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Encyclopedia: Roundabout

A roundabout or rotary is a type of road junction (or traffic calming device) at which traffic streams around a central island, after first yielding (giving way) to the circulating traffic. In the United States it is technically called a "modern roundabout", to emphasize the distinction from the older, larger type of traffic circle. Roundabouts are statistically safer than both traffic circles and traditional intersections, though they do not cope as well with the traffic on motorways or similar fast roads. In the West Midlands of England, roundabouts are commonly called islands.

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How to say "Roundabout" in other languages:

	(Japanese)	ラウンドアバウト
	(German)	Kreisverkehr
	(Spanish)	Rotonda
	(French)	Carrefour giratoire
	(Italian)	Rotatoria

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Magic Roundabout

The Magic Roundabout was a popular television series. As a result of this, several notable traffic roundabouts have been given the nickname, notably: Magic Roundabout (Swindon) Magic Roundabout (Hemel Hempstead...

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Magic Roundabout (Swindon)

The Magic Roundabout in Swindon was constructed in 1972 and consists of one large roundabout containing 5 mini-roundabouts. It was an innovative system which constructed after consultation with the British Roads Research Laboratory. The official name of this roundabout is County Islands, although...

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Roundabout intersection

A roundabout , rotary , or gyratory circus is a type of road junction (or traffic calming device... traffic. Roundabouts are statistically safer than both traffic circles and traditional intersections... on motorways or similar fast roads. Difference between roundabouts and traffic circles Roundabouts...

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A596

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Roundaboutness

Roundaboutness , or roundabout methods of production is the term used to describe the process whereby capital goods are produced first and then, with the help of the capital goods, the desired consumer goods are produced. The term was devised by the Austrian School economist, Eugen von Böhm...

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Belle Isle, Leeds

Belle Isle is a large, early twentieth-century council estate in south Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, centring on a large roundabout called Belle Isle Circus, the main hub of local traffic in south Leeds. Like much of south Leeds Belle Isle is a deprived area, suffering from poor housing, high...

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Handy Cross

Handy Cross was the name of a hamlet in the parish of Little Marlow, Buckinghamshire. It was located on Marlow Hill, on the main road between Great Marlow and High Wycombe. Today the hamlet has all but disappeared, and has remained in name only. The Handy Cross Roundabout is the road junction that...

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Intersection

The term intersection can mean: a road junction, where two roads intersect each other, such as a roundabout intersection; in mathematics, the set in which two or more other sets intersect each other; see intersection (set theory); a movie; see Intersection (movie...

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M50 motorway (Ireland)

-separated roundabout junctions, not freeflowing motorway intersections. The other National Primary...-controlled roundabouts. The most infamous is the Red Cow roundabout N7 Interchange, also known as the Mad Cow Roundabout. It now boasts a tram system (Luas) running level across two slip-roads and one...

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A210 road

The A210 road is a road in South East London. It forms Eltham High Street for part of its length. The road starts at the junction of the A20 and the A2213 and runs past the Well Hall roundabout where it passes the A205 South Circular, then becomes Eltham Hill, then Eltham High Street, and...

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