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Pikachu not liking the new costume. Also you’re literally super effective against water & flying! How did you get yourself into this situation? 😭

This is just a friendly helpful post for those that do use E85 because it’s few and far between for gas stations but a new one opened at Windmill & Eastern at the Rebel now partnered with Shell.

They have more than one pump as well.

For those wondering: E85 (flex fuel) is a high-ethanol fuel blend containing roughly 51% to 85% renewable ethanol mixed with gasoline

Edit: Just found out Smith’s reward points work here, so if you want better quality Shell gas this is a good way to get a discount on it!

Edit: Here is a very short video about E 85 as well as pros and cons, there are more in depth videos of course, but if you got five minutes, it’s worth a quick watch : https://youtu.be/vcNFOcD4r2I?is=aISOkpeuKADRD30n

It was hard shrinking all this without losing the realism but I think I made it work. Used memory and Google Earth to confirm memory was correct at places. Added 1 more lane and it solved traffic in Las Vegas.

So many signs, so many details. Still got much more to add... I am not very fast.

Did I take the right ramp? I want Las Vegas, not Salt Lake City...

This was made before the newly added Decatur exit and 3 lane split weave on the 215 bringing it to to 6 lanes technically. I started to also update Las Vegas blvd exit to reflect the new changes too as best as I can. That un finished flyover is to Town Square. Needs more work, but it functions. Should I add the new configuration?

I hear this is a local favorite interchange! Re-created to the best of my abilities/game limitations. It was the first DD interchange in Henderson and was approved because they could use the existing bridge. It was a way of increasing flow/capacity without increasing footprint, how neat.

If they stop the QPC discount, I stop coming 😤

How do you get yours?

I was inspired by someone's idea for a three-decker Diverging Diamond.

Original post: https://www.reddit.com/r/CitiesSkylines/s/lPLxxrVBqX

But it got me thinking...

1. How does adding a third bridge level improve on a traditional DDI?

I used the extra level to eliminate the signalized crossover where traffic normally switches sides. Instead, vehicles cross over and under each other with a grade-separated weave, removing those conflicts and improving efficiency.

2. Why would a city want this?

The goal is to provide higher capacity and better traffic flow than a traditional DDI while still keeping a relatively compact footprint.

3. How compact can it be?

Considering the amount of traffic it's designed to handle, I think it's surprisingly compact. The trade-off is that, instead of large sweeping ramps, vehicles slow to about 35 mph (55 km/h) through the tighter curves.

4. How much traffic can it handle?

Very high volumes. After watching traffic flow through the interchange, I adjusted the lane math until movements balanced well. The design is also flexible—if traffic patterns change in the future, additional lanes can be added fairly easily to increase capacity.

5. What about pedestrians?

I think this is another advantage over a traditional DDI. Instead of pedestrians crossing at the same signalized crossover points used by vehicles, they use two separate crossings along the outside edges of the bridge. Each crossing is pedestrian-actuated, so traffic only stops when someone actually presses the button. While this adds a couple of pedestrian signals, I think it's a worthwhile trade-off. Crossing two lanes of traffic without signals can be unsafe, so giving pedestrians dedicated crossings improves safety while minimizing unnecessary delays for vehicles.

So here's the concept. It's not fully detailed yet, but it's complete enough to demonstrate how the interchange operates. I'm curious what everyone thinks—does this solve enough of the traditional DDI's drawbacks to justify the extra bridge level?

I'm finally finished with my Harmon Ave & Valley View / Union Pacific interchange recreation! It now features full detailing, along with a showcase video if you just like watching traffic (I know I do.)

I also included an updated look at my "Rainbow Curve" (I-11/US-95, NV-613/Summerlin Parkway & Rainbow Blvd) recreation in the video. It's still receiving additional detailing now that I've improved my techniques, so you get two different interchanges presented in the style of a DOT traffic camera.

Harmon Ave & Valley View Steam Workshop (might still be processing):
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3769385710

Rainbow Curve Steam Workshop (old version):
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3765186253

I'll upload a new Workshop version of the Rainbow Curve once the updated detailing is complete.

This will be my last post about the Harmon interchange. I hope you've enjoyed following the progress along the way and seeing how much effort I put into making it as accurate as the game (and my computer) would allow.

The YouTube video also includes a fun (well... I think so 😄) quiz about both interchanges. Think you can get them all right without cheating?

Yes, the music was created with AI, but I wrote the lyrics and arranged the final song myself. Hope you enjoy it! 😊

Like I said, the building itself has a green tint to it and they use high intensity, green LEDs at night to enhance it and they turn those off after a certain hour for hotel guest. I will admit for a moment I also doubted myself so that’s also why I did this and even better one of the photos shows the white light below the green light so clearly two different lights and ever since they made the LEDs more intense it really makes the green show. Ladies and gentlemen, the emerald city looks even better since they removed Copperfield’s face off the front. Those Epstein connections made his career disappear.

3 Different angles, placed the streetlights, got the timed traffic light, and the biggest change was the walls and making it even more compact especially on the Valley View side where the ramps meet. This is not a large Freeway interchange but an ave to ave that is split with train tracks in the middle.

Proof of concept: it works. Yay! SC1

This is my recreation of the Harmon Ave & Valley View Blvd intersection in Las Vegas, including the railroad tracks that split the two roads. What makes this one interesting is that it isn't a freeway interchange—it's a major avenue-to-avenue junction with a unique layout, neat!

The build was recreated using Google Maps/Earth along with my own real-world experience driving through the area, with the goal of making it look and function as closely as possible to the real intersection with the smallest footprint possible.

Have you ever driven through this junction? If you're familiar with it, I'd love to hear how close you think I got so far.

Just testing things, timed traffic lights, light positions to match Google Earth and a few other things. What do you think?

Edit: SR-613 (sorry) also managed to fix the traffic light timing issue with the 3 right turn combo and the metered traffic light for the freeway is functional

I think I’ll have one more update and be done. Oh I also have I-215, I-15 & Las Vegas Blvd interchange almost done but it isn’t updated for recent changes so it will need more work but might show a look at the progress on that after

Have you ever wanted to bring a little Las Vegas to your city? Here's another one!

It took a while (and many, many computer crashes 😅), but it's finally here:

I-11 / US-95 Rainbow Curve (Las Vegas) | Summerlin Pkwy (SR 613) & Rainbow Blvd SPUI

This is my recreation of the real-world Rainbow Curve interchange in Las Vegas, featuring a functional SPUI while balancing realism, smooth traffic flow, and low dependencies. I made a few compromises for gameplay and performance, but I tried to stay as faithful to the real interchange as possible. (I also tried to remove the extra streetlights with Network Skins, but the Asset Editor kept fighting me. 😅)

This is part of my ongoing goal to recreate notable Las Vegas freeway interchanges for Cities: Skylines, improving with each project.

It's about as compact as I could make it... but fair warning—it's still BIG.

If you check it out, I'd love to hear what you think or see screenshots of it in your city!

Steam Workshop:
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3765186253

I pretty much got this interchange finished but having a strange issue. Anytime I install Intersection Marking tool, all the traffic disappears/goes invisible and wont come back. I've narrowed it down and it ONLY happens when I install that mod, I can't seem to find a solution/fix. It's why it looks unfinished with big areas blank

Any help or ideas welcomed or thoughts about the interchange. Thank you!