on-ramp

Noun

Meaning

(Canada, US, Australia) A segment of roadway that directs vehicular traffic from local roads onto a freeway.
Synonym: on-slip
Coordinate terms: exit ramp, off-ramp

introduction, introductory course

Alternative names

on ramp

Synonyms

Examples

Activists argue a short on-ramp to the Massachusetts Turnpike should also be open to the Silver Line’s branches to Logan Airport and Chelsea. Source: Internet

The California Highway Patrol assisted with the pursuit, the sheriff’s office said, and deployed a spike trap which caused the suspect vehicle to crash into a guard rail near the Harney Lane on-ramp. Source: Internet

Canyon Road East on-ramp to eastbound SR 512 will close. Source: Internet

Motorists traveling northbound on the Loop will be able to take the Westpark Drive exit and follow the frontage roads through the interchange to the next available on-ramp. Source: Internet

Blake O’Neil Howerton, 28, drove up the northbound on-ramp of I-15 and left the roadway plunging his vehicle through fences and ditches on the east side of the freeway. Source: Internet

“For a reference point, the NB (northbound) exit ramp and NB on-ramp are directly in front of ‘Shelton Vineyards,’” said an April 1 memo to local troopers in Surry County. Source: Internet

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