entrance ramp
Freeway merge point
An entrance ramp is the roadway that allows vehicles to merge onto a highway or freeway from a local road.
Traffic accelerates along the ramp to match highway speed before merging: We got stuck behind a truck on the entrance ramp.
Also called an on-ramp.
- onrampHighway entry lane
- mergeCombine into unity
- highwayMajor road for travel
- freewayHighway without tolls
- accelerationRate velocity changes
acceleration lane · yield · yield sign · right of way · traffic · rush hour · pavement · cloverleaf · interstate · lane · speed · speed limit · slow down · asphalt · concrete · slope · incline · approach
- road featurescurve, bend, straightaway, stretch, junction
- rights-of-wayeasement, passage, corridor, pathway, throughway
- tollstoll booth, toll plaza, toll road, toll gate, toll bridge
- drive-insdrive-in, drive-in theater, drive-in movie, car speaker, speaker box
- highwayshighway, highways, freeway, freeways, expressway
- fighting ringsboxing ring, wrestling ring, ring ropes, ring post, turnbuckle