Minecraft:Routes of Erisiana
Template:Hatnote Erisiana has an extensive transportation network connecting all areas of its empire. Routes built since YOLD 3180 are built to a more or less consistent standard, though the standards have evolved over time. Generally, they are 5 wide (older routes or those less travelled are 3 wide), made of stone brick (cobblestone is present on older routes), have sufficient lighting to keep mobs from spawning on the road itself, no steep drops, and barriers to prevent possibly fatal crashes. Newer routes have yellow markers on the side of the road in some places to differentiate pavement. See Erisiana route standards.
Three digit routes are connectors to other highways.
Erisiana Routes are labelled as E-n, where n is the route number.
Erisiana Route 1
Erisiana Route 1, known as the Confusion Bypass for its length through Eristotle and Malaclypse, begins at the roundabout connecting Malaclypse Route 2, Erisiana Route 10, and Malaclypse Route 6. It briefly becomes concurrent with Malaclypse Route 2, before splitting off and going into the Confusion Bypass Tunnel. The tunnel is a rough parallel to the shoreline of the canal. It passes two left exits going to Bureaucracy (Tesseract Ave. and Goa T'se Ave.), then passes a left exit to Erisiana Route 8. It continues on under Eristotle to the Erisiana Route 10 roundabout connecting the Malaclypse Beltway, Seaside Highway, Malaclypse Route 1, Malaclypse Route 9, and South Eristotle Station. It then continues parallel with the Seaside Highway (Erisiana Route 10) until splitting off at the roundabout with Erisiana Route 4, becoming concurrent with it. It is briefly concurrent until splitting off into the plains north of Probeland. The rest is still to be determined.
Erisiana Route 2
Erisiana Route 2 begins at the joint castle north entrance in Mountain Home, becoming concurrent with Erisiana Route 3 near the west entrance. It then branches off near the customs checkpoint, passing through it, then going northbound to New Seattle over the New Seattle Bridge. It terminates at New Seattle Route 1 at the New Seattle Airport.
Erisiana Route 3
Erisiana Route 3 begins at the Inverness-Mountain Home border near the docks at Inverness, then becomes temporarily concurrent with Erisiana Route 2 outside the joint castle west entrance. Going eastbound, they split off near the customs checkpoint; Erisiana Route 3 continues west to Unity Bridge. It terminates at the end of the JSA and the intersection with Erisiana Route 14.
Erisiana Route 4
Erisiana Route 4, also called the Probeland Expressway runs from central Podge south to the Podge Zoo, where it meets Erisiana Route 16. It then continues on to meet Erisiana Route 10. A roundabout connecting it to a ramp on the New Sri Syadasti Bridge connects this route to Erisiana Route 10 in Triangle Junction. It continues on from there until it reaches Probeland.
Erisiana Route 5
Erisiana Route 5 runs from Erisiana Route 17 just west of Cascadia to Discord Valley in Mojo Province. It is a mostly obsolete route, aside from the portions going to the Cascadia Mountain pathways, it has been replaced by Erisiana Route 17 being extended to Discord Valley via an old Erisiana Route 15 alignment). As such, its maintenance has been mostly defunded. The route has many potholes and is in very poor condition.
Erisiana Route 6
Erisiana Route 6 Runs from Inverghlean, Caerpen, to Glenfearn, Caerpen, passing through Bell's End Territory.
Erisiana Route 7
Erisiana Route 7 runs from Malaclypse Route 10 near northwest Disaster to Six Ravines and Colbert in Mojo Province. It is an unlit route with numerous hazards, not all of which are marked. It is an alternate free route for those wishing to reach Mojo Province without using Erisiana Route 15, a tollway.
Erisiana Route 8
Erisiana Route 8 runs from Erisiana Route 3 in Birchwood Isle, Mountain Home, to the snow biome to the south.
Erisiana Route 9
Erisiana Route 9 is a highway under construction that goes from Erisiana Route 7 in Six Ravines to the nearest Mesa in the west. It is currently a free road until toll booths are established. It is the second longest highway in the system, after Erisiana Route 9A.
There are four spur routes, Erisiana Route 9A, 9B, 9C, and 9D.
Erisiana Route 9A
Erisiana Route 9A is a free bypass for the toll road that goes from the entrance to the tolled portion outside Ft. Disharmony to Zamenhof. It also services Western Hills and Kuvarkistan. It itself has a loop, Erisiana Route 9B, that goes to Snowgate and also connects to Erisiana Route 18.
Erisiana Route 9B
Erisiana Route 9B is a loop that goes to Erisiana Route 18 and Snowgate, beginning north of Western Hills and terminating just east of Zamenhof. The only exits are to the Snowgate ramp and Erisiana Route 18.
Erisiana Route 9C
Erisiana Route 9C is a tolled spur of Erisiana Route 9 that bypasses the mountain ruins (which is a narrow although free road). There are no exits.
Erisiana Route 9D
Erisiana Route 9D is a cutoff from Erisiana Route 9A to Erisiana Route 9B. It connects Kuvarkistan and the woodland mansion (via Rural Road 2) to Snowgate and Erisiana Route 18 more efficiently, without needing to take a multi-kilometer detour. It is also convenient for people on Erisiana Route 18 going to Kuvarkistan or Zamenhof.
Erisiana Route 10
Erisiana Route 10 is Erisiana's fifth longest route (after Erisiana Routes 9, 9A, 9B, and 18) and the most travelled. It travels in a generally north-south direction, but has a long east-west component. It begins in New Seattle and terminates at Probeland at the Bay-Probe Bridge (the beginning of Allied Empire 1).
Names
Each segment of the highway has its own name:
- Cascadia Highway from New Seattle to Zarathud
- Portsmouth Highway from Zarathud to the M-2 intersection north of Portsmouth
- Malaclypse Beltway from the M-2 intersection to Sanity Point
- Not named between Sanity Point and Dissonance
- The Dissonance Overpass in Dissonance
- The Cacaphony Overpass in Cacaphony until the Eristotle Tunnel
- Seaside Highway from the Eristotle Tunnel through Probeland
New Seattle
It begins at the canal docks at New Seattle, then passes through a tunnel to Norton I Cave (a cave converted into a path with minimal modification).
Cascadia
It passes under the Canal Line, concurrent with the boundary of New Seattle (with a nearby Discordia Convenience), becoming the Cascadia Highway. It continues to a junction with Erisiana Route 7 (Finejo Spur) to Finejo and Erisiana Route 10 proper (under an Erisiana Guard Post). It continues north-northwestward on a plateau, past Cascadia (and the entrance to Malaclypse Route 7 to Erisiana Route 17).
Zarathud
It continues on to the Tower Point Bridge (across Cascadia Lake), to Malaclypse Route 6 (the Portsmouth Bypass). It passes through Zarathud, then becomes the Portsmouth Highway upon leaving the town.
Portsmouth
It goes around the edge of Portsmouth, intersecting with Malaclypse Route 1 and the Portsmouth Bypass, becoming the Malaclypse Beltway on the outskirts of The Aftermath.
The Aftermath
It passes the entrance to Erisiana Route 15 (Ancien Highway) before passing Disaster. There is a ramp to Stadium Circle in The Aftermath. It goes through Stadium Hill Tunnel, Helix Bridge, West Forest Tunnel, then passes Malaclypse Route 4 (Kallisti Expressway) Kallisti.
Outside Malaclypse
It loops away from the outside of Malaclypse, with ramps on Mung St. to The Aftermath; and Hipster St. and Satan St. to Upper Chaos. It then goes onwards to Ravenhurst Province, reaching a fork. The fork becomes Erisiana Route 10 Scenic that returns to Malaclypse Province Hardwood District (intersecting with a trail to Upper Chaos), but is dimly lit. Erisiana Route 10 proper passes through Sanity Point, then leaves town, intersecting a ramp for Hodge and another for Sanity Point. After Sanity Point, the route becomes an overpass until the Eristotle Tunnel, passing over Dissonance and Cacaphony, and reaching the outskirts of Malaclypse again, near Discord, with the highway via Malaclypse Route 8 and Malaclypse Route 5 (bypassing Dissonance). It continues on to the Eristotle Tunnel below Lake Eristotle.
Eristotle
After emerging from the Eristotle Tunnel, it becomes the Seaside Highway. It becomes a 3-lane cobblestone highway at this point (built before modern highway standards). It once again intersects Malaclypse Route 1, then continues on to the Sri Syadasti Waterway and passes over it via the Sri Syadasti Bridge.
Probeland
It enters Probeland District then reaches Probeland. It passes under the legs of The Train, passing The Train Station, then terminates at Allied Empire 1 to Bay City on the Bay-Probe Bridge.
Erisiana Route 11
Erisiana Route 11 is a highway connecting Finéjo, Erisiana Route 14, Erisiana Route 17, and Erisiana Route 10. It is a toll road for the stretch from Erisiana Route 17 to Erisiana Route 14. From east to west, it begins at Finéjo, crossing a bridge over the Malaclypse Interior Waterway, then reaches Erisiana Route 10 before the Cascadia exit. It then has an exit to Cascadia, followed by the exit to Erisiana Route 17. It then enters Ancien (with no Ancien exits, with the right-away under lease from the House of Eris), passing the terminus of Mojo Route 4 (a water route), reaching the toll gate. It goes past the Discord River and terminates onto Erisiana Route 14 just before the bridge over the New Seattle-Foxdale railroad.
Erisiana Route 12
Erisiana Route 12 is a route going under the Malaclypse Interior Waterway from The Aftermath (near the North Docks) to Finejo).
Erisiana Route 13
Erisiana Route 13 is a route connecting Mountain Home to New Seattle via Bell's End Territory. It begins at Mountain Home near the Caerpen Border, goes through the Caerpen Bypass Tunnel (to avoid crossing international boundaries), then meets up with Bell's End Route 2. It continues past that route to Bell's End Route 1 near Bell's End proper, then goes through the Berkeley Tunnel under the canal to New Seattle.
Erisiana Route 14
Erisiana Route 14 is a toll road that goes from the west ramp of Unity Bridge to Ft. Disharmony over New Seattle Bay. From Unity Bridge, it passes a jump point, then goes through a series of tunnels through the mountains to the Spiral Bridge over New Seattle Bay. It then enters Ancien (the land is leased, and there are no Ancien exits). It passes the toll gate, passes over the New Seattle-Foxdale railroad, then reaches Erisiana Route 11's terminus. It then continues to Erisiana Route 15, where it is partially concurrent. It turns westbound, then terminates at Ft. Disharmony.
The road has a unified fare structure with Erisiana Route 11 and Erisiana Route 15. Travellers only pay once to use either of these roads.
Erisiana Route 15
Erisiana Route 15, known as the Ancien Highway its entire length, is a route that primarily connects Malaclypse with Ancien Via Ancien Route 5. It was Erisiana's first turnpike (toll road), and is the second longest highway in the system.
Built originally as a free highway, maintenance of the highway (and a desire for greater improvements such as safety rails, accident investigation sites, and travellers' oases) was prohibitively expensive, as there were no towns along its length at the time to share in the cost of improvements, aside from Cascadia (who protested greatly against the creation of the route; to spite them, Erisiana Route 17 and Malaclypse Route 13 were built nearby, further angering them). It was then subsequently converted into a toll road. The toll rate is one gold nugget for the entire length. All collected funds are used for turnpike maintenance only, with excess put into a trust for future road expansion.
Erisiana Route 15 begins near Disaster and The Aftermath, between Malaclypse Route 1 and the Stadium Circle exit on Erisiana Route 10. It passes near a junction with Malaclypse Route 10, a free exit to Kallisti and Zarathud for local traffic. After passing over Big Bend Bridge, the route then passes through Illuminati Tunnel, a natural cave converted to highway use; this area contains the toll booth and is the beginning of the turnpike. The highway then intersects Erisiana Route 17 outside Cascadia at a toll booth. After passing over the Discord Lake Lock, Dam, and Bordello #2 into Mojo Province, it reaches the Discord Valley junction and then a large plain near Colbert, which has a toll booth going to Mojo Route 2. It passes the junction with Erisiana Route 14, then becomes concurrent with Erisiana Route 14 briefly to Ft. Disharmony. It then goes to the the exiting toll booth, passing Ft. Disharmony (where Erisiana Route 14 ends), and subsequently the border with Ancien, leading to Ancien Route 5 in the Birchwood East region.
Erisiana Route 16
Erisiana Route 16 is a highway going from Ocean View and Hodge to Podge, via Dissonance and Cacaphony. Some legacy signage may erroneously state the route as Erisiana Route 14; travellers are urged to ignore these signs as an anomaly (and not assume this was an error on the part of the Erisiana Department of Transportation accidentally assigning the Erisiana Route 14 number to a turnpike and changing Erisiana Route 16 as it was easier. This is not what happened.). Starting from Ocean Ocean View, the highway goes through Hodge, briefly becoming E-16 East and West on the central loop. It then continues on to Dissonance, passing through Studebaker Ave. and Riverside, becoming concurrent with Erisiana Route 10 for a brief time. It then exits into Cacaphony onto Old E-10 Street (the old Erisiana Route 10 alignment) to the ramp leading to the St. Edward the Spectacularly Bad Memorial Bridge and a connection to Erisiana Route 10. It then goes over the bridge, over the Sri Syadasti Canal, reaching the Podge Zoo. It goes through the zoo, then terminates at Erisiana Route 4's end.
Erisiana Route 17
Erisiana Route 17 connects New Seattle to Erisiana Route 15 and Discord Valley. It begins at Aurum St. in New Seattle, passes the Malaclypse Route 7 junction (connecting to Erisiana Route 10), then goes on to Malaclypse Route 12 and the Cascadia toll booth adjoining Erisiana Route 15. It then goes on to Discord Valley via an abandoned alignment of Erisiana Route 15, with the bridge over Discord Lake being enhanced with a fishing pier off the sides.
Erisiana Route 18
Erisiana Route 18 connects Erisiana Route 9B just north of the Erisiana Route 9A and Erisiana Route 9B split to E-19 at Llano del Norte in Quixote Province. It is a very scenic route through forests, plains, mountains, and desert, but has no exits.
Erisiana Route 19
Erisiana Route 19 connects Malaclypse Route 4 in Kallisti to Llano del Norte in Quixote Province. There is a loop to the Pharoah Rocher temple and Crater Rim Provincial Park known as Erisiana Route 19 Scenic. Other than the Erisiana Route 19 Scenic exits, the only other exit is at Llano del Norte, near the end of the route, to Erisiana Route 18, which goes to Erisiana Route 9B.