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Encyclopedia > Stack interchange

A stack interchange is a free-flowing junction between two or more roads that allows turning in all directions. An interchange is a location where two things meet, usually perform some kind of exchange, and possibly go on their ways again. ... A typical rural county road in Indiana, USA, where traffic drives on the right. ...


Four-level stack

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Four-level stack

The four-level stack (or simply four-stack) has one major road crossing another on a bridge, with connector roads crossing on two further levels. This type of interchange does not usually permit U-turns. An example (although not perfectly symmetrical like the picture opposite) can be found at the junction of the M4 and M25 near Heathrow Airport in London. It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with U-Turn. ... The M4 motorway is a motorway in the UK, which links London and west Wales via Bristol. ... The M25 motorway looking south between junctions 14 and 15, near Heathrow Airport. ... London Heathrow Airport (IATA airport code: LHR, ICAO airport code: EGLL, and often simply Heathrow) is the United Kingdoms busiest and best-connected airport. ... Part of the London skyline viewed from the South Bank London is the most populous city in the European Union, with an estimated population on 1 January 2005 of 7,500,000 and a metropolitan area population of between 12 and 14 million. ...


 

Highway interchanges
single-point urban | diamond | diverging diamond | cloverleaf | parclo | box | hook turn | jughandle | roundabout | traffic circle | Michigan left In the field of road transport, a road junction is a place where two or more roads either meet or cross. ... A Single Point Urban Interchange (SPUI, pronounced spoo-ee, rhymes with phooey), also called a Single Point Interchange (SPI) or Single Point Diamond Interchange (SPDI), is a type of highway interchange. ... A typical diamond interchange. ... Planned diverging diamond interchange in Findlay, Ohio A diverging diamond interchange is a rare form of diamond interchange in which the two directions of traffic on the non-freeway road cross to the opposite side on both sides of the bridge at the freeway. ... A cloverleaf interchange is a two-level interchange in which right turns (in countries that drive on the left) are handled by loop ramps. ... The parclo interchange (short for partial cloverleaf interchange) is a successor to the cloverleaf interchange. ... A box junction is a traffic control measure designed to prevent gridlock at busy road junctions. ... The hook turn is a driving manoeuvre that is required on specific intersections in the inner city area of Melbourne, Australia. ... A typical jughandle setup, with one standard jughandle and one reverse jughandle. ... 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. ... A traffic circle is an intersection with a circular shape and, usually, a central island. ... A typical Michigan left setup. ...


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