Time to take a trip down the Super Highway!

This design is inspired by the highways in Boston, Massachusetts, where the highway lanes frequently shift directions depending on traffic patterns. These are known as "H.O.V. Lanes" (High Occupancy Vehicle). You may also know them as "Carpool Lanes." These lanes are meant to be used exclusively by vehicles carrying more than one passenger. A "Road Zipper" is deployed to move concrete barriers to add or subtract lanes on the highway. This device is also used to close lanes for maintenance or if there is an accident.

This set comes with a ton of features to fill out the busy street:

- A 4-lane highway, with a median and cross-over point

- A Road Zipper that has storage space and a cab on both ends

- 3 long barriers that can be moved by the Road Zipper to different parts of the highway

- A garage with a large closable door for keeping the Highway Zipper close to the action

- A Highway Maintenance pickup truck with a transportable light-up sign

- A retro car with a detachable roof

- A family van with openable doors and an openable trunk full of freshly purchased Lego sets (some of which you may recognize)

- 2 large highway street lamps, and a lighted H.O.V. Lane sign

- 10 traffic cones

- An overhead road sign that stretches across both lanes of traffic

- 5 minifigures: 2 highway workers, and 3 pedestrians

How it works is that the Road Zipper picks up a line of barriers and moves them over a lane. There are three barriers,one on each side of the highway median, and one more in the middle of the cross-over point. This allows for many different configurations for both play and display. I have a few of them pictured above. You can keep the highway unchanged, close a lane for construction or an emergency, set up the exit of an H.O.V. Lane on the left side of the highway, or set up the entrance to an H.O.V. Lane on the right side of the highway.

Thank you for checking out my design! My hope is that it will provide Lego City builders with unprecedented options for setting up their roadways and making scenes in their cities!