Intersection (road)
An intersection is where two or more roads come together. Intersections are also known as junctions. At an intersection, there can be stop signs on one or both sides of the intersection. There can also be a traffic light.
Kinds of intersections
There are two major types of intersections.
- 3-way intersection
- Also called a T intersection, 3-way intersections make a T-like shape.
- 4-way intersection
- 4-way intersections make a cross- or +-like shape.
Intersection (road) Media
Intersection with traffic signs and traffic lights in Klaukkala, Finland
Times Square is the hub of the Broadway theater district and a major cultural venue in Midtown Manhattan, New York City. The pedestrian intersection also has one of the highest annual attendance rates of any tourist attraction in the world, estimated at 60 million.
Famous intersection of Highways 61 and 49 in Clarksdale, Mississippi sung about by Robert Johnson