What is detour sign mean?

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Signs indicating a detour. Licensed from iStockPhoto. noun. The definition of a detour is a route that is different from the ordinary, often used when the direct route cannot be used. An example of a detour is a side road that drivers must go down when the main road is closed.

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A detour is a longer, less direct way to get where youre going. You can also detour, or take an unexpected route, while youre running errands, stopping at your favorite bakery for a cookie before you continue on. The French détour comes from the verb destorner, turn aside.

One may also ask, what do the colored detour signs in Pa mean? According to PennDOT those signs are primarily posted near the exits of major highways. They come in four colors - blue, red, green and orange. Essentially the purpose of them is to help get people around a problem that closes a highway. Green means East, orange means West, blue means North, and red means South.

Beside above, what does the T sign mean?

T Intersection Traffic Sign The road you are traveling on ends straight ahead. Slow down and prepare to stop before turning. Most T-intersections will feature a YIELD sign or a STOP sign to remind you to give the right-of-way to cross traffic.

How do you use detour in a sentence?

Examples of detour in a Sentence We had to make a detour around the heaviest traffic. We took a detour from the main streets. The road is closed ahead, so traffic will have to follow the detour. Verb We detoured around the heaviest traffic.