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INTERCHANGE WITH A TWIST
Manteca could have states first diverging diamond
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An existing diverging diamond interchange.
In the not-to-distant future you may drive the wrong way on Union Road across the 120 Bypass and not worry about getting a ticket.It’s because Manteca is thinking a tad out of the box when it comes to increasing the capacity of the Union Road/120 Bypass interchange and saving up to $10 million at the same time.Manteca is looking at a diverging diamond interchange instead of upgrading the existing structure to a partial cloverleaf. Traffic lanes cross on either side of the bridge structure of a diverging diamond interchange so northbound traffic would cross the bridge on the west side instead of the east side with the southbound lanes on the east side instead of the west side. Once they clear the bridge they are switched back.The on and off ramps along with the flipping of the lanes creates two semi-diamond shaped intersections on either side of the bridge.
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