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Road Design Terminology Explained

The document contains definitions and examples of various types of roads, intersections, and traffic infrastructure terms. Some of the terms defined and exemplified include cloverleaf interchange, dogleg, fork, hairpin curve, interchange, junction, lane, roundabout, s-curve, section, and tunnel. Pictures are provided for some terms to illustrate road design concepts.

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Topics covered

  • Extension Road,
  • Flyover,
  • Road Networks,
  • Road Planning,
  • Road Capacity,
  • Passing Lane,
  • Intersection,
  • Roundabout,
  • Road User Behavior,
  • Road Maintenance
52 views8 pages

Road Design Terminology Explained

The document contains definitions and examples of various types of roads, intersections, and traffic infrastructure terms. Some of the terms defined and exemplified include cloverleaf interchange, dogleg, fork, hairpin curve, interchange, junction, lane, roundabout, s-curve, section, and tunnel. Pictures are provided for some terms to illustrate road design concepts.

Uploaded by

Rav
Copyright
© © All Rights Reserved
We take content rights seriously. If you suspect this is your content, claim it here.
Available Formats
Download as DOCX, PDF, TXT or read online on Scribd

Topics covered

  • Extension Road,
  • Flyover,
  • Road Networks,
  • Road Planning,
  • Road Capacity,
  • Passing Lane,
  • Intersection,
  • Roundabout,
  • Road User Behavior,
  • Road Maintenance

CARPOOL LANE

BEND

CENTRAL RESERVATION/MEDIAN

BICYCLE LANE

A grass
median strip
on a highway
in
Pennsylvania, United States

CAMBER CHICANE

The Casio Triangle chicane on the Suzuka Circuit


CLOVER LEAF

The Kathipara cloverleaf interchange


in Chennai, India, is the largest in Asia

EXPRESS LANE
CORNER

White Down
Road: corner at foot of hill.

EXTENSION ROAD

DIAMOND LANE

A fairway road extension at Kitchener, Ontario.

FLYOVER
DOGLEG
24 zigs in Guizhou,
China.

Manlia flyovers.

INTERCHANGE
FORK

HAIRPIN CURVE
The High
Five in Dallas,
Texas, United
States: an
example of interchange design. This is a complicated
five-level stack interchange due to the proximity
of frontage roads and high-occupancy vehicle lanes.
This hybrid design is based on parts of a four-level-
stack for highways and a three-level-diamond
interchange to handle the frontage roads.

Hairpin turn in Oregon,


U.S. comparing with a type of hair pin (bobby pin).

INTERSECTION
The PASSING LANE
intersection between Ayala Avenue and Makati
Avenue in Makati City, Philippines.

JUNCTION

ROADWAY

LANE

ON-

RAMP
LINE
SLOW
LANE

ROUNDABOUT

Thomas Circle in Washington, D.C., 1922 CONNECTION

S-CURVE

CUTTING

SLEEPING POLICEMAN
Speed bump made of rubber.
FAST LANE SPEED TRAP

Light trails of cars in motion blur on road Hong Kong,


China.

T-JUNCTION
HILL

TOLL BOOTH
SECTION
Decorated entrance to a road tunnel
in Guanajuato, Mexico

TRAFFIC CIRCLE TURN

5 Road Traffic Circle at Mackenzie Towne

TRUCK STOP TURNAROUND

TUNNEL
TURNOUT
A subway in Ashgabat.

WEIGH STATION

TWIST

ON THE INSIDE

The Twist and Turns of Transfagarasan Road,


Romania

UNDERPASS

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