Interchanges

[Alexi Mecaj]

I am trying to build different styles of highway interchanges and not finding what I need. I have the base game and the bridges and piers add-on. What do I need? How do I measure traffic flow?

[MaxFX]

You can view the traffic flow by opening the info views on the left side of the screen.
In the menu select the 'Traffic' info view. (button with three cars in it)

To build different types of interchanges yourself, all you need are the necessary roads. Besides the roads that come with the game itself, you're probably going to need these: https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2576116047
Or you could subscribe to interchanges so you don't have to build them yourself (but merely place them on flattened ground...) Here's my collection of interchanges. You do not need any mods for them, but for most of them you DO need the Mass Transit DLC: https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2437530104

[Alexi Mecaj]

Thanks! The main trouble I am having is that I can't build the bridges themselves, and the pre-built interchanges aren't showing up. Where would they show up?

[Imhotep]

The game comes with two pre-made interchanges: a three-legged T interchange, and a four-legged Cloverleaf interchange (which is a bit of an obsolete interchange in real life). They're both system interchanges, which means they're highway-to-highway interchanges. (A service interchange would be highway to arterial/smaller road, and the game doesn't come with any premade ones of these).

The interchanges are found in the Intersections tab.

To make one's own interchanges, the only road pieces needed are Highway and Highway Ramp. Then Pg Up and PgDn to raise/lower road.

[Mr. Monday]

Originally posted by dawn.sazan:

Thanks! The main trouble I am having is that I can't build the bridges themselves, and the pre-built interchanges aren't showing up. Where would they show up?

If you've subscribed to interchanges in the Workshop and activated them in the game's Content Manager then they should be appearing in the Interchanges tab of the Road Menu. When you open the Road menu and go from left to right it should be in this order: Two-lane roads, four-lane roads, six-lane roads, highways, interchanges, and the maintenance tab (if you have the DLC for it).