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slip road

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noun

  1. a short road connecting a motorway, etc, to another road

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Avon and Somerset Police said the last likely sighting of him was at 03:38 GMT when he was walking along Bennett Way slip road, heading towards the city centre.

From BBC Mar. 2, 2026

White said she first saw Kimberley and Milne near a slip road by a car that appeared to be broken down at about 21:30 on the evening of Kimberley's death.

From BBC Feb. 23, 2026

The coroner noted police attending the crash saw three other vehicles "perform exactly the same manoeuvre as Ahmed and attempt to travel down the slip road in the wrong direction".

From BBC Feb. 21, 2026

The motorway reopened after about three hours but the slip road remains closed.

From BBC May 12, 2025

Flames and smoke have been billowing from the old factory building on Park Lane near Matalan, where the slip road has been closed.

From BBC Sep. 7, 2024

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