From a tweet by Angie Schmitt:
This is what @ODOT_Cleveland calls an intersection. I wonder if they’d let their kids cross it?
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UPDATE: There’s so much competition in the U.S. for worst intersection, Streetsblog decided to have a contest:
Streetsblog asked our readers to help us find America’s “Least Crossable Street” by sending in examples of these monster roads. You responded, and hopefully a little public shaming will do some good. Check out the contenders …
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Here’s an example:
In Phoenix, writes Lisa Parks, half-mile superblocks are the norm, making it generally dreadful for walking. She says the worst street to cross could be West Indian School Road, where getting from the Phoenix Christian Elementary School just down the road to the Arizona Chapter of the National Safety Council would require a half-mile detour to the crosswalk at North 15th Avenue.
“Of course, while doing this walk, you’ll be on a narrow sidewalk right next to the eight lanes of speeding traffic. I’m sure I’m not the only one who sees the irony in this.”
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All eight in the competition for your vote here.
A more typical configuration would have been for a “diamond” interchange, where the ramp would descend alongside the highway and the highway would be accessed from the cross street via a right turn after the intersection, rather than the curved approach and the need to widen the cross street.
Never mind children crossing that Cleveland intersection (the crossings I am sure are just for show), I would wonder how easy it is for a car to cross it!