breakdown lane
noun
US
: an area along the side of a highway where vehicles are able to stop for an emergency
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The dog can be seen running down the highway sometimes in the middle of the far right lane, at other times running in the breakdown lane, and even crossing three lanes to avoid the drivers’ attempts to rescue it, the video shows.
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Lauren Liebhaber, Kansas City Star, 22 Apr. 2024
Two travel lanes on Interstate 295 north were shut down after the crash, with traffic moved into the breakdown lane.
—Talia Lissauer, BostonGlobe.com, 30 Aug. 2023
Moments later security cameras capture the bus pulling into the breakdown lane and a small crowd of passengers tumbling out of the bus and fleeing as smoke slowly drifted from the vehicle.
—Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, Fox News, 18 Aug. 2023
Upon arrival, first responders found the mother and her newborn baby boy in their car parked in the breakdown lane, Patrick O’Halloran, a firefighter paramedic, said in a phone call.
—Maeve Lawler, BostonGlobe.com, 3 Aug. 2023
Read full article Three of the travel lanes were closed with only the breakdown lane open to traffic.
—Ashley Soebroto, BostonGlobe.com, 25 June 2023
Bautista allegedly continued driving at high speeds onto Route 140 before stopping in a breakdown lane just before the Interstate 95 on-ramp and fleeing on foot, State Police said.
—Nick Stoico, BostonGlobe.com, 3 Apr. 2023
Shortly before the crash, officials said, the State Police Framingham barracks was alerted to a pedestrian walking in the breakdown lane of the highway, the release said.
—Travis Andersen, BostonGlobe.com, 24 Feb. 2023
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Lauren Liebhaber, Kansas City Star, 22 Apr. 2024
Two travel lanes on Interstate 295 north were shut down after the crash, with traffic moved into the breakdown lane.
—Talia Lissauer, BostonGlobe.com, 30 Aug. 2023
Moments later security cameras capture the bus pulling into the breakdown lane and a small crowd of passengers tumbling out of the bus and fleeing as smoke slowly drifted from the vehicle.
—Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, Fox News, 18 Aug. 2023
Upon arrival, first responders found the mother and her newborn baby boy in their car parked in the breakdown lane, Patrick O’Halloran, a firefighter paramedic, said in a phone call.
—Maeve Lawler, BostonGlobe.com, 3 Aug. 2023
Read full article Three of the travel lanes were closed with only the breakdown lane open to traffic.
—Ashley Soebroto, BostonGlobe.com, 25 June 2023
Bautista allegedly continued driving at high speeds onto Route 140 before stopping in a breakdown lane just before the Interstate 95 on-ramp and fleeing on foot, State Police said.
—Nick Stoico, BostonGlobe.com, 3 Apr. 2023
Shortly before the crash, officials said, the State Police Framingham barracks was alerted to a pedestrian walking in the breakdown lane of the highway, the release said.
—Travis Andersen, BostonGlobe.com, 24 Feb. 2023
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“Breakdown lane.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/breakdown%20lane. Accessed 30 Dec. 2024.
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