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Highways

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  • a place where two roads cross, marked with a square of yellow lines painted in the center, that you can drive over only when the road in front is clear
    Box junction
  • Breakdown lane is an area along the side of a highway where vehicles are able to stop for an emergency
    A Breakdown lane
  • is the edge where a raised sidewalk or road median/central reservation meets a street or other roadway
    A curb (or kerb
  • one of the four points off a road intersection where two roads meet
    A corner
  • a lowered channel along the side of a road that collects rainwater
    A gutter
  • a safety barrier intended to shield a motorist who has left the roadway
    Guardrail
  • A road passing around a town or its center to provide an alternative route for through traffic
    Bypass
  • an area in the middle of a road that separates opposite directions or the same direction of traffic
    A median (central median or lateral median), a divider
  • part of a road on the edge where drivers may stop if they have an emergency
    A shoulder
  • a special lane where vehicles leave a highway to go onto a street or road
    An off ramp
  • a special lane where vehicles enter from a street or road onto a highway
    An on ramp
  • a road junction that uses grade separations to allow for the movement of traffic between two or more roadways or highways
    An interchange or a grade-separated junction
  • a travel lane delineated or physically separated from a general use lane or general toll lane within a roadway corridor in which toll amounts are set based on traffic conditions. Express lane means a rapid travel lane and may include high o
    Express lane
  • where a local road intersects a highway at the same elevation, or grade
    An At-grade intersection
  • the lane of a multilane roadway that is used by fast-moving vehicles, as when passing slower traffic
    Fast lane
  • infrastructure designed to drain excess rain and ground water from impervious surfaces such as paved streets, car parks, parking lots, footpaths, sidewalks, and roofs
    A storm drain, storm sewer, surface water drain, surface water sewer, storm-water drain
  • an alternative design for an at-grade road junction. Vehicles attempting to turn across the opposing direction of traffic cross before they enter the intersection
    Continuous flow intersection/a crossover displaced left-turn