Synonyms

slip road

British

noun

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

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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.

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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

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

Nine school children have been injured following a crash between a bus and a coach on a slip road in Berkshire.

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But as a result of vehicles travelling around the tight left-hand bend of the slip road, debris had been pushed to the offside part of this lane, creating a considerable depth of gravel.

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