road closures
Streets temporarily blocked
Road closures is the plural of road closure, a temporary or permanent blocking of a road to traffic.
Closures happen for construction, accidents, weather emergencies, or special events: Check for road closures before your trip.
The term appears constantly in traffic reports and navigation apps.
- accidentsUnintended harmful occurrences
- detourAlternate path around obstruction
- delaysPauses before proceeding
- traffic jamRoadway backup of vehicles
- constructionProcess of building something
traffic congestion · protests · special events · bridges · maintenance · gas leak · water main break · parades · tunnels · roadblocks · barricades · flooding · landslides · natural disasters · rerouting · snowstorm · highways · public communication
- disaster newsbreaking news, emergency alerts, disaster relief, rescue operations, evacuation orders
- wintersnow, ice, cold, frozen, frost
- driving hazardspotholes, black ice, debris, icy roads, wet roads
- local noticesannouncements, public notices, local news, classifieds, community groups
- traffic rulesspeed limits, stop signs, traffic lights, traffic signals, yield signs
- transportation issuestraffic congestion, traffic jams, congestion, gridlock, traffic safety