The invention discloses a simulating design system for city expressway interchanges, comprising: data acquisition, model calibration, a data-out module, an evaluation and analysis module connecting with the model calibration module and data-out module respectively, and a data amendment module connecting between the evaluation and analysis module and the model calibration module. Meanwhile a model building and design method using the design system is disclosed too, which comprises: collecting the characteristic parameter of the traffic flow of typical expressway basic sections, interchange triage/confluence area, cutting area and various ramps; building the corresponding database and traffic capacity theoretical analysis model; demarcating and amending speed and density model with determinate service level; building traffic capacity analysis model suiting the traffic flow characteristic of the city expressway interchange. At last, the design of the lectotype of the city expressway interchanges conducted by the design model comprises analyzing and forecasting the traffic, raising a preliminary scheme, calculating the traffic capacity of the interchange, analyzing the suitability, selecting a rational strategy.