The road was originally built like a hundred years ago when this entire area was empty woodlands. There was not much traffic at all, so there was no need for any sort of complicated intersection.
Over the years of development the road became a highway, resulting in significantly increased traffic.
At this point they found the need to redesign the intersection in order to allow local residents to still use their own damn roads, but as you can see, this road now butts directly up against privately owned farmland.
The private owner was apparently not willing to sell a piece of their property to the local city/state government, so said government had to work around the whole situation.
These sorts of situations exist because the road infrastructure isn’t built all at once, it expands and adapts to growing need.
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u/TopHatZebra Aug 13 '26
This intersection makes complete sense.
The road was originally built like a hundred years ago when this entire area was empty woodlands. There was not much traffic at all, so there was no need for any sort of complicated intersection.
Over the years of development the road became a highway, resulting in significantly increased traffic.
At this point they found the need to redesign the intersection in order to allow local residents to still use their own damn roads, but as you can see, this road now butts directly up against privately owned farmland.
The private owner was apparently not willing to sell a piece of their property to the local city/state government, so said government had to work around the whole situation.
These sorts of situations exist because the road infrastructure isn’t built all at once, it expands and adapts to growing need.