US 6,685,386 B1 · Intersection system

Abstract

An intersection system which can do without, or drastically minimize, the frequency of having to wait for traffic signals in order to relieve traffic of congestion and minimize the land occupied by an intersection system. System 1 consists of two mutually intersecting roads, main road 1 and main road 2, each including a diverging section for cars making a left or right turn and a converging section for convergence of cars heading in the same direction after having taken their respective left or right turns; System 2, which has a ring-shaped road on the upper and the lower level each at the central section of an intersection, and half-main-roads and entries being connected on the outer circumferences of these ring-shaped roads; and System 3, which has a plate-shaped road for right and left turns on an upper and lower level at the central section of an intersection, the plate-shaped roads having half-main-roads and entrance roads built on the edges, and a minimum number of traffic lights, unavoidably, set up on said plate-shaped roads or each entrance road for the benefit of cars advancing from all directions.

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An intersection system, comprising:

a plate-shaped road, on each of upper and lower levels, respectively, at a central section of an intersection, each having left and right turns for opposing traffic onto entrance roads;
half-main-roads in two respective directions, and in two other directions being connected to edges of the plate-shaped roads of said upper level and lower level, respectively;
said half-main-roads on the upper level and those of the lower level, being in different directions with respect to each other in a plane, and said entrance road of the upper level and those of the lower level, being in different directions as well;
one or more one-way roads constituting half-main-roads or entrance roads having a sloping section;
said entrance roads being connected to either of the one-way roads of the upper or lower level, traffic moving in a same direction of said entrance roads;
traffic lights at said plate-shaped roads of the upper and lower levels, and at the respective one-way road entrance roads, for the benefit of the traffic entering from respective directions therein.

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An intersection system, comprising:

two main roads, main road 1 and main road 2 having an intersection;
respective one-way roads constituting said main roads, a diverging section for right and left turns being installed at entrance portions of the intersection, and
a converging section being installed at exit portions of the intersection of said one-way roads, said converging section having a primary merging of vehicles which are turned to the right and left from other one-way roads,
wherein said converging section has only one-side convergence, said intersection being provided with such characteristics that:
in two one-way roads constituting one main road, if the entrance portion of the intersection is an upper level, the exit portion of the intersection is a lower level,
if the entrance portion of the intersection is a lower level, the exit portion of the intersection is an upper level,
the entrance portion of the intersection in the main road 1 and the exit portion of the intersection in the main road 2 have a same level,
the exit portion of the intersection in the main road 1 and the entrance portion of the intersection in the main road 2 have a same level,
if the entrance portion of the intersection in the main road 1 and the exit portion of the intersection in the main road 2 are an upper level,
the exit portion of the intersection in the main road 1 and the entrance portion of the intersection in the main road 2 are a lower level,
if the entrance portion of the intersection in the main road 1 and the exit portion of the intersection in the main road 2 are a lower level,
the exit portion of the intersection in the main road 1 and the entrance portion of the intersection in the main road 2 are an upper level,
a central section of a main road has a same level as the entrance portion of the intersection in the same main road,
said entrance portion of the intersection in the main road whose central section is an upper level, being an upper level, and said entrance portion of the intersection in the main road whose central section is a lower level, being a lower level,
a right-turn private exit road of a one-way road contained in a main road diverges, and a left-turn private exit road of another one-way road contained in the same main road diverges, respectively, and after that, the exit roads merge into one road before a convergence to a one-way road of the other main road,
the merged exit road is connected to one side of the converging section of the one-way road which has a same progression direction in another main road,
in said diverging section and the converging section, if the diverging section of the main road 1 and the converging section of the main road 2 are an upper level,
the diverging section of the main road 2 and the converging section of the main road 1 are a lower level, and
if the diverging section of the main road 1 and the converging section of the main road 2 are a lower level,
the diverging section of the main road 2 and the converging section of the main road 1 are an upper level.

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An intersection system, comprising:

two main roads, main road 1 and main road 2 having an intersection;
respective one-way roads constituting said main roads, a diverging section for right and left turns being installed at one side of entrance portions of the intersection, and
a converging section being installed at exit portions of the intersection of said one-way roads, said converging section having a merging of vehicles which are turned to the right and left from other one-way roads,
an exit road which diverges from one side of said diverging section from one one-way road, said exit road being for both right and left turns and again diverging into a left turn exit road and a right turn exit road, and the exit roads being individually converged into the converging section of the one-way road which has the same progression direction of a main road which is perpendicularly intersected with the one-way road containing said exit roads,
said intersection being provided by such characteristics that:
in two one-way roads constituting one main road, if an entrance portion of the intersection is an upper level, an exit portion of the intersection is a lower level,
if the entrance portion of the intersection is a lower level, the exit portion of the intersection is an upper level,
the entrance portion of the intersection in the main road 1 and the exit portion of the intersection in the main road 2 have a same level,
the exit portion of the intersection in the main road 1 and the entrance portion of the intersection in the main road 2 have a same level,
if the entrance portion of the intersection in the main road 1 and the exit portion of the intersection in the main road 2 are an upper level,
the exit portion of the intersection in the main road 1 and the entrance portion of the intersection in the main road 2 are a lower level,
if the entrance portion of the intersection in the main road 1 and the exit portion of the intersection in the main road 2 are a lower level,
the exit portion of the intersection in the main road 1 and the entrance portion of the intersection in the main road 2 are an upper level,
a central section of the main road has a same level as the exit portion of the intersection in the same main road,
said exit portion of the intersection in the main road whose central section is an upper level, being an upper level, and said exit portion of the intersection in the main road whose central section is a lower level, being a lower level,
in said diverging section and the converging section, if the diverging section of the main road 1 and the converging section of the main road 2 are an upper level,
the diverging section of the main road 2 and the converging section of the main road 1 are a lower level, and
if the diverging section of the main road 1 and the converging section of the main road 2 are a lower level,
the diverging section of the main road 2 and the converging section of the main road 1 are an upper level.

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