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  2. Road ecology - Wikipedia

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    A new section of road being built near Hindhead, UK, to replace a four-mile section of the A3 road, and which includes the new Hindhead Tunnel, is expected by the government to deliver environmental benefits to the immediate area including the removal of daily congestion, the elimination of air pollution in Hindhead caused by the congestion ...

  3. Health and environmental impact of transport - Wikipedia

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    This causes illness and deaths from air pollution, including nitrous oxides and particulates, and is a significant cause of climate change through emission of carbon dioxide. [3] [4] Within the transport sector, road transport is the largest contributor to climate change. [3]

  4. Interchange (road) - Wikipedia

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

  5. Stack interchange - Wikipedia

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    A directional interchange is a grade separated junction between two roads where all turns that require crossing over or under the opposite road's lanes of travel to complete the turn utilize ramps that make a direct or semi-direct connection. The difference between direct and semi-direct connections is how much the motorist deviates from the ...

  6. Roadway noise - Wikipedia

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    Roadway noise is the most prevalent form of environmental noise.Pictured: São Paulo, Brazil. Roadway noise is the collective sound energy emanating from motor vehicles.It consists chiefly of road surface, tire, engine/transmission, aerodynamic, and braking elements.

  7. Controlled-access highway - Wikipedia

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    Geish Road: It runs between Helwan and Asyut, along the Nile, also connecting Beni Suef and Minya. Its length is 306 km (190 mi). Ring Road: It serves as an inner ring-road for Cairo. It has a length of 103 km (64 mi). Regional Ring Road: It serves as an outer ring road for Cairo, also connecting its suburbs like Helwan and 10th of Ramadan City ...

  8. ‘Diverging diamond’ coming to I-40 interchange south of ...

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    Don’t be confused at the new Jones Sausage Road interchange when you’re briefly driving on the wrong side of the road. ‘Diverging diamond’ coming to I-40 interchange south of Raleigh. What ...

  9. Traffic congestion - Wikipedia

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    Traffic caused losses of ₱137,500,000,000 on the economy in 2011, and unbuilt roads and railway projects also causes worsening congestion. [105] The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) feared that daily economic losses will reach Php 6,000,000,000 by 2030 if traffic congestion cannot be controlled.