road closure
Traffic route shutdown
A road closure is the blocking of a road to traffic, either temporarily or permanently.
Roads close for construction, accidents, weather emergencies, or special events like parades and marathons.
Check for road closures before you leave—the highway floods every time it rains.
The term often appears in traffic reports and on navigation apps.
- detourAlternate path around obstruction
- barricadeObstacle blocking a path
- constructionProcess of building something
- trafficMovement along routes
- traffic jamRoadway backup of vehicles
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- public noticeslegal notice, public hearing, court summons, eviction notice, foreclosure notice
- temporary closuresemergency shutdown
- public alertsemergency broadcast, wireless alert, text alert, civil emergency, terror alert
- disruptionsinterruption, disturbance, interference, delay, obstruction
- traffic controlstop light, traffic light, traffic signal, crosswalk, traffic camera
- traffic incidentsaccident, collision, car crash, pileup, fender bender
road closureopen road
Unobstructed route ahead
open highway · free passage · through traffic · open access · green light
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