View Full Version : Urban Highways in your City


DanielFigFoz
October 25th, 2010, 03:11 PM
By "Highway", I do not mean "motorway" or "freeway", because that's not what it means, but it can be a motorway.

I mean any large main road, that in this case is important for your City.

Figueira da Foz

http://img697.imageshack.us/img697/1351/2x2infigfoz.jpg

This is a map of 2x2's in Figueira da Foz.
All of them have a speed limit of 50km/h, except 109 and 14.

109:

http://img824.imageshack.us/img824/3958/pict0174a.jpg

http://img513.imageshack.us/img513/4461/lisboaorangehair036.jpg

4

http://img714.imageshack.us/img714/8519/eurovision08pt1039.jpg
3
http://img130.imageshack.us/img130/269/qtsantamaria027.jpg

diablo234
October 25th, 2010, 09:51 PM
Houston: US 59 (Southwest Freeway) one of the busiest freeways in the US
http://www.aaroads.com/texas/us050-099/us-059_n_main_05_096.jpg
http://www.aaroads.com/texas/us050-099/us-059_n_main_03_098.jpg
http://www.aaroads.com/texas/us050-099/us-059_n_sh-288_01_103.jpg

Denver: I-25
http://www.aaroads.com/west/colorado025/i-025_nb_exit_197_03.jpg
http://www.aaroads.com/west/colorado025/i-025_nb_exit_198_01.jpg
http://www.aaroads.com/west/colorado025/i-025_nb_exit_201_02.jpg
http://www.xanterra.com/UserFiles/Image/environment/light%20rail%20subsidy.jpg

setiajie
November 4th, 2010, 04:06 AM
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=61098077&postcount=261

Haljackey
November 4th, 2010, 04:27 AM
Highways in London, Ontario.

Highway 401 (Freeway):
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/Highway_401_from_Wellington_Road_in_London%2C_looking_east_2.jpg/1200px-Highway_401_from_Wellington_Road_in_London%2C_looking_east_2.jpg

Highway 402 (Freeway):
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Highway_402_from_Highway_4_1.JPG/1200px-Highway_402_from_Highway_4_1.JPG

Highbury Avenue (Expressway):
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8d/Highbury_avenue_construction.JPG/1200px-Highbury_avenue_construction.JPG

Veterans Memorial Parkway (Expressway):
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5b/Veterans_Memorial_Parkway%2C_London%2C_Ontario.jpg

Wonderland Road (Arterial)
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Wonderland_Road_Guy_Lombardo_Bridge.jpg/1200px-Wonderland_Road_Guy_Lombardo_Bridge.jpg

Verso
November 4th, 2010, 11:31 AM
^ Are you sure you're in the right thread?

joshsam
November 4th, 2010, 03:31 PM
Brussels:

http://www.standaard.be/Assets/Images_Upload/2009/09/21/BIBU7_GH32FAV2H.1+FBI_AUTO2MET.jpg.275.jpg
http://www.standaard.be/Assets/Images_Upload/2009/09/21/BIBU7_GH32FAV2H.1+FBI_AUTO2MET.jpg.275.jpg

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3007/2636940627_424083f965.jpg?v=0
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3007/2636940627_424083f965.jpg?v=0

http://terzake.canvas.be/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/c_tz_ring_0318.jpg
http://terzake.canvas.be/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/c_tz_ring_0318.jpg

http://www.michelkievits.nl/images/infra/ro1.jpg
http://www.michelkievits.nl/images/infra/ro1.jpg

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_FPIg26Z3nJs/Sa8bLhdlkPI/AAAAAAAACX0/4vc6NVAIgoY/s400/reyerstunnels.jpg
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_FPIg26Z3nJs/Sa8bLhdlkPI/AAAAAAAACX0/4vc6NVAIgoY/s400/reyerstunnels.jpg

http://www.demorgen.be/static/FOTO/pe/1/1/1/media_xl_3861466.jpg?20100907141915
http://www.demorgen.be/static/FOTO/pe/1/1/1/media_xl_3861466.jpg?20100907141915

http://wegen-routes.be/foto/A3-04.jpghttp://wegen-routes.be/foto/A3-04.jpg

http://img518.imageshack.us/img518/3439/brussel4.jpg
http://img518.imageshack.us/img518/3439/brussel4.jpg

Map Guy
November 20th, 2010, 09:20 PM
Perhaps a good example is Coventry's inner ring road, which does a brilliant job of keeping traffic out of the city centre even if it dominates the skyline a little in some places. And to think the council were wanting to demolish part of it!!

I would find some images of it but CBRD has an entire feature including photos and some videos dedicated to it! :lol:

http://www.cbrd.co.uk/indepth/coventryringroad/

ea1969
November 20th, 2010, 10:06 PM
^^
If there were thoughts of demolishing Coventry Ring Road, another council nearby did so in the mid-1990's. I refer to the eastern part of Birmingham Inner Ring Road which was transformed into a series of urban boulevards plus a section only for for buses.

engenx4
November 20th, 2010, 11:17 PM
São Paulo , 23 de Março Road

http://b.imagehost.org/0868/sp531.jpg

http://b.imagehost.org/0802/sp530.jpg

http://d.imagehost.org/0492/sp529.jpg

http://i752.photobucket.com/albums/xx164/CrazyCorinthi/SoPauloGST_4.png
....
Marginal Pinheiro
http://b.imagehost.org/0210/sp13.jpg

Rodoanel leste
http://b.imagehost.org/0782/h3.jpg
SP 280 , west São Paulo
http://d.imagehost.org/0521/in810.jpg
Marginal oeste
http://b.imagehost.org/0471/sp14.jpg
Sp 348
http://d.imagehost.org/0844/tel7.jpg

Rebasepoiss
November 21st, 2010, 11:55 AM
Here are a few pics of Laagna road in Tallinn which is the major road axis within the biggest commieblock suburb of Tallinn - Lasnamäe(pop. 100,000 inhabitants):

http://static.epl.ee/pildid/2009/normal/149727.jpg
From www.epl.ee

http://img93.imageshack.us/img93/9461/p7184793im5.jpg
By echo

http://img104.imageshack.us/img104/3157/p7184799zw0.jpg
By echo

http://img20.imageshack.us/img20/4574/p7184813vd3.jpg
By echo

DanielFigFoz
November 21st, 2010, 02:31 PM
And here is some from my other city, London:

None of these were taken by me
M4:
http://members.cox.net/mkpl/europe/Eng-M4-viaduct-a.jpg

M25 J14:

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3601/3538696031_298bbef554.jpg

A40 Western Avenue (looking East)

http://img405.imageshack.us/img405/1678/a40western.jpg
Further down, here it is called Westway
http://img59.imageshack.us/img59/1844/a40westway.jpg

A3:

In Kingston:

http://img809.imageshack.us/img809/8738/a3kingston.jpg
In Wandsworth:
http://img233.imageshack.us/img233/7782/a3wandsworth.jpg
A1261:
http://img703.imageshack.us/img703/8779/a1261aspenway.jpg

A13:
http://img139.imageshack.us/img139/339/a13newhamway.jpg

seem
November 21st, 2010, 05:10 PM
Urban motorway D1 in our capital and biggest city - Bratislava

pisc from - imhd.sk in bad quality

Why it is called "Prístavný most"/Harbour bridge? ;)
http://www.imhd.zoznam.sk/ba/index.php?img=37624&typ=gm

and they are going to build there another road - R7 :nuts:
http://www.imhd.zoznam.sk/ba/index.php?img=37625&typ=gm

direction Žilina/Košice
http://www.imhd.zoznam.sk/ba/index.php?img=37626&typ=gm

D1 in Bratislava - Petržalka, just 1.5 km to Austrian border and junction with D1
http://img225.imageshack.us/img225/4930/relaxxeinsteinova.jpg

Tego
November 21st, 2010, 08:09 PM
Sofia, Bulgaria - Tsarigradsko Shosse (left - right):

http://img703.imageshack.us/img703/8321/roadjunctionyavorovblvd.jpg

This is the main thoroughfare of Sofia in the southeastern part of the city and main route to Plovdiv and Istanbul. On the picture you can see the junction of Tsarigradsko Shosse, Peyo Yavorov Blvd. (bottom-right part) and Mihai Eminescu Blvd. (top-left part).

TrueBulgarian
November 29th, 2010, 03:38 PM
The recently renovated Brussels Bldv, which connects Tsarigradsko Shosse to Sofia Airport.
Изглежда като първата наистина _добре_ направена отсечка където и да било в България.

http://dnevnik.bg/shimg/zx450gy250_1001405.jpg

http://dnevnik.bg/shimg/zx450gy250_1001406.jpg

http://dnevnik.bg/shimg/zx450gy250_1001411.jpg

http://dnevnik.bg/shimg/zx450gy250_1001413.jpg


Сега остава и естакадата към Терминал 2 да пуснат, ще е супер.