|
Scroll down for comments:
|
|
40
comments
|
RECENT ARTICLES:
|
Visual Caffeine #8 Visual Caffeine, Issue 8 A thrilling blend of art, myths and technology |
|
Visual Caffeine #7 Visual Caffeine, Issue 7 A thrilling blend of art, myths and technology |
|
Art Deco Imperial Dreams: Art Deco Update Wings, Gears, & Glamorous Ladies |
|
1970s SciFi DRB Pics-of-the-Day Grand Space Adventure 1970s Art |
"Dark Roasted Blend" - All Kinds of Weird and Wonderful Things, Discovered Daily!"
DRB is a top-ranked and respected source for the best in art, travel and fascinating technology, with a highly eclectic presentation. Our in-depth articles in many categories make DRB a valued online magazine, bringing you quality info and entertainment every time you visit the site - About DRB
Connect with us and become part of DRB on Facebook and Twitter.
YOUR COMMENTS::
|
|
|
SF ART & BOOK REVIEWS: Don't miss: The Ultimate Guide to NEW SF&F Writers! Fiction Reviews: Classic Cyberpunk: Extreme Fiction Short Fiction Reviews: Lovecraft's "At the Mountains of Madness" (with pics) New Fiction Reviews: The Surreal Office |
READ OTHER RECENT ARTICLES:
|
Abandoned, Dieselpunk DRB Pic-of-the-Day Abandoned: Streamlined Three-wheeler |
|
Visual Caffeine #6 Visual Caffeine, Issue 6 A thrilling blend of art, myths and technology |
|
Visual Caffeine #5 Visual Caffeine, Issue 5 A thrilling blend of art, myths and technology |
|
Hellish Weather on Other Planets
Wild, Untamed, and Uncut |
|
Medieval Suits of Armor
Metal Body Suits vs. Weapons of Medieval Destruction |
|
World's Strangest Theme Parks
Amusement to the (twisted) extremes! |
|
Enchanting Victorian Fairy Tale Art
"Then world behind and home ahead..." |
|
Adorable Pedal Cars
Collectable Pedal Vehicles Showcase |
|
Japanese Arcades: Gundam Pods & Other Guilty Pleasures These machines have gone up to the next level |
|
Modernist Tallinn Architecture Delicious blend of old and new! |
|
Early Supercomputers: A Visual Overview "Computers in the future may weigh no more than 1.5 tons" |
|
Futuristic Concept Cars of the 1970-80s French, Italian & Japanese rare beauties |
|
Epic 1970s French Space Comic Art DRB Time-Slice: Valérian and Laureline |
|
The Trees Are Escaping! The Abandoned Prison in French Guiana "Great Escape" from the Devil's Island |
|
FULL ARCHIVES (with previews, fast loading): 2022/16 2015/14 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 Link Lattes Feel-Good & Biscotti Issues |
|
CATEGORIES:
Feel-Good! | airplanes | animals | architecture | art | auto | boats | books | cool ads | famous | futurism | food
gadgets | health | japan | internet | link latte | military | music | nature | photo | russia | steampunk
sci-fi & fantasy | signs | space | technology | trains | travel | vintage | weird | abandoned
40 Comments:
Doesn't look "that" bad. Any highway looks complicated from above.
They look pretty from above :)
most are NOT that bad, and actually work if the signage is right.
that moscow situation tho, is REALLY screwed up. i bet a lot of drivers take the "short cut." no doubt, it is an illegal left turn.
Hmm... That seems a little complicated, they should do it the same way as in India:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t9OoitJcNrA
I don't know about you, but that's just about the scariest, most disturbing thing I've ever seen...
I will never ever again complain about botched roundabouts.....
Aside from the difficulties these pose the driver, compare the amount of land used for these intersections compared to the land that is developed with buildings or left green. Infrastructure for private vehicles takes up a massive amount of space.
I knew about this one but forgot the name. It's in England:
http://www.swindonweb.com/life/lifemagi0.htm
I've never done it myself but it's almost worth a trip !
FYI dutchdropper
I have to frequent Swindon on a regular basis and one of my offices is on the other side of the magic roundabout. At first I was daunted about the task of tackling such a monstrosity, but I quickly realised it really works as it has a series of contraflow movements that keep the traffic moving and always give you an opportunity to circumnavigate around it. You can also go loads of different routes through it which boggles the mind sometimes.
Too bad it"s a fake! The last image, the one with "imagebank" in the bottom-right corner, is so obvious for a number or reasons - floating roads with no supports, inconsistent shadown, and for god"s sake, cut-and-rotate 35 degrees-and-paste! The world IS a fkd place, but geez, don"t believe everything you see.
Another view of the supposedly fake interchange.
I found the original photo on imagebanksearch, and this alternate photo on fotosearch. Each photo was taken by a different photographer/group.
Nice view. Looks very tangled and complicated from above.
That one is fake...the interchange has been cut out and pasted over itself at a different angle. Note the lack of shadows and roads going over buildings (which is real in some parts but not in that photo).
LOL..
I interested with the last picture, the cartoon,
and I want to say if all of these idiot would just take the bus, so there will no confusing intersections..
好强的立交桥,呵呵.....彻底崩溃中....
Hence the reason why I avoid larger cities. I'm perfectly fine in my small town ;)
I've found the russian intersection in Google Maps - it is not so compact, but still the image looks convincing.
link
Doesn't look "that" bad. Any highway looks complicated from above
Road traffic accidents interesting video articles
These are the pyramids of our civilization. Those borne in the decades ahead will have something relatively permanent to remember their Fore Fathers and Moms. Perhaps they will understand how hard it is to let go of a steering wheel. A century from today, agriculture may be one of the few reasons people have to go outside.
For those who didn't beleive the Moscow one:
http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=Moscow&ie=UTF8&ll=55.773351,37.551548&spn=0.005998,0.019956&t=h&z=16&om=0
And because I post like an idiot:
http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?
f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=Moscow&ie=UTF8
&ll=55.773351,37.551548&spn=
0.005998,0.019956&t=h&z=16&om=0
Image number 6 is http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gravelly_Hill_Interchange
Well done those engineers!
Many a time I have intended to go south on the M6 only to find myself entering Birmingham instead.
Its too bad that most of those images were just Mix-masters, or at least that is the name I learned for them, basically a system of exits and on-ramps for a road with a lot of traffic flow. I've seen ones about those size in Texas, quite impressive in person, but perfectly comprehensible as long ,as apexalex said, the signs are posted correctly.
Not to say that there aren't some insane intersections that are actual intersections as I think of them (where roads converge around a stop light. There is one that i loath trying to navigate. Its a five point intersection that cuts across a major highway that leads to a residential area on one side, and an even more confusing system of entrances and exits to a shopping center, which is also focused around its own stop light, on the other. There are absolutely no directional signs, lines, or lights and about six ways you could end up going against the flow of traffic, and about three points that you might very well get into an accident. You just have a pick a direction, and pray.
easy, this is hard http://hacjenda24.com.pl/?p=93
I get the sudden urge for a cup of good coffee.
Great post. I wonder, did these people actually get confused while building roads like this? Great pics and a post well done. Which reminds me, I like most of the pics I see here. Nice work!!
Oh my word, I didn't know if I should roll on the floor laughing or shake my head in disgust. Those are definitely engineering MARVELS but they're so confusing and ridiculously useless. Who the heck came up with that? There must have been far simpler ways of doing it – or, at least, rather put a turn off somewhere else. I can't believe those roads even stay solid in the air like that – it looks like they'll fall at any moment!
I would take these "Spaghetti Highways of the West" over the confusing 1 way streets and insane drivers that Boston offers any day
I live within 10 minutes walk from this crossing in Moscow.
In fact, this red line is a result of some routing software developed when the construction of a major Moscow road, the Third Circle, was over.
Though rhere is no left turn indeed, one can drive straight (well, slightly to the left) to the 1st Khoroshevsky Lane, turn back (allowed across almost all the lane) and make a right turn to this very Khoroshevskoye Shosse/Highway at green light.
They don't look as scary as traffic circles.
the junction in moscow.. you could just have turn left, but you have to go round and round and round like that.. i'm so amazed haha.
i hate intersections, though. once you take the wrong way it'd take like hours to go back to the way you should've taken.
The common name for the one in Atlanta is Spaghetti Junction
As I was reading, I was waiting for Highway 6 to appear. You didn't let me down. :)
I think a doctor did a better job on a triple bypass than these road engineers. Perhaps they were on something whilst drawing up the plans.
All those places will became a paradise after you visit India and try to drive with people, pigs, monkeys, cows crossing the roads...
The one in New Zealand has been photoshopped to include about 3 or 4 overpasses... it's not bad at all in real life and shouldn't be in this collection.
Doesn't look "that" bad. Any highway looks complicated from above. They look pretty from above :)
The imagebank one actually did announce itself as "The joys of image manipulation"; however if the NZ one has been altered that is inexcusable, as it purports to be a real image.
I'm glad I don't live in Moscow.
@Rich GK - Gravelly hill is the seventh image, not the sixth. It's also a familiar haunt of mine, I can't say I've always got it right.
Ingenuity or craziness? It's up to us to choose which is it...
It's roads like those that just totally put me off driving! Other drivers are bad enough without monstrous inersections like these!
Post a Comment
<< Home