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Post by bdawnb on May 19, 2015 20:52:19 GMT
We are traveling through your beautiful state and I have noticed several times a traffic flow that I am not familiar with and wondered if you could explain the thought behind it.
The best way to describe it is if the traffic is going north and south, the north bound traffic would be on left side of the road and the south bound traffic is on the right whereas normally it is the other way around. We have only seen this on bridges but it is very confusing when you are not used to it and trying to follow GPS instructions when the GPS doesn't have a clue what is going on either.
That's a for an explanation.
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Post by clarencelynn on May 19, 2015 21:20:54 GMT
They are called diverging diamond interchanges. I would like to nickname them the "diamond of death"  They are becoming more popular but definitely need getting used to as a driver. Between DDIs and traffic circles I'm surprised anyone ends up where they expected. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diverging_diamond_interchange |
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Post by Deleted on May 19, 2015 21:22:08 GMT
It is a new bridge design supposed to improve flow and minimize time stopped at a light. I think it was tested in Springfield and they just finished one in Overland Park. The OP one is my exit to work and it freaks me out. My husband thinks it is the greatest.
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Post by quinmm14 on May 19, 2015 21:33:38 GMT
We call them roundabouts here. Well, my dh does. I call them those f#$%ing evil roundabouts! I hate them! I told dh they had to have been invented by a tow truck driver or body shop repairman!
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Post by bdawnb on May 19, 2015 21:56:10 GMT
Thanks for the responses! They were certainly interesting. We wereion the left lanes and needed to be in the right just over the bridge so we had to go down several blocks, tiurn around, go back over the bridge, turn around again, recross the bridge yet again to get to our hotel in Columbia. Glad they haven't made it to the Tulsa area yet, .
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Post by Loydene on May 19, 2015 22:00:04 GMT
roundabouts are different than diverging diamonds. DDI do seem faster to me and not so completely illogical once you've done one a couple of times! I didn't realize that MO was the only state with them .... well, if Overland Park has one -- then Kansas as well!
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Post by librarylady on May 19, 2015 22:22:18 GMT
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Post by Peamac on May 19, 2015 22:28:22 GMT
Huh- maybe that's what happened to us last week on our trip home from the east coast. We ended up driving through Kansas City MO and DH had issues follwing the gps, so we added 30 minutes to our ETA.
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Post by PLurker on May 19, 2015 22:37:11 GMT
We have what are called "roundabouts" here and the diagram in link above is not a roundabout. I don't think I've seen this yet and I have family in Mo. Both would take getting used to.
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Post by Anita on May 20, 2015 0:10:28 GMT
They are crazy, that's what they are. I know of one in Columbia, MO as well.
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Post by holly on May 20, 2015 0:16:58 GMT
We were just in MO visiting my brother and he was talking about the diverging diamonds. We ran across one down in Branson. But he said they have them in Springfield too. They are weird since you are on the wrong side of the street basically. Glad we don't have them in Washington, people have a hard enough time with roundabouts.
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Post by Memo on May 20, 2015 0:18:56 GMT
We now have a couple of those "Michigan Left Turn" lanes in Tucson. I like to avoid them at all costs. |
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Post by scrappyoutlaw on May 20, 2015 0:42:16 GMT
I love the Michigan lefts! I did grow up with them though.  |
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They are becoming more popular but definitely need getting used to as a driver. 
