slip road
Motorway joining lane
A slip road is a short roadway connecting a main highway to another road, allowing vehicles to enter or exit without disrupting traffic flow.
The term is primarily British; Americans typically say on-ramp or off-ramp, or more broadly, ramp.
Take the slip road to join the motorway.
- goreGraphic bloody violence
- rampSloped connecting surface
- carriagewayVehicle portion of road
- hard shoulderRoad's emergency stopping strip
- central reservationDivider between traffic directions
motorway junction · junction · interchange · deceleration · lane change · weave · taper · filter · flyover · route · parkway · exit · intersection · lane · traffic · yield sign · speed limit · indicator
- road featurescurve, bend, straightaway, stretch, junction
- traffic controlstop light, traffic light, traffic signal, crosswalk, traffic camera
- slipslandslip, pay stub
- access roadsdriveway, entrance, exit, ramp, approach
- service roadsservice lane, ramp access
- highwayshighway, highways, freeway, freeways, expressway