ADS-L Digest - 18 Sep 2005 to 19 Sep 2005 (#2005-263)

[Peter A. McGraw]

New Jersey has lots of jug handles such as Bill describes, so I would
assume that if the term is used there, it refers to the use of an actual
jug handle to make a (properly regulated) turn.

Peter Mc.

--On Wednesday, September 21, 2005 1:45 AM -0500 "Mullins, Bill"
<Bill.Mullins at US.ARMY.MIL> wrote:

>> I'm told that this turn originated in New Jersey (no authority given),
>> where it is called a 'jug handle turn'
> I thought a "jug handle turn" was where, if you wanted to turn left, you
> first got into the rightmost lane, and then exited into a small-radius
> pull-off that directed you directly leftward to your original direction,
> usually with a traffic light or other signal.  This way, you crossed at a
> right angle to your original direction of travel, and once across your
> lane(s), you could proceed straight ahead (making what would have been a
> left turn), or could turn left from there (making what would have been a
> U-turn).
>
> I've seen these in Massachusetts, and maybe NJ.



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