Diverging Diamond Interchange (1 Viewer)

[Tommy]

Supposedly there are 62 of these intersections in service so far. Anyone live near one?

A new intersection design eliminates the dreaded left turn into traffic

http://www.businessinsider.com/diverging-diamond-intersection-is-33-safer-2016-6

 

[jja412]

Have one about 5 miles from the house. While being strange at first, it really does move high volumes of traffic.

 

[Forty4]

We have one here. I don't drive through it often but when I do I still find it odd. But I guess it works.

 

[Chicken Rob]

What happened to the cloverleaf? No left turns and no traffic lights. What am I missing? This seems a step backwards.

 

[k9dr]

There is currently one under construction near me.

 

[bentax1978]

What happened to the cloverleaf? No left turns and no traffic lights. What am I missing? This seems a step backwards.

Cloverleafs don't let you feel British for 30 seconds, so there's that.



BTW, just spent 30 seconds trying to decide if it's cloverleaves or cloverleafs. I apologize to the spelling/grammars gods if I choose poorly.

 

[pltrgyst]

There is currently one under construction near me.

Yeah, about three miles from our house. Great solution for places too cheap or too dumb to put in a full cloverleaf.

 

[BGinGA]

What happened to the cloverleaf? No left turns and no traffic lights. What am I missing? This seems a step backwards.

A full cloverleaf takes up a lot more space, and I'd guess probably costs more.

BTW, just spent 30 seconds trying to decide if it's cloverleaves or cloverleafs. I apologize to the spelling/grammars gods if I choose poorly.

Referring to it in the singular prevents those worries.

 

[chkmte]

The state actually replaced our cloverleaf with this design. It works well, no complaints. Of course, the cloverleaf worked fine too, IMO.