The MD that's always "under construction": Tarkusian Cities follows the travails of various municipal transportation bodies across a number of different SC4 regions in an "alternate universe" version of Western North America.
TABLE OF CONTENTSLATEST UPDATE:
UPDATE 107 (8/23/2020)-West Chemeketa Reconfig, Part 1NOTE: Due to changes in imagehosting availability over the years (ImageShack's conversion to a paid model, and Majhost's closure), images from Updates 6, 9, 13, 14, and 39 through 86 are currently unavailable. Rest assured, the images still reside safely on my hard drive(s), but due to the sheer number of missing images, RL and other SC4 commitments, and the effort that it will take to restore them, there is no timeline for when the lost images will be restored. Apologies for the inconvenience, and thank you for your understanding and patience. -Alex/TarkusINTRO (6/17/2007) (see below)
UPDATE 1 (7/1/2007)--Mosaic of Downtown Wakeman
UPDATE 2 (7/3/2007)--Obligatory Curvy Road Mosaic
UPDATE 3 (7/5/2007)--Wide S-Curve Tutorial
UPDATE 4 (7/8/2007)--Construction+Map
UPDATE 5 (8/3/2007)--Mini-Mosaic and More Construction
UPDATE 6 (8/29/2007)--Argentum Revisted--Part 1
UPDATE 7 (9/3/2007)--More Construction in Wakeman
UPDATE 8 (9/6/2007)--Suburbia Arrives
UPDATE 9 (9/15/2007)--Map Fever Part I, Sneak Peek at Highway 32
UPDATE 10 (10/1/2007)--Gilmour Parkway Project, Phase 1
UPDATE 11 (10/5/2007)--Argentum Revisited--Part 2
UPDATE 12 (10/6/2007)--Argentum Revisited--Part 3
UPDATE 13 (10/8/2007)--Argentum Proposed Highway Plan
UPDATE 14 (10/8/2007)--The Highway Plan in Action . . .
UPDATE 15 (11/1/2007)--Traffic Data and Highway 104 Preview
UPDATE 16 (11/11/2007)--The MIS Arrives . . .
UPDATE 17 (11/19/2007)--Highway 61 Revisted, Gray Creek
UPDATE 18 (12/30/2007)--Mmm . . . Bulldozers . . .
UPDATE 19 (1/2/2008)--Grevano Drive Project, Angstrom, Pt 1
Update 19.5/Teaser (1/4/2008)--Map Teaser
UPDATE 20 (1/15/2008)--Grevano Drive Widening/Interchange
UPDATE 21 (1/23/2008)--Map Tutorial
UPDATE 22 (2/4/2008)--Old Highway Meets New, Part I
UPDATE 23 (2/8/2008)--Downtown Argentum at Night+Mosaic
UPDATE 24 (2/12/2008)--Old Highway Meets New, Part 2
UPDATE 25 (2/29/2008)--Milpont/Gaffner Corridor Project, Pt. 1
Update 25.5/Teaser (3/25/2008)--Teaser with 2 New mods . . .
UPDATE 26 (4/6/2008)--Just Like 22nd Street--er, Avenue
UPDATE 27 (4/11/2008)--Wakeman Blvd Gets 5-Laned
UPDATE 28 (5/18/2008)--Wakeman: 22nd Ave Extension
UPDATE 29 (6/17/2008)--1st Anniversary
UPDATE 30 (6/24/2008)--Peninsula City
UPDATE 31 (7/3/2008)--A New Airport?
Update 31.5 (7/9/2008)--Argentum Map Teaser
UPDATE 32 (7/15/2008)--The BIG Argentum Map, First Draft
UPDATE 33 (7/30/2008)--Argentum Blvd North End Realign
UPDATE 34 (8/1/2008)--Parallel-Peninsula Corridor Project
UPDATE 35 (8/21/2008)--Introducing the City of Los Endos
UPDATE 36 (8/28/2008)--Los Endos, Highway 33 Realignment
UPDATE 37 (8/29/2008)--Highway 94/33 Interchange
Update 37.5 (9/12/2008)--Expanded Los Endos Map Teaser
UPDATE 38 (9/25/2008)--Los Endos Blvd Widening
UPDATE 39 (10/3/2008)--Wakeman "Mystery Highway" Complete?
UPDATE 40 (10/24/2008)--S. Wakeman Corridor/TDOT Overview
UPDATE 41 (10/30/2008)--Lenox
UPDATE 42 (11/4/2008)--Highway 151/Sealey Way Intersection
Update 42.25 (12/1/2008)--The Calm Before The Storm . . .
UPDATE 43 (12/18/2008)--The Storm Arrives--as a Freeway
UPDATE 44 (1/21/2009)--Los Endos Blvd Widening-Foothill
UPDATE 45 (1/24/2009)--Highway 94/65th Street Interchange
UPDATE 46 (2/18/2009)--Tartan Corridor and Other Projects
UPDATE 47 (3/17/2009)--Jan Haskins Pkwy and Other Projects
UPDATE 48 (3/24/2009)--Highway 94-Ardent Road Interchange
UPDATE 49 (4/30/2009)--Squire
UPDATE 50 (5/3/2009)--Tarkusian Videos?!
UPDATE 51 (5/15/2009)--More E. Los Endos Construction
UPDATE 52 (6/23/2009)--Downtown Los Endos
UPDATE 53 (6/24/2009)--NE 57th Street Extension-Los Endos
Update 53.5 (7/27/2009)--Big Los Endos Regional Map Teaser
UPDATE 54 (9/6/2009)--I'll Be The Roundabout
UPDATE 55 (9/20/2009)--Arboris
UPDATE 56 (10/27/2009)--Brinstar Road Project, Phase I
UPDATE 57 (11/1/2009)--Seven Islands Pkwy, Phase I
UPDATE 58 (11/22/2009)--Welcome back, my friends . . .
UPDATE 59 (11/30/2009)--Chemeketa: Ashcroft/5th Widening
UPDATE 60 (4/30/2010)--Chemeketa: 16th Ave NE Widening
UPDATE 61 (5/18/2010)--Chemeketa: 15th/16th Ave Couplet
UPDATE 62 (6/10/2010)--Chemeketa: A Look Around
UPDATE 63 (7/17/2010)--Chemeketa: Wallace Corridor Project
UPDATE 64 (10/4/2010)--Chemeketa: Wallace Corridor Pt. 2
UPDATE 65 (2/10/2011)--Chemeketa: Wallace Corridor Pt. 3
UPDATE 66 (2/13/2011)--Chemeketa: Downtown/Hwy 36 Mosaic
UPDATE 67 (2/16/2011)--Chemeketa: Northern Crossing, Part 1
UPDATE 68 (2/20/2011)--Chemeketa: Northern Crossing, Part 2
UPDATE 69 (2/25/2011)--Chemeketa: Northern Crossing, Part 3
UPDATE 70 (3/7/2011)--Chemeketa: Northern Crossing, Part 4
UPDATE 71 (3/14/2011)--Chemeketa Parkway, Phase 1.1
UPDATE 72 (3/26/2011)--Chemeketa Parkway, Phase 1.2
UPDATE 73 (4/3/2011)--Chemeketa "Mosaicfest"
UPDATE 74 (4/17/2011)--Chemeketa: Rankine-Dallas Corridor, Part 1
UPDATE 75 (6/3/2011)--Chemeketa: Rankine-Dallas Corridor, Part 2
UPDATE 76 (6/6/2011)--Chemeketa: Aldrin Way/Dallas Drive Improvements
UPDATE 77 (6/15/2011)--Chemeketa: 52nd Ave NE Widening, Phase 1
UPDATE 78 (6/23/2011)--Chemeketa: McCabe Street Extension
UPDATE 79 (7/14/2011)--Chemeketa: Tower Loop NE Extension
UPDATE 80 (7/22/2011)--Chemeketa: 52nd Ave Project, Part 2.1
INTERLUDE (10/30/2011)--Moving Forward
UPDATE 81 (12/17/2011)--Chemeketa: 52nd Ave Project, Part 2.2
UPDATE 82 (12/22/2011)--Chemeketa: 52nd Avenue Project, Part 3
UPDATE 83 (1/1/2012)--Chemeketa: Hwy 15--39th Avenue NE Interchange
UPDATE 84 (1/4/2012)--Chemeketa: Scarlet Street NE Extension
UPDATE 85 (1/15/2012)--Chemeketa: Chemeketa Parkway, Phase 2: Introducing Highway 215
UPDATE 86 (2/5/2012)--Chemeketa: Chemeketa Parkway, Phase 3A
UPDATE 87 (3/20/2012)--Chemeketa: Chemeketa Parkway, Phase 3B
UPDATE 88 (3/22/2012)--Chemeketa: Chemeketa Parkway, Phase 4
UPDATE 89 (4/23/2012)--Chemeketa: Wallace Road NW Widening
UPDATE 90 (4/27/2012)--Chemeketa: Greenwich Extension Bridge, Highway 221 Work
UPDATE 91 (8/14/2012)--Chemeketa: Highway 36/Sorenson Street Project, Part 1
UPDATE 92 (8/17/2012)--Chemeketa: Highway 36/Sorenson Street Project, Part 2
UPDATE 93 (8/30/2012)--Chemeketa: East Chemeketa Developments
UPDATE 94 (9/3/2012)--Chemeketa: Eriksen/Scarlet Corridor Project, Phase 1
UPDATE 95 (10/21/2012)--Chemeketa: Eriksen/Scarlet Corridor Project, Phase 2
UPDATE 96 (11/16/2012)--Tarkusian Cities: Old and New
UPDATE 97 (11/19/2012)--Chemeketa: Region Views
UPDATE 98 (5/10/2013)--Chemeketa: 15th/16th Ave Couplet Extension
UPDATE 99 (6/10/2013)--New Argentum: A Couple Couplets, Part 1
UPDATE 100 (11/29/2013)-Chemeketa Planning-OSITM 1
UPDATE 101 (11/30/2013)-Chemeketa Red Line Pt. 2-OSITM 2
UPDATE 102 (12/3/2013)-Chemeketa Red Line Pt. 3
UPDATE 103 (6/14/2017)-Chemeketa Red Line Pt. 4
UPDATE 104 (6/17/2017)-Chemeketa Red Line Pt. 5
UPDATE 105 (7/17/2018)-Chemeketa Red Line Pt. 6
UPDATE 106 (8/3/2020)-Chemeketa Downtown Project Overview
UPDATE 107 (8/23/2020)-West Chemeketa Reconfig, Part 1
. . . INTRO . . .
Well, after a little hiatus, I am back with a new MD. This time around, I'm going to be taking the "multi-region" approach, which means there will be some variety, and maybe even a few surprises.
The region I'm about to show you is one that I'll probably focus on for quite some time, Cascadia Gorge.
Here's a region shot, taken back before the majority of the development had started. The map I'm using is the NHP Kinbasket Lake map, by beskhu3epnm and Heblem. I've "desertified" it (as I am prone to doing) with c.p.'s Grand Canyon terrain mod. My main inspiration for this region is again one in RL, the section of the Columbia River Gorge that forms the border between Oregon and Washington for some 150 miles, an area which I'm quite familiar with.

Here's a few pics from Wakeman, the largest city in the region at the moment. Population-wise at the moment, it's around 6,000, but growing quickly.
Downtown, facing east along South Market Street, near 9th and 10th Avenues. The architectural style in downtown Wakeman is a rather unusual mix, taking from typical small-town America along with some old European influences:

Plus the occasional fast food joint:

Here's a suburban area on the outskirts, at the intersection of South 22nd Avenue and Gilmour Street (facing south on 22nd):

And so you know where all this stuff actually is . . . wait for it . . . a map.

This covers the entire city tile where Wakeman is situated.

Here's a key for it:

Finally, here's a few random shots from around the region, some of the roadways through the more remote areas around the gorge.
Hwy 89, just south of Wakeman

Belew Mountain Road

Abacab Pass Highway, along Abacab Creek

I will be back at some point with updates on development in Wakeman, as well as some more random road eyecandy, and possibly some unexpected stuff.

-Alex (Tarkus)