Definition of traffic circle
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Shawn Vinson said the police department is not saying why Brunson and Joyner were at the complex, located a few blocks north of the Towson traffic circle.
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New Jersey has a longer history with more troublesome traffic circles — which include many lanes and traffic lights — but is coming around to roundabouts as well.
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The History Margaret Corbin, who is commemorated by a traffic circle, a drive and a plaque in Fort Tryon Park, and another marker near the George Washington Bridge, is often said to be the first woman to fight as a soldier in the Revolutionary War.
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Lemons signed a $119,000 agreement on Oct. 3 with low bidder Coogan & Coogan Inc. of Mandeville, which is run by former Mandeville Councilman Jerry Coogan, to replace the sign near the traffic circle.
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Hales project Hales Corners won't lose tax base, but will gain its first traffic circle that transportation officials said would make the hazardous Highway 100/Janesville Road/Forest Home Avenue intersection safer.
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One of the features of the project will be installing a traffic circle at Janesville Road.
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Police drone footage showed traffic flowing on city streets and traffic circles, even as boats — including popular tours — were unable to travel beneath Paris' bridges because of low or nonexistent clearance.
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The study may conclude that traffic circles would be appropriate at the intersection of U.S. 190 and Girod Street and at U.S. 190 and East Causeway Approach, the mayor said.
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First Known Use of traffic circle
1942
TRAFFIC CIRCLE Defined for English Language Learners
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Definition of traffic circle for English Language Learners
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: a circular area where two or more roads meet and on which all vehicles must go in the same direction
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