Comparative Space Saving Highway Interchange Design

Dr. Lane Ranger¹ and Dr. Mercedes Park² 

¹ Department of Post-Jungian Road Studies Cranberry-Lemon University, Pittsburgh, PA, USA

² Director of the Center for Asphalt Excellence Cranberry-Lemon University, Pittsburgh, PA, USA

Abstract

The vast majority of American Highways, on/off ramps, and interchanges have been designed for 1950s automobile technology and construction techniques only consisting of concrete and rebar. Due to the advent of cars with some ‘Get Up and Go’ for cool dads and even cooler stepmom’s, the large horizontal-overpass interchanges are now unnecessary, particularly with the raw acceleration power of the electric vehicle. These traditional interchange designs not only take up too much space in an urbanized world, but they create endless traffic. This paper proposes and tests four alternative interchange designs to include a Hot-Wheels style vertical loop, an adaption of an MC Escher Drawing, a Mobius Strip, and an interdimensional portal. The study found that the new interchanges destroyed 99% of the vehicles and the technology will likely require a some maturation process before being integrated into a modern highway.

Keywords:   Civil Engineering, Highways, Construction, Interchanges, Topology, Interdimensional Travel, M.C. Escher

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