Interstate 95 Exit 64 / Interstate 695 Exit 33

USA / Maryland / Rossville /
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In this rare and distinctive highway interchange design, the lanes of each highway split and cross one another, so that different directions of entering/exiting traffic could enter/exit from different sides of the road to eliminate X-merging found at more traditional cloverleafs. The problem is that instead of drivers pre-sorting themselves they get confused and have to cross many lanes of traffic for the left-exits and also disrupt traffic flow in the passing lanes.

This type of interchange is officially refereed to as a "Diverging Windmill".

people.brandeis.edu/~kleber/Papers/maps.pdf

www.sciencenews.org/articles/20050604/mathtrek.asp

A Change to this highway is currently in progress. It changes the current interchange to a more American style stacked ramp interchange. The project will also add HOV lanes on I-95.

www.i-95expresstolllanes.com/

Interstate 695, Baltimore Beltway, Essex, Towson
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_F._Kennedy_Memorial_Highway#Expansion_plans
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Coordinates:   39°21'3"N   76°29'44"W

Comments

  • the new ramps look wild!
  • also 1-695 exit 33
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