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Title: Aetrea (Roadgeekery ahead) - Montages galore!
Post by: Floydian on March 24, 2009, 01:33:45 PM
Introduction

Aetrea
- A vast sprawling wilderness on a distant planet identical to earth in every single way (including the calendar) except the landscape. Convenient, eh? How could such a coincidental occurrence happen? Moving on...

Aetrea is located on the island continent of Meridia, approximately 35 degrees below the equator. With a mean annual temperature of 27 degrees celsius (Or 300K), Aetrea can be considered tropical. Aetrea's landscape produces its wildly fluctuating weather patterns, including severe drought and violent storm systems. The central Aetrean Valley, home to most of the population, tends to receive large amounts of rainfall followed by long periods of dryness. This is believed to be due to the gently sloping mountains in the east, and the sharply sloped mountains in the west.

These conditions have allowed the tropical environment to grow thick lush coniferous forests that stretch unhindered for miles. Balsam fir and lodgepole trees dominate the landscape and have become synonymous with Aetrea, as they are endemic to Meridia.

Aetrea is divided by its physical geography. To the south is the Meridian sea, which encompasses the entire continent. To the far north is the Aetrean Plateau - which though only occupying a few kilometers of land in Aetrea - dominates Meridia, covering over 60% of the landmass. Inbetween the two are several valleys and rivers that bring tremendous amounts of rain water down to sea level. These rivers are the central points of once glacier filled valleys from the last ice age 12500 years ago. The glaciers carved the massive valleys that make up the stunning scenery of Aetrea. In the middle is the Central Aetrean Valley, a 10km wide valley that hosts the most stable farmable weather conditions, and most of the regions population. The CAV is carved by two rivers - The Chron, which decends from the highlands and the Heart River, which has its headwaters at a large artesian lake named Heart Lake (Which produces an unprecedented 50000 litres per second at high flow). These two rivers merge and snake through the valley towards the ocean.
Title: Re: Aetrea - A country within a forest
Post by: DarkLoki on March 24, 2009, 01:39:23 PM
Looks like a beautifull planet indeed, pineview road looks great with the curves. Nice layout for the city. Looking forward to more ;)
Title: Re: Aetrea - A country within a forest
Post by: Battlecat on March 24, 2009, 01:47:02 PM
Nice start!  Great details in here, I really like that swamp in the last shot. 
Title: Re: Aetrea - A country within a forest
Post by: LE0 on March 24, 2009, 02:05:05 PM
 :thumbsup:
Title: Re: Aetrea - A country within a forest
Post by: mightygoose on March 25, 2009, 03:02:05 AM
nice start the mosaic is very very nice
Title: Re: Aetrea - A country within a forest
Post by: Orange_o_ on March 25, 2009, 09:28:50 AM
 &apls I like your mosaic  :thumbsup:
Title: A guide to Aetrea
Post by: Floydian on April 10, 2009, 12:53:48 PM
@All - Thank you for all the comments so far! Hope to see more of you in Aetrea :)

History
Aetrea's history can be traced back several hundred years to the still rather remote county of Gordenridge, to a castle 9 kilometres north of the region's namesake city.

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Harris Castle, 2007


Desolate for miles around, the castle survives to this date (With the help of several restorations), minus its former village, which was moved 6 kilometres south to Heart Lake in 1878 when the castle was infested with rats.

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An aerial photo of Pineview road, the primary route through Gordenridge. The dirt road leads up the mountain to Harris Castle.

The town expanded rather rapidly, and the historical core was removed in 1915, with exception to the town centre, which remains to this day at the corners of Heart Lake road and Cofferdam street, the sole remnant of the beginning of a nation.

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Town of Heart Lake, 2007 (Heart Lake road running left to right and Cofferdam street runningĀ  up from it)

Aetrea received independence in 1926, and set forth to attract new residents. A power infrastructure was set up throughout the region to set the field for many towns and cities to grow. The first of such was the planned capital, Norris. Norris was founded in 1864, only 20 years after the initial settlement at Gordenridge. Renamed to Aetrea and designated the capital in 1928, Aetrea expanded rapidly through the 30's into a modest sized city. The suburban movement of the late 40's attracted developers to create "picturesque neighbourhoods, where families can grow in safety and comfort while enjoying a pretty decent view", as one ad's slogan announced. More on the capital at a later date.

Environment

Aetrea's 2300 square kilometre landscape was formed by the movement of glaciers at the end of the last ice age. Many rivers divide the mountainous landscape, and thousands of springs dot the region. The largest spring on the planet can be found at the north end of Heart Lake, at the deepest point of the lake where the cliffs drop straight down into the lake.

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Heart Lake (spring), a large lake sits above the massive artesian well.

Aetrea's climate is warm and humid, similar to Northern California, or British Columbia. The region hosts many species of plant and animal, but is known most for its endless lodgepole pine forests, which can stretch for several kilometres uninterrupted.

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Lodgepole forests dominate the swamps to the west of Heart Lake.

Aetrea's winterless climate makes it the perfect place for agriculture. Farmland stretches beyond sight in many places, and dots the forests in others. In fact, Aetrea is a principal exporter of food and goods, and farming is the main industrial supplier of jobs!

More on the environment in a future update!


A Guide to Aetrea, and How to Get Around

Aetrea's transportation network is being designed to provide the people with an efficient way of moving goods - and themselves - around. A further consideration is to prevent the possibility of lost stragglers wandering far enough into the forests to leave the region. To accomplish this, the regions engineers decided that from any point in the region, one could not be further than 5 kilometers from a road, and that a ring road around the outskirts of the region be built to establish the limits of civilization (Aetrea is rather remote, and is the lone territory of the island continent of Meridia). It was decided that a grid of concessions and sidelines would best span the region and open basic infrastructure up to all corners of the region.

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2.01 Concessions and sidelines divide the region and are now broken up by more major throughfares that escape their grid.

Surveyed and built by the early twentieth century, the concession system opened Aetrea's forests to new settlers, who took no time in establishing hundreds of minor villages throughout the region. Concessions are east-west streets that start at a "Baseline" road at the southernmost point of a county, and then count up from Concession 2. Sidelines run north-south, and begin with the main north-south route in the county, and count upwards from 2 as you move east or west. They are designated either East or West. For example, Heart Lake Sideline 4 West is the third sideline to the west of Heart Lake Road.

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2.02 Where towns are built, the dirt streets of the past are rebuilt into more driveable asphault carriage ways.

Unlike most places on Earth, Aetrea had roads with cars over 50 years before even the first rail line - Being at the bottom of a major glacial run off, railways are astonishing feats to build in most of Aetrea. They cross some of the most scenic locales of the region, and tunnel under the largest of mountains to reach their destination. Rail lines connect most of the major cities in the region, and can generally be found following the shores of the major rivers. Travelling by rail is expensive and is seen as reserved for the high class. This is eventually set to change as the rail companies slowly earn back their debts from fares.

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2.03

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2.04 Heart Lake offers the greatest compromise between rugged mountains to the north and east, and gentle plains to the south and west. Rail lines pass by several scenic points in the county.

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2.05 A rail line crosses the now preserved Aetrea Ravine in the suburbs of the capital.

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2.06

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2.07 Pineview road (HL-7) and a rail line dance through the foothills to the east of Heart Lake.

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2.08 The last leg of a scenic rail ride towards Aetrea city takes riders past vibrant farmland, niched swamps overflowing with fauna, and H-80, the Heart Lake Expressway, before entering the northern suburbs a kilometer south (Up in the picture)

Roads serve to connect the minor towns to one another, and provide direct access between important places. Most roads in the region are upgraded sideroads. Since town are not always north, south, east, or west of each other, roads sometimes will cross a variety of concessions and sidelines. Gentle curves avoid the 4-way intersections, and new connections are made to the roads.
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2.09 Heart Lake county route 3 (HL-3) zig-zags between sidelines north-west of Heart Lake.

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2.10 Beautiful scenery lines this rugged road in the mountains 6km north-west of the capital.

Roads in Aetrea - like most places on Earth - also form on streets that run alongside rivers. These roads often are primary arteries - Gathering traffic when an obstacle prevents them from going further, and directing it to the nearest crossing of that obstacle.

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2.11 Heart Lake road runs along the southern shore of the artesian lake.

Most roads in Aetrea are simply named. A select few are chosen as principal routes and are given a county designation. For example, Pineview road, which runs from the northern edge of Gordenridge to the northern limits of the city of Aetrea, is designated throughout its length as Heart Lake county road 7 (Or HL-7).

The avenues of Aetrea lie almost solely in metropolitan areas. They are the arterial roads of the cities and towns. Most larger buildings will be on or next to an avenue, and all business districts will lie next to or surrounding the intersection of two avenues.

Avenues are a quick way to move traffic off the roads and streets, and direct it to the nearest highway.

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2.12 An avenue intersects H-87 on the outskirts of Aetrea's suburbs

Most avenues in Aetrea are not designated with a route number, unless they are the extension of a road that is formally designated.

The highways of Aetrea are a work of their own, so much so that they have their own department, seperate from the rest of the transportation network. The AHCB - Aetrea Highways Control Board - deals with maintenance and route planning.

Aetrea's highways attempt to serve every area of the country, not just the cities. An efficient transportation network means that businesses get deliveries fast. Faster deliveries mean more productivity, and more productivity means more results in less time. It can be simply said that the economy has skyrocketed since the introduction of the freeway.

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2.13 H-87 runs north and south through the centre of the city of Aetrea. It begins at H-80 (As seen in 2.14), and ends south of the city at H-1. Here it is seen passing through Heart Lake, a recent extension from its former terminus at the avenue in 2.12.

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2.14 H-87's newly built interchange with H-80 next to Heart Lake almost completes the freeway loop around the city of Aetrea, although the connection from northbound H-87 to Westbound H-80 (Which heads toward the interchange in 2.15)

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2.15 Further west, H-80's terminus with H-1. This is the first interchange between two highways built in Aetrea.

Aetrea's highways are all designated, and many given nicknames. H-##, where H stands for - you guessed it - highway. The numbers are even on east-west routes, and odd on north-south routes. Spurs have a hundreds digit given to them.
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2.16

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2.17 H-287 runs from the suburbs to H-87 and is a spur highway.

Most highways are 4 lanes (Two in either direction), but widen to 6 near major interchanges or busy areas.
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2.18 H-87 widens to 6 lanes at its interchange with H-287 to give plenty of merging time. Aetrea ravine is visible at the top (South) of the photo.

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2.19 H-87/H-287 intersection in the midst of the suburbs. Aetrea ravine surrounds it to the south and east and gives the location a semi-rural feel.

Later we will take a look at the public transit system and air/sea travel in Aetrea. For now, Here is one last highway interchange...

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2.20 H-80 near the western edge of Heart Lake county intersects HL-287, which widens into H-287 about a kilometer and a half south.

Coming Next: A preview of Aetrea. Capital city suburbs

Title: Re: Aetrea - UPDATE: A Guide to getting around
Post by: Sciurus on April 11, 2009, 05:02:24 AM
Very nice city, I like the country you do &apls

Guillaume :thumbsup:
Title: Re: Aetrea - UPDATED 27/04/09!
Post by: Floydian on April 27, 2009, 09:03:33 PM
This is part 3. I will be combinging it with part 2 with my NEXT update so that the first post can be used for updates and eventually a table of contents.
As mentioned, this update is simply a preview of a larger installment on the capital city. A teaser or two if you may. Also included is a redevelopment on the outskirts or the 'burbs. So without further adoooo


Capital City Suburbs: A Teaser

Aetrea is divided into 5 sectors - Central (Or Proper) Aetrea, Upper Aetrea (Where we will be exploring today and the next update), Riverside (North-East Aetrea), Lower Aetrea, and Ridgemont/Plaines (East Aetrea). Only the central and southern sections are within the city limits. The remainder, while part of the metropolitan area, is not part of the central city and are currently bedroom communities.
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3.01 Upper Aetrea is a sprawling urban wilderness, the product of the housing boom of the 40's and 50's. While the occasional high-rise punctures the low skyline along main arterial routes, most of the 150,000 residents live in single detached homes.

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3.02 The downtown of Upper Aetrea to the north of Aetrea Ravine (See 3.04) is a clear example of the start of suburbanification, a rare state where the (Or a) central business district moves out of the central city to form a ring around it, and the core becomes more residentially inclined (Or, from a statistical point of view, when the bedroom communities of a large city become bigger economic and developmental hubs than the city proper).

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3.03 Powerline traverse the northern border of the city's central district. This is the same avenue, on the opposing side of the ravine, as the one in 3.02

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3.04 Aetrea ravine circa 1985. The ravine was protected in 1951, banning bikes, motorized vehicles, and pets from entering. However, this came after the power grid built in 1931, and a housing development, which buried the headwaters in 1946. The empty area in the upper left was cleared in the months prior to this photo, and have since been redeveloped.

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3.05 A map of Upper Aetrea and surrounding municipalities (Including Heart Lake to the North), highlighting the highway system in the area.




The following is a grade-seperation redevelopment in the far north of Aetrea. A recent development has reached a northern freight line, and the traffic levels necessitate the rail line being raised above the roads (As is already the case slightly to the west where the line crosses an avenue. This is seen in 3.11). Freight traffic cannot be interrupted, and so a spur is first built to bypass the construction.
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3.06 Prior to construction, the line crosses two roads which now receive moderate traffic flow.

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3.07 First a spur is built.

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3.08 Next, the main line is demolished.

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3.09 It is replaced by a raised portion in the centre.

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3.10 The two seperated bridges are connected

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3.11 Montage of the completed viaduct (Wider than 800px)



Coming soon - SOMETHING!
Title: Re: Aetrea - UPDATED 27/04/09!
Post by: Sciurus on April 30, 2009, 09:30:31 AM
Still nice, I love it &apls

Guillaume :thumbsup:
Title: Re: Aetrea (Roadgeekery ahead)- UPDATED 30/04/09
Post by: Floydian on April 30, 2009, 11:20:53 AM
Thank you :) I'm glad I have at least one person interested

A mini update. I'm also posting this to the Show Us Your Intersections thread. This is my recently constructed interchange between H-87 and a yet undesignated freeway (Most likely H-187).

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3.12
Title: Re: Aetrea (Roadgeekery ahead)- UPDATED 30/04/09
Post by: thundercrack83 on April 30, 2009, 11:25:22 AM
Wow!

That's a magnificent interchange there, Floydian! Excellent work with the RHW!

Actually, I'm seeing a lot of great stuff here in Aetrea. Sorry it took so long for me to stop in! I will definitely be back to see what you have in store!

Take care!

Dustin
Title: Re: Aetrea (Roadgeekery ahead)- UPDATED 30/04/09
Post by: dsrwhat316 on April 30, 2009, 01:42:50 PM
Don't get discourage by the amount of comments you receive; feel good that you are putting out quality work. And you are doing just that  :thumbsup: &apls

I really like your interchanges; they are well-planned and executed. Your lakes and farmlands are very eye-catching, as well. Keep it up; I like what I'm seeing!

~ Dan
Title: Re: Aetrea (Roadgeekery ahead)- UPDATED 30/04/09
Post by: BarbarossaS on April 30, 2009, 02:06:33 PM
You definitely have more than 1 interested person Floydian. I've been a lurker here for some time now, so it's time for me to comment isn't it  :P

I like your interchanges. I concur with dsrwhat316 on that!   &apls
Also, your suburbs of the previous update look great, quite realistic  :thumbsup:

So, I hope that in spite of the lack of comments, you still find the time and energy to continue this MD, 'cause I really like it!

-Stijn-
Title: Re: Aetrea (Roadgeekery ahead)- UPDATED 30/04/09
Post by: j-dub on April 30, 2009, 02:23:04 PM
Aside from all the other work put into this MD, that has got to be the curviest RHW interchange I've ever seen.
Title: Re: Aetrea (Roadgeekery ahead)- UPDATED 30/04/09
Post by: MandelSoft on May 01, 2009, 12:12:02 AM
Another road geek is stopping by  ;)

Nice interchanges, and a good layout of your transportation networks. I'm keeping an eye on this MD.

Best,
Maarten
Title: Re: Aetrea (Roadgeekery ahead)- UPDATED 30/04/09
Post by: Floydian on May 01, 2009, 01:54:46 AM
Thanks for the comments everyone. It's good to know that people are interested and watching.

I will try to update at least once a week, so keep an eye out. As you could see from the map, I'm sort of building as I go, so it can take time to make everything pretty.

- Jess
Title: Re: Aetrea (Roadgeekery ahead)- UPDATED 30/04/09
Post by: Sciurus on May 01, 2009, 04:31:48 AM
This exchange is very very impressive! I can't imagine all the work is behind this! :o

Guillaume :thumbsup:
Title: Re: Aetrea (Roadgeekery ahead)- UPDATED 30/04/09
Post by: TopCliff on May 01, 2009, 09:17:20 AM
Great shots! You have a great road network, much better than anything I could create. I must say though, I wasn't aware Northern California was humid. To think, I thought it was dry all these years . . . :P
Title: Re: Aetrea (Roadgeekery ahead)- UPDATED 30/04/09
Post by: dedgren on May 02, 2009, 10:48:51 PM
Hi Floydian- let me echo what Dan (dsrwhat316) said.  MDs are not, sadly, just a matter of, "if you build it, they will come."  Sticking to your vision, even when the comments don't necessary come right away, along with keeping the quality of your content high are necessary ingredients for success, imho.  You've got really good content- hang in there and my guess is your patience will pay off.


David
Title: Re: Aetrea (Roadgeekery ahead)- UPDATED 30/04/09
Post by: JJ on May 06, 2009, 02:08:39 AM
That interchange looks really good, it flows so well.
Title: Re: Aetrea (Roadgeekery ahead)- MINI UPDATED 06/05/09
Post by: Floydian on May 06, 2009, 09:41:16 AM
Hey everyone. I've got a picture! This is my first map not made with Paint *Holds for applause*

Yes! Thats right! I decided that Gimp produces some decent sharp results and so I fiddled and made this.

As you can see, this map also shows my current progress on the region. I've only worked on 8 of the 144 quads, and most are only partially done.

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Title: Re: Aetrea (Roadgeekery ahead)- MINI UPDATED 06/05/09
Post by: BarbarossaS on May 07, 2009, 01:08:31 AM
Very nice looking map!  :thumbsup:
The realism of the road network is just incredible, can't even imagine how long it must have taken you so far! (And how much time it'll take you to complete the first 8 and the other 136!!!)

-Stijn-
Title: Re: Aetrea (Roadgeekery ahead)- MINI UPDATED 06/05/09
Post by: Feroxx on May 07, 2009, 03:08:39 AM
Wow, road infrastructure looks superb. Rural areas looks gorgeous too. :D
Title: Re: Aetrea (Roadgeekery ahead)- MINI UPDATED 06/05/09
Post by: Sciurus on May 07, 2009, 09:05:43 AM
Oh, excellent region overveiw, very nice. But did you do this region, or did you download it?

Guillaume :thumbsup:
Title: Re: Aetrea (Roadgeekery ahead)- MINI UPDATED 06/05/09
Post by: Floydian on May 07, 2009, 09:22:04 AM
@Barbarossa: I've been working on it for about 2 months or so now. So, if we extrapolate that - 136 divided by 8 is 17, times two is 34.'
34 more months to complete!

@Sciurus: Making it myself as I go from a flat blank region.

Quote from: TopCliff on May 01, 2009, 09:17:20 AM
I must say though, I wasn't aware Northern California was humid. To think, I thought it was dry all these years . . . :P
Shhhhhh... I've never been there. Austin Powers sums up my stance on this subject:
"I was just thinking how the English countryside looks nothing like Southern California"

btw, I will update this map over the next couple days as I highlight the roads and switch the background from transportation to normal overview. The blue lines are city/township bounderies, which I'll label one day.
Title: Re: Aetrea (Roadgeekery ahead)- MINI UPDATED 06/05/09
Post by: CommodoreTech on May 07, 2009, 10:38:01 AM
ooh, 144 quads?

I commend you! lol I wish I had your patience.

Is the big lake going to be at the end or beginning the river linked to it?

Title: Re: Aetrea (Roadgeekery ahead)- MINI UPDATED 06/05/09
Post by: Floydian on May 07, 2009, 10:08:17 PM
Quote from: CommodoreTech on May 07, 2009, 10:38:01 AM
Is the big lake going to be at the end or beginning the river linked to it?



It's the beginning. The lake is an artesian well and is the source. All the rivers in the map so far flow southward. I expect I'll put a sea towards the bottom of the map (Which is another 4 or 5 tiles below what I'm showing).

I updated the picture. It is now basically the normal view with the transportation map overlayed. The city bounderies are removed for now (One day I'll make a flash file that lets you show or hide the various layers and zoom in and out.)
Title: Re: Aetrea (Roadgeekery ahead)- MINI UPDATED 06/05/09
Post by: Floydian on June 10, 2009, 03:58:39 PM
'sup folks?  Apologies for the late delay... I'm not able to churn out updates nearly as quickly as I wish I could.
Today, like most days, is construction day in Aetrea. Today we will explore the expansion of highways and roads. First though, I'd like to present a new map! This map will aid in locating some of the places being visited!

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4.01: Roadses are red
Rivers are blue
This new map will hopefully
Make some sense to you


As mentioned before, Aetrea's highway network is designed to provide access to all areas of the region. This was outlined in the 1937 Aetrean Freeway Proposal Bill 37.06. This act set forth the construction of all the current dual carriage freeways in the region, as well as many that have yet to be built, or that are under construction.

The first construction under the act began in 1938, when the two-laned Riverside Highway (Which by todays standards would be considered a rural route) which follows the Chron River from Valbrea to the ocean was twinned with a second two-lane grade-seperated roadway. Over the next three years, as the freeway was constructed from south to north, the initialization of several other projects took place, including the northward extension of the future freeway into the highlands, and four new freeways (H-80, H-27, H-87, and H-287). Unfortunately, the fifteen year contract was handed to one company (High All Ways) that only had enough resources and capacity to construct two freeways at a time. As such, construction was completed in phases:

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H-101 was also constructed beginning in 1952. However, it was constructed as a two lane rural road and not as a freeway. Its designation was granted in 2002 with the announcement of its expansion to a dual carriageway freeway with grade-seperated interchanges (Which we will look in-depth at further down)

When the contract with High All Ways in 1953, the highway system resembled most of its current self;  The lone project undertaken by the government at that time - connecting H-87 from Aetrea ravine to Heart Lake - was only partially completed one and a half kilometres north by 1953. An anti-urban movement in the early fifties halted further progress on the system, and expansion was put on hold for over 40 years beginning in 1954. An abandoned proposal to extend H-287 - newly designated as a spur of the expanding H-87 - north east from Industrial Avenue on the northern border of Upper-Aetrea to north of H-80 (A distance of about 2.5 km) led to the signage of Heart Lake route 287 as H-287 through its length, though the extension was never actually built.
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No progress on the system was made between 1954 and 1994. In 1994 though, a bill was announced to extend H-87 north by one and a half kilometres to meet H-80 north-east of the town of Heart Lake along a new right-of-way. The mob-like mentality of the fifties had long since subsided, and little opposition to the project was made. In 1999, H-87 began to snail north towards H-80, completing a much needed loop around Aetrea in 2008.

Beginning in 2001, several new companies have been contracted to construct the unbuilt freeways proposed in 1938.

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4.02

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4.03: H-70 - a new addition to the highway network - begins by scaling the eastern mountains of the Central Aetrean Valley. The construction of this ascent meant carving out several hills in order to smooth the highway's rise. Construction began in 2002, with this section being completed as of 2006.

Construction of these began in 2002 and continues today, and will for some time into the future. Freeways such as H-70 and H-50 however, are already in operation for most of their constructed route

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4.04: The intersection of H-87 and H-50 was completed in 1952, but H-50 was not constructed beyond the crossing of the Heart River - immediately to the east of the interchange - until 2003.

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4.05

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4.06: The former terminus of H-87 between 1954 and 2008 was eyed as a possible starting point to the then proposed H-70. Construction of H-70 began in 2002 at the heart river, but this interchange with H-87 has remained unchanged due to the roadway being in the hands of the city of Upper Aetrea. Plans to expand it to a freeway interchange are nearing fruition.

A major project under way now is the construction of H-84, which will travel west from H-1 and incorporate much of the current route of H-101. This involves the twinning of H-101 (Eventually along its enire length), and the construction of a new freeway interchange where H-101 and the H-84 currently meet. This is 1km due west of the tiny village of Dmitria

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4.07: Dmitria is a tiny hamlet carved into the western mountain range. It lies 1 km north-west of the intersections of H-1 and H-80.


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4.08: H-101 as a two lane highway as it curves through the Mountain Pass, just north of Dmitria. This section is currently being twinned. (2002)

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In 2000, two years before H-101 even existed, this railway crossed H-101 at grade. While no accidents had occurred, it may only have been a matter of time. Unfortunately, the constructed grade seperation would prove a nuisance when H-101 was twinned, and the bridge over was removed and replaced with a tunnel.
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4.09

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4.10: Construction of this crossing took place in 2001. H-101 was realigned slightly to the East for the bridge, which only remained in place between 2002 and 2008 before being dismantled, despite being designed to accommodate the eventual expansion of what was then known simply as the Western Mountain Pass.

The current interchange of H-101 and H-84 is a three way stop with unhindered right turn lanes. The following is the areas transformation from a two lane rural route to a fully functioning 4 lane freeway with a grade seperated interchange.
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4.11: H-101 and H-84 junction in 2003. Prior to construction, H-101 was the throughfare and continued southward. In an attempt to avoid spurs from sprawling excessively, the reconstructed interchange makes H-84 the throughfare, with H-101 coming to an end.

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4.12: H-101 south of the intersection. (2003)

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4.13: H-101 twinned in the same location. The former route can be seen to the right, now disconnected from the new roadway. (2006)

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4.14: The same location after completion. H-101's previous route has since been incorporated as an offramp. (2009)

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4.15: Here we see the new 90 degree bend for H-84 that spins it from west to south. The freeway's former route can still be seen carved into the forest. This photo was taking prior to tunneling the off/on ramps under the bend. (2004)

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4.16: A tunnel provides access from East/South bound H-84 to Eastbound H-101. The ramp from the eastbound highway to the tunnel has yet to be built. (2005)

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4.17: With the tunneling completed, work on the ramps (Which for now have temporary roads constructed to provide access) begins between the twinned H-84 and untwinned H-101. (2006)

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4.18: The through route of H-101 will bring westbound traffic into northbound H-84. Here we see the second ramp (Which will connect to southbound H-84) nearing completion, thus beginning the twinning of the mountain pass. (2007)

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4.19: The old H-101 runs side by side the new H-101. Due to the rugged terrain of the pass, new alignments had to be made in many places. Throughout the length of the pass, the unincorporated sections of the former H-101 still litter the forest, slowly decaying to nature. (2007)

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4.20: Slightly northward, we can see that this construction is nearing the rail bridge built in 2001. (2007)

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4.21: Temporary roads must be demolished...

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4.22: ...To make way for permanent ones! (2007)

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4.23: However, due to the gentler slopes, the westbound lanes are 30 feet higher than the eastbound lanes. With plenty of room to spare, the railway tracks will be burrowed underneath the highway once the eastbound lanes are constructed. (2008)

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4.24: Completed westbound lanes entering the interchange. The split goes south, while the through lanes take drivers west. In either case, the driver ends up on H-84. (2008)

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4.25: And with that, construction of the eastbound lanes from the interchange begins. Note the ramp still spurring from these lanes which remains even after 5 years of construction. (2008)

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4.26: Grading and deforestation mark the eventual path of the westbound lanes... (2007)

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4.27: ...Which are quickly constructed on the prepared ground in a matter of weeks. (2007)

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4.28: Taken from the same location as 4.22, here we see the eastbound lanes completed up to the rail crossing. (2008)

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4.29: Spinning the view and zooming out, we can see a bigger picture. Both lanes of H-101 are completed north of the railway, and construction on its tunnel begins. (2008)

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4.30: The rail line is tunneled under the highway as construction wraps up (2009). H-101 is now twinned halfway to the Dmitria intersection. The remaining half is under a seperate contract and has been under construction for the past several years. We'll look into it next update!

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4.31: Construction wraps up on the interchange. The eastbound lanes now connect with both directions of H-84, as well as incorporating traffic from the terminus of nearby Chron road.

Last but not least, Here are a few miscellaneous pictures that are pretty but really don't have a story behind them.

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4.32
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4.33: The eastern half of Aetrea ravine is significantly shorter than the western section. However, when the whole ravine was protected, Riverside was empty. As such, the ravine remains an untouched (Besides a single crossing and culvert) marsh, filled with vegetation and wildlife.

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4.34: Plaines: Aetrea's most exclusive neighborhoods!

*Deep breath*
And that is all for today! : )


If you would like a picture of anywhere in Aetrea, just circle a place on the map and I'll snap a shot for you!

Title: Re: Aetrea (Roadgeekery ahead)- MASSIVE EXUBERANT HIGHWAY CONSTRUCTION UPDATE!!!
Post by: darraghf on June 10, 2009, 04:24:16 PM
Whoa. That is some serious roadgeekery. I'm lovin it.
Title: Re: Aetrea (Roadgeekery ahead)- MASSIVE EXUBERANT HIGHWAY CONSTRUCTION UPDATE!!!
Post by: thundercrack83 on June 11, 2009, 01:55:42 AM
Hello, Floydian!

"Exuberant" is one way to describe your latest update, though a better adjective that I would use is "Extraordinary!"

I love how you showed the thumbnail from the larger map to show where you are in the game--I'll be keeping that idea in mind for future projects, that's for sure! And of course, the highways themselves that you've created are just wonderful!

I'll be looking forward to more, my friend!

Take care!

Dustin
Title: Re: Aetrea (Roadgeekery ahead)- MASSIVE EXUBERANT HIGHWAY CONSTRUCTION UPDATE!!!
Post by: Nexis4Jersey on June 11, 2009, 06:35:33 AM
OMG , that looks simply Stunning!  :thumbsup: &apls
Title: Re: Aetrea (Roadgeekery ahead)- MASSIVE EXUBERANT HIGHWAY CONSTRUCTION UPDATE!!!
Post by: Battlecat on June 11, 2009, 08:29:10 AM
Great set of pictures and maps!  That's quite the round of highway and freeway construction your region is going through.  The end results are looking great! 
Title: Re: Aetrea (Roadgeekery ahead)- MASSIVE EXUBERANT HIGHWAY CONSTRUCTION UPDATE!!!
Post by: straha on June 11, 2009, 09:18:26 AM
The roads and highway transformation is nicely documented here!  I really like it.  One question...where did you get the guard rails for the highways?
Title: Re: Aetrea (Roadgeekery ahead)- MASSIVE EXUBERANT HIGHWAY CONSTRUCTION UPDATE!!!
Post by: Floydian on June 11, 2009, 10:24:52 AM
@Thundercrack: What about exuberantly extraordinary?
I think the maps help the readers visualize the region as a whole. They can't ever have it on their computer, so you gotta bring it as close to them as possible.

@Battlecat: 134 more quads to go... Lots of highways to come :D

@Straha: It's a set off simtropolis I believe. Guardrails, exit signs. They act strangely sometimes on the corners but they look nice most of the time. Do a search for 'rural highway' or 'rhw' and it should come up on the first page
Title: Re: Aetrea (Roadgeekery ahead)- MASSIVE EXUBERANT HIGHWAY CONSTRUCTION UPDATE!!!
Post by: Haljackey on December 27, 2009, 10:41:41 AM
Talk about a huge update!  Glad I looked through the inactive section to see it!
Title: Re: Aetrea (Roadgeekery ahead)- MASSIVE EXUBERANT HIGHWAY CONSTRUCTION UPDATE!!!
Post by: Floydian on December 30, 2009, 10:15:44 AM
I'm back, and here is a hint at things to come. I've built a lot up since 6 months ago, so I have plenty to show.

(https://www.sc4devotion.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg689.imageshack.us%2Fimg689%2F4147%2Fmontagep.jpg&hash=325eec88da6e33ce9285bc27c6cfa801e5fc9d14)
All you need is a montage

Cheers.
Title: Re: Aetrea (Roadgeekery ahead)- MASSIVE EXUBERANT HIGHWAY CONSTRUCTION UPDATE!!!
Post by: Jonathan on December 30, 2009, 10:28:12 AM
Wow I thought your last update was pretty impressive, but that's just massive. And practically perfect, I just wish I could make cities like that. :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
You need at least one K-point
wow....
Title: Re: Aetrea (Roadgeekery ahead) - Big montage
Post by: Haljackey on December 30, 2009, 06:16:45 PM
Very cool, I like your use of curved networks and FAR.
Title: Re: Aetrea (Roadgeekery ahead) - Big montage
Post by: Battlecat on December 31, 2009, 08:15:19 AM
Welcome back!  That's quite the bold looking montage for your return, it looks great!  Nice mix of highways winding through the area there.
Title: Re: Aetrea (Roadgeekery ahead) - Big montage
Post by: Rady on January 01, 2010, 09:47:09 AM
Great picture! I admire how you use the RHW!!
Title: Re: Aetrea (Roadgeekery ahead) - Small Town Expansion
Post by: Floydian on January 02, 2010, 12:15:23 AM
UPDATE: Map updated to show regional boundaries
Thank you for the warm return all :)
The RHW for me has always been my favourite part of the game. There's a LOT of large interchanges in the region, and many more that I wish to build (I eagerly await version 4). However, I don't want to fixate on highways the entire time, because I don't know how many people share my passion for them (besides Haljackey, who I spot editing highway articles over at Wikipedia).

First a map to highlight the region being explored (at this point I have done at least terraforming on 27 of the 144 quads, and essentially completed 9 of those):
(https://www.sc4devotion.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg709.imageshack.us%2Fimg709%2F1213%2Fminimapb.jpg&hash=c2f21a000cce0ba96dfefc1d3dfd5dc1a4d05f50) (http://img709.imageshack.us/img709/9503/fullmap.jpg)
6.01: (Click for larger) A satellite image of the regions south of Aetrea, with the highways highlighted in blue.
South-Central Aetrea
South-Central Aetrea is divided into five regions: Aetrea, the urban centre comprising the area between the Chron and Heart rivers; Pedrum, a mountainous plateau, comprising the land north of Pedrum Valley (the deep valley at the centre of the right side of the picture with a highway running through it) and east of the Heart River; Manus, the agricultural factory and coastline to the south-east of Aetrea; Ivory, the large peninsula to the east of the Chron delta; and, Praudenburg, a mountainous region, comprising the land to the west of the Chron River. (A map will be provided shortly)

The region of Manus is almost exclusively agricultural. The only thing that comes close to an "urban centre" (aside from Plaines in the northern corner, which is considered part of the city of Aetrea) is the eponymous village, located approximately 4 kilometres south-east of Aetrea, alongside Manus Route (M.R.) 4.
(https://www.sc4devotion.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg42.imageshack.us%2Fimg42%2F5984%2Fmanusj.jpg&hash=dbe55426a3cb91c5b17cdcb2ed3587cecaa89819)

(https://www.sc4devotion.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg690.imageshack.us%2Fimg690%2F9396%2Fmanus.jpg&hash=a9dd788993e52bd5415fa8c658d01694477436d6)
6.02: The village of Manus. (2006)

The demand for houses in the quiet solitude of Manus recently drove the town to seek room for expansion. The forest lands north of the village are protected from development as part of the Manus Greenbelt (a development hindering zone, in this case protecting the headwaters of a creek flowing north to the Heart River). The forest to the south-west is mountainous and rocky, unsuitable for development of any kind. This leaves only the surrounding farmland.

Impeded to the north and south, the local council put pressure on the operators of the two farms west of the village. After over a year and a half, the council was approached by Peggy Sue, operator of the two farms to the east of the village. Though the council had not considered eastward expansion, the deal placed on the table was too good to refuse. For a fraction of the costs, Peggy Sue was happy to depart with the western half of her farms, which she had not planted on this year due to recent flooding.
(https://www.sc4devotion.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg27.imageshack.us%2Fimg27%2F4523%2Fmanus2.jpg&hash=6286d7d9c5ff3e98ef7bbfa747bfeeb4a7e1581c)
6.03: Peggy Sue's reduced harvest. (2008)

With the land expropriated, the council set forth the zoning plans, and roadwork began.
(https://www.sc4devotion.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg188.imageshack.us%2Fimg188%2F7177%2Fmanus3.jpg&hash=59d63b8cf19f6474863d254f7eca6d3629fe9503)
6.04: Roads are placed into the empty fields. (2008)

Within 6 months, the land has been entirely occupied, every property built upon, and every house purchased. The income from the developers leaves the village council gasping for breath. What to do with it all... What to do...?
(https://www.sc4devotion.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg188.imageshack.us%2Fimg188%2F7198%2Fmanus4.jpg&hash=5dbfea42f5c3a71228f0aa23d9e2172b4469f95d)
6.05: The completed nieghborhood.

Happy New Years everyone!
Title: Re: Aetrea (Roadgeekery ahead) - Small Town Expansion
Post by: Battlecat on January 02, 2010, 08:30:22 AM
Nice update!  That's a great looking little farming community!   
Title: Re: Aetrea (Roadgeekery ahead) - Montages
Post by: Floydian on January 04, 2010, 07:50:05 PM
One of several montages I'll be posting over the next couple of days.

(https://www.sc4devotion.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg709.imageshack.us%2Fimg709%2F1605%2Fmontage2.jpg&hash=17c820ab075fab3d55593e87dfac31899c8cb00a)
7.01: A montage of farms in eastern Manus.

(https://www.sc4devotion.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg706.imageshack.us%2Fimg706%2F4339%2Fmontage3th.jpg&hash=4de7c3112435bb4dd7621c228104aaef3db0a7c7) (http://img11.imageshack.us/img11/5272/montage3.jpg)
7.02: Following the western Aetrea boundary for a short while (North is to the upper left), the image passes farms, crosses the Chron River, and finally a mountain ravine. (Click for larger)
Cheers!
Title: Re: Aetrea (Roadgeekery ahead) - Small Town Expansion
Post by: RickD on January 05, 2010, 04:23:54 AM
Good to see you back Floydian. I'm always in for a little roadgeekery. And you've got some excellent maps there.
Title: Re: Aetrea (Roadgeekery ahead) - Small Town Expansion
Post by: bat on January 05, 2010, 08:24:28 AM
Your farms are really nice! Great work on them!
Looking forward to more... ;)
Title: Re: Aetrea (Roadgeekery ahead) - Small Town Expansion
Post by: Battlecat on January 06, 2010, 08:33:46 AM
Great looking montage!  I really like that extra wide curve you built on the road there. 
Title: Re: Aetrea (Roadgeekery ahead) - Montages galore!
Post by: Tomas Neto on January 06, 2010, 03:53:11 PM
Fantastic rural area!!! Great work!!!  :thumbsup: