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Originally Posted by La Flames Fan
The worst thing engineers did with Deerfoot is made many of the on and off ramps criss-cross.
The brilliance is blinding.
Let's make a load of cars get on and get off the same short road while trying to get up to 100 km/h.
Memorial, 130th, Anderson/Southland...You look at those roads, and that's where many of the traffic snarls happen. (It also doesn't help that the multi-lane highway widdles down to two lanes at Anderson).
The freeways in Los Angeles for example, while busy, are well engineered. Rarely do you see criss-cross traffic when getting on and off.
Oh, and I suppose we need another couple freeways...
/end rant.
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Maybe it's a Canadian thing. I find Deerfoot is great compared to some of the headaches I've seen elsewhere. The Decarie Expressway in Montreal comes to mind. Not only do the ramps overlap, but the road is down in a trench and you need to get up to the top to reach the intersections. Sounds simple enough, but some of the exit ramps are over a kilometre in advance of the actual road you're trying to reach. If you've never driven it before, it's very easy to miss your exit entirely.