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Realistic Full Diamond Interchange (Detroit, Michigan)

This is amazing, I literally just saw this interchange while looking at Detroit on Google Maps and wanted this interchange in my city! Thank you for creating this!

The left-hand exit/entrance ramp are a major reason this real intersection causes so much traffic. I have no idea if works well in the game but I'll have to try it out.

Take a look at this article, it explains the pro and cons of left exit ramps : https://divergingdiamond.com/blog/reconsidering-left-side-ramps-on-freeways/

Also, may I add you to my friend's list? Would be great to have another road geek to compare notes with!

Oh you mean because you have to merge from the left and right at the samre time when the ramps meet at their destination road?

I think it's because left exit/merging are dangerous since slow vehicles have to close all lanes
to get there.

Beautiful work! As a fellow road geek, great job! Just wondering if anyone knows.... What is the REAL difference between a typical 4-level "stack" interchange and a "full diamond" ? The seem very similar. The only difference I can see is, a full diamond is for maximum efficiency. All lefts go left, all rights go right, all thru-traffic goes straight thru. It is a wonder WHY they never seem to build these in real life? They are very rare and it was hard finding any material about them online.

Thanks for this info and your nice comment. I'm interested in those early iconic interchanges, such as LA four level (1953) and Fort Worth Pretzel (1958), MacArthur Maze (1936 and 1955). If you know more of those, let me know. By the way this asset is one of my first interchanges and is pretty old, I'm considering redoing it 1:1 scale.

As a little tidbit of historical trivia: This was the first full freeway-to-freeway interchange built in the United States. Construction was from 1951-53, although for whatever reason the "official" opening wasn't until 1955. The interchange was built by the state and local governments and predated the Federal Interstate system. Originally cloverleaf and rotary/roundabout interchanges were considered, but the cloverleaf was rejected as too dangerous and the rotary was rejected as it wouldn't be able to handle the expected traffic volumes. They eventually settled on the full diamond shown in this beautiful recreation by Pamani.

Thank you :)