merge lanes
Roads becoming one
Merge lanes are the sections of roadway where two traffic streams combine into one.
Typically a shorter lane that ends by feeding into a main thoroughfare, requiring drivers to adjust speed and find gaps: Traffic backed up as cars tried to enter from the merge lanes.
The term appears on highway signs and in driving instructions.
- convergeMeet at a point
- joinConnect or enlist
- bottlenecksConstrictions that impede flow
- rush hourBusiest commuting period
- bumper to bumperVehicles nearly touching ahead/behind
thoroughfares · integrate · highways · combine · vehicles · blind spot · fender bender · ramps · yield sign · consolidate · right of way · on-ramps · roadways · arterial roads · continuous flow · road network · traffic flow · freeway interchange
- taking turnsalternate, alternating, wait, waiting, rotation