road shoulders
Pavement's gravel edges
Road shoulders are the paved or unpaved strips along the edges of a roadway, outside the travel lanes.
They provide space for emergency stops, disabled vehicles, and pedestrians where sidewalks don't exist.
Shoulders also offer structural support for the road surface and drainage.
Pull over onto the shoulder if your car breaks down.
- vergeBorder or cusp
- gravelLoose small rock fragments
- pulloverGarment donned headfirst
- breakdownFailure or decomposition
- broken downNo longer operational
rumble strips · rumble strip · warning signs · asphalt · curb · ditch · guardrail · emergency · pavement · soft · narrow · wide · unpaved · grass · debris · hazard · lane · emergency lane
road position/lane type
road shoulderscarriageway
Vehicle portion of road
roadway · passing lanes · fast lane · HOV lanes · express lanes
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