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Hairpin turn in Oregon, US A hairpin, after which the feature is named. A hairpin turn (also hairpin bend or hairpin corner) is a bend in a road with a very acute inner angle, making it necessary for an oncoming vehicle to turn about 180° to continue on the road.
The alignment is the route of the road, defined as a series of horizontal tangents and curves. The profile is the vertical aspect of the road, including crest and sag curves, and the straight grade lines connecting them. The cross section shows the position and number of vehicle and bicycle lanes and sidewalks, along with their cross slope or ...
Greater Sudbury Municipal Road 55 is a municipal road in the city of Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada. Extending from Whitefish to Coniston under a variety of street names, most of the road's length is a former alignment of Highway 17 and the Trans-Canada Highway except for a short realignment on different streets through the city's downtown core.
Gudisa Ghat – North of Maredumili; an unpaved and sharp bend road leads up to the top, above 1000 masl. Manyam Ghat – The road between Maredumilli and Guduru. Chintoor Ghat – Chintoor Ghat Road is very scenic and is a gateway to Chhattisgarh state from Andhra Pradesh.
Its narrow road had only two lanes with no shoulders. Because of its location near a sharp bend in the Mississippi River, the bridge had become a hazard to river traffic; barges and towboats frequently collided with it. In 1994, a study concluded that a new bridge was needed and the old one should be torn down.
Road curves are irregular bends in roads to bring a gradual change of direction. Similar curves are on railways and canals . Curves provided in the horizontal plane are known as horizontal curves and are generally circular or parabolic.
Traffic counts during the period of a traffic study on West North Bend Road found 55% of drivers surpassing the 35 mph speed limit, according to the Devou Foundation, which helped fund the project
A Bend in the Road is the fifth novel by the American author Nicholas Sparks, who also wrote the romance love novels A Walk to Remember, The Notebook, and The Rescue. It was published in 2001. It was published in 2001.