OT: Worst Intersection Ever?
four months it is going to be Sashabaw and Waldon at the I-75 interchange in Clarkston. If you live in that area and have not heard, be warned, your life is going to be somewhat complicated this summer. If you are going to a concert at DTE this summer, leave about 3 hours before you plan on getting there and don't plan on getting home until the next morning
The intersection of "My Brain Road" and "Crazy Boulevard"
As an Ann Arbor commuter that has to take Main to and from M-14 daily, the traffic lights on Main St. are absolute garbage. I just take Ashley or First most of the time to avoid them.
Most of the traffic lights in Ann Arbor are garbage
My mother used to say:
Ann Arbor was a test case for UM Civil Engineers. She was especially appreciative - she learned to drive in A2...
Dafuq is that shit...
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Probably all intersections involving this road:
I have seen some curious road names before but that is the first road name I have ever seen that is actually a threat.
For me, I don't know that I've navigated a worse intersection than Seven Corners in VA...
That looks like an Ambrose Burnside battle plan! No wonder the war took four years...
For those who are in Wayne / Oakland County, perhaps you've experienced these -
Wayne and Warren over by Westland Mall BLOWS 24/7. It needs to be about twice the size that it is honestly. The lights are mistimed and if you need to go left onto Warren from Wayne, you'll be waiting a while.
Orchard Lake and Maple is built for a lot of traffic and yet I think there are about 70-80 crashes there a year. Trying to get through that part of the metro area is problematic most of the time anyway. Just a couple miles south of the there, Orchard Lake and 12 Mile, immediately north of I-696 is pretty impossible too.
Ford and Haggerty by Ikea. There are not words for how treacherous that one can get.
I remember when Haggerty was a dirt road getting bussed to Eriksson Elementary when it first opened. I'm getting old.
For the two that effect me on a somewhat regular basis, my vote is the rounabout at State St and Ellsworth (I'd love to wring the neck of the moron who thought that was a good idea), and Huron Pkwy and Washtenaw.
For the worst that I've ever personally driven on, Las Vegas Blvd (the Strip) and Flamingo easily takes the cake.
Market St and College in Wilmington, NC is the worst intersection ever.
Also, I'll just leave this here:
Just up the road from Monkey Junction.
It's College and Oleander you can't do anything right love you
"you can't do anything right love you"
...dad?
Two words -- Magic Roundabout:
Yes, that is a real thing! 5 roundabouts embedded inside a larger clockwise and another counterclockwise roundabout. I've only ventured the "long" way around -- just the perimeter. I've never ventured into the middle.
http://www.gpsdrawing.com/gallery/land/magic_roundabout.htm
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What is the point? So you don't have to go all the way around the circle to go one street to the right?
I think the idea is to avoid a daisy chain of roundabouts... there's a double roundabout -- the exit of one leads directly into another, shortly after coming out of the rental car place at Heathrow. That always effs me up until I get my driving on the wrong side of the road skills back.
You can YouTube it to see some videos on how to navigate the inner portions but I've never tried. I've taken the long way around just to be safe.
but I'm assuming the rules here are relaxed:
I would said Rt. 280 and Corporation Pkwy. People stop in the middle of red light blocking the traffice, too many people jamming in one road on Rt. 280 one miles can last 20 min. wait.
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I lived in Grand Blanc a few years ago and remember a couple areas where there were two 50 mph roads intersecting without any stop sign or traffic light. (Dort Highway was one; I forget the other.) It always seemed incredibly dangerous.
The Place de l'Étoile in Paris, around the Arc de Triomphe, is a fun one to drive:
Twelve roads converging in one convenient location.
