The Largest Interchange In America #geography

[DavidNightjet]

If you think this is crazy you should see the mess by Newark Airport

[ErmisSouldatos]

99% of civil engineers quit just one lane before they fix traffic

[ThomasPoulin]

Crazy you can fit the entire city of monaco in that interchange

[Lukepuke]

“is massive” *immediately checks comments*

oh theyre fine

[williethomas]

I used to drive that every day for 12 years. The worst part is that if you are anywhere near either the traffic stops and if you are on I-696, there is only 1 exit between them. Orchard Lake rd. The one at 696, US 24 and M-10, there are mostly multiple lanes exits between them. The mixing bowl is in Southfield.
The ones between I-96, I-696, I-275, and M-5 are all freeways. US 24 is a divided highway. Michigan usually had an exit about every mile. But here at the most densely population place in the state, there is 1 effing exit.
The one one in Novi, the big one, is worse only because M-10 travels Northwest, so you are not going to South on M-10 if you are coming from the east. You would have gotten off at Southfield, I-75, or Woodward (M-1).

[dr.woozie]

Here’s another one that’s overlooked in NJ (it’s not one interchange but it’s a massive area): I-287/NJ-440/US-9/US-1/County Route 514/Garden State Parkway/I-95(NJ Turnpike)

[calvinsmith]

Been through both many times. The I-96/I-275/I-696/M-5 is quite easy to get the hang of. You just get in the correct lane ahead of time and away you go.

[Skyfoogle]

what a monumental waste of money. america will never recover from the financial decisions made in the 60s and 70s.

[TeamRAR]

Detroiter here. The 275/696/M-5 interchange is fine since it's so large. Not a good use of land, but fine to navigate.

The mixing bowl feels like an inside out cloverleaf.

[TimEssDub]

Both of those interchanges were built in phases. I have a Michigan state map from 1971 and it shows the first interchange as a "Y" interchange and I-96 was originally slated to follow Grand River Ave.

[BankOnThis]

The "McArthur Maze" in Oakland, (the eastern approach to the Bay Bridge and into SF), and the "East LA Interchange" near Downtown Los Angeles, I believe are bigger.

[xtheloser-rojh]

And to make it even more confusing, there's another mixing bowl where I-495 and I-95 separate outside DC

[erickmartinsmxusca]

The intersections leading to the George Washington Bridge, between the states of NY and NJ, are also quite crazy and confusing, you can get lost even with GPS.

[StevenEveral]

The Orange Crush interchange in Anaheim is quite complex. It's where I-5, CA-22, and CA-57 come together. On top of that, Disneyland, Angel Stadium, and the Honda Center are nearby generating a ton of traffic.

[anthonybranca]

You should look at exit 11 on the New Jersey Turnpike. That's part of what we call the spaghetti bowl. It connects to route 9, the Garden State Parkway, and 440. 440 south becomes 287 north a mile or so up that road. If you take 440 south you go into Staten Island. On the Parkway it's exit 129.

[ryanbone]

The mixing bowl is much more chaotic. The "Lodge" freeway (M10) is six lanes in each direction and runs between the eastbound and westbound lanes of I-696 for a little over a mile. In some cases you may have to merge across all 6 lanes to get to your ramp. But for those who know the area the Lodge is an absolute cheat code to bypass 696 traffic.

[bryanstarkweather]

Golden Glades near Miami I think is the most complicated. It connects i-95, the turnpike, palmetto expressway, 167th street, us 441, sr9, and it even has a railroad going under it. The entire city of Golden Glades is named after it.

[一气周流]

Xizhimen Interchange, Beijing is also quite confusing. Xizhimenwai Avenue right turn to Second Ring Road in Beijing MUST drive the cloverleaf loop ramp three times since the direct right turn ramp is bus only 8a-8p.

[klayVLT]

In the Philippines this will just be connected in a single intersection, no road markings (mostly) no traffic lights (mostly) and no lane configuration, depends on the people, sometimes a 2 lane highway can become 4 lane (or even 6).

[parahax_]

I take both of them all the time. The first one isn’t terribly confusing but I knew it had to be the one of the biggest interchanges. I’ll be on the ramp from 275 to M5 for like a minute straight. The second one is really dumb. Also If you want to get from westbound 696 to US-24, you have to exit onto northbound M-10 and then immediately exit again onto US-24 which is split into 2 separate exits for north and southbound traffic. Very confusing and on top of that, all 3 highways are extremely large and busy. A nightmare during rush hour.