handles more traffic than a diamond interchange without taking up the amount of right-of-way needed to accommodate a higher-volume cloverleaf. This article discusses the urban interchange that is planned for the intersection of Eucalyptus Avenue and future Interstate 215, designed to run through Riverside, California. Groundbreaking is scheduled for 1990 and the intersection should enter service in 1992. The design will handle 6500 to 7100 vehicles in peak traffic.

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  Cahners Publishing Company

  275 Washington Street
  Newton, MA  United States  02158-1630
• Publication Date: 1989-7

Media Info

• Features: Figures; Photos;
• Pagination: p. 52-53
• Serial:
  • Highways and Heavy Construction
  • Volume: 132
  • Issue Number: 8
  • Publisher: Cahners Publishing Company
  • ISSN: 0362-0506

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Design; Highway capacity; Interchanges; Left turns; Programming (Planning); Right of way (Land); Urban highways
• Old TRIS Terms: Urban interchanges
• Subject Areas: Design; Highways; Planning and Forecasting; I21: Planning of Transport Infrastructure;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00485751
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jul 31 1989 12:00AM