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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 ...
Athabasca Pass: 1,753 m (5,751 ft) Main fur-trade pass from 1811. Used by the York Factory Express. Pacific or Arctic Ocean drainage. E: Howse Pass: 1,539 m (5,049 ft) First post-Mackenzie pass (1807). rarely used. Pacific Ocean or Hudson Bay drainage.
In the cases where a new motorway acts as a bypass of a state highway route, the original state highway is either stripped of that status or renumbered. A low road number means a road suitable for long-distance driving. In Belgium, motorways but also some dual carriageways have numbers preceded by an A. However, those that also have an E-number ...
Nathu La Pass, Sino-Indian border, (Listening Ears Pass Pass – Tibetan) Nesoddtangen, Norway, a triple tautology, consisting of three parts, nes, odd and tangen, all being synonyms signifying a small cape or promontory. Nusa Tenggara Timur, Indonesia – (Eastern Southeastern Islands – Indonesian)
There are at least 319 mountain passes in the U. S. state of Oregon. Lolo Pass seen from west of the pass. The Pacific Crest Trail traverses left and right across the pass; Mount Hood's northwest face is visible in the background.
Relief map of the U.S. State of Colorado. This is a list of some important mountain passes in the Rocky Mountains of the U.S. State of Colorado . Mountain passes and highway summits traversed by improved roads
drive 1. A continuous set of offensive plays gaining substantial yardage and several first downs, usually leading to a scoring opportunity. 2. A blocking technique – "drive block" – in which an offensive player through an advantaged angle or with assistance drive a defensive player out of position creating a hole for the ball carrier.
It crests at Beartooth Pass in Wyoming at 10,947 feet (3,337 m) above sea level, and was called "the most beautiful drive in America," by late CBS News correspondent Charles Kuralt. [2] Because of heavy snowfall at the top, the pass is usually open for about five months per year, from mid-May to mid-October, weather conditions permitting. [3]