contraflow

British

/ ˈkɒntrəˌfləʊ /

noun

two-way traffic on one carriageway of a motorway, esp to allow maintenance work to be carried out or an accident to be cleared

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The first phase will run until 1 October, with a contraflow system established on the M8's mainline carriageway at Junction 26 - meaning traffic will go in the opposite direction to how it should normally flow.

From BBC

The Junction 26 westbound off-slip will remain closed at night, with contraflow in westbound lanes 1 and 2.

From BBC

The last traffic cone and contraflow was removed from the A465 Heads of the Valleys road in south Wales on Friday night after a £2bn upgrade that started back in 2002.

From BBC

A Freedom of Information response shows £473,196 has been spent on the traffic light contraflow since 2019.

From BBC

Operation Brock sees lorries heading to Dover queue on one side of the M20, with the other carriageway operating as a contraflow.

From BBC

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