15 Craziest Intersections in the World

[@duramirez]

City Skyline users eagerly taking notes 📝 😆

[@tortillawrapper5454]

Yup just bought myself cs 2 haha!

[@Nirvan1234]

Was gonna say this looks like things I make in cities skyline

[@duramirez]

@@Nirvan1234 fr fr 😆

[@BaconStopMotion]

real

[@captainmat111]

I got this video in my recommendations because I watch CS 2 on youtube.

[@PlayTimeVX]

Who came here also for Cities skylines 2 interchange ideas??? 😅

[@cleene]

The first one is that one intersection without traffic lights without any crashes

[@NiekNooijens]

"large capacity roads have to be built to accommodate our growing population" No! Roads are literally the most inefficient way of transportation. I look at all of these intersections and god... JUST BUILD A TRAIN!

[@gabrielmahutasoit8953]

how about... triple double track?

[@ericdary8041]

I like to think that Hachiko finally met his/her master and together they walked home after the dog died. 🐶

[@creech444]

How is Atlanta's Spaghetti Juntion (I-85 & I-285) not on the list?

[@musicartguy1]

agreed!

[@sajk1082]

That’s the first one that came to mind when I saw this video.

[@grillgod2002]

My question exactly. ATL's spaghetti junction is a real pain in the arse when they get stoopid there.

[@RoosterFire]

Right. I thought of Atlanta too. Or DC'S Mixing Bowl

[@JS-jh4cy]

Not big enough fuck cluster?

[@SkiBumMSP]

I am actually kinda surprised the Springfield Mixing Bowl just south of Washington, D.C. also did not get a mention. That is where I-95, I-395, and I-495 all come together, not to mention the exit to get to Springfield/Franconia is also right there.

[@michaelrogers1066]

Can confirm. I live a few minutes from this intersection and the locals call it “the mixing bowl”

[@theviolentunicorns]

"The High Five interchange has been proven to be a major success" he says, showing footage of half the intersection at a near standstill

[@Dirtboxhor]

Takes "I took the wrong exit" to another level.

[@Silverhornet81]

The High 5 was backed up from the day it opened, and now they are widening 635 to 12 lanes to handle increased traffic, and the feeder ramp merges are always backed up. It went from stopped traffic on 3 levels to stopped traffic on 5 levels.

[@czechmatebro]

that is what we call induced demand

[@AyeCarumba221]

I believe you. Where does it all end? I’ve used the Dallas example of a 24 lane highway to demonstrate the insanity of mans thinking. What’s next? 30 lanes? Then 50. And so on. Use birth control people. THAT is the ONLY answer.

[@mbrant4973]

The moment the new I-635 reconstruction opens from 75 to I-30 it will already be obsolete. Thankfully there are tolled express lanes that can help bypass traffic on I-635 albeit insanely expensive at times as the toll changes based on traffic conditions.

[@shadowdragon851]

@@czechmatebrono that’s what you call population growth

[@czechmatebro]

@@shadowdragon851 Well, then how is it possible that cities in other developed parts of the world are also growing and don't have as many problems with traffic? Maybe because there are other types of transport and we don't force everyone to drive cars.

[@garymiller5937]

Absolutely nuts! Only the locals should ever attempt those interchanges. 😊

[@ciujo]

On purposely done.

[@KeepSmiling447]

I damn sure would not!

[@themiltonguy4530]

LOL "Times Square or New York". Both are awesome!

[@brianwl]

Truth is, these interchanges were designed by helicopter pilots with a sense of humor.😂

[@shannonparkhill5557]

"large capacity roads HAVE TO be built in order to...." but, no they don't, and the results of this thinking are horrible and the most inefficient imaginable. Instead, just keep building rail until medium and low capacity roads work just fine. Rail is waaaay more efficient and should always be the first choice. Its usually a grave error when we do otherwise.

[@gushinsussin]

🤓

[@marco-ls9fm]

That abomination of a tumbnail is literally me in Cities Skylines

[@pattaccone]

20:07 this looks like spaghetti from a crappy restaurant The previous one looked like spaghetti from a good restaurant 😂

[@cadillacdeville5828]

I'm getting anxiety just watching the video

[@DrKuryakin]

makes me wanna play city skylines again

[@stephenjohnson6407]

These are all so gross... So much wasted space to permit car dependantcy.

[@escKeeb]

Every cities skylines player: isn't that normal?

[@DaijDjan]

The Laguna Garzon Bridge should totally be called the "rule of cool bridge", then 😂

[@oldandletdown7464]

This should be just any road in Cambodia 🤣🤣

[@KeepSmiling447]

😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@oliviernoir6669]

French roundabouts work the same way as everywhere else in the world - you have to give way to the cars inside the roundabout. The Arc de Triomphe roundabout is an exception.

[@bdemaree]

Half of your footage of the High 5 in Dallas is the wrong interchange.

[@timelessmusicfamilymusic9175]

The high 5 is about 10 miles north of Dallas on 75 & 635. Then you have downtown by Reunion Tower 30 & E35. They are 2 different intersections.

[@philshifley4731]

Ethiopia just needs to start caring and build good roads.

[@mikeduff4728]

imagine trying to build up infrastructure without oil and gas

[@Teddystergaard]

Top Fives doing a top 15. Somebody cannot count.

[@maryloulindquist7453]

Fascinating... and GREAT photography 📸.

[@PascalGienger]

In France on roundabouts the feeder road traffic has NOT the right of way. There are exemptions like the huge one you mentioned but the roundabout sign clearly has "the traffic inside the roundabout has priority". The Arc the triomphe one does not have roundabout signage. So its right before left - hence the feeder traffic has the right of way

[@bigc1280]

Kelly Square in Worcester MA should get a mention.

[@kandianderson9830]

It’s been years since I’ve driven there and it still gives me anxiety

[@princeofdeath7696]

Without watching the Video I already know that DFW will be on this list. The interstate system in the area is insane.

[@everythinggame5]

More roads will never mean less traffic the us will never seem to figure out how this works but when you are built for cars there will be more cars its not rocket science

[@carmenl163]

Paris has had traffic congestion for centuries. The roads between Paris and Versailles in the 17th century were always full of horse carriages, leading to a four-lane traffic jam.

[@bradhorine1770]

When discussing the High Five Interchange in Dallas (Interstate 635 and US 75), most of the footage is instead of the Downtown Horseshoe (Interstates 35E, 30, 45, US 75, and Woodall Rogers Fwy).

[@matthewshoemake8323]

Yes, the High-5 is at I-635 and US 75. Most of the footage shown in the High-5 section is not of the High-5 at all but rather highways surrounding downtown Dallas.

[@Brian-Hatten]

That's cool. Jacksonville ranked #3. Born and raised here and it's crazy to think what it used to look like before 295 wrapped all the way around the city.

[@joebloggs396]

Well it's an American, so plenty of American examples used.

[@grillgod2002]

When did 295 "wrap" all the way around Jayville? Lived there in '84/'85, and 295 started one mile south of US1, over across the Buckman bridge and on north to link back up with I-95 approx. 3 mile north of town. Only went around the west side of jax.

[@mmi16]

@@grillgod2002 295 has been a complete loop around Jacksonville for a decade or more

[@igorkeser9716]

After solving Gibraltar runaway problem the only one such crossing left in the world is at city of Zadar airport in Croatia, EU.

[@cagamesandvlogs]

The magic roundabout in Swindon looks very confusing to drive on

[@danielobrien1571]

How long do you keep your hair? I admire ladies that grow theirs luxurious lengths, describe it and how it looks?

[@danmccarthy4700]

That Meskel Square intersection is triggering my anxiety just looking at it.

[@juneyshu6197]

This channel has real footage and good writing and narration. I dropped 2 of my other "tops channels rec3ntly cause they got cheap."

[@TedApelt]

The only time I have ever seen anything like your first one in Ethiopia was when I came home from a shelter after hurricane Irma, and traffic lights were out on an intersection of two eight lane roads with double left turn lanes. The scene was a lot like what is on the video.

[@jackmag4056]

This is why I never hire a car when abroad

[@sunilskingtechnique399]

Nice pic dear 🤩

[@DrivermanO]

At 1.59, you say presence of signage. Surely its absence, going by what follows? Anyway, evrything else good. I hve used the Magic Roundabout in Swindon a few times, and this the first time I've understood it! Very clear explanation, well done!

[@Mladjasmilic]

Mostar interchange in Belgrade is example how to make a connection between 3 boulevards, a motorway and integrate parking lot into a interchange. It has 1 traffic light.

[@SeroxPlayZ]

it^s intressting how different countries handle Traffics

[@dioniciotorres4290]

I get dizzy looking at some of these

[@danielmosley4104]

Love that the magic roundabout is here - I had to do this on my driving test!!!!

[@alexcho3756]

You made me install City Skyline again.

[@robertobradford3968]

What makes number 12 an even more daunting challenge is the number of Asian drivers on it. 😬

[@robertallison9653]

Awesome video!

[@philipmcdonagh1094]

You humans just get more entertaining by the day.

[@ChainsawFPV]

All the chaos that is these intersections, and very rarely an accident. I live in a tiny town with 1 traffic light, and there is constantly accidents. Lol There may be something behind the idea of no lights or signs..........

[@davidconner-shover51]

Something to be said about that, the next town over had someone demand a 4 way stop on the main drag for years, claiming it was dangerous. nary an accident in decades in that town. The stop signs went in, and there were 4 deadly accidents within 6 months of it's installation. The demander came close to dying in one wreck. Needless to say, the stop signs went away in 9 months

[@MofoMan2000]

Some real eyesores here.

[@ainsleyfrastructurekpopmashups]

17:40 - in Mountain province, between Cordillera, and Bontoc-Banaue-Nueva Vizcaya Expressway, there is a chance that a interchange similar to Qianchun interchange will be built, possible location of interchange similar to this: in Sierra Madre Mountains, or in Cordillera Mountains.

[@SuperMagster101]

Wanna talk about crazy intersections in Dallas? There’s I35E and I30. That part of Dallas is extremely confusing!

[@mikeygallos5000]

This intersection is crazy. In the same area as I-35E and I-30, other major roads also connect including I-45 and Hwy 75. Hwy 366 is used to connect all 4 major highways. There is even a city park built over the stretch of road that features a children's water park area, Klyde Warren Park.

[@Cerberus3434]

Shibuya Crossing was also in Resident Evil: Afterlife, Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift, and Jumper. It's probably been in other movies. These are just the ones that come to mind when I seen Shibuya Crossing in the video. I also learned some new information about Shibuya Crossing from the video thx.

[@jimpern]

Most of these are motorway/freeway interchanges. Two intersections in city downtowns that involved multiple streets coming together were Confusion Corner in Stuart, FL and The Octopus in Ithaca, NY, both of which I had the pleasure of negotiating. Thankfully, both were redesigned to make them rather less daunting, mainly by splitting each one into two.

[@ncard00]

And they’re probably all in the US… they seriously need bicycle infrastructure and public transit more than anybody else.

[@christianbarnay2499]

23:00 There's a huge mistake. Almost all roundabouts in France are with priority to the vehicles circulating on the ring. Roundabouts with priority to vehicles entering are a local exception that only exist in Paris and its suburbs. Also the Arc de Triomphe is absolutely not in the center of Paris. And insurance companies don't charge extra for going around it. This is ridiculous.

[@hermera4544]

just curious, what is the benefit to prioritize entering traffic flow?

[@christianbarnay2499]

@@hermera4544 The benefit is to avoid an entry being locked because of a continuous flow with no gaps because no vehicle is exiting at that location. Prioritizing the entry flow encourages the traffic in the ring to migrate to inner lanes, giving room on the outer lane for entering vehicles. There are of course other issues but in a very dense traffic area like Paris it is an acceptable compromise.

[@merlinoner]

I love the Uruguayan bridge :)

[@cltransler]

The Maze in the SF Bay Area has five freeways coming together, which can be incredibly chaotic if you're not used to it. I'm surprised it's not on the list.

[@travist.7279]

#3: Amarillo, Texas also has a turbine-style interchange---the junction of I-40 and I-27. However, the one in Amarillo is built on a much smaller footprint. This leads to the curves being much tighter, and it can be quite nerve-wracking to drive. There have been calls to replace it with a conventional stack interchange.

[@ainsleyfrastructurekpopmashups]

Yes, in our country, it has 2 cloverleaf interchanges, but additional ones are coming in the future, like: CLLEX, and NLEX East will have more unique Cloverleaf style interchange somewhere in Cabanatuan city, this interchange can be either like High 5 in Dallas, or Cloverleaf interchange.

[@DeaconG1959]

There's also one in Charlotte at the intersection of I-485 and I-77 on the north side.

[@chuckinhouston9952]

Been through that one many times - it’s a little scary if you’re not paying attention.

[@adeejinnz]

Shibuya crossing is busy but safe. It is very well controlled. I have crossed several times as a tourist.

[@nickbrutanna9973]

The thing is, the USA has largely abandoned full cloverleafs. The nature of the issue is that the on-ramp leaf dumps accelerating traffic right at the same point where exiting traffic is slowing down to get into the off-ramp leaf. Accidents increase as a result. I only knew of one full four-leaf clover, which used to be located in WPB, FL, but it has since been redesigned to no longer work like that. Now it has traffic lights like most of them. I'm more interested in the "Double Diamond" setup, which is an interesting variant. I've seen it in a couple places.

[@SonofTiamat]

We have a clover leaf in Salt Lake City where the I-215 and the 201 meet. Don't know if it's like what you have in mind, but SLC has well designed freeways and highways on the whole

[@user-pd5qz2vt2c]

Live in suburban Detroit where they have rebuilt three main intersections between the freeway and surface roads as double diamonds. It took some getting used to but seem far safer and quicker to use.

[@darylcheshire1618]

In Melbourne we only have St Kilda Junction which is not that complex, at least it includes tram lines.

[@Madmun357]

Neat video.

[@christianbechhenriksen898]

In the Farao Island there is an underwater roundabout. Maybe you should check their tunnel network.

[@mikefirth9654]

The Dallas high five video correctly identifies its location, but in the middle of that when the physical description is going on, the video actually shows a completely different interchange miles away at downtown Dallas. It can be identified with the globe topped tower of Reunion Tower shown in the video.

[@mikeygallos5000]

Yes. I live near Dallas. This part of the video confused me. I was begging to wonder if they counted the I-30, I-35E, I-45, Hwy 75 connections in downtown Dallas as part of the Hi-5 project even though they are in two completely parts of the city. Maybe they just put the downtown shots because many people identify Dallas when they see the globe shaped Reunion Tower.

[@paolaaceballos7301]

Honorable mention for the I-595, S SR-7, And Florida’s Turnpike in florida

[@mikadeksjur653]

Cities skylines noobs be like:

[@bob456fk6]

Ethiopia has everyone beat in this regard ! I live in Dallas and I'm glad I can find my way around on other streets when I miss an exit on the High-5. 🙂

[@katietreadwell4773]

It’d be nice if you actually showed footage of the High Five while talking about it. It is nowhere near downtown Dallas, or Arlington, which is most of the Dallas intersections shown. They finished it way ahead of schedule, but it still sucks. Still bottlenecks at every part of it.

[@aar.15d]

YUHHHHH DALLAS REPRESENTATION also yeah, there is a lot of traffic at this intersection, but these days 635 has traffic all the time.. so much construction right now!!

[@usakousa]

Cars have to cross the runway to get to the airport terminal at Sumburgh in Shetlands too.

[@A92CB7]

I live in LA right near that interchange of the 105 and 110🎉🎉🎉

[@prplt]

23:11 on the vast majority of roundabouts in France the traffic that enters the roundabout has a yield sign and has to give way, it's only when there are no signs that they have the right of way

[@georgewilliams8357]

Is the Spaghetti Junction freeway intersection from Atlanta Georgia mentioned in this clip?

[@darylcheshire1618]

In Wynyard, Tasmania, there was a railway that ran across an airstrip of a small town, there were not many trains or planes and I think the railway is closed now.

[@nathanaelculver5308]

I used to travel the Nanpu interchange and bridge daily on my commute. Going up to the bridge was a no-brained. But spiraling down it was often easy to miss your exit if you weren’t paying attention.

[@mikeklinger1712]

Maintenance on things like the high five has to be a real challenge 😂

[@JoshCartman]

Oh wow I totally called that circle bridge. I actually thought, well that looks cool! Apparently just like the architect.

[@gregfaris6959]

I drive the Charles de Gaulle Etoile (Arc de Triomphe) daily and it is not that difficult. It respects the rule that governs all road traffic in France, which is that you yield to traffic on your right, which explains why traffic IN the circle must yield to traffic entering the circle. This is not difficult in practice, the major difficulty being EXITING the roundabout, which must be planned ahead of time. But int the worst of cases, you simply go around one more time. Despite popular mythology, there are very rarely any accidents in this interchange, and NO, there is definitely no "rule" by insurance companies forbidding its use. I have driven it daily for over 20 years, and have "maybe" seen one or two minor fender-benders there.

[@rich7447]

The intersection at 8:33 is not the high five. It is the intersection of I30 and I35 just west of downtown Dallas (Reunion Ball gives it away). The High Five is North and slightly East of downtown near Richardson just north of Medical City Hospital.

[@aethergaming7934]

These intersections are built different, literally

[@blessedslave]

Killed the pronunciation with the Chennai one.

[@NocturnalPyro]

2:11 we have that in Denmark too, however it's in the form of crossing over the green light on some intersections, it forces people to pay attention.

[@juneyshu6197]

We were taught to catch the drivers eye when crossing the street. Not ignore em and act cool.

[@user-uz1si3fu1i]

Very good 😊

[@estebanmorales6487]

I'm going to have nightmares after watching this...

[@senlanguna]

Taiwan Wugu Interchange( 五股交流道 ), intersection of 5 expressways, National Highway No. 1, National Highway Wu-yang Viaduct, Provincial Highway No.1 Viaduct, Expressway No.64 and No.65, with a daily traffic volume of 250,000 vehicles.

[@SirDeanosity]

That one in China is my favorite...Hot Wheels gone wild.

[@seancarson7103]

Is this Charlie sheen it sure sounds like him regardless of the drama that man has had that man has stared in some damn good shows and good movies too.and he is a very funny person.the man comes from talent and I hope the best for him.

[@gilgabro420]

Crazy... How about some public transport instead?

[@pizzaipinya2442]

Didn't expect to see the Nus de ls Trinitat here!

[@Sc00terNut]

I can attest to the size of the Hi-Five interchange. It looks huge and confusing.

[@cwf1701]

another one that should get a mention is the interchange of I-96/I-275/I-696/M-5 in Novi Michigan.

[@TheStevewhelan]

The Swindon Magic Roundabout is a small one compaired to the 7 way MR in Hemel Hempstead.

[@cdcdrr]

L.A. Intersection: named after a judge. Fitting, because that thing looks like a crime against motorists.

[@iteerrex8166]

All of them are crazy because of engineering and navigating, but this one 0:18 is crazy, cause it was designed by the famous engineer Brandon 😂

[@jodiuhron1979]

The one in Ethiopia was giving me anxiety just watching it!

[@nathanaelculver5308]

I used to commute from SW Dallas around the 365 loop then up 75. That was back in the ‘90s and the interchange was a nightmare then.

[@pinlight97]

We had an interchange here in Toronto between the Don Valley Parkway (which parallels the Don River, so occasionally will partially flood) and the Gardiner Expressway (one of those 1950s-era elevated freeways that crosses between downtown Toronto and Lake Ontario to its south). First, the expressway basically cuts off the parts of land south of it from having decent pedestrian access: a Lakeshore Boulevard runs beneath it with poorly designed entrances and exits making it and the parkway above it gridlocked. That is worse when there is a game with fans heading in (I got stuck in a jam of fans when I was trying to get elsewhere with my van overheating…complete nightmare as people were “protecting” their inches-forward momentum). At this interchange, cars suddenly realize that they either have to exit left to get to the Boulevard, right to get to the Expressway, with a 3rd option that I’m blanking on. At least now the river has been cleaned up and some industrial plants that used to be there decades ago have closed. Back in the day, you drove past polluted river smell combined with olfactory attack from both a rendering plant and a soybean plant. You’d literally hold your breath and plug your nose! Toronto may be a cool city in other ways but we have just the worst urban transportation structure.