Talk:Spaghetti Junction

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[edit] Golden Glades Interchange

A clarification: the people near the Golden Glades Interchange informally refer to it as "The Spaghetti Bowl." B.Wind 10:15, 2 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Proposed merge

Disagree. There are many 'spaghetti junctions' outside the US, and there are many which are NOT known at all as (a) 'Malfunction Junction' Midlandstoday 21:12, 26 February 2007 (UTC)

Also disagree, as above. Andy Mabbett 22:08, 26 February 2007 (UTC)

I also disagree - I think the tag should be removed PMBO 16:37, 6 March 2007 (UTC)

I have now removed the tag as per the comments above. Midlandstoday 14:57, 9 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Springvale Junction

I don't think springvale junction belongs in this category. It's not really an intersection between multiple major highways, just a very congested / poorly managed intersection of two main roads within a major city. I think it can be removed from this category. 203.11.72.4 06:08, 30 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Definition of "Spaghetti Junction"

There are several interchanges listed here which appear to be standard stack, stack DDI, Y, parclo, etc. interchanges. Are we going to permit anything where an editor says "the locals call it 'spaghetti'" or are we going to restrict this to interchanges with a relatively unique characteristic? Items I have issues with are:

  • Kreuz Kaiserberg in Duisburg, Germany
  • I55 / I90 / I94 in Chicago, IL - 2lvl Stack
  • I15 / I515 / US 93 / US 95 in Las Vegas, NV - 3lvl Stack
  • E.B. Cloete Interchange (N2/N3) in Durban, South Afrika - 4lvl Stack (assuming I'm looking at the right one, which appears to be the most complicated in the area)
  • I20 / I59 / I65 in Birmingham, AL - Stack DDI

--Bossi (talk ;; contribs) 19:07, 1 April 2007 (UTC)

Hmmm, this article seems to be becoming a list of anyone's local 'big' motorway/freeway junction. Should this be only for junctions actually called 'spaghetti'? At the moment there's junctions on here which haven't even been built yet, never mind earned a nickname. Midlandstoday 19:35, 30 October 2007 (UTC)
I've noted I-55/90/94 to be called the Spaghetti Junction by local media sources, notably WGN-TV. However, other sources (Chicagopedia among them) say the Circle Interchange is the Spaghetti Junction (or Spaghetti Bowl), and I have never heard that in modern usage. Not really sure how to resolve this difference. —Rob (talk) 20:07, 30 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Bruckner Interchange

Why hasn't anybody here considered adding the Bruckner Interchange to this list? ---- DanTD 03:32, 27 August 2007 (UTC)

  • Added. I must say that most of the other interchanges in the list are quite simple in comparison to those found in New York City. --99.164.82.214 (talk) 21:58, 17 April 2008 (UTC)