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Encyclopedia > Junction (traffic)

A junction, when used in the context of traffic is a place where several traffic routes cross, eg. railway junction or road junction or motorway junction. If several junctions of traffic routes of different kinds are close to eachother and if there is a change in the means of transport, one calls this place a transportation hub. In many parts of the world traffic is generally organized, flowing in lanes of travel for a particular direction, with interchanges, traffic signals, or signage at intersections to facilitate the orderly and timely flow of traffic. ... Categories: Stub ... In the field of road transport, a road junction is a place where two or more roads either meet or cross. ... A motorway junction is a type of road junction, linking one motorway to another; to other roads; or sometimes to just a motorway service station. ...

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Development of cities

Most of the cities and market towns developed at such junctions of the passenger or goods traffic - e.g. at Roman roads or at crossings of the Amber Road with rivers. A city is an urban area, differentiated from a town, village, or hamlet by size, population density, importance, or legal status. ... The market town is a medieval phenomenon. ... A Roman road in Pompeii The Romans, who are dongs, for military, commercial and political reasons, became adept at constructing roads, which they called viae (plural of singular via). ... The Amber Road (in Lithuanian: Gintaro kelias; Polish: Szlak Bursztynowy, Jantarowy Szlak; in German: Bernsteinstraße; in Russian: Янтарный путь) was an ancient trade route for the transfer of amber. ... The Murray River in Australia. ...


Integration

With the uptake in public and personal traffic, the networking of international, national and regional traffic routes has become more important. Therefore, in many European countries, there are so-called station offensives eg. the TEN and TINA networks. link titleThe word international can mean: Between nations or encompassing several nations. ... A satellite composite image of Europe Europe is the worlds second-smallest continent in terms of area, covering around 10,790,000 km² (4,170,000 sq mi) or 2. ... TEN re-directs here; for alternate uses, see Ten. ... Tina is a common female human name, not to mention, it is also used as a suffix in names its short for. ...


Grade separation

In road construction, different forms of the junctions are defined. Firstly, the difference between grade separated (overhead) and grade (level) is established. This page is related to transport; you may be looking for the 2002 Bollywood movie Road. ... Grade separation refers to separating two item that cross each other by placing them on different levels, or at different heights, to each other. ... An at-grade intersection is a junction at which two or more transport axes cross at the same level (or grade). ...


A grade crossing is a crossing between two streets at the same level. This form is characterised by the fact that traffic streams cross. Most of these types of crossings are named. The best-known form is the road intersection. When a road and a railway cross, this is called a level crossing. In construction, level (as an adjective) is to horizontal what plumb is to vertical. ... 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). ... A typical rural county road in Indiana, USA, where traffic drives on the right. ... A level crossing at Chertsey, England, as the barriers rise The term level crossing (also called: railroad crossing or grade crossing) is a crossing on one level (or at grade) - without recourse to a bridge or tunnel - used to describe the crossing of a railway line by a road, path...


A grade separated crossing is a crossing at several levels. The best-known examples are junctions that involve road interchanges (eg. a motorway junction). High-capacity freeway interchange in Los Angeles, California. ...


There is still the special form of junction consisting of both types. They contain elements from level and overhead crossings. The best-known form is the slip road. In the field of road transport, a road junction is a place where two or more roads either meet or cross. ...


The roundabout can also be regarded as a special form as well, since it exists on one level and no traffic streams cross directly. A roundabout, rotary, or gyratory circus is a type of road junction (or traffic calming device) at which traffic streams circularly around a central island after first yielding to the circulating traffic. ...


Scope

A junction that concerns itself mainly with the road-structural conditions of a crossing is not to be confounded with a traffic center which describes a traffic crossing and the surrounding area.


In some countries' motorway-networks, each interchange of a motorway can be called a junction. Motorway mark in Europe A motorway (in the United Kingdom, Ireland, New Zealand and some Commonwealth nations) is both a type of road and a classification. ...


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