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A median strip, central reservation, roadway median, or traffic median is the reserved area that separates opposing lanes of traffic on divided roadways such as divided highways, dual carriageways, freeways, and motorways. The term also applies to divided roadways other than highways, including some major streets in urban or suburban areas.
Section 3B.06 authorizes use of a single solid yellow line in only two contexts: on divided highways (that is, divided by a median strip) to mark the left side of the lane closest to the median (for traffic in both directions), and to mark the left side of the leftmost lane on one-way ramps.
In a lane diet, the width of a car lane is decreased to reduce vehicle speeds and accidents [3] and provide space for other use. [4] Typically vehicular travel lane widths are narrowed to no more than 2.8 metres (9.1 ft), [5] and left turn (in countries where cars travel on the right-hand side of the road) storage lanes between 2.7 and 3.0 metres (9 and 10 ft). [6]
Traffic islands can be used to reduce the speed of cars driving through, [1] or to provide a central refuge to pedestrians crossing the road. When traffic islands are longer, they are instead called traffic medians, a strip in the middle of a road, serving the divider function over a much longer distance. [2] Refuge island in Lisbon, Portugal
A modern Autobahn divided highway with two lanes per direction has lanes 3.75 m (12.3 ft) wide with an additional clearance of 0.50 m (20 in) on each side; with three lanes per direction this becomes 3.75 m (12.3 ft) for the rightmost lane and 3.5 m (11 ft) for the other lanes. Urban access roads and roads in low-density areas may have lanes as ...
A 21-year-old man in a 2021 Mercedes traveling the opposite way on Highway 152 lost control of his car, which careened across the center dirt median and overturned on top of the Tacoma, CHP said.
Interstate 15 "Express Lanes" in San Diego County between SR 52 and SR 78 – four lanes with movable center wall; normally configured as 2/2 but can be shifted to 3/1 or 1/3 if needed; District of Columbia. Rock Creek Parkway operates as a one-way road on weekday mornings and afternoons. [14] [15]
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