Each of us sooner or later falls into unfamiliar city in a situation where it is completely unclear where and how to go next. Here are the 10 most confusing road junctions in the world.

1. Interchange of I-710 and I-105, Los Angeles, California, USA

Coordinates: 33o 54’46.30”N, 118o 10’48.33”W

The endings in London, Rome and Paris are mere children compared to this monster in Los Angeles. Make the wrong lane and in five minutes you will find yourself in God knows where. Above each entrance there are a lot of signs and designations that are extremely difficult to understand.

2. A9 Junction, Shanghai, China

Coordinates: 31o 7’15.17”N, 121o 23’5.50”E

In China, it is not easy for a foreigner to drive a car; it is easier to take a taxi. However, this is still no guarantee against stress: Chinese taxi drivers are real daredevils. Eyewitnesses say that sometimes they are even ready to drive sideways onto the median concrete blocks to avoid a traffic jam or accident scene.

3. The Magic Roundabout, Swindon, Wilts, UK

Coordinates: 51о 33’46.36”N, 1о 46’17.10”W

This ending is called magical, but the magic here is somehow evil. The merging of six roads forms a tight interweaving of traffic rings around the islands. Around the small islands the movement goes clockwise, and around the large central one - vice versa.

4. Taganskaya Square, Moscow, Russia

Coordinates: 55o 44’28.54”N, 37o 39’14.64”E

For a first-time visitor, car traffic in this place seems like complete chaos. Several roads of six or more lanes each converge here, every centimeter of the area is filled with cars, there are no signs, and it seems that no one is paying attention to the traffic lights.

5. Place Charles de Gaulle (Place des Stars), Paris, France

Coordinates: 48o 52’25.46”N, 2o 17’42.49”E

The picture shown, taken early in the morning, is deceptive: during the day, and especially during rush hours, it is pure hell going on here. There are no signs defining road priorities, and there are no traffic lights either, so everyone crosses the square as they please. Minor accidents happen here at least every hour.

6. Julio Avenida 9, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Coordinates: 34o 36’13.16”S, 58o 22’53.54”W

Argentina gave the world racing legend Juan Manuel Fangio, as well as millions of his ardent fans and followers who filled the country's roads. The national thirst for speed and risk is best seen on this street, the widest in the world. You need nerves of steel to decide to cross all of its fourteen lanes filled with cars of hot Argentine guys.

7. Denouement Tom Moreland, Atlanta, Georgia, USA

Coordinates: 33o 53’31.27”N, 84o 15’33.29”W

Locals simply call this huge interchange “spaghetti.” It was built two years after the Birmingham Interchange (second to last on our list). Each entrance very soon splits into two roads, so you have to think very quickly here. One wrong turn and you'll have to cut for miles to finally turn around and get on the right road.

8. Interchange between Highways 9 and 6, Tokyo, Japan

Coordinates: 35o 50’9.45”N, 139o 51’33.48”E

In this denouement, the devil himself will break his leg, and here also all the signs are made exclusively in Japanese. The design of the interchange itself also adds problems: for greater seismic stability, sections of the overpasses are connected by large “joints” made of dense rubber. If a car enters such a rubbery area, it begins to bounce and twitch in a very unusual way, which does not help you at all in finding the right road.

9. Gravelly Hill Interchange, Birmingham, UK

Coordinates: 52o 30’39.63”N, 1o 51’53.53”W

Like the Atlanta interchange, this one is also nicknamed "spaghetti" by Birmingham residents. According to eyewitnesses, after many years of living in this city, many people still get confused in this noodle of overpasses, and signs and indicators seem to only add confusion to the movement along this interchange.

10. London Circle, Canberra, Australia

Coordinates: 35o 18’30.78”S, 149o 07’25.62”E

These are road rings around the Australian Parliament building complex. The inconvenience here is that getting to the center is a non-trivial task. You chose the wrong lane - and it will take a lot of time and gasoline to correct this mistake. According to the “tradition” of such places, road signs here only confuse drivers.

It became denser, traffic directions increasingly intersected, and the need arose to manage traffic flows. At first, traffic lights coped with the task, and then, as highways developed and the need to increase their capacity, road junctions were required. Now there are a huge number of them on all continents, but still among these intersections there are unique ones. That's what we'll talk about.

Gravelly Hill Interchange, Birmingham, UK

Thanks to this outcome, all the road intricacies of the planet received one succinct name - “a ball of spaghetti.” This is how Birmingham Evening Courier reporter Roy Smith described the Staffordshire Transport Hub project in 1965. The term has caught on, and now almost all more or less serious endings glorify Italian cuisine.

Judge Harry Pregerson Interchange, Los Angeles, USA

Judge Harry Pregerson Interchange, one of the most complex transportation hubs in the United States and the world, consists of 34 interchanges on five levels, one of which is occupied by a subway and transit bus route. More than 600,000 vehicles pass through the interchange every day.

What does this have to do with the judge? And despite the fact that Harry Pregerson, who was a federal judge in those years, is considered the father-parent of the denouement. If not for him, the numerous lawsuits that arose during the project would have stopped construction. Judge Harry is said to still be alive. He is 94 years old and lives in Los Angeles.

Springfield Interchange, Springfield, Virginia, USA

This interchange is one of the busiest road intersections in America. About half a million cars a day pass along it, including in the direction of the American capital Washington.

By the way, in relation to Springfield Interchange the name “mixing bowl” has stuck, and not some kind of “spaghetti”!

Oyamazaki Interchange, Osaka, Japan

The Oyamazaki transport hub is called . The fact is that before driving in the right direction, the driver has to make several circles, which ultimately disorients him completely.

Gate Tower Building, Osaka, Japan

The only overpass in the world that cuts a passage in a building at the level of the 4th-7th floors. Built in 1992. The road passes without touching the building. The building uses special technical solutions to protect it from noise and vibration.

The unique one makes it possible to distribute traffic flows in three directions and at the same time raise cars heading to the other side to the height level of the majestic cable-stayed bridge over the Huangpu River.

The huge intersection of Nanbei and Yanyan highways is located in Puxi, the historical center of Shanghai. This is one of the most complex transport interchanges in Asia, and throughout the world. Bandwidth such an interchange is thousands of cars per hour. The bridges span six levels.

Porta Maggiore, Rome, Italy

More than once I had to pass through Porta Maggiore, in Russian - “Big Gate”. Luckily, by taxi. Every time I was surprised how the driver managed to find the right direction among the many arches and tram tracks.

Arc de Triomphe, Paris, France

Twelve streets converge here, and among them is the main Parisian avenue - the Champs Elysees. Traffic around the Arc de Triomphe is chaotic. If it weren’t for the French speech and the Eiffel Tower on the horizon, you’d think you were somewhere in Southeast Asia. There are no traffic lights. More precisely, there are, but they are all at the exit from the square to give way to pedestrians.

It’s also not easy to drive through Taganskaya Square. Twelve streets also adjoin Taganka, however, half of them lead traffic flows to the square, and the second half receive them.

Puxi, Shanghai

This is one of the most complex transport interchanges in Asia, and throughout the world. The capacity of such an interchange is thousands of cars per hour. There are five levels of bridges that connect the two cities together, the busiest highways of these settlements. Thanks to this complex system cars are not stuck in traffic jams for several hours.

Judge Harry Pregerson, Los Angeles

No less complex interchange than in Shanghai. This Los Angeles system is the most complex in the country. Thanks to the bridge complex, transport passes without any delays, so there are no traffic jams either. There are only four levels of bridges with one forbidden branch, on which only specialists can move. transport. The system was opened in 1993.

Gravelly Hill Interchange, Birmingham, England

This interchange is better known as a “ball of spaghetti” - indeed, from above the system looks exactly like spaghetti. This is a fairly old junction that has existed since the 70s of the last century. There are 18 paths in total, 6 different levels. All of this is supported 559 concrete pillars, up to 24.4 meters high. Below there are 2 railway lines, 3 canals, 2 rivers. One of the most complex transport systems in the UK.

Now let's look at the roads, which look very dangerous, although not as difficult as those described above.

Trollstigen, Norway

In general, the nature of these roads can be judged just from the picture. This system was created so that transport could climb high into the mountains, crossing to the other side. Only experienced drivers with nerves of steel can drive here - because if something goes wrong, the car goes straight down. The road is very narrow and some safety improvements were only made in 2005. In one place of this entire system you can even see a waterfall, its length is 320 meters.

Los Caracoles, Andes

This road is located between Chile and Argentina, and is a system of ledges along which cars climb up. There are no stops or posts on the side of the road that a car whose driver has lost control of can rest against. A wrong move and the vehicle goes down.

To drive in a foreign country by car, you should first familiarize yourself with the traffic rules of that country and study the road map. Especially if you are in big city where they might be road junctions, not familiar to a resident of Russia. And there are many cities in the world with very complex squares and intersections. We provide some examples of such places in this article.

The most difficult outcome No. 1: England, Swindon

One of the most difficult intersections in the world. Drivers who have been here claim that if such a place were in Russia, problems would be inevitable. However, the British are leisurely and law-abiding people, and the attitude towards each other here is a little different - more cautious. Therefore, cars pass each other at this interchange, which consists of two circles: on the outer one, cars drive in a clockwise direction, and on the inner one, counterclockwise. Before that, you have to go through an interchange with five roundabouts.

Junction 2: Gibraltar Civil Airport

It also happens that the runway crosses one of the central streets - Winston Churchill Avenue. It is only half a kilometer from the center itself. That is, there is quite a lot of traffic here. However, planes and cars somehow manage to pass each other.

Interchange No. 3: USA, Los Angeles

A highway that intersects with subway train tracks and a transit line. If you look from above, you can see a continuous interweaving of roads. Therefore, it is better not to take risks and take a taxi or public transport.

#4: UK

Spaghetti Junction is a very confusing six level road connecting the M6 ​​motorway to the motorway. If you decide to overcome this obstacle yourself, you will have to carefully study these intricacies so as not to accidentally get confused.

Road junction No. 5: China, Shanghai

A bridge was built across the Huangpu River. This is a very long bridge with a spiral interchange, where about 150,000 cars pass every day. The height of the bridge reaches 46 meters, so you should be extremely careful when traveling across the Nanpu Bridge.

Difficult road junction No. 6: Russia, Moscow

Taganskaya Square is not the easiest place in the capital. Traffic jams form here due to the complex junction, as several six-lane roads converge on the square. Those who live in this area and cannot get past the complex intersection experience difficulties on a daily basis.

Difficult junction No. 7: France, Paris

Accidents on Charles De Gaulle Square occur hourly. There are no traffic lights or road signs here. Cars scurry chaotically around the square, but most of them somehow manage to pass.

No. 8: Argentina, Buenos Aires

One of the widest streets in the world, Avenida de Julio puts many drivers at risk every day. You will need endurance and iron stamina to overcome all obstacles on the famous avenue.

Difficult road number 9: USA, Atlanta

Tom Moreland Interchange is nicknamed "spaghetti" due to the interweaving of roads. The whole difficulty lies in the fact that the driver has to think with lightning speed how to turn correctly. If you make a mistake in the direction, you can circle here until the night, until the traffic flow subsides.

No. 10: Japan, Tokyo

Drivers are angry about confusing Japanese road signs. Constant earthquakes in this country forced the Japanese to make the joints between road slabs from rubber so that they remain flexible. The car in these places is very stormy, and it is extremely difficult for the driver to concentrate.

Car intersections are traditionally considered the most difficult junctions in major cities. Fortunately, with the advent of automated control systems traffic which includes traffic monitoring cameras, all possible flow detectors and automatic traffic lights. But with the increase in car traffic, the situation in large cities is getting worse every year. This is especially true at complex intersections, where even an experienced driver can get confused and confused. We offer you the worst intersections in the world, where it is better not to interfere and try to choose detours.

10) Knight St Bridge and SE Marine Dr, Vancouver, Canada

This is the worst intersection in Canada. The fact is that, according to this intersection, about 300 car accidents involving pedestrians, trucks, cars and motorcycles are recorded annually.

The intersection is located in the Victoria-Fraserview area and is recognized by authorities as the most treacherous in the country.

9) Taganskaya Square, Moscow, Russia

Taganskaya Square is the merger of two historical squares: Verkhnyaya Taganskaya and Nizhnyaya Taganskaya squares. Taganskaya Square was formed in 1963 after the merger of the above Squares. As a result, all car traffic gathers in the middle of Taganskaya Square. This is the most difficult intersection in the city of Moscow. Despite the presence of all the necessary road signs, markings and traffic lights, 90 percent of drivers get lost at this intersection of a large number of roads. Unfortunately, even experienced drivers get lost in this place, since even knowing perfectly at the Tagansky intersection it is difficult to drive according to all the rules. It is not uncommon for drivers, confused on Taganskaya Square, to drive off in the wrong direction, confusing the correct route. It is noteworthy that this happens even when the route is laid out in the navigator.

So for guests of the Capital this road junction is not best place, especially considering that Moscow is one of the busiest cities in the world.

8) Magic Roundabout Interchange, Swindon, UK

This spiral intersection scares all tourists in Swindon. So if you ever come to this British city, we advise you to avoid this place. Firstly, this interchange connects five highways. These roads come together above the sixth mini-ring road, along which traffic flows counterclockwise. A very difficult intersection to understand, it most likely has the name “Magic Roundabout” for the reason that in this complex place, despite the confusion, traffic magically occurs without hindrance.

7) Any intersections in Beijing, China

Many motorists who have visited Beijing say that it is a city of traffic jams. The fact is that even on weekends and at night there are traffic jams. Especially at all road intersections. More than 5 million cars are officially registered in the city. Plus, every day about 2.5 million more cars come to the city from remote regional areas of Beijing. So don't expect Beijing's major intersections and highways to be clear. If you visited this city as a tourist, we do not recommend that you rent a car to enjoy the surroundings while driving a car. Believe me, you will only waste your nerves and time. Choose alternative transport for transportation.

6) Intersection of Flamingo Road and Pines Boulevard, Pembroke Pines, Florida

According to Florida crash statistics, there have been 357 crashes at the intersection of Boulevard and Flamingo over the past 2 years. Such an emergency situation at this intersection is not due to the poor quality of the road, road infrastructure or insufficient traffic regulation. The reason for the high accident rate is the congestion of this junction. Approximately 200,000 vehicles pass through this area every day.

5) Times Square, New York

It is one of the busiest cities on the east coast of the United States. More than 8 million people officially live in the city. According to statistics, each family has about 2.5 cars. So you can imagine how many vehicles are registered in the city. But thanks to a competent road infrastructure and a long length of roads, the city can cope with an incredible amount of traffic.

But of course there are “hot spots” in the city where terrible traffic jams often form. One of these points is Times Square. It's a 24/7 destination for chaos of entertainment, dining and shopping. That is why it accumulates in this place around the clock.

So even an experienced driver will find it difficult to navigate any road intersections in this place.

4) Porta Maggiore, Rome, Italy

Rome is not particularly known for its traffic, but its historical appeal is. Every year this city is visited by hundreds of thousands of tourists, many of whom rent cars, hoping to visit all the most beautiful historical sights of Rome in a short time. But unfortunately, the city with a population of 2.8 million people cannot cope with road traffic since the infrastructure of Rome is built among ancient Roman ruins. Therefore, it is not possible to improve the traffic situation in the city by expanding roads.

Porta Maggiore is considered the busiest place in Rome. This is the busiest place in Rome. This place is the most inconvenient and most dangerous intersection in the city.

3) Arc de Gaulle, Paris, France

Since the creation of the Arc de Triomphe, the intersection in this place of Paris has become a real automobile madness. Every day, thousands of cars, trucks and motorcycles participate in a dangerous carousel, driving in different directions at the same time. If you, having visited Paris, rented a car and decided to drive through the Arc de Triomphe de Gaulle, then get ready to experience a lot of unpleasant minutes driving through one of the busiest places in Paris.

2) Shibuya Crossing, Tokyo, Japan

This is one of the most difficult intersections in the world. In this place (Shibuya area), not only a huge number of vehicles cross the road, but also hundreds of thousands of pedestrians cross the road in this place every day. But the most amazing thing is that despite such a busy intersection, everything works with incredible mathematical accuracy. Surprisingly, there are not many accidents in this place.

1) Hanoi Crossroads, Vietnam

At this intersection in Vietnam you need to forget not only the road markings, but also forget that there are adequate road signs. There is an intersection in Hanoi, which, according to traffic rules, essentially does not exist because the traffic on it is chaotic. In order to pass this place you only need courage and the desire to pass this place without an accident. You don't need to know the traffic rules at this intersection.