exit ramps
Freeway departure lanes
Exit ramps are the sloping roadways that lead vehicles off a highway or freeway.
The term extends to any means of leaving a situation—an exit ramp from a bad relationship, an exit ramp from a failing policy.
In business and politics, exit ramps offer ways to withdraw gracefully: The negotiators built in exit ramps for both sides.
- overpassBridge spanning a road
- cloverleafLooped highway junction
- freewayHighway without tolls
- interchangeReciprocal transfer between parties
- turnoffExit from main road
getting off · traffic congestion · guardrail · highway · highway driving · arterial road · diverge · decelerate · slow down · signage · roadway · detour · last chance · warning signs · access points · rumble strips · navigation · signs
- emergency exitsfire escape, fire escapes, escape routes, fire doors, escape hatches
- ramp featuresslopes, inclines, handrails, railings, guardrails
- transportation routeshighways, interstates, freeways, toll roads, bypasses
- InterstatesI-5, I-10, I-15, I-20, I-25