The ButlerAll traffic stops at a Stop sign before entering.
At least that's how it's supposed to work...
Larry Resident Microferroequinologist (at least at my house) Everyone goes home; Safety begins with you My Opinion. Standard Disclaimers Apply. No Expiration Date Come ride the rails with me! There's one thing about humility - the moment you think you've got it, you've lost it...
Murphy Siding I have to risk my life twice a day through a roundabout. To me, it's a mixture of the Keystone Cops movies and a figure 8 demo derby, except now everyone has a cell phone stuck to their face while blindly wizzing around the curve. Personally, I want to see a motorcycle cop parked in those tall, decorative, native grasses that so completely camouflage the darned thing- a cop working on a commision!
I have to risk my life twice a day through a roundabout. To me, it's a mixture of the Keystone Cops movies and a figure 8 demo derby, except now everyone has a cell phone stuck to their face while blindly wizzing around the curve. Personally, I want to see a motorcycle cop parked in those tall, decorative, native grasses that so completely camouflage the darned thing- a cop working on a commision!
All traffic stops at a Stop sign before entering.
METRA's UP Northwest line can be seen in the lower left.
N 42.05371 W 87.91029
James
mudchicken....Called a "braided" interchange. US-36 north of Denver on the Boulder side has a pair.
Carl, a K-rail type divider runs down the center of the bridge.
Here is a video (not mine) on how traffic flows through this type of interchange:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KGowXK911Ds
Thanks to Chris / CopCarSS for my avatar.
We have several here in "the city" and I always approach them with my eyes tightly closed and my teeth gritted. Fortunately, The Driver does neither.
She who has no signature! cinscocom-tmw
CShaveRR I see what they did there. I'd want a high median between those crossed-over lanes, for sure! What method of traffic control do they use at the crossover points?
I see what they did there. I'd want a high median between those crossed-over lanes, for sure! What method of traffic control do they use at the crossover points?
Well, isn't that interesting.
Coulda just done a couple of "Michigan lefts..."
Carl
Railroader Emeritus (practiced railroading for 46 years--and in 2010 I finally got it right!)
CAACSCOCOM--I don't want to behave improperly, so I just won't behave at all. (SM)
Roundabouts have shown up here in rural Missouri over the last ten years. The thing that has caused a lot of confusion is the left hand bridge running over US67 seen here: N 37.77178 W 90.44518
This one gets the truck traffic from CSX's North Baltimore intermodal facility...
N 41 10' 24" W 83 40' 45"
Last month enroute to Door Cty WI, I missed my normal exit from I43 and wound up on Wis 310 and encountered three roundabouts in a row. Heres the East one.
It was faster than a complete stop but there is little traffic there.
Remember, "Blessed are those who go around in circles as they shall be called BIG WHEELS"
afternoon
Ns had a westbound frieght go by when I left work.Chores to do here at home.There is a round-about in North Baltimore.The signs have been whacked a few times from what I have seen.
stay safe
Joe
Deshler Ohio-crossroads of the B&O Matt eats your fries.YUM! Clinton st viaduct undefeated against too tall trucks!!!(voted to be called the "Clinton St. can opener").
Near Brighton, MI there are two round-a-bouts so close together one could easly wind up going the wrong way on the freeway. Gotta pay close attention there.
Norm
Tree,there is a tourist torment (roundabout) here in Malfunction Jct.The yield signs are just for looks and often smashed flat and more often the roundabout is a merry go round for people who like to go in circles. All the info signs are in san scrit.
Y6bs evergreen in my mind
Some people swear by them, most people swear at them. The rotaries seem to have come into favor in western Michgan over the past several years (we regularly encounter three of them...two of the three actually replaced traffic lights. Now they've put one in front of the high school in Glen Ellyn.The ones we encounter in Michigan have now survived a couple of winters. Indiana has a few of them in the snow belt. Some of them, at problematic intersections where there isn't too much traffic and only one lane goes around the circle, seem to be an improvement (the one up near our cottage in Michigan is actually a win). It's also fun to watch big trucks negotiate some of these...Glen Ellyn might have to outlaw trucks.
Rotary--isn't that a club?
On the same trip on which I drove out of Boston--without fighting a rotary, I did drive in one in one of the villages west of Boston. We left the car in Nashua and rode a bus back to Boston.
Surely, if you have driven in Bedlam-on-the-Potomac, you have had the same experience in driving around the areas which were set aside to provide spaces for placing cannon in case the Capital was invaded. I do not know which is worse--the circles or the squares, which have many streets focused on each one. They are quite annoying when you are trying to meet a deadline for turning your rented car in.
Johnny
tree68 You haven't driven in New England unless you've been through a "rotary..."
You haven't driven in New England unless you've been through a "rotary..."
Sheboygan, WI - within about 1/2 mile - 3 round-a-bouts - one on the East side of a N/S Interstate for the exit/entrance & through traffic; one on the West Side for the same functions; the 3rd one was for a cross street that served at Walmart shopping center - I got dizzy!
43°47'46.57" N 87°45'54.66" W
Never too old to have a happy childhood!
New Orleans used to have several traffic circles, but back in the '50's they replaced all but one with regular intersections to expedite traffic flow. Lately they are talking about putting in "roundabouts."
I spent some time in New Jersey back in the '70's and '80's and noticed they had traffic circles on some heavily trafficed roads, but they were of fairly large diameter so traffic could move pretty fast through them. In fact, I figured the local rule was that whoever hit the circle the fastest had the right-of-way.
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"A stranger's just a friend you ain't met yet." --- Dave Gardner
mudchicken JoeKoh City officials insist on a round-a -bout where the citizens are asking for a traffic light.Things getting warm in city hall.Don't live in town but know the location and buisness owner at the intersection. Joe Happy New Stupid Zone! (betcha they don't want to buy additional R/W either, so the radius will be tight.- Get a ringside seat after the first snow/ice storm.)
JoeKoh City officials insist on a round-a -bout where the citizens are asking for a traffic light.Things getting warm in city hall.Don't live in town but know the location and buisness owner at the intersection. Joe
City officials insist on a round-a -bout where the citizens are asking for a traffic light.Things getting warm in city hall.Don't live in town but know the location and buisness owner at the intersection.
Happy New Stupid Zone! (betcha they don't want to buy additional R/W either, so the radius will be tight.- Get a ringside seat after the first snow/ice storm.)
The city of Utica put in a small roundabout on the main drag. They had to make sure the curbs were low enough that bigger trucks (including fire apparatus) could get through...
Mookie Johnny - are you working toward another Amtrak trip as soon as you can escape the torture chamber?
Johnny - are you working toward another Amtrak trip as soon as you can escape the torture chamber?
mudchicken PDN & Zugster might want to be on the lookout next week for an errant dirty bird in their backyard. Mooks will have the net out on Sunday morning. (Staying away from 777's until they quit torching the turbines.)
PDN & Zugster might want to be on the lookout next week for an errant dirty bird in their backyard. Mooks will have the net out on Sunday morning. (Staying away from 777's until they quit torching the turbines.)
evening
Weather getting better.City officials insist on a round-a -bout where the citizens are asking for a traffic light.Things getting warm in city hall.Don't live in town but know the location and buisness owner at the intersection.Ns was clear when I left work.Time to take Matt to confirmation class.
I learned recently where all the new clotheshangers come from: the socks that you lose in the laundry and cannot find are metamorphosed into coat hangers and then appear in your clothes closet.
For the past nine days I have been in the same skilled nursing facility that put me back on my feet three years ago; the torturers physical/occupational therapists are doing a good job in their torture chamber gym in getting me back on my feet.
We have 2 - one for kitchen items and one for repairs (pliers, screwdrivers, etc) I cleaned both out a few months ago and find they are related to clothes hangers - shut the door/drawers and all multiply!
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