Talk:Tom Moreland Interchange

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[edit] Four-level?

I'm not sure this is a four-level interchange. It appears to be a five-level interchange. The levels are as follows (other combinations of roads may also work):

  1. Interstate 85 mainlanes (through lanes)
  2. Interstate 285 mainlanes (through lanes)
  3. Northbound Interstate 85 ramp to Interstate 285 northbound
  4. Southbound Interstate 285 ramp to Interstate 85 northbound
  5. Southbound Interstate 85 feeder which continues south as the Interstate 85 southbound service road (towards the upper left of the image (northwest side of the interchange)

All five levels do not have do be directly on top of another. For example, see the interchange between the 105 and the 110 in Los Angeles (mentioned as a five-level at Stack interchange#External links) or the 5 five-level interchanges along Beltway 8 in Houston (at Interstate 45 North satellite, U.S. 290 satellite[1], Interstate 10 West satellite[2], U.S. 59 (southwest of Houston) satellite[3], and Interstate 45 South satellite[4]).

Wow, you're right. Take a look at the definition of five-level stacks; it actually mentions this particular interchange. So then the article needs to discuss that this is not a traditional four-level stack, IMO; I reckon that even many Atlantans do not know this trivia point.
BTW, you need to sign your entries. ;) toll_booth 04:21, 29 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] References

I saw the Reference tag and was able to come up with what looked like the source of the "Types of interchange" paragraph. It looks like we may have some copyright issues here; the text in the referenced article almost looks copied word-for-word. That, and the numbers may have changed (i.e., it wouldn't surprise me if Spaghetti Junction handles a lot more than 300k cars/day now). toll_booth 04:11, 29 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Updated article

I made the following changes to the article:

  1. "Spaghetti Junction Atlanta" now redirects here.
  2. Cited a source for the opening paragraphs.
  3. Removed the Citation-Needed tag.
  4. Added detail to the five-level stack note but left a cautionary note that this may not be accurate, just in case. The only reference I could find was wiki's Stack Interchange article, and the claim is not cited there. toll_booth 20:16, 3 February 2007 (UTC)

I'm sorry, I misread the five level stack note and erased the request for reference. I apologize. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.229.219.164 (talk) 02:42, 13 January 2008 (UTC)

No problem. =] toll_booth (talk) 17:17, 10 May 2008 (UTC)

Downgraded this article's article's importance from High to Mid. Spaghetti Junction is arguably the best-known interchange in the Atlanta area (at least by name). However, IMO a thorough article on it would simply be a collection of trivia, not critical information. Feel free to disagree with this though. =] toll_booth (talk) 17:20, 10 May 2008 (UTC)