Detour

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Detour sign used in Singapore
Detour sign used in the United States

A detour or (British English:) diversion is a (normally temporary) route taking traffic around an area of prohibited or reduced access, such as a construction site. Detours must be followed and failure to do so may result in fines. [1][not in citation given] Standard operating procedure for many roads departments is to route any detour over roads within the same jurisdiction as the road with the obstructed area.[2]

On multi-lane highways (e.g. freeways, expressways, city streets, etc.), usually traffic shifts can be utilized in lieu of a detour as turn lanes can often be congested with detours.

Permanently signed detour routes

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References

  1. U.S. Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices Section 6C.09
  2. Example: Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.


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