cloverleafs

Looping road interchanges

Cloverleafs is one plural of cloverleaf, a highway interchange where ramps loop in four quadrants to connect two roads, forming a pattern that resembles a four-leaf clover when viewed from above: Traffic backed up at the cloverleafs on the interstate.

The other plural is cloverleaves.

interchange

highway

Major road for travel

ramps · merge · exit · entrance · loop · freeway · flyover · motorway · expressway · roadway

pattern

symmetry

Invariance under transformation

balance · harmony · proportion · design · curves · interconnected · spiral · configuration · layout · schematic

navigation

roadtrip

Leisure travel by car

  • directionsGuidance for reaching somewhere
  • signagePosted public displays
  • GPSSatellite-based location technology

wayfinding · commute · route · mapping · orientation · confusion · disorientation · weaving · lanes

Categories
Opposites
traffic control method

cloverleafstraffic lights

Road signal system

stop signs · traffic signals · stoplights · roundabouts · red lights

interchange complexity

cloverleafsT-intersections

Three-branched road meetings

crossroads · dead ends · level crossings · flyovers · cul-de-sacs

Family

cloverleaf, cloverleaves

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G