I’m muddling through a WCYDWT unit on modeling right now and I’m short on data. If you know of a curve that’s preceded by a recommended speed sign, would you copy the link from Google Maps and paste it into the comments. Obliged.
I’m muddling through a WCYDWT unit on modeling right now and I’m short on data. If you know of a curve that’s preceded by a recommended speed sign, would you copy the link from Google Maps and paste it into the comments. Obliged.
31 Comments
Dave
December 17, 2010 - 1:42 pm -Are you sure this isn’t a sneaky way of stalking your commenters? ;)
Here’s a double-curve 30 MPH on a six-lane city street in Dallas:
http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&ll=32.83118,-96.825246&spn=0,0.009238&t=h&z=17&layer=c&cbll=32.831272,-96.825205&panoid=MjqHZO0oRMj5W1-TeD91WA&cbp=12,325.2,,0,10.12
-or- http://tinyurl.com/2cna6g2
Phil
December 17, 2010 - 1:59 pm -Hope English ones are ok:
http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=Orrell,+Wigan&sll=54.136696,-4.042969&sspn=14.140409,39.506836&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Orrell,+Wigan,+United+Kingdom&ll=53.424673,-2.553291&spn=0.118042,0.308647&z=12&layer=c&cbll=53.42458,-2.55311&panoid=xRwDB-QgBWqUVIyDcH7MTw&cbp=12,136.66,,0,5
David
December 17, 2010 - 2:14 pm -http://bit.ly/curvesign
Brian Caine
December 17, 2010 - 2:17 pm -Interstate-440 around downtown nashville.
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=Nashville,+TN&sll=36.19203,-86.777751&sspn=0.000643,0.001206&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Nashville,+Davidson,+Tennessee&ll=36.153989,-86.822526&spn=0.004626,0.01929&z=16&layer=c&cbll=36.154097,-86.82252&panoid=1Ef4gTciIn6VzdND_8JD0A&cbp=12,4.19,,0,10.31
Jonathan
December 17, 2010 - 2:24 pm -http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&ll=47.642311,-122.322121&spn=0.005356,0.013937&z=17&layer=c&cbll=47.642311,-122.322121&panoid=55yQIb-5eqi4q_Yb3h2c9Q&cbp=12,257.75,,0,6.11
and
http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&ll=47.837242,-122.340488&spn=0.009593,0.055747&z=15&layer=c&cbll=47.837252,-122.34047&panoid=ldI0tfop4NcwuL4pEu4UxQ&cbp=12,338.76,,0,1.47
DarcyG
December 17, 2010 - 2:26 pm -http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=2003+harvest+drive,+mechanicsburg,+pa&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=34.724817,79.013672&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=2003+Harvest+Dr,+Mechanicsburg,+Cumberland,+Pennsylvania+17055&ll=40.172528,-76.969357&spn=0.008247,0.01929&t=h&z=16&layer=c&cbll=40.172439,-76.969316&panoid=pKeR1RFR8v5WSAr1I14XKQ&cbp=12,332.47,,0,5.16
Z. Shiner
December 17, 2010 - 2:50 pm -Here’s one close to home: http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&q=Highway+17+and+85&sll=37.255832,-121.955388&sspn=0.004765,0.009645&ie=UTF8&t=h&rq=1&ev=zi&radius=0.32&split=1&filter=0&hq=Highway+17+and+85&hnear=&ll=37.256301,-121.955109&spn=0,0.009645&z=17&layer=c&cbll=37.256367,-121.95505&panoid=gjzjZyNEbFqdAYpMw-UnkQ&cbp=12,59.41,,0,5.8
I remember it because it’s the turn I almost spun out on going home on a rainy day once.
Phil
December 17, 2010 - 2:58 pm -and another:
http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&ll=52.51058,-1.865616&spn=0.014966,0.038581&z=15&layer=c&cbll=52.510536,-1.865405&panoid=5VvQrfFKALOkl8xsbweV9w&cbp=12,287.98,,0,5
Phil
December 17, 2010 - 3:02 pm -http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&ll=53.570951,-2.723193&spn=0.014704,0.038581&z=15&layer=c&cbll=53.571088,-2.723153&panoid=5DNYMCUYrQBdekcoE-jpMA&cbp=12,203.17,,0,5
Chris Craft (@crafty184)
December 17, 2010 - 4:28 pm -Hi Dan,
We have a famously horrendous interchange between two major interstates in Columbia, SC. It has earned the nickname “Malfunction Junction” because it is so poorly designed. In fact, many many crashes occur there.
Here is a link to the beginning of one of the worst curves, going from I26 to I20, where trucks often turn over, hence the warning.
http://edurls.org/7m
Chris
Hal
December 17, 2010 - 5:07 pm -10 MPH, on LI, NY
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=miller+place,+ny&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=49.71116,79.013672&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Miller+Place,+Suffolk,+New+York&ll=40.961866,-72.992027&spn=0.005833,0.009645&t=h&z=17&layer=c&cbll=40.961893,-72.991912&panoid=YBhhYSPEMH8_R0bMN4TJyA&cbp=12,257,,0,19.62
Zoom out a bit, or move forward, to see the curve
Bill
December 17, 2010 - 5:24 pm -A nice, curvy downhill road. http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=east+aurora&sll=42.619254,-78.657784&sspn=0.002353,0.004823&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=East+Aurora,+Erie,+New+York&ll=42.77822,-78.679366&spn=0.004693,0.009645&t=h&z=17&layer=c&cbll=42.77822,-78.679366&panoid=WdSdWdbxKRy03_8MpiTPSg&cbp=12,284.56,,0,5
Sarah
December 17, 2010 - 6:33 pm -http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&sll=42.77822,-78.679361&sspn=0.005127,0.010149&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Clark+State+Rd,+Ohio&t=h&layer=xc&g=Gahanna-jefferson+City+School+District,+Clark+State+Road,+New+Albany,+OH&ll=40.035632,-82.834575&spn=0.004797,0.020299&z=16&cbll=40.035629,-82.834568&panoid=-L0uAQDBSmlH0lWs2LcmLQ&cbp=11,263.33,,0,5
Joao
December 17, 2010 - 6:38 pm -http://goo.gl/maps/XLw4
Lois
December 17, 2010 - 6:53 pm -http://maps.google.com/maps?q=braddock+road+and+old+lee+road,+centreville&layer=c&sll=38.875414,-77.472514&cbp=13,170.15,,0,0.67&cbll=38.878756,-77.479611&hl=en&sspn=0.006295,0.006295&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Braddock+Rd+%26+Old+Lee+Rd,+Sully,+Fairfax,+Virginia&ll=38.878804,-77.479706&spn=0.000879,0.002016&t=h&z=20&panoid=hnXv8qkVpw81wkPArzuIlw
Dan Callahan
December 17, 2010 - 7:13 pm -http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=Montgomery+Avenue,+Bala+Cynwyd,+PA&sll=42.424376,-71.178953&sspn=0.0099,0.020363&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Montgomery+Ave,+Pennsylvania&ll=40.006647,-75.231816&spn=0.001284,0.002545&z=19&layer=c&cbll=40.006684,-75.231713&panoid=3S1Zh76qLLdE-EJI31MrFg&cbp=12,67.1,,0,-12.73
Holly
December 17, 2010 - 9:04 pm -Drove this stretch of Rt 151 near Asheville, NC last month. It’s so curvy that the Google street view camera looses track of which way is straight ahead moving frame to frame!
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=Asheville,+NC&sll=34.09062,-84.191371&sspn=0.010093,0.019119&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Asheville,+Buncombe,+North+Carolina&ll=35.434738,-82.730752&spn=0.002247,0.009559&t=h&z=17&layer=c&cbll=35.434736,-82.730756&panoid=ruFrl-5JHBeu5-ooRurqSQ&cbp=11,344.58,,0,8.63
James McKee
December 17, 2010 - 11:12 pm -Exit ramp from I-90 East to I-15 South, Silver Bow, Montana
http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&ll=46.007574,-112.641964&spn=0,0.181103&t=h&z=13&layer=c&cbll=46.007591,-112.641763&panoid=JoExvDvZcMcKzoC9HGQwhw&cbp=12,88.62,,0,8.33
londondj0430
December 18, 2010 - 6:59 am -Middle of town, Thermopolis, WY
http://goo.gl/ybWbC
monika hardy
December 18, 2010 - 7:41 am -http://maps.google.com/maps?oe=UTF-8&q=map+of+loveland+co&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Loveland,+Larimer,+Colorado&gl=us&ll=40.396352,-105.022927&spn=0.000925,0.002213&t=h&z=19&layer=c&cbll=40.396302,-105.023022&panoid=cc4dwLtUWp2MmKWCA3bLwA&cbp=12,106.13,,0,8.1
my kids used to make me drive the long way because they were afraid of this curve. now my daughter drives it. pretty sure she’s the only one that does it at the recommended speed.
Michelle
December 18, 2010 - 10:19 am -How about a Canadian one?
http://maps.google.ca/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=sarnia+on&sll=49.891235,-97.15369&sspn=25.825869,86.572266&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Sarnia,+Lambton+County,+Ontario&ll=42.982172,-82.344074&spn=0.02857,0.084543&z=14&layer=c&cbll=42.982493,-82.344059&panoid=JuuaKkWhuTl-g5fne09K-A&cbp=12,33.18,,0,-2.77
In km/h of course!
Rachael
December 18, 2010 - 12:44 pm -And one from New Zealand (also in km/h) :-)
http://goo.gl/xXcAv
Elaine C.
December 19, 2010 - 9:56 am -Don’t have the link/time to look it up right now… but if you’re ever near the south(ish) end of Santa Cruz, on the 1, coming into town… there’s that crazy right split where it joins the 17… the ‘Curve Sharpens’ sign where you need to drop to 15 mph before speeding up to avoid getting run over by the cars on the 17.
… If you’ve ever driven it, you’ll remember it. If not, I’ll try to post the link later…
Steven Peters
December 19, 2010 - 2:32 pm -None of my favorite crazy sharp turns have recommended speeds. They just have arrows pointing which way the turn is.
I did find a link to a highway design guide that may be interesting to you if you want to see how many of these turns are designed. They apparently call the constant radius turns “horizontal curves.”
http://www.grsproadsafety.org/themes/default/pdfs/Horizontal%20Curves.pdf
Ian H.
December 19, 2010 - 2:45 pm -For those of us who drive using measurements that make sense, here’s one near where I live at the start of a fairly sharp “S” bend in the highway:
http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&ll=53.070721,-105.761604&spn=0.123973,0.363579&t=h&z=12&layer=c&cbll=53.071081,-105.761759&panoid=u6By5m9jgsQ5WiBVDla6Wg&cbp=12,209.83,,0,5.94
Dan Meyer
December 19, 2010 - 3:14 pm -The curve Elaine refers to is this one right here. I drove past it hundreds of times when I lived in Santa Cruz and it blew my mind every single time. It’s my inspiration for this WCYDWT unit.
@Everyone, thanks for helping out.
Olga
December 20, 2010 - 8:58 am -A little behind, I see.
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=Westbrook,+River+Road,+Windham,+ME&sll=43.669446,-70.35736&sspn=0.007217,0.01929&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=River+Rd,+Windham,+Maine&ll=43.756697,-70.436633&spn=0.007207,0.01929&z=16&layer=c&cbll=43.756849,-70.43677&panoid=UB-KbKLlOJjlp5SkbrJPHg&cbp=12,301.2,,0,6.5
Hope it’s still useful.
Brian
December 21, 2010 - 7:34 pm -The curve I drive down every day:
http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&hq=&ll=42.229073,-83.753302&spn=0.00224,0.005198&t=h&z=18&layer=c&cbll=42.229167,-83.753295&panoid=_BCRaWh3pGX0oEuqCUoeLg&cbp=12,2.66,,0,5
Interestingly (though not surprisingly given what I’ve learned about how government agencies operate), there’s another speed limit sign for 10 mph faster before you actually get to this S-curve. . .
Aaron F.
December 22, 2010 - 8:28 pm -Here’s one in suburban Michigan!
http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&ie=UTF8&ll=42.566523,-83.308575&spn=0.00467,0.017166&z=17&layer=c&cbll=42.566493,-83.308449&panoid=9QbI6CxZglgQ0P987kT7Uw&cbp=12,130.69,,0,-11.82
And here’s another!
http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&ie=UTF8&layer=c&cbll=42.568749,-83.32497&panoid=KfllLYsdQTO_79btRDmGtg&cbp=12,90.89,,0,5&ll=42.568759,-83.325098&spn=0.009276,0.026157&z=16
Strangely, there’s no sign for drivers going the opposite direction…
Mike L.
December 23, 2010 - 8:10 am -It’s not the best pic of the sign, but it’s a hard corner with a suggested limit of 20mph.
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=goodwin+rd+eliot+me&sll=43.185153,-70.7547&sspn=0.582774,1.674042&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Goodwin+Rd,+Eliot,+Maine&ll=43.156052,-70.784665&spn=0.004555,0.017166&z=17&layer=c&cbll=43.156094,-70.784556&panoid=X7RXWm1tu2ux9E6iohBOHA&cbp=12,249.03,,0,4.04
barefootmeg
December 29, 2010 - 4:34 pm -wow! looks like you’ve got a lot already.
this road near silverton is like that scene in pee wee herman’s big adventure where you get multiple curvy’s. there’s no specific addresses, but if you google for Silverton, U.S. 550, CO you’ll see what i mean in terms of curviness. many of those curves have signs before them.