Very nice! I was also never quite happy with the Atlanta interchange vs Florence example, and wanted to find a more suitable comparison. You saved me a lot of time researching terrible interchanges. Thanks! 😂

Growing up in South Florida, I always was in awe of the engineering marvel of our extensive highway systems that enabled so many residents to live in the region. Now I realize that a double rail line and a high density mixed use corridor would've served nearly a factor of 5 more residents with even cleaner skies and more amenities. Thanks guys

My frst job was on a surveying team designing an interchange on the east side of Denver designing the I-25/ I-225 exchange. Laying that out day by day gave me a respect for size, and when it was done driving through it gave me a sense of the pace of our society. BTW working for the state was a dream job, but it wasn't for me. Coffee break every morning at 09:00. Even one day we had to drive out 90 miles North of Denver to make sure a sign would be updated. We left early, got to the sign, then my dynamic partner looked at his watch, jumped in the vehicle and we drove back those same 90 miles to have coffee with the gang. Ah, the memories.

I love how he just destroys Arsenal for no reason at all😂

As a European who has only spent 8 days total in the States I am shocked to have been on the biggest interchange in America. It did seem massive in real life tbh.

As a University of Michigan student who routinely has to use that I-96/I-275 interchange to get to work, I always felt like that interchange was a total abomination, and am not at all surprised to see it at number 1! I truly despise that collection of roads and am glad to be moving soon as to never have to deal with that again! Love the video, and appreciate you taking the time to create them!

Out of curiosity I measured the motorway junctions in Ireland, and found the biggest urban junction was the Blanchardstown junction between the N3 and the M50 at 68.5 acres, and the biggest rural junction was the Athenry Junction between the M6 and the M18 at 85.2 acres You could fit the entire temple bar area of dublim inside of the Blanchardstown junction twice, and you could fit the entire city centre of Galway into the Athenry Junction

The reason the I-96/275/696/Michigan 5 interchange is so large is because it was built in piecemeal fashion I 96 was supposed to follow the general route of US 16 into downtown Detroit, and the southern portion of M5 was the original portion of freeway...A freeway revolt changed the routing of I 96 from that corridor to the concurrency with I 275...I 696 to the east was the 2nd part, then I 275/96 was built in the mid 1970's The M5 northern portion was built in the early 1990's and was supposed to be the beginning of an I 275 extension back to I 75 in NW Oakland County...Another freeway revolt canceled that plan

"This is the Acela corridor and this is the land management going on..." Exactly!

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The largest interchange by me that I can think of is the junction of I-90, I-190, and I-294 near Chicago just outside of O'Hare Airport. A rudimentary measurement places it at around 318 acres, but it could be even larger depending on where you put the eastern bounds of it, since the actual exit from WB I-90 to I-190 and SB I-294 happens east of Cumberland Road. I used boundaries of East River Rd and Higgins/Devon Rds for I-90, Devon Rd and Balmoral Ave for I-294, and the rail viaduct east of Mannheim Rd for I-190. Interesting list though, and thanks for doing the leg work on this.

Interesting video. Indianapolis Motor Speedway wasn't originally built in an urban area. The track was opened in 1909, was farmland prior to Indianapolis rapid growth later in the century. The track is actually in a town called Speedway, an enclave of Indianapolis. It's a great facility and is on the register of national historic places.

“Nove-eye”. When I lived in Michigan, I was told that the town was a stage coach stop between Detroit and Lansing - stop No. VI! Great video! Thank you!

Some more facts about the I-95/495 interchange in Maryland-- It's a great example of how freeway revolts helped prevent more of these interchanges destroying cities, as you can clearly see that I-95 was meant to go further south into Washington DC. The revolts resulted in that project being cancelled and replaced with a pretty nice metro system that can take you the rest of the way into the city :) And I-95 is the only highway going through the Northeast Corridor, so it's bound to be quite large as the only other way between Baltimore and DC is a four lane parkway.

I’m from Kansas City, and we call the interchange “The Triangle”. It’s known for terrible traffic!

Another big Texas interchange, in a far more crowded area would be the US75 Central Expressway and 635 Fwy. The High Five Interchange as it is called, has ramps that take cars and trucks upward of seven stories before plunging down to the intersecting freeway. This is scary enough to experienced drivers, but can be absolutely terrifying in icy conditions.

LA has some of the busiest interchanges on the planet but not the "biggest" which is this list... due to density LA interchanges are rather small which makes them incredibly congested and daunting, you have 12 lanes of traffic sometimes squeezing all over and sometimes you have to make your way from lane #8 to lane #1 in a span of a few hundred feet.

I lived in Farmington Hills near that interchange in 2016 and 2017 and I didn't realize it was that massive, but it was a bit difficult to navigate in the beginning for sure. Used it every day to get to work and other places.

Nice video! As a Utahn I had a feeling SLC would make the list. We have an obscene amount of space dedicated to freeways for a relatively small city. The I-15/I-80/Hwy 201 spaghetti bowl, the I-15/I-80/downtown connector, I-215/I-80, and the airport interchange combined take up more space than the entirety of downtown. I drove for lyft in SLC for a while and I feel like the stress took a few years off my life.

About the Michigan stadium from Wikipedia: "Every home game since November 8, 1975 has drawn a crowd in excess of 100,000, an active streak of more than 200 contests"

The I-95/495/395 interchange in Springfield, VA might not be big enough to get on this list, buts its truly awful. I count 27 lanes across at one point. All the express lane ramps and the Franconia Rd interchange combo is just ridiculous.

When I first started watching this the first interchange I thought was interchange in novi michigan. It truly is massive. Then ended up being number one. Lol Nice video!

You should give space to the 1st freeway interchange: The four level which is at the junction of US101 and CA110 (Pasadena Freeway). Not using lots of land was an objective. It was made to look good. As a result it causes traffic jams. In the 1960s they sold post cards with an aerial view as we were proud of it then. There is an evolution in interchange design.

The Kansas Turnpike was opened in 1956. It had no speed limit speed limit at first. Later set to 80mph. Long ago (1967) as a student at Kansas State in Manhattan, I drove the Topeks to KC leg at an average over 100. Luckily they didn't check speeds based on time stamps on the tickets.

The Indianapolis motor speedway is the best use of urban space

Your videos are stellar and totally feed my planner’s ever churning (trivia filled) mind. Thank you

As a Milwaukeean, I’ve got to “shout out” the Marquette interchange. We lost a lot of great urbanism when it was built, and in exchange it now efficiently funnels suburbanites into and out of the city during work hours. Definitely a big lose-lose for us

Great to know the biggest interchange in the US is one I used to use all the time to get to work!! A lot of highway concurrences and changed routing caused that mess, but having lived in and around Ann Arbor most of my life, that change caused a lot of confusion when trying to go up towards Northern Detroit. When I was younger, we used to just say the entire city of Ann Arbor could fit in its stadium but we didn't realize just how big it was, especially after the remodel. Also yes, it's pronounced Nov-"ai" (with a long I).

As a Cincinnatian Arsenal fan, that comment had me ROLLING especially since you were talking about my Alma Maters arch rival, TTUN 😂

I’m a bit surprised by the lack of the I-294/I-90/I-190/River Rd interchange just outside of Chicago. You could also include the I-190/Mannheim Rd interchange because they’re right next to each other and if you’re going from 294 or 90 to Mannheim, you’re only on 190 for about 10 seconds Another one that isn’t really that huge but sticks out in my mind due to 2 absurdly long ramps is the I-294/I-55 interchange. The 55N to 294N ramp has to be at least a mile long and the 294S to 55S ramp isn’t that much shorter

When I was in GIS and drawing maps all day. The intersections were my favorite part, I used to fight off other coworkers so I could draw that one specific intersection. You have earned yourself a subscriber! I love the heavy analysis too and criticism of other top ten lists what try to fudge in their numbers with that geographer voodoo we know how to exploit. Topped off with a healthy cynicism and a slightly askew picture in the shot. Thank you! Thank you! and grats on the pronunciation of Novi MI. No'V'aye

One interchange that didn't make the list, but that I just love to talk about is the turbine interchange in Jacksonville between I-295 and J Turner Butler Blvd. It's relatively compact, but it's striking to look at from a birds eye view.

Even when measuring as conservatively as possible, the nj turnpike/parkway/287/440/9/35/industrial highway/Smith Street/driscoll Bridge interchange definitely makes this list.

The 401/403/410 interchange in Mississauga is pretty obnoxious, but it’s on the ugly corner of the YYZ airport footprint. The fact that both the 401 and 403 have Express/Collector setups at this junction makes it all the more obnoxious.

As a Delawarean I am sad to see Wilmington on the list. As the second smallest state, we still managed to squeeze a massive interchange in :o

When I was younger and more naive I sent a policy proposal to Caltrans suggesting that they evaluate all of their urban interchanges based on an efficiency metric of person throughout per acre/hour. Then, they could take the least efficient ones and try to find a more compact redesign that could be paid for by selling off the excess land to more productive uses. I thought for sure they would adopt this policy and get busy on it so quickly that they would forget to send me a thank you note for sharing such a transformative idea. In hindsight I can’t believe I was so foolish.

Marylander here. Yeah we like our cloverleaf interchanges. But ya gotta remember, we move a lot of freight out of the Port of Baltimore, not just drivers.

As a former Kansas City and Chicago suburbanite, I find it hard to believe you left out the monster interchanges at the confluence of I35, 435, and K10 in Overland Park. I grew up in the area, watching what was originally two separate interchanges morph into one hyperspaghetti bowl. What began in the 60s as a simple cloverleaf diamond at the interstate crossover separate from the fairly mundane K10 divergence half a mile west when I was a child became a 3-level bridge stack in the early 80s to eliminate two of the cloverleaves. Then, a rebuild about 10 years ago is what brought K10 into the same interchange, as the latest iteration, as an example, provides southbound traffic on I35 a direct connection to K10 westbound without ever setting tire in the general traffic lanes of 435. And, it still gets traffic jams every rush hour. In Chicagoland, I think you kind of touched on the East-West, Ike, Tristate monstrosity southeast of O'hare Airport. I think it didn't make the cut because it looks like two separate interchanges divided by the St. Charles Ave sub-interchange. The fact is though, that they all have to be taken together, as the Tristate tollway (294) and Eisenhower expressway (290) parallel each other for more than a mile, and some of the ramps to swap between them are at either end of the turd pile that's further muddied by the presence of I80, the East West Tollway. Yes, toll plazas come into play on two of the three as well, but they're not nearly as noticeable these days thanks to express toll lanes and a consequent reduction in paved real estate to accommodate the smaller toll plazas. I've also lived through the evolution of what once was two separate interchanges when they were built until they were combined in the current Cobble's Knot in the 90s, as my grandparents lived not too far away from this interchange, and the easiest way to get from our home in KC to my grandparents' home in Western Springs was to take the East West Tollway across IL to the Tristate and hop off at Ogden Ave.

I thought you were going to do the TALLEST interchanges. Dallas Hi-5 would definitely be on that list.

I like the symmetrical cloverleaf designs with multi levels. they should incorporate a ring that allows you to go back and enter any path over and over until you have experienced the whole layout to fully appreciate the scale

Regarding Dallas/Fort Worth: Depending on how you count it, the largest interchange in the area is probably the DFW North interchange. The entire complex is a sequence of four different freeway interchanges all involving State Highway 121: from west to east, you have SH 360, SH 114, SH 114 + SH 91 (International Parkway), and I-635. I would certainly count the last two together - the connector ramps are continuous - but linking all four together is more questionable. If you count I-635, SH 121, SH 114, and SH 91 as a single interchange, I measured around 375.5 acres, which would give us a proper Texas-sized entry. Using the most generous definition I could think of (all of the above interchanges plus SH 114/SH 26), I got around 780 acres.

I live just off of I-696. That interchange in Novi (No vaaiii) is GARGANTUAN. Similar is 7 miles east on 696 is where M10, 696, US-24, Franklin, 11 mile, 10 mile, 12 Mile, Northwestern Highway, Lahser Roads meet at one point. It's called Southfield Mixing Bowl. It's over 2 miles long and 3 miles wide.

From Detroit and I drive on the 96/275/696/M5 interchange every day. It really is a disgusting use of space. At least I get to maintain 70+ mph while merging. Totally worth it lol

Novi is pronounced nov-eye. Used to live 5 minutes from that interchange. It's huge. I also worked at the dealership right off the exit there. Sellers buick GMC

Me: hears mention of UAE with regards to car infrastructure Also me: Screaming and crying "oh the humanity"

Great job! I enjoy your sarcasm. It's one of the main reasons I enjoy this channel. The content is amazing, of course! I'd like to see a video on highway interchange signage. I have found that the road signs are often confusing due to too much info or not enough, insufficient time to read the information and safely change lanes, and too many signs to read on freeways that have six or more lanes heading in the same direction, among other issues.

From Detroit. That Novi interchange is ridiculous. I have to play that golf course next to the interchange for high school, and it's a pain to get to. When you're coming from the east on 696, you have to get onto M5 for like a quarter of a mile just to be able to get off at the course. That just sounds ridiculous to me since the course is right next to an exit off of 696.

In Norway, there aren't that many interchanges that I know of, but a couple of them are quite interesting. There is an entirely underground highway intersection in Oslo, connecting the E6 and the E18. Close to Oslo Airport is a classic "American-style" big interchange sprawling far more than it needs to, although the land isn't particularly contested out there. I think it is commonly accepted that the worst interchange in Norway is the spaghetti bowl on the southern side of Bergen's city center, since it takes up so much valuable urban space. It's even on the waterfront.

I loved the way you said "...so I did" about measuring a bunch of intersections. Dedication felt.

As a non-American, it's refreshing to hear something being compared to "something-of-size" to not reference "football fields" which seems to be the most common comparative measure.

A dislike for the Indianapolis Motor Speedway hatred. When it was built, it was miles away from anything representing an urban area. Has a museum, golf course, and hosts year round events in the infield.

As Denverite who only takes the train to DIA, I didn’t realize how much land was devoted to the interchange, which services the largest (by land area) airport in the country. Not happy about the obese interchange, but that’s what happens with cheap land miles from development, although much closer to exurban development these days. I’d love to see a video about the smallest interstate interchanges of at least 3 all-purpose lanes in every direction. I’m assuming those would be much more fascinating, given that they have to fit a lot in a small area. Seeing the kind of connections they use could be informative. I wonder if any could be smaller than a typical exurban surface intersection with 3 through-lanes, 2 left-turn lanes & a right turn or slip lane in every direction.

No better example of a non-US giant interchange than the UAE, where the cities are copying all the worst parts of US design anyways, while their prestige projects aren't even all connected to waste water canals (looking at you, Burj Kalifa)? Can't really do anything else than building on it with their sand anyways.

American designer with a banking and finance background writing from Tokyo, Japan. While I am not an urban/transit designer/engineer, I find myself watching these videos and shaking my head at what engineers and designers in America or churning out as well as comments from anti-car, anti-capitalism folk and then those with the "we can't do attitudes". I'm glad you mentioned the folk who always point to Europe and say why can't we do XYZ? I grew up in France and used to be the same in my younger years. With years of work experience and now in the 5th year of running my own design studio, I've matured. My logic has matured. Though I am still about to come down hard on US engineers. I'm sure there are reasons that I am unaware of but I don't see problem-solving in terms of getting to the root of the problem happening. I feel that there is a crisis of imagination and creativity. I often think of US interchanges as being wasted space, especially now as topics of affordable housing, ripping out highways, and infrastructure projects are making the headlines. Living in Japan means always thinking about available space. Tokyo recently completed a new ring expressway that connects the east-west/north-south highways through the densest parts of the central metropolitan area that required interchanges. In the past, before ideas about environmental protection were widespread, Japan just built expressways over waterways, due to very strict laws nearly forbidding eminent domain. (Japan is trying to find remedies now to this tragic situation.) This new loop expressway has portions that are elevated and portions that are subterranean. By elevated I mean that the structures are taller than 10 stories up. Many of the interchanges are also at such heights. These expressways/highways are positioned above wide surface roads and thoroughfares. Commuter rail tends to also run directly under these surface streets. Between the surface streets and the elevated expressways are bypasses that fly over intersections. In other areas, the space under the elevated highways has been turned into commercial space with restaurants, shopping centers, office space. (The highway is the roof) In other locations, the spaces under the expressways are turned into caged sports facilities such as basketball courts, bicycle parking near stations, vehicle parking, community centers, and more. Highways needn't divide communities if they are designed well. Second to last point, there are also some large elevated cloverleaf interchanges on the edges of Tokyo but in the center of each cloverleaf is a distribution center, warehouse, or some industrial building therefore no waste. My final point, the interchange near my home. The interchange near my home is where a subterranean highway meets an elevated highway. It's best described as circular. The interchange is housed in a building structure. From the outside, you would never suspect it was an interchange. It houses a public library, a sports club, a supermarket, a rooftop public garden, and coming out the center a highrise condominium. The interchange is perfectly hidden within a structure that also serves as a community hub. Seeing solutions like these really makes me question the ideas that the American engineering society is bringing forth. www.google.com/url?sa=i&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.shutoko.jp%2Fss%2Ftokyo-smooth%2Fyamate%2Fohashi%2F&psig=AOvVaw0MjwSC1XaNi2PRfZldNVJ0&ust=1635837077964000&source=images&cd=vfe&ved=0CAsQjRxqFwoTCMi3upTO9vMCFQAAAAAdAAAAABAD

The Springfield Interchange south of DC is insane. There are express lanes in every direction, which makes it extremely large and complicated. It took something like 30 years to fully renovate.

I am an interchange guy myself, But seeing how big some interchanges get is just breathtaking. But yes, I will admit that massive interchanges are an unwise use of the urban land around it.

I measured the largest one in my city just out of curiosity. It measures 44 acres, which is nothing compared to the ones in this video, but it's still quite large for Switzerland

The I78 I95 route 1&9 interchange outside Newark airport in New Jersey is pretty huge. With the given parameters in the video you might be able to include route 21 in the same interchange

12:04 never expected to see Novi on a list like this, I live right next to it and take that interchange everyday

Yea, the problem IS inefficient space usage, but problem is wider, cross city highways (not interstates outside urban areas) and suburban sprawl, is a generational mistakes, made by people in 50s - 60s. But to fix it we need to understand it, and such examples are good way to grasp the disadvantages of a car dependent society

at 2:40 you briefly show the I-64, 71, 65 conglomeration in downtown Louisville. Residents have long called it Spaghetti Junction. And it has become a supersized portion of pasta in the last decade.

Finally, a video about urban expressways and interchanges that doesn't diss Cincinnati for completely destroying our riverfront with the absolute Frankenstein I-71/ I-75/ US 50 / 2nd and 3rd street Fort Washington Way interchange 😊😊

A comment on the I-95/I-495 interchange in Prince George's County, Maryland: that interchange was designed to have I-95 continue through to the south into downtown Washington, a freeway that was never built. So there are "ghost" roadways included, one of which is now used as a truck weigh station. In a (somewhat weak) defense, much of the land within and around the interchange is heavily forested and includes some undeveloped parkland with hiking trails and a stream valley park. Also nearby are some farm fields that are likely part of the University of Maryland, as well as a right of way for high voltage transmission lines. Oh, and there's even a campground (yes, a campground!) tucked in there--just outside of Washington DC. So: It's Complicated.

The I-80 and I-680 + I, L, and Q streets interchange in Omaha would be probably #11. It’s a lot but they also squeezed it in tight

Some of the 401 interchanges in Canada are ridiculously massive

Thanks for the video! I always enjoy them.

I grew up in Michigan, and I-696 is a nightmare of giant interchanges. From West-to-East we have the I-275 interchange mentioned, then the M-10/Telegraph monstrosity affectionately called the “mixing bowl”, then further up we have the I-75 monster, then Mound Road, and then finally the interchange with I-94. Also special shout out to the I-96/Southfield Freeway interchange. What a nightmare.

The Kennedy Interchange in Louisville, KY is pretty large, too. It's where I-64, I-65, and I-71 all converge, so it's an important one, albeit I don't know how many acres it covers. Since they redesigned it, a bunch of the ramps and exit lanes start fairly early and it really allows for traffic to always moving. Looking at a satellite view of it, you can see that it's big and starts a good distance before the three highways actually meet.

Amazing channel! Can I ask what your usual day job is?

Nearly 40 years ago, musician David Byrne in a film he created, called US highway interchanges "the cathedrals of the 20th century."

I can't get over how smart and articulate this guy is, while remaining so jaded and sarcastic. I love it.

Hell yeah. KC and Topeka. My home and my old home. The KC interchange is an absolute nightmare. They've rebuilt and rebuilt it because the traffic was total gridlock every day. And the Kansas turnpike is basically a straight shot from KC to Topeka. I had no idea how big it was, but it's really so smooth and stretched out that I guess I never noticed.

I love this channel. I'm sad it subtracts value from your life but the dry humor is rather entertaining and as an engineering trainee this is extremely interesting and educational.

What I've noticed about US freeways compared to UK motorways is that the US fways provide far more junctions for local traffic, as if they are not actually designed as high-speed, long-distance routes. I don't know the background to any of these interchanges but at a glance, they all look massively over-engineered.

That Arsenal joke at the end. Top shelf. And they say that Americans can't banter.

The I-84 I-91 interchange in Hartford, CT is pretty small, but a lot of that is because westbound traffic on 84 is diverted through either 291 or US 5, as well as eastbound traffic from 91. And if you look, there's a huge mess of ramps and widening at the I-84 I-384 I-291 mixmaster leading directly into the US-5 Charter Oak Bridge exit.

the 35/365 interchange is 388 Ac. DFW Airport North Entrance 445 Ac. Diamond Interchange in Irving 370Ac. Horshoe in DT dallas 265 Ac

The absolute disrespect to Arsenal! I love it!

I love your channel! Please 🙏 please keep going. I love very personal style.

Did you know that That interchange near Novi is called the mixing bowl by the locals

the last interchange in Novi truly is a beast, I have had to go through it far too many times, I hate the entire city but that interchange takes the cake for the worst thing about it.

Another honorable mention in MI: the I-94, I-196 and US 131 interchange. The original plan would have been laid out kind of like the MI one you mentioned. But it got halted 20 years ago due to some endangered species living on the land that the 131 stretch that would have connected to 94. Now they are finally constructing that section between a college and some farmland.

To give some credit to the Kansas City one...it used to be nicknamed the "Grandview Triangle" because of its reputation for being incredibly confusing and perpetually congested. It was pretty much totally rebuilt from the ground up in the early 2000s, and is now very easy to navigate and hardly ever congested, even at rush hour, to the point that often at low-traffic times it feels almost bizarrely empty. So at least it does that well, even if it has to take up an absurd amount of land to do it. Doesn't excuse the rest of KC though. I love my city, but it truly is freeway-strangled.

the kansas turnpike is a pretty good road and tolling it makes a lot of sense. as, if you have ever driven it you will see that alot of the plates are not from kansas, just driving through.

I grew up in Michigan and if I remember correctly, that interchange is called "the mixing bowl." And it's "NOV-eye" but I do like "No-vee"

Massachusetts has some fairly massive interchanges: I -93, Route 3, Burgin Parkway, and Washington Street in Braintree; I-93 and Route 24 in Randolph; I-90 Mass. Pike, I-95/Route 128 and Route 30 in Weston, I-95 and Route 128 in Peabody; and I-495, Route 3, and the Lowell Connector in Chelmsford. But they cannot compare to the absolute madness of the I-93 and I-90 Big Dig interchanges in Boston: one in Charlestown, the second at South Station, and the third at Logan Airport in East Boston.

I was bracing for impact as an SLC native but am still left breathless at the scope of this interchange. It was just last month that I was comparing this interchange with Madrid's high speed rail hub at Atocha. It's mind-boggling how overbuilt freeways are in Utah but we seem to be striving for larger and uglier every day

this was a great video i was dying the whole time

It's kinda weird how the I-80/north temple/bangerter highway interchange, which is just really a cloverleaf, is bigger than the nearby I-80/I-15/SR-201 interchange (called the spaghetti bowl) which seems much bigger when you drive through it

great video! I would love to see a video with the 10 largest intersections in Europe :)

Moving from Maryland to Texas, the interchanges are quite the contrast. Texas interchanges, I believe, are indeed bigger, and thus worse, than Maryland interchanges in that they contain more car infrastructure. But they use space very efficiently through the use of incredibly massive flyovers. Of course this is very ironic given the wide open spaces of Texas, especially compared to cramped Maryland. I specifically remember that Denver interchange when I flew there from my home in Texas, and how enormous it was, especially compared to Texas interchanges. It felt like a Maryland interchange.

The I-96/I-275/I-696/M-5 interchange is a classic example of not planning ahead. The original interchange was an incomplete split where EB I-96 splits into what is now I-696 and M-5, but before it was planned that I-96 would follow Grand River Avenue into Detroit, but that got nixed, and over the years more and more and more was added until we end up with what we have now. A very efficient and free-flowing interchange between five different highways, but a massive waste of land. Interestingly, the exact opposite happened in Lansing, where the similarly large I-69/I-96/I-496 interchange was planned to be that big from the start, but only because it was planned to handle a fourth highway, as this was the location where I-69 was supposed to split off. That never happened, and instead, I-69 splits one exit south. Originally, there was a loop ramp that cut down on some of the space used, but that was removed and replaced with a long flyover ramp, mirroring the one that already existed. I assume because MDOT already had the right of way from the original project, they just decided to make the most of it and make a ramp that you can take at highway speed.

I had to turn my brightness down to watch this

The largest interchange in terms of land area in the UK would be the Croft Interchange, the Junction 21A of the M6, at 270 acres (roughly)

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Probably too old for anyone to see this but the "circle interchange" he showed in Chicago is not the I-90/94-I-290 interchange. It's the exit from 90/94 onto Ohio Street. Though they do seem comparable in size.

Love those multi level stack interchanges! They are an interstate highway staple!

I can't believe you didn't do the Hi-5 interchange in Dallas of 75 and 635, it's quite large and almost certainly bigger than the one out in Ft Worth you listed.

The entire video I was yelling at the screen that 696/96/275/M5 better be on the list. I figured it would have to make the top 10. So glad it was mentioned in the #1 spot. It's an interchange that takes quite a while to drive though, even at 70mph. It was always so confusing as a kid because the only highway that keeps its number going through the Interchange is M-5. 696 turns into 96. 275 either ends or turns into M-5.

Me: I wouldn't be surprised seeing the I696/M10/Telegraph interchange on this list. Video: I696/I96/I275/M5 takes #1 Me: *raises glass*