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The following junction types typically permit U-turns but are not designed specifically for that purpose. Normal at-grade intersections on divided highways often allow traffic traveling on the divided highway to perform a U-turn, often when there is a green light for traffic turning onto the side road, crossing the opposing lanes (left turns in countries where traffic drives on the right ...
Making a U-turn on a curve, a slope, a narrow road, a narrow bridge, or a tunnel. Making a U-turn at a road segment signed No U-turn or painted double solid yellow or white lines or no-overtaking lines. Making a U-turn at a road segment prohibiting left turn. Not surrounding a roundabout to make a U-turn in such an intersection.
A diagram of a Texas U-turn, also known as a Texas turnaround (this one with the local road over the limited-access highway) A Texas U-turn, or Texas turnaround, boomerang, or loop around, [citation needed] is a lane allowing cars traveling on one side of a one-way frontage road to U-turn onto the opposite frontage road (typically crossing over or under a freeway or expressway).
Within 1 ⁄ 4 mile (400 m), they queue into a designated U-turn (or cross-over) lane in the median. When traffic clears they complete the U-turn and go back through the intersection. Additionally, the U-turn lane is designed for one-way traffic. Similarly, traffic on the divided highway cannot turn left at an intersection with a cross street.
Highway bus stops must be sited outside the interchange. [citation needed] Allowing exiting traffic to re-enter the through road in the same direction requires leaving the interchange on the local road and turning around, e.g., via a median U-turn crossover. This affects several use cases: [41] Drivers who take the wrong exit
When there is no sign directly stating it is illegal to make a U-turn, California Vehicle Code 21451 says drivers can make a legal U-turn, turn left or right, or proceed straight at an ...
See three-way junction 5-1-1 A transportation and traffic information telephone hotline in some regions of the United States and Canada that was initially designated for road weather information. A Access road See frontage road Advisory speed limit A speed recommendation by a governing body. All-way stop or four-way stop An intersection system where traffic approaching it from all directions ...
The western entryway into Linköping, Sweden (a branch off the backbone E4 highway) passes on a bridge above this roundabout, which connects a national road and a local road into a residential area with ramps leading up to the free-flowing road (note the green signage denoting that in these directions you are entering a motorway).