[REWORK] AZ, CA, and NV public research and rework suggestions.
Re: [REWORK] AZ, CA, and NV public research and rework suggestions.
CA-58 @ CA-99 is a scale issue. Doesn't matter really what's going on in real life. 1:20 is the problem.
My post are only thoughts and ideas. Don't assume it makes ATS.
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Interstate 11, US 95, and Nevada/Arizona Rework Ideas
Due to a post merge, my note regarding what I was trying to do here is removed. On with the research!
In May 2024, Interstate 11 was officially extended over and beyond Interstate 515, thereby eliminating I-515 permanently from the road landscape in Las Vegas. Given that we have completed most of the California Rework project, with the exception of one little area I have noticed did not get touched, it is my suspicion that area is now, well, going to get touched. Interstate 11 runs nearby. As such, it is currently worth discussing the new highway.
As of today looking at the information compiled on the Wiki page, the highway now terminates at SR 157 west (Kyle Canyon Road) / Sunstone Parkway, This provides access to Reno and Mount Charleston. More on this later.
The first thing I would do is take the Mike O'Callaghan–Pat Tillman Memorial Bridge and plop it correctly on the state line (where our Las Vegas currently sits). I would then add the interchange network of Exits 2, 14, and 15, allowing US 93 Business to properly split (scenic town of Boulder City) and US 95 to be created to connect to a new I-40 interchange for Searchlight at exit 133; Searchlight itself is a new scenery city in Nevada (note that Needles is represented already for US 95 south to Blythe; more on that interchange later; also, I-40 is presently boring in California, so this is sorely needed). In addition to US 95, a secret road extension to meet it where US 95 is also part of CR 66 itself is also viable.
Considerations could be made for a way to add Henderson, possibly connecting it to I-215 whose interchange forms Exit 23 on I-11. I-215 then ends at I-15, and that's that. We then cross to the area already represented, but Interstate 11 would have to replace the I-515 on the map and Las Vegas itself would have to be moved and potentially rebuilt (RIP Fluffy Razors performing "tonight"?).
Exit 76 is already nicely represented on the map but should now be Exit 37, and can be retained in its new location wherever it goes. This is an important change.
The exit to Rancho Drive (US 95 Bus) already exists but should now be Exit 40, and I-11 would go through with US 95 itself diverging to the north (signage may be enough if we cannot build this, but we really should complete this highway correctly). We do not have Rancho Drive itself meeting the I-15, which could be a better choice than putting other exits in the middle of the city where the I-15 runs through (but hey, maybe they could still fit since they are there and depending on what goes into the rebuild). Meanwhile, US 95 Business ends at the intersection of Rancho and Redondo Drive. A map icon on Rancho would be nice. It goes beyond the I-15 connection, so ending ours at the I-15 is an option. Us 95 Business does not generally have signs on it, but is marked as such on maps.
Beyond Rancho Drive, we now would have Interstate 11 by itself. At Summerlin Parkway/Rainbow Boulevard, the highway turns north and SR 613 continues west (should be drawn in, but access is not needed unless we create a new area with new depots). It continues north in the near vicinity of Mar A Lago (no, not the president's home in Florida, this is in Vegas) and meets US 95 again at Exit 48 after 95 passes the North Las Vegas Airport (a possible Ultimus depot?). The previously mentioned Kyle Canyon Road, Exit 53, is the end of the highway for now. Given the barren landscape that exists in our southwestern Nevada, I think this is a fantastic way to add to the map. To quote: "Mount Charleston is an unincorporated town and census-designated place in Clark County, Nevada, United States. The population was 357 at the 2010 census. The town of Mount Charleston is named for nearby Mount Charleston whose Charleston Peak at 11,916 feet (3,632 m) is the highest point in Clark County. The town of Mount Charleston is in a valley of the Spring Mountains to the northwest of Las Vegas." I think creating SR 157 and extending it to a scenery town of Mount Charleston, with SR 158 ready to take people back to what is now US 95, is a great start for expanding the map. But given this new I-11 terminus is west of Las Vegas (in reality, right on the city border), we have to discuss this further, as well.
Extensions are planned for I-11 to the Mercury Highway at Exit 93 (not relevant right now) and the highway could continue as US 95 in-game as it presently does. It remains a divided highway right up to its future Mercury terminus, and then becomes a regular road. The Mercury interchange could be represented but perhaps inaccessible (or make the interchange accessible with a secret road to the town). In the future, if this game is still in development when I-11 designates to here, we can add that designation along the new stretch and update the highway further.
Other changes that can occur along this corridor are the addition of our final agriculture checkpoint along the one unchanged road in California to date, and an update of US 95 near Reno, particularly after Tonopah. A new road would be needed at US 6 (Coaldale) continuing US 95 to intersect US 50, eventually merging north of Fallon (I-80 exit 48) to run concurrent with I-80 until it leaves where it currently appears there.
Updates to US 93 to the east of the Interstate can also take place up to Kingman; perhaps start at I-40 where Needles is already represented and run AZ 95 past the gas station to Laughlin (right by the tri border with California with a U.S. 95 connection via NV 163) and then run AZ 68 to US 93, after which I-40 eventually crosses, and you are in Kingman. US 93 after the bridge with I-11 should be a south-southeast alignment pretty much the entire way with minimal fluctuation, not curved as it is now. The road finally curves before the I-40 and entering Kingman remains straight to the east.
There is a lot that can be done with the wasteland of space that is currently near US 95 and what could become Interstate 11. I wanted to highlight some of the key information and changes that would be necessary to make what we already have more accurate. I hope I have done this.
In May 2024, Interstate 11 was officially extended over and beyond Interstate 515, thereby eliminating I-515 permanently from the road landscape in Las Vegas. Given that we have completed most of the California Rework project, with the exception of one little area I have noticed did not get touched, it is my suspicion that area is now, well, going to get touched. Interstate 11 runs nearby. As such, it is currently worth discussing the new highway.
As of today looking at the information compiled on the Wiki page, the highway now terminates at SR 157 west (Kyle Canyon Road) / Sunstone Parkway, This provides access to Reno and Mount Charleston. More on this later.
The first thing I would do is take the Mike O'Callaghan–Pat Tillman Memorial Bridge and plop it correctly on the state line (where our Las Vegas currently sits). I would then add the interchange network of Exits 2, 14, and 15, allowing US 93 Business to properly split (scenic town of Boulder City) and US 95 to be created to connect to a new I-40 interchange for Searchlight at exit 133; Searchlight itself is a new scenery city in Nevada (note that Needles is represented already for US 95 south to Blythe; more on that interchange later; also, I-40 is presently boring in California, so this is sorely needed). In addition to US 95, a secret road extension to meet it where US 95 is also part of CR 66 itself is also viable.
Considerations could be made for a way to add Henderson, possibly connecting it to I-215 whose interchange forms Exit 23 on I-11. I-215 then ends at I-15, and that's that. We then cross to the area already represented, but Interstate 11 would have to replace the I-515 on the map and Las Vegas itself would have to be moved and potentially rebuilt (RIP Fluffy Razors performing "tonight"?).
Exit 76 is already nicely represented on the map but should now be Exit 37, and can be retained in its new location wherever it goes. This is an important change.
The exit to Rancho Drive (US 95 Bus) already exists but should now be Exit 40, and I-11 would go through with US 95 itself diverging to the north (signage may be enough if we cannot build this, but we really should complete this highway correctly). We do not have Rancho Drive itself meeting the I-15, which could be a better choice than putting other exits in the middle of the city where the I-15 runs through (but hey, maybe they could still fit since they are there and depending on what goes into the rebuild). Meanwhile, US 95 Business ends at the intersection of Rancho and Redondo Drive. A map icon on Rancho would be nice. It goes beyond the I-15 connection, so ending ours at the I-15 is an option. Us 95 Business does not generally have signs on it, but is marked as such on maps.
Beyond Rancho Drive, we now would have Interstate 11 by itself. At Summerlin Parkway/Rainbow Boulevard, the highway turns north and SR 613 continues west (should be drawn in, but access is not needed unless we create a new area with new depots). It continues north in the near vicinity of Mar A Lago (no, not the president's home in Florida, this is in Vegas) and meets US 95 again at Exit 48 after 95 passes the North Las Vegas Airport (a possible Ultimus depot?). The previously mentioned Kyle Canyon Road, Exit 53, is the end of the highway for now. Given the barren landscape that exists in our southwestern Nevada, I think this is a fantastic way to add to the map. To quote: "Mount Charleston is an unincorporated town and census-designated place in Clark County, Nevada, United States. The population was 357 at the 2010 census. The town of Mount Charleston is named for nearby Mount Charleston whose Charleston Peak at 11,916 feet (3,632 m) is the highest point in Clark County. The town of Mount Charleston is in a valley of the Spring Mountains to the northwest of Las Vegas." I think creating SR 157 and extending it to a scenery town of Mount Charleston, with SR 158 ready to take people back to what is now US 95, is a great start for expanding the map. But given this new I-11 terminus is west of Las Vegas (in reality, right on the city border), we have to discuss this further, as well.
Extensions are planned for I-11 to the Mercury Highway at Exit 93 (not relevant right now) and the highway could continue as US 95 in-game as it presently does. It remains a divided highway right up to its future Mercury terminus, and then becomes a regular road. The Mercury interchange could be represented but perhaps inaccessible (or make the interchange accessible with a secret road to the town). In the future, if this game is still in development when I-11 designates to here, we can add that designation along the new stretch and update the highway further.
Other changes that can occur along this corridor are the addition of our final agriculture checkpoint along the one unchanged road in California to date, and an update of US 95 near Reno, particularly after Tonopah. A new road would be needed at US 6 (Coaldale) continuing US 95 to intersect US 50, eventually merging north of Fallon (I-80 exit 48) to run concurrent with I-80 until it leaves where it currently appears there.
Updates to US 93 to the east of the Interstate can also take place up to Kingman; perhaps start at I-40 where Needles is already represented and run AZ 95 past the gas station to Laughlin (right by the tri border with California with a U.S. 95 connection via NV 163) and then run AZ 68 to US 93, after which I-40 eventually crosses, and you are in Kingman. US 93 after the bridge with I-11 should be a south-southeast alignment pretty much the entire way with minimal fluctuation, not curved as it is now. The road finally curves before the I-40 and entering Kingman remains straight to the east.
There is a lot that can be done with the wasteland of space that is currently near US 95 and what could become Interstate 11. I wanted to highlight some of the key information and changes that would be necessary to make what we already have more accurate. I hope I have done this.
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