A circular island located in the center of intersections of roadways, discouraging through traffic and forcing drivers to reduce travel speed as they maneuver around the island. These circles often are used as traffic-calming devices, but they also can serve as interesting focal points in long street vistas, if they are well landscaped and incorporate fountains, statues or other appealing structures.
A junction of roads that form a circle around which traffic normally moves in one direction. (DOI3)
a road junction at which traffic streams circularly around a central island; "the accident blocked all traffic at the rotary"
an arrangement at a busy intersection whereby traffic is never stopped, and there are no left turns out of the circles and hence across oncoming traffic
a raised island located in the centre of an intersection
a raised island located in the middle of an intersection
a specially designed intersection
a special type of intersection at which traffic streams are directed around a circle
A circular intersection allowing for continuous movement of traffic at the meeting of major roadways.
A traffic circle is an intersection with a circular shape and, usually, a central island. In some traffic circles two-way traffic is allowed within the circle. It is much more common, however, that traffic is allowed to go in one direction only around a central island.