Nyhaven: Views From Within (Nuclear City - 5/8)

[rooker1]

Nice work.  Your regional veiws are very impressive.

Robin 

[Battlecat]

Another amazing update!  Massive highway construction project there, looks good!  Can't wait to see what fills in around it!

[woodb3kmaster]

Guillaume (Sciurus): It's very true. The latest updates have definitely been bigger than usual, but that's just because I have more to show you all. Thanks for replying, and I appreciate your compliment!

Driftmaster07: Thank you, my friend! Planning is my forte. Keep watching this MD; the next update is just around the corner!

kj3400: Thanks! I'm glad you like the map. I hope it won't be too much longer until I can finish the stack the way I want to, but that's up to the RHW team.

Robin (rooker1): Thank you! I'm glad you like the region views.

Battlecat: Thank you very much, friend! I'm sure we'll return to the area around Route 148 in a future update to check out the local developments.



What should I see today but that Nyhaven is now in the Best Sellers forum! Thank you all so much. Without you, this would never have happened.

More's coming soon, so as always, keep your eyes on Nyhaven!

[woodb3kmaster]

Hey, everyone! I'm just stopping by to let you all know that today's planned update may be delayed, as my computer is with the Geek Squad, getting some much-needed TLC. Hopefully, though, it will still be Thursday here in California by the time Update 20 gets posted.

Thanks for understanding, and have a great day!

[dedgren]

A long-time fan of Nyhaven say, "Can't wait."  It's always a treat to watch you take development step-by-step.


David

[GreekMan]

hey great to see you moving on up into best sellers! looks great zack!

[kwakelaar]

I have enjoyed looking at all your work with the new infrastructure for Nyhaven.

[carkid1998]

Why haven't I seen this before??
Those highways are looking good!

[Swesim]

I like Your City overviews very much, they look so realistic.
I am also curious to see wether the city council will try to merge the mogul´s companies together at some point and run it as one cityowned transportation company...
Looking good anyways and it is always interesting to see networks as they are built rather than looking at the finished product.

[woodb3kmaster]

David (dedgren): Thank you, my friend! It's as fun for me to make these updates as it is for you to read them, I'm sure.

GreekMan: Thanks! I'm glad that I'm finally moving up in the MD world.

kwakelaar: Thank you very much!

carkid1998: Thanks for stopping by! I'm glad you like what you see. Today's update will hopefully be as enjoyable for you as the last one!

Swesim: Thank you for commenting! If you read Update 3: The Ever-Changing World of Light Rail all the way through, you'll find that that's just what happened to the independent rail companies. I hope you enjoy today's update!



Well, I didn't end up getting my computer back until Friday, but at least now it's virus-free! Now I should be able to go back to posting updates every other Thursday, so look for Update 21 on May 7! Anyway, on with the present update!



The success of the first segment of Route 148 told us that we were headed in the right direction. Before that segment opened, though, we had already started planning for the second and last segment:



The next piece of the highway would run through the northern reaches of the city, eventually ending at Route 3, north of Skamokawa. With all our plans ready, in 2388 we broke ground near the incomplete interchange between Routes 48 and 148, where construction had finished on Segment A just weeks earlier.



First came the extension of the wide part of the freeway that would approach the intrerchange from the north. This stretch of road would be up to eight lanes wide before dividing into the various ramps that made up the interchange.



Soil conditions forced the workers to delay paving for some weeks, but they eventually got back on track. The wide section of highway was fully paved by spring of 2389.



Much of the work that I oversaw had to do with interchanges. A memorable one was the interchange at Penter Avenue, near the protected Lankershim Forest. This one was special because of its design - it was one of a handful of parclos being built. As usual, first came the highway paving...



...and at the same time, the road's overpass was built.



Before long, construction crews had started working on the ramps, including the signature loop ramps that made this interchange a parclo.



Finally, in August 2389, the interchange was done. But there was no rest for me yet; other interchanges needed my watchful eye...



...interchanges such as this one, due north of downtown. This would eventually become the highway's interchange with University Avenue, and it would be a rather compact little diamond.



Unlike most other interchanges, here the highway passed over the road, rather than vice versa. The twin bridges were complete just in time for the workers to enjoy their Christmas holiday.



Once they got back to work, they made short work of the interchange's ramps; they were done in only a couple of months.



At last, we came to Route 148's northern end. Route 3 was in need of an upgrade, so the construction crews took the opportunity to also build this final interchange.



My colleagues designed this interchange for lower capacity than its sister interchange on Route 50, because Route 3 wasn't a major highway and saw only the occasional heavy traffic. The ramps were all just a single lane wide.



Those ramps were designed to form a trumpet interchange - with a twist. The ramps from the north were longer to accommodate a diamond interchange within the trumpet, as an arterial road crossed Route 3 near Route 148.



The complex design, really two interchanges in one, called for plenty of overpasses. They raised the overall cost of the project, but they were well worth it.



The finished project was truly a sight for sore eyes. After four long years of construction, Route 148 was finally complete! Already, though, I was busily working on a similarly ambitious project...

[Ryan B.]

I like this update.  I like it a lot!

Great job with your creative use of the RHW!

[bat]

Great work on the RHW there!!! Nice pictures, too!

[woodb3kmaster]

Thanks, friends! Your compliments really brighten my day. I appreciate you all taking some time to let me know how I'm doing, and you're always so nice!

There's still another week until I post the next update, but I thought I would start showing my latest work in these off-weeks. I don't just play the game to make this CJ, you know! To inaugurate this new tradition, here's a picture of the main campus of the Royal University system, a few miles from Nyhaven in the national capital, Kendall. Royal U is the nation of Lower Columbia's national public university, funded and sponsored mainly by the king. Enjoy!



(Yes, I know the grid is on. I forgot to turn it off for this picture.)

[Sciurus]

Excellent, I love this city

Guillaume

[Swesim]

Nice update, that university looks massive but nice!

[TopCliff]

A great university, immediately makes me think of Fordham with all the brick and grass. An excellent update, and as many others have said, can't wait to see more!

[kbieniu7]

Nice collage. And very interesting history of highway contruction 

[woodb3kmaster]

Guillaume (Sciurus): Thanks!

Swesim: Thank you! I do my best to create realistic, American-style universities.

Leo (TopCliff): Thank you! The main quad was really inspired by Notre Dame, but I'm sure Fordham looks similar. Hope you like today's update!

kbieniu7: Thanks! It's my goal to portray construction in a realistic manner.


What a month it's been! Sorry I didn't post this next update sooner. School has really been challenging this quarter. It's been hard to balance maintaining Nyhaven with writing my numerous papers. Thankfully, the quarter's almost over, so even if I don't get the chance to post Update 22 two weeks from today, it won't be long before I'm able to return to my normal schedule for updating. Anyway, on with the update!



Route 148 wasn't the only project that kept me busy in the late 2380s. Part of my vision for the future of Nyhaven's public transportation included establishing a commuter rail system, something more long-distance than the MetroRail that already served the city well. To do that, the city needed to lay down new tracks in the suburbs, forming a long arc around the city. As the Route 148 project was getting started, some of my colleagues put together a plan for the first half of this new rail "beltway":



This first operating segment would begin and end at two widely-separated points along the main east-west railroad that runs through Nyhaven, also intersecting the mainlines heading north and northwest out of the city. It would include two spurs serving the existing suburbs in Melrose and Lincoln Hills, on which a few new commuter rail services would run. By June 2387, we were ready to break ground.



Construction began at a bend in the railroad where the beltway's first junction would be located. The site was easy to access, being near Route 103 heading west out of Skamokawa.



As usual, the first step was to grade the site. With a highly slope-sensitive network like rail, this was especially important. Complicating matters was the fact that the railroad had to cross Route 103, so we had to leave room for a ramp that would carry the tracks over the freeway.



Everyone was relieved when construction proved easier than expected. With the freeway overpass finished, crews were laying track further and further east every day.



Eventually, it came time to cross the Sleepy Hollow Industrial Park. Building in a developed area would be difficult, as there were many factories that had to be demolished to make room for the new elevated viaduct that would carry the rails across the industrial park. In addition, we had to build across the MetroRail Green Line tracks we had built through here a few years ago.



It took several months, but when the viaduct was finally finished, it was truly a thing of beauty - at least, as beautfiul as a rail viaduct can be.



Once the viaduct was built, we were back to laying track in open areas. They weren't completely open, though - those new arterial roads that the city built in the run-up to the Route 148 project were there, and we had to cross them. In some places, a simple at-grade crossing was good enough...



...but in others, the hilly terrain forced us to build overpasses. Here, we were once again grading the future course of the railroad where we had to build one of those overpasses, in this case over Fort Sepulveda Road.



After building the viaduct through Sleepy Hollow, this short overpass was a piece of cake. It took only a couple of months to build.



In late 2388, it came time to build the first of two spurs into the suburbs. After completing its junction with the rail beltway, workers laid track through the hills...



...into the suburbs of the Melrose district. Like at Fort Sepulveda Road, this hillside near a cemetary required us to build a short overpass.



Once again, we were building in developed territory, so it was inevitable that some buildings would have to be torn down. Ultimately, we ended up in the eastern end of yet another industrial park, this time in Melrose.



Not long after this spur was completed, it was time to build another one. This time, the destination was the suburb of Lincoln Hills. Once again, we started with a junction off the beltway...



...and ended at a station. This time, though, we didn't have to tear down any houses. This station was sure to get used well, since it was near the popular Thrillsborough Park amusement park.



At last, in 2389, we came to the end of this first phase of the project. Out in the hills east of Rossmore Lake, we built another junction with the main east-west railroad, leaving room for the next phase to pick up where we left off. It wouldn't be long before they did just that...

[Battlecat]

Quite the impressive infrastructure project going on here.  It's coming together quite nicely though.  Nice use of the rural highways! 

[Pat]

Hey Zack looking real great here and sorry I havent been in such a loooooooooooong time!!