road junction
Where roads meet
A road junction is a point where two or more roads meet or cross, allowing traffic to move between them.
The term encompasses everything from simple T-intersections to complex interchanges with multiple levels and turning lanes.
In British usage especially, junction often appears with numbers to identify specific points along motorways: Take the M25 and exit at junction 12.
- give wayCollapse or relent
- right of wayLegal passage privilege
- yield signMarker requiring deference to traffic
- roundaboutCircular junction for traffic
- traffic islandPaved area amid roadway
fork · traffic control · diverge · traffic lights · signage · pedestrian crossing · street corner · overpass · cloverleaf · speed limits · flyover · access points · grade crossing · level crossing · bypass · lanes · interchange · turning
- junctionsnode, nexus, confluence, hub, interchange
- chokepointschoke point, bottleneck, pinch point, narrows, strait
road network topology
road junctiondead end
Passage without outlet
cul-de-sac · terminus · blind alley · no through road · edge