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{{Short description|Modification of a cloverleaf interchange}}
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[[File:Derry and 407.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.3|A parclo A4 type interchange on the [[Ontario Highway 407|Highway 407 Electronic Toll Route]] of [[List of numbered roads in Halton Region|Derry Road]] in [[Mississauga]]/[[Milton, Ontario]], [[Canada]]<br />{{coord|43.571623|n|79.789925|w}}]]▼
[[File:Qb interchange.jpg|right|thumb|A five-ramp parclo of [[British Columbia Highway 4|Alberni Pacific Rim BC Highway 4]] and [[British Columbia Highway 19|Inland Island Highway 19]] at [[Qualicum Beach]] in [[British Columbia]], [[Vancouver Island]] {{coord|49.324786|N|124.441373|W}}]]
▲[[File:Derry and 407.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.3|A parclo A4 type interchange on the [[Ontario Highway 407|Highway 407 Electronic Toll Route]] in Ontario<br />{{coord|43.571623|n|79.789925|w}}]]
A '''partial cloverleaf interchange''' or '''parclo''' is a modification of a [[cloverleaf interchange]].
The design has been well received, and has since become one of the most popular [[freeway]]-to-[[arterial road|arterial]] [[Interchange (road)|interchange]] designs in North America.{{why|date=January 2025}} It has also been used occasionally in some [[Europe]]an countries, such as [[Germany]], [[Hungary]], [[Italy]], the [[Netherlands]], and the [[United Kingdom]].
[[File:Matkus business area from air.jpg|right|thumb|alt=Diagram of a partial cloverleaf highway interchange|An aerial view of a parclo
==Comparison with other interchanges==
*A [[diamond interchange]] has four ramps.
*A [[cloverleaf interchange]] has eight ramps, as does a [[stack interchange]]. They are fully grade separated, unlike a parclo, and have traffic flow without stops on all ramps and throughways.
*A parclo generally has either four or six ramps but less commonly has five or seven ramps.
==Naming==
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The Department of Transportation in the United States refers to the A and B variants without numbers.
Caltrans refers to the A2, B2, and A4 as types L-7, L-8, and L-9 respectively
==Configurations==
===A2 and B2===
[[File:Parclo B2.svg|thumb|upright|B2 configuration for right-hand traffic, or A2 for left-hand traffic
Parclo A2 and B2 configurations contain four ramps. On each side of the freeway there is a loop ramp and a directional ramp. In parclo A2, the loop ramps serve as on-ramps and the directional ramps serve as off-ramps. In parclo B2 the roles are reversed. Both on- and off-ramps require controlled intersections at the arterial road (sometimes loop and directional ramps from the same side of the freeway will utilize the same intersection).
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===B4===
The parclo B4 interchange superficially appears to be a mirror image of the parclo A4. However, the B4 design provides freeway-to-arterial ramps without traffic lights, while traffic turning left from the arterial must cross opposing traffic. Although this design has the potential to flood the arterial with more freeway traffic than the parclo A4, one particular advantage is the ability to coordinate the traffic signals on the arterial in both directions independently. This is useful when there is more through-movement traffic on the arterial than turning traffic.
=== North American examples ===
[[File:I-405 partial cloverleafs at Fountain Valley California.jpg|thumb|Aerial view of a succession of partial cloverleaf interchanges on [[Interstate 405 (California)|I-405]] in Orange County, California. The closest one in this image, at Brookhurst Street in [[Fountain Valley, California|Fountain Valley]], was originally a full [[cloverleaf interchange]], remnants of which are still visible.]]
There are B4 designs in [[Alberta]]:
* Deerfoot Trail & 17 Ave in Calgary
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In [[Indiana]], the B4 design along [[Indiana State Road 37|IN 37]] at its [[Bloomington, Indiana|Bloomington]] interchange with [[Indiana State Road 46|IN 45/46]] was retained when the former route was converted to become [[Interstate 69 in Indiana|I-69]]'s exit 120 in 2018.
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* [[Cumberland Parkway]] interchange with [[U.S. Route 27 in Kentucky|US 27]] north of [[Somerset, Kentucky|Somerset]], currently six [[ghost ramps]] sit on the northeast part of the interchange for anticipation for the Somerset Northern Bypass extension.
* The [[U.S. Route 127|US 127]] interchange with [[Interstate 64]] in [[Frankfort, Kentucky|Frankfort]].
* US 127 has a second B4 interchange at the [[Bluegrass Parkway]] near [[Lawrenceburg, Kentucky|Lawrenceburg]], about 15 miles (24 km) south of the I-64 crossing. This particular interchange is a conversion from a four-loop design at the ___location of one of the toll booths on the Bluegrass Parkway before its conversion into a freeway. Toll booths were located directly below US 127; through traffic used the through lanes, while both entering and exiting traffic shared a lane directly to the right of the through lanes. The old design was standard for interchanges at toll booths in Kentucky's parkway system of controlled-access toll roads; even though tolls have been removed from all of the roads, many of the old designs still exist at former toll booth sites.
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The following B4 interchanges were changed from full cloverleafs:
* [[U.S. Route 73 in Kansas|U.S. 73]]/[[K-7 (Kansas highway)|K-7]] at [[U.S. Route 24 in Kansas|U.S. 24]]/[[U.S. Route 40 in Kansas|U.S. 40]]/State Avenue near [[Basehor, Kansas]], was changed in 2008.
* [[Interstate 695 (Maryland)|I-695]] at [[U.S. Route 40 in Maryland|U.S. 40]] in [[Catonsville, Maryland]], was changed in 2005/2006.
* [[U.S. Route 14 in Minnesota|U.S. 14]]/[[U.S. Route 52 in Minnesota|U.S. 52]] at Civic Center Drive in [[Rochester, Minnesota]], was changed from a cloverleaf in 2004/2005.
* [[Interstate
Some parclo B4 interchanges such as the intersection of [[Interstate 40]] and [[U.S. Route 401]] in [[Raleigh, North Carolina]], have been fitted with signals at each ramp meeting the arterial in order to allow more lanes on the offramps. This technique along with the ability to provide two-way signal progression along the arterial allows the parclo B4 to handle an extremely high flow of traffic along the arterial.
=== Other variations ===
[[File:Halfklaverbladaansluiting.png|thumb|upright|A parclo AB2 interchange or folded diamond.<br />Sample: The US 10/MN 23 interchange in Saint Cloud, Minnesota {{coord|45.566448|n|94.138929|W}} ]]
[[File:Parclo-AB3.svg|thumb|upright|A parclo AB3 interchange (hybrid).<br />Samples: The [[Laurensberg]] interchange in [[Aachen]], Germany {{coord|50.804072|n|6.075574|e}} and US 74/NC 51 interchange near Matthews, North Carolina {{coord|35.125862|n|80.705334|
Parclo designs with only two quadrants are commonly referred to as folded diamonds, due to their similarity with [[diamond interchange]]s. Sometimes the ramps in a folded diamond are actually local streets; surface roads upgraded to higher standards often do this to save money on land acquisition. This type of interchange long predates the parclo; the [[Merritt Parkway]] and [[Queen Elizabeth Way]], both built in the 1930s, used mainly folded diamonds and [[cloverleaf interchange|cloverleaves]]. Another example of this is [[Ontario Highway 401|Highway 401]]'s interchange with [[Highway 2 (Ontario)|Highway 2]] east of Tilbury (Exit 63): the ramps also have intersections fairly close to the freeway to allow traffic to continue on a rural country road (Jeannette's Creek Road / McKinlay Road) which formerly met Highway 2. One of the examples in Asia includes the [[Clark Freeport and Special Economic Zone|Clark]] South exit in [[Subic–Clark–Tarlac Expressway|SCTEX]], which is a AB2 parclo interchange.
Depending on traffic and land needs, hybrid designs, such as the ''parclo AB'' and ''parclo A3'', can be created. A notable example of a parclo AB interchange includes the [[Ontario Highway 417|Highway 417]] and the [[Woodroffe Avenue]] interchange in [[Ottawa]]. Other variants, not describable using Ontario's system, eliminate one or more outside ramps, while leaving the loop ramps in those quadrants. In the United States, folded diamonds are frequently used in interchanges with roads that have a [[railroad]] line closely paralleling the surface street; entrance/exit ramps are not permitted to have [[level crossing]]s in modern American practice.<ref>{{cite web|author=Dan ''Dan the Man''|title=The Cloverleaf Interchange|url=http://whereroadsmeet.8k.com/article/clover.htm|access-date=2008-04-24|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080514013630/http://www.whereroadsmeet.8k.com/article/clover.htm|archive-date=2008-05-14}}.</ref>
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==Implementation==
[[File:Autobahn anschluss1.jpg|thumb|An [[Autobahn]] parclo interchange variation in [[Germany]].<br />{{coord|47.6413|n|10.5278|e}}<br />The [[Nesselwang]] interchange on [[Autobahn 7]]]]
In [[California]], [[Caltrans]] currently has a policy{{Citation needed|date=September 2011}} that whenever cloverleaf interchanges between freeways and surface streets are being rebuilt, they are turned into parclo interchanges by removing some of the loop ramps (or in rare cases bridges will be added between adjacent loop ramps—see [[cloverleaf interchange]] for details).{{why|date=January 2025}}
Various forms of parclo interchanges are used on the [[North Luzon Expressway]] in the [[Philippines]]. The configuration of parclo interchanges
==References==
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[[Category:Road interchanges]]
[[Category:Roads in Ontario]]
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