Last few months coming and going to College Station I've seen the new interchange @ FM60 & 2018 by Easterwood taking shape. The first time I drove the new traffic pattern was, I think, when I took some stuff up to my Aggie before classes and at the time I thought it was just temporary routing to facilitate construction. If you don't know what I'm talking about - the interchange flip flops traffic so you drive a spell on the left side of the roadway. The night of the Clemson game it was a nightmare near the intersection - even though the comment by gameday experience committee was that eventually it would be better (per premium thread). Back up there for the Kentucky game I saw the curbing is poured and I realized for the first time that this is INDEED the new, and permanent, traffic pattern for the interchange.
I don't come across too many Diverging Diamond Interchanges out here in the country so when I got home I did some research and came to find out that actually; there aren't many of them in Texas. This College Station blog post dated 2017 said it is the 3rd in Texas. The concept has a website devoted to it with an interactive map showing every one in the world, although it needs updating a little since the one in CS is in construction.
https://divergingdiamond.com
The intersection has always been the welcome mat to Aggieland for Ags coming in our way. A narrow 2 lane road that brought us into town by the Vet School. I guess it's all grown up now - I'm looking forward to seeing it finished.
I don't come across too many Diverging Diamond Interchanges out here in the country so when I got home I did some research and came to find out that actually; there aren't many of them in Texas. This College Station blog post dated 2017 said it is the 3rd in Texas. The concept has a website devoted to it with an interactive map showing every one in the world, although it needs updating a little since the one in CS is in construction.
https://divergingdiamond.com
The intersection has always been the welcome mat to Aggieland for Ags coming in our way. A narrow 2 lane road that brought us into town by the Vet School. I guess it's all grown up now - I'm looking forward to seeing it finished.