LOL it does take getting used to but for Spfld, MO anything is better for them. All different drivers in that town of 5 universities, retirees, Branson tourists, and country drivers. What a mess. For a small town there were a lot of accidents. Years before I moved there they had never had a traffic study and when they did it made it easier for driving but the locals were still in the habit of going thru the red lights. I learned to look both ways before going on a green light. Boy, do I miss Bass Pro.
I thought it was the first in the US...
And the first is?...
After a few false starts, one that fell prey to fears over the safety of an unproven design, and another that was simply delayed by lack of funding, the first DDI outside of France was opened at I-44 and Hwy 13 on June 21, 2009 in Springfield, Missouri. The project cost just $3.2-million, because they were able to utilize the same bridge from the previous diamond interchange. MoDOT then opened the second DDI about a year later on July 12, 2010 at US-60 and National Avenue, also in Springfield.
http://www.divergingdiamondinterchange.org/
What a mess. For a small town there were a lot of accidents. Years before I moved there they had never had a traffic study and when they did it made it easier for driving but the locals were still in the habit of going thru the red lights. I learned to look both ways before going on a green light.
My impression of Branson has just been nudged even lower than it was to begin with. Wow. And also, yikes.
Why can't they just use a big "roundabout" and build a coliseum in the middle, and have gladiator fights there on weekends? But no, nobody listens to my traffic ideas...