merge lane
Highway joining strip
A merge lane is a short stretch of roadway where traffic from an on-ramp or secondary road joins a main highway.
Drivers use the merge lane to match the speed of traffic before entering the flow: She accelerated in the merge lane before joining the freeway.
Also called an acceleration lane.
- on-rampHighway entry lane
- slip roadHighway entry lane
- highwayMajor road for travel
- accelerationRate velocity changes
- trafficMovement along routes
blind spot · vehicle · roadway · thoroughfare · bottleneck · slow down · freeway · indicator · expressway · intersection · motorway · limited access · rush hour · bumper to bumper · arrow · blinker · commute · shoulder
- bottleneckschokepoint, congestion, traffic jam, gridlock, narrow passage
- lanes
- road featurescurve, bend, straightaway, stretch, junction
- traffictraffic jam, congestion, traffic, gridlock, traffic congestion
- traffic controlstop light, traffic light, traffic signal, crosswalk, traffic camera
- highway featuresoff-ramp, exit ramp, shoulder, guardrail, exit sign
lane function/purpose
merge lanetravel lane
Marked road section
mainline · express lane · passing lane · fast lane · inside lane
lane, merge, merging, merged, merger, emergent, merges, laneway, remerge