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Merging, diverging and weaving at grade-separated junctions and interchanges

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Merging, diverging and weaving occur at and between many types of junctions in both urban and rural situations. Most frequently these traffic actions are associated with junctions on routes with a high standard of geometric design such as is found on the British motorway and trunk road system.

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  1. Department of Transport, Layout of grade separated junctions, Departmental Standard TD 22/92, Design Manual for Roads and Bridges, Volume 6, Section 2, Part 1 (1992)

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  2. Department of Transport, Traffic Appraisal Manual, London (1982)

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  3. Department of Transport, Layout of grade separated junctions, Departmental Advice Note TA 48/86, London (1986)

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© 1996 Y. Salter and N. B. Hounsell

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Salter, R.J. (1996). Merging, diverging and weaving at grade-separated junctions and interchanges. In: Highway Traffic Analysis and Design. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-13423-6_22

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