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A road junction is a location where vehicular traffic can change between different routes or directions of travel. Download high resolution version (1000x661, 229 KB)San Jose, CA intersection overview from MLK Library in the early afternoon. ...
Download high resolution version (1000x661, 229 KB)San Jose, CA intersection overview from MLK Library in the early afternoon. ...
In the field of road transport, an intersection is a road junction where two or more roads either meet or cross at grade (they are at the same level). ...
Interstate 80, a freeway in California with many lanes and heavy traffic. ...
Origins
Roads were initially built as rights of way to link locations of interest: towns, forts and geographic features like fords. As a result, many such locations formed the meeting point of such roads and they became the first road junctions. Where roads met outside of town, these junctions provided an attractive point to build a new settlement, such that they could receive passing trade from both directions. Scotch Corner is an example of such a location. This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ...
Main street in Bastrop, Texas, a small town A town is a residential community of people ranging from a few hundred to several thousands, although it may be applied loosely even to huge metropolitan areas. ...
Table of Fortification, from the 1728 Cyclopaedia. ...
A ford is a section of water (most commonly a section of a river) that is sufficiently shallow as to be traversable by wading. ...
Scotch Corner is an important junction of the A1 and A66 trunk roads. ...
Modern junctions However, with the 20th century advent of road traffic, roads became much busier and junctions became clogged with vehicles unable to cross each other's paths. In modern practice, bypasses and ring roads are used to keep through traffic out of major population centres. (19th century - 20th century - 21st century - more centuries) Decades: 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s As a means of recording the passage of time, the 20th century was that century which lasted from 1901–2000 in the sense of the Gregorian calendar (1900–1999...
A bypass is a road or highway that avoids (bypasses) a built-up area, town, or village, to let through traffic flow without interference from local traffic, to reduce congestion in the built-up area, and to improve road safety. ...
A sign on the Hampton Roads Beltway in Virginia, United States, traveling on the outer loop (counterclockwise). ...
Intersection vs. interchange There are two different types of junction between roads. - Interchanges are junctions where roads pass above or below one another, preventing a single point of conflict by utilising grade separation and slip roads. The terms motorway junction and highway junction typically refer to this layout.
- Intersections do not use grade separation (they are at-grade) and roads cross directly.
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