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A taxonomy of turns…

From our friends at The Infrastructurist, “A Field Guide to Freeway Interchanges” (Part Two, here)…

Never again need we be confused by the difference between a “Spooey” (Single Point Urban Interchange, or “SPUI”):


…and a “Clovermill” (partial cloverleaf with turbine-style flyover [or, elevated] ramps):


Collect all 31 here (and here).

As we activate our turn indicators, we might recall with gratitude that it was on this date in 1969 that the BBC ordered the first 13 episodes of a new comedy sketch show improbably titled Monty Python’s Flying Circus (which premiered on October 5 of that year).

Monty Python’s Flying Circus

Hours of amusement on the MPFC YouTube channel, here

Written by (Roughly) Daily

May 23, 2009 at 12:05 am

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