RL instances of SC4 items

[zakuten]

Ok, so I figured since a Show Us Your had been done for everything else, why not one where you see something in RL that looks strikingly like something out of Sim City 4? If there -is- such a thread, my apologies. Anyways, I was inspired by this viaduct in my town that looks just like a NAM one way overpass.

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=Bloomington+IL&ie=UTF8&ll=40.475081,-88.993624&spn=0.002995,0.004828&t=h&z=18&iwloc=addr

The roughly centered pair of one ways is a perfect doppelganger for a NAM overpass. Next few days, I'll see if I can borrow a camera so I can take pictures from the ground better, eh heh. Anyways, if you've seen any like it, feel free to post!

[nerdly_dood]

All the ones that I've ever seen would use the RL equivalent of hole diggers and on-slope pieces - never any of the regular three-tile slope transitions.

[zakuten]

Haha, yeah, this one's sort of an on-slope but it has the same sloping ends as the games' do.

[Shadow Assassin]

How about a RL Maxis Ground Highway?

[zakuten]

That thing looks so squished it could fit in one tile... Yeesh, I'd hate to drive that~!

[MandelSoft]

Station Zoetermeer
A train station, a tram station, a bus station and a pendestrian highway and avenue overpass in one!

[Shadow Assassin]

That thing looks so squished it could fit in one tile... Yeesh, I'd hate to drive that~!

Actually, believe it or not, it's not too bad driving it. I catch the bus down that section of freeway every day, and everybody stays in their lane  - there's room for buses, etc, etc.

Actually, I'm impressed in how they managed to widen that to six lanes from four lanes in the same space without a narrowing in the lane width.

[zakuten]

It must go straight to crap any time there's an accident though...