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Acceleration Lane
a short lane at the end of an entrance ramp that allows entering traffic to build-up speed before merging into the main travel lanes. In San Antonio, and in Texas in general, acceleration lanes [..]
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access road
the common term in San Antonio for a frontage road.
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arterial
a main road or thoroughfare. Arterials are typically divided into "major arterials" and "minor arterials".
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auxiliary lane
a lane that is added to a freeway at an entrance ramp and then is subsequently dropped at the next exit ramp. Compare with acceleration lane, deceleration lane, mainlanes, and collector/distrib [..]
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average annual daily traffic
a traffic count that counts the number of vehicles that pass a given point on a road during a 24-hour period, averaged over several counts taken during a 12 month period.
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Barnes Dance
a colloquial term for a pedestrian scramble crossing. See pedestrian scramble.
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bent
technical term for a bridge pier. Commonly referred to as a "bridge column".
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braided ramp
a slip ramp configuration where an entrance ramp passes over an exit ramp, or vice-versa. There are numerous examples in San Antonio, such as the ramps along both sides of Loop 410 between Vanc [..]
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cat's eyes
colloquial term for reflectorized raised pavement markers.
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