cloverleaf

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Recent Examples of cloverleaf While the old cloverleaf interchange may look simpler, the new DDI design will improve traffic flow onto the interstate and increase safety around the area, particularly pedestrian safety, according to WisDOT's informational video. Claudia Levens, Journal Sentinel, 14 Nov. 2024 In America, horror is a cloverleaf: at once a bound reality and a recurring spectacle, shared and remixed online, appropriated and made a fool of by soulless pundits on Fox News. Jason Parham, WIRED, 28 May 2022 One of those projects is the Interstate 75 interchange at Fruitville Road in Bradenton, which will be transformed from a traditional cloverleaf configuration into a diverging diamond design. Steve Wilson | The Center Square, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 21 Sep. 2024 State of play: The department unveiled plans last year to remove one of the cloverleaf exchanges and add two flyover bridges, like the Urban Loop in Urbandale. Jason Clayworth, Axios, 30 July 2024 See All Example Sentences for cloverleaf
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Noun
  • The top-floor steakhouse, Alto, is expected to open in mid-May and will feature outdoor dining about 200 feet above the interchange of Interstate 80 and Halsted Street.
    Samantha Moilanen, Chicago Tribune, 17 Apr. 2025
  • Hooters has a Fort Worth location near the interchange of I-20 and Chisholm Trail Parkway.
    Ella Gonzales, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 3 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • One such project involves maintaining over 100 climbing roses along the walls of the overpass at Lean and Calero avenues.
    Lisa Thorn, Mercury News, 20 Apr. 2025
  • When completed next year, the overpass will allow all manner of wildlife to freely cross over one of the nation's busiest highways, blissfully unaware of the thousands of vehicles speeding underneath.
    Elizabeth Weise, USA Today, 4 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • That the transportation department invested in animal underpasses may come as a surprise — its primary mission, after all, is to facilitate human movements, not the peregrinations of wolves and deer.
    Ben Goldfarb, Vox, 14 Mar. 2025
  • On one end is an unpopular underpass, where someone has left belongings tucked into a polluted corridor of cars for safety.
    Francesca Carington, New York Times, 18 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • From education access to food waste and domestic violence prevention to visual impairment, the young innovators who earned a spot on this year’s 30 Under 30 Europe Social Impact list are creating scalable, impactful solutions at the intersection of technological innovation and social change.
    Brianne Garrett, Forbes.com, 15 Apr. 2025
  • The crash occurred shortly before 1 a.m. at the intersection of East 12th Street and Grand Avenue, Officer Alayna Gonzalez with the Kansas City Police Department.
    Robert A. Cronkleton, Kansas City Star, 14 Apr. 2025

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“Cloverleaf.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cloverleaf. Accessed 29 Apr. 2025.

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