CityNerd | Top 10 GINORMOUS Freeway Interchanges in the US -- and what you could fit into the same space! @CityNerd | Uploaded September 2021 | Updated October 2024, 1 hour ago.
This week we go looking for the BIGGEST freeway interchanges in the United States, take the measure of the top ten, and speculate on what we could fit into the same acreage.
From time to time, we see tweets and blog posts that compare the size of U.S. interchanges to the historical centers of great European cities. But is the way these tweeters and bloggers measure the size of interchanges reasonable, and is medieval-era Europe the most appropriate place to go looking for a land use comparison? This video creator says NO!
(Which isn't to say these tweets, articles, and blog posts aren't worth a read -- of course they are!)
- Steve Mouzon's (really enjoyable!) post on his blog, Original Green, which is sort of the grand-daddy of this genre of post: originalgreen.org/blog/2012/costs-of-sprawl---the-speed.html
- Congress for the New Urbanism's Public Square Blog, "Fitting Florence into an Atlanta Interchange" by Robert Steuteville: cnu.org/publicsquare/2020/12/04/fitting-florence-atlanta-interchange
- Curbed Atlanta, "Can Florence, Italy Fit Inside One Atlanta Interchange?" by Josh Green: atlanta.curbed.com/2014/6/16/10087436/can-florence-italy-fit-inside-one-atlanta-interchange
- Texas Monthly, "Yes, This Interchange in Houston Is the Same Size as an Entire City Center in Italy" by Dan Solomon: texasmonthly.com/news-politics/highway-interchange-houston-same-size-city-italy
Interchanges explored here include the following cities and comparable land uses:
- Atlanta (Florence, Italy)
- Los Angeles / Inland Empire (Disneyland)
- Dallas/Ft. Worth Metroplex (Dallas Cowboys and Texas Rangers Stadiums)
- Washington, DC (The National Mall)
- Indianapolis (the Motor Speedway, home of the Indianapolis 500)
- Denver (Denver International Airport)
- Salt Lake City (Temple Square and surroundings)
- Kansas City (Arrowhead Stadium and Kaufman Stadium)
- Fort Lauderdale (Venice, Italy)
- Wilmington / New Castle (Joseph R. Biden Amtrak Station)
- Detroit (The Big House - Michigan Stadium)
And a link to the Top 10 Airport/Transit Connections video: youtu.be/EYQdA2-eJ6g
This week we go looking for the BIGGEST freeway interchanges in the United States, take the measure of the top ten, and speculate on what we could fit into the same acreage.
From time to time, we see tweets and blog posts that compare the size of U.S. interchanges to the historical centers of great European cities. But is the way these tweeters and bloggers measure the size of interchanges reasonable, and is medieval-era Europe the most appropriate place to go looking for a land use comparison? This video creator says NO!
(Which isn't to say these tweets, articles, and blog posts aren't worth a read -- of course they are!)
- Steve Mouzon's (really enjoyable!) post on his blog, Original Green, which is sort of the grand-daddy of this genre of post: originalgreen.org/blog/2012/costs-of-sprawl---the-speed.html
- Congress for the New Urbanism's Public Square Blog, "Fitting Florence into an Atlanta Interchange" by Robert Steuteville: cnu.org/publicsquare/2020/12/04/fitting-florence-atlanta-interchange
- Curbed Atlanta, "Can Florence, Italy Fit Inside One Atlanta Interchange?" by Josh Green: atlanta.curbed.com/2014/6/16/10087436/can-florence-italy-fit-inside-one-atlanta-interchange
- Texas Monthly, "Yes, This Interchange in Houston Is the Same Size as an Entire City Center in Italy" by Dan Solomon: texasmonthly.com/news-politics/highway-interchange-houston-same-size-city-italy
Interchanges explored here include the following cities and comparable land uses:
- Atlanta (Florence, Italy)
- Los Angeles / Inland Empire (Disneyland)
- Dallas/Ft. Worth Metroplex (Dallas Cowboys and Texas Rangers Stadiums)
- Washington, DC (The National Mall)
- Indianapolis (the Motor Speedway, home of the Indianapolis 500)
- Denver (Denver International Airport)
- Salt Lake City (Temple Square and surroundings)
- Kansas City (Arrowhead Stadium and Kaufman Stadium)
- Fort Lauderdale (Venice, Italy)
- Wilmington / New Castle (Joseph R. Biden Amtrak Station)
- Detroit (The Big House - Michigan Stadium)
And a link to the Top 10 Airport/Transit Connections video: youtu.be/EYQdA2-eJ6g
