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The Hotel Indonesia Roundabout in Jakarta, Indonesia A magic roundabout in Kent, UK, on the A13 road near Sadlers Farm. A roundabout, a rotary and a traffic circle are types of circular intersection or junction in which road traffic is permitted to flow in one direction around a central island, and priority is typically given to traffic already in the junction.
The Los Alamitos Traffic Circle, informally known as the Long Beach Traffic Circle (or just the Traffic Circle, as there is only one other high volume traffic circle in Southern California [citation needed]), is a roundabout at the intersection of Lakewood Boulevard (State Route 19), Pacific Coast Highway (State Route 1/former U.S. Route 101 Alternate) and Los Coyotes Diagonal in Long Beach ...
The inside lane (in the British English sense, i.e. the lane beside the hard shoulder) refers to the lane used for normal travel, while the middle lane is used for overtaking cars on the inside lane. The outside lane (i.e. closest to oncoming traffic) is used for overtaking vehicles in the middle lane.
The two slip-roads are connected by a single lane on the inside of the roundabout, which traffic wishing to use the Westbound on-slip must join, and traffic from the Eastbound off-slip must leave. Weaving can be alleviated by using collector/distributor roads or braided ramps [3] to separate entering and exiting traffic.
Though there are proven benefits to installing roundabouts, they can be confusing for drivers who are unfamiliar with them.
A multi-lane roundabout is planned next year for the intersection of Smith and Hannegan roads, a pair of busy routes for travelers heading north and east of Bellingham. Construction on the nearly ...
A passing lane (North American English), overtaking lane (English outside North America) is a lane on a multi-lane highway or motorway closest to the median of the road (the central reservation) used for passing vehicles in other lanes. (North American usage also calls the higher-speed lane nearest the median the "inside lane" but in the United ...
A regular circular roundabout around 240 feet in diameter was proposed in 2005, but in 2008 the dogbone roundabout was chosen to minimize impacts on existing properties and structures.