9 months since drivers in Fort Mill started using diverging diamond interchange

It's been nearly nine months since York County debuted the diverging diamond interchange on the Gold Hill Road Bridge over I-77 in September 2021. It’s the first one of its kind operating in South Carolina and the goal was to alleviate heavy traffic. Patrick Hamilton, who is an engineer with York County and oversees the Pennies for Progress program, said it did take people some time to get used to the new interchange. According to Hamilton, a few accidents were reported last year when the interchange opened, but that has since subsided. “I think it’s a huge improvement to the interchange,” Hamilton said. “We received that pushback early on when it first opened -- people weren’t used to it, they didn’t think it worked -- but it’s proven that it does work.” The diverging diamond interchange takes some getting used to because it pulls you to the left side of the road when, traditionally, drivers are used to keeping right. With about 25,000 cars driving over the bridge every day, this design is supposed to help traffic flow better. https://www.wcnc.com/article/news/loc...