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Local–express lanes

Arrangement of carriageways within a major highway

System with four roadways/carriageways, where access ways primarily connect with the outer roadways. Through traffic on the inner carriageways can flow without interruption.

The local–express lane system is an arrangement of carriageways within a major highway where long distance traffic can use inner express lanes with fewer interchanges compared to local traffic which use outer local lanes that have access to all interchanges. This can also be called a collector/distributor lane system within a single interchange. One of the longest examples is Highway 401 in Toronto, where highway ramps between express and local lanes cross over one another; these are commonly known as braided ramps and in Toronto as a basketweave.

Some places may have only three carriageways on the highway instead of four, utilizing one directional express lanes. They may be permanent, or they can be reversible express lanes such as in Seattle where they alternate direction.

While the terms "local–express system" and "collector/distributor system" are often used interchangeably, some transportation departments make a distinction between the two. In a local–express system, the inner lanes are called express lanes whereas the outer lanes are called local lanes. In a collector/distributor system, the inner lanes are called mainlines while the outer lanes are called collector/distributor lanes. Generally speaking, a local–express system will have the extra outer lanes present for a long duration of the highway, as opposed to a collector/distributor system where the extra outer lanes are only present at an interchange.

Examples

The following examples include both local–express and collector/distributor lane systems.

Canada

Province	Highway	City/Region	Location	Length	Notes
Alberta		Edmonton	178 St – [170 St](170-street-edmonton)	1.2	Whitemud Drive
Alberta
Edmonton	[111 St](111-street-edmonton) - 99 St	2.1	Whitemud Drive; Hwy 2 111 St from to Gateway Boulevard; Hwy 14 from Gateway Boulevard to 99 St
Alberta		Fort McMurray	MacDonald Drive – Confederation Way	5	northbound only
Alberta		Calgary	Scenic Acres Link – Nose Hill Drive	2.5	Stoney Trail
Alberta		Calgary	Northland Drive – Shaganappi Trail (NB), Shaganappi Trail – Brisebois Dr (SB)	2	Crowchild Trail
Alberta		Calgary	Dalham Crescent (LRT) – 53 St	1	Crowchild Trail
British Columbia		Coquitlam and Surrey	Cape Horn Interchange – 152nd Street	5.4	Connects to the Port Mann Bridge. Express carriageways contain an HOV lane each.
British Columbia		Delta	Highway 99 between Hwy 17 – Hwy 17A	2.70	Westbound traffic only, ends near the start of reversible lane gates for Massey Tunnel. Local lanes include an HOV lane. Access to reversible lane for Westbound traffic only from express lanes.
Nova Scotia		Dartmouth	Exit 12	2.2	southbound only
Ontario		York Region	Highway 7]] interchange – south of Langstaff Road	3.0	signed as exits to Highway 7 and Langstaff Road rather than collector–express
Ontario		Toronto and Durham Region	Highway 409]] interchange) – Brock Road, Pickering	44	Primary system first completed from Islington to Markham Road in 1972, Brock Road in 1997.
Longest local-express system in Canada.
Ontario		Peel Region	Highway 427]]	9.6	originally ended at Highway 403 in 1980s, extended to just east of Kennedy Road in early 1990s, extended further westward to Hurontario Street in late-2000s, construction presently underway to complete it just west of Mississauga Road by early 2020s
Ontario		Halton Region	James Snow Parkway - Highway 407	4.6 km	Built as a separate stretch due to the 407 overpass not being wide enough for a continuous collector-express system underneath. Completed early 2020s.
Ontario		Peel Region	Highway 401]] / Highway 410 interchange – Cawthra Road	3.4	Completed 1994
Ontario		Toronto	Highway 401]] – just north of Sheppard Avenue East	1.8	401 eastbound to 404 northbound ramp express lane (no access to Sheppard Avenue offramp) completed 2001, southbound collector lanes completed 2005
Ontario		Peel Region	Highway 401]] / Highway 403 interchange – Courtneypark Drive	1.8	northbound only, access to the express from the 403 only
Ontario		Peel Region	Highway 407 – Courtneypark Drive	2.0 km (1.3 mi)	southbound only; signed as exits to Derry Road and Courtneypark Drive rather than collector–express. Opened June 2022
Ontario		Toronto	Highway 401]]	6.8
Ontario	Conestoga Parkway	Kitchener	Lancaster Street – Krug Street	2.3
Ontario		Toronto	Wickman Road (west of Kipling Avenue) – Royal York Road	2.7
Quebec		Laval	Throughout the city of Laval	8.6
Quebec		Repentigny	Larochelle Boulevard – Industrial Boulevard	4.3	Exit 98 and Exit 100, with a single transfer in between
Quebec		Repentigny	province=QC	Route	341}} –	4.2	eastbound only
Quebec		West Island	Ste Marie Road-	18.4
Quebec		Laval	- East of Industrial Boulevard	8.1

United States

Stat	Highway	City/Region	Location	Length	Notes
California		Santa Ana	Orange Crush Interchange (SR 22 / SR 57) – Main Street	1.1 mi	southbound only
California		Irvine	Lake Forest Drive – Irvine Center Drive	2.2 mi	El Toro Y (Junction I-405)
California		Sorrento Valley, San Diego	I-805]] – SR 56	2.5 mi	signed local–express lane system
California		Los Angeles	I-110]] / SR 110 – Arlington Avenue	2.4 mi
California		Chula Vista	H Street – E Street / Bonita Road	0.9 mi	northbound only
California		San Mateo County	near San Francisco International Airport	1.7 mi
California			I-280]] – Julian Street along Downtown San Jose	1.2 mi	northbound
California			I-280]] – Alma Avenue	0.7 mi	southbound
California		El Cajon	Navajo Road – Grossmont College Drive	0.6 mi	collector-distributor system
California		Fresno	SR 41]] / SR 168 interchanges	1.1 mi	This interchange is unusual because it also allows traffic to flow directly between SR 41 and SR 168 bypassing SR 180, making it in effect a double braided ramp.
Florida		Jacksonville	Between Collins Road and Roosevelt Boulevard/US-17	3.4 miles (5.47 km)
Georgia		Gwinnett County	Exit 104 – Exit 109	5.4 mi	collector-distributor system
Georgia		Fulton County	Between Georgia State Route 14 and split of I-85 and I-285.	1.0 mi	Dual express carriageways and CD road for local exits
Georgia		Columbus	Between Interstate 185 and Moon Road	2.3 mi	collector-distributor system
Illinois		Chicago	Ohio Street – Edens Expressway	7.0 mi	reversible express lane
Illinois		Chicago	I-55]]	5.5 mi	signed local–express lane system; no trucks are allowed in the express lanes
Illinois		Rolling Meadows	I-290]] – Kirchhoff Road	2.1 mi	local–express format
Iowa		Council Bluffs	I-80 Exit 1 to Exit 4	3.12 mi	signed local–express lane system; dual-divided freeway format
Kansas		Lenexa	K-10 Exit to Interstate 435 East, Lackman Road & Interstate 35		2.18 mi	Dual-divided freeway format
Maryland		Baltimore County	White Marsh – Baltimore	7.6 mi	signed local–express lane system
Maryland		Montgomery County	Montrose Road – Montgomery Village Avenue	8.3 mi	signed local–express lane system
Maryland		Montgomery County	I-370]]	5.6 mi	signed local–express lane system
Michigan		Detroit	Outer Drive – Davison Avenue	5.8 mi	signed local–express lane system
Mississippi		Hernando	I-69 / I-269	1.08 mi
Nebraska		Omaha	93rd Street – 120th Street	1.5 mi	Elevated West Dodge Freeway bypasses 114th and 120th Street intersections; West Dodge Road is technically a frontage road due to multiple at-grade intersections
New Jersey			I-95]] / N.J. Turnpike – Route 24	10.2 mi	signed local–express lane system
New Jersey			I-95]] / G.S. Parkway – I-280 / I-287	6.2 mi	signed local–express lane system
New Jersey		Ridgefield Park	US 46]] – George Washington Bridge.	5.1 mi	signed local–express lane system
New Jersey			I-78]] – US 202 / US 206	3.0 mi
New Jersey			Route 81]] – US 1/9 Truck	5.9 mi	signed local–express lane system
New Jersey			N.J. Turnpike]] western spur – Route 495	1.2 mi
New Jersey		Middlesex & Monmouth counties	Raritan tolls – Asbury Park tolls	21.8 mi	signed local–express lane system
New York		Elmhurst	Exit 19	1.4 mi
New York	Cross County Parkway	Yonkers-Mount Vernon	Cross County Parkway (Exits 4S / 4N - Exit 8)	2.10 mi	signed local–express lane system
New York	Westchester Avenue	Harrison	I-287]] (Exits 9S / 9N)	2.8 mi
Ohio		Columbus	SR 161]] – McCutcheon Road (just north of I-670)	3.3 mi
Ohio		Greater Cleveland	I-480]] (North Randall) – I-90 (Willoughby Hills)	13.9 mi	signed local–express lane system
Ohio		Greater Cleveland	I-77]] (Independence) – Transportation Boulevard / East 98th Street (Garfield Heights)	0.8 mi	signed local–express lane system
Pennsylvania		Cranberry Township	PA 228]]	2 mi	southbound only
Pennsylvania		Northeast Philadelphia		11.9 mi	surface roadway with express and local lanes
Texas		San Antonio	Exit 567 – Exit 570	2.0 mi
Texas		San Antonio	Spur 536]]) –Exit 154A (Loop 353)	0.7 mi
Texas		San Antonio	I-10]]) – Exit 158 (I-37)	1.8 mi
Texas		northern Dallas	I-35E]])	9.9 mi
Virginia	[[File:Virginia 267.svg	frameless	25x25px]] VA-267 (Dulles Toll Road)	Washington metropolitan area	I-495 (Exit 18) - Washington Dulles International Airport	14.0 miles (22.5 km)
Washington D.C./Virginia/Maryland		Washington metropolitan area	MD 210]] (Oxon Hill, Maryland)	6.6 mi	signed local–express lane system
Washington		Seattle	Yesler Way – NE Northgate Way	7.3 mi	reversible express lanes
Washington		Seattle	Holgate Street – 8th Avenue tunnel	1.7 mi
Wisconsin		Milwaukee	I-41]] / I-43	2.5 mi	Local lanes provide access to Milwaukee Mitchell International Airport's Airport Spur and other local exits

Other countries

Country	Highway	City	Location	Length	Notes
Argentina	[[File:RN9-AR.svg	15px]] National Route 9 (North Access freeway)	Buenos Aires	Vicente López – San Isidro
Australia	Warringah Freeway	Sydney	Miller Street – Bradfield Highway
Australia	West Gate Freeway	Melbourne	(CityLink) – Burnley Tunnel/Domain Tunnel
Williamstown Road - Western Ring Road		Section between Williamstown Road and M80 only partially completed
Australia	Tullamarine Freeway	Melbourne	Mickleham Road - Western Ring Road (southbound direction only)
Calder Freeway - Bell Street
Australia	Metropolitan Ring Road	Melbourne	Hume Freeway - Edgars Road	1 km
Australia	Kwinana Freeway	Perth	State Route 14 (Beeliar Drive) – Berrigan Drive	2.2
Brazil	Rod. Pres Dutra RJ/BR-116	Nova Iguaçu, Rio de Janeiro	Saída 178B - Km 165	13.0
Brazil	Rod. Pres Dutra SP/BR-116	São Paulo, Guarulhos	Km 231 - Saída 211	20.0
Brazil	Rod. Pres Dutra SP/BR-116	São José dos Campos	Km 151 - Km 147 (RJ)
Km 153 - 148 (SP)	3.5 (RJ)
5.0 (SP)
Brazil	Avenida das Américas	Rio de Janeiro
China		Jinan		24.0
Egypt	Suez Rd	El Shorouk, Cairo Governorate and Attaka, Suez Governorate	Shuhada Rd, El Shorouk to the entrance of the City of Attaka	86
England		Plymouth
England		Bristol
England		Maidstone
England		Preston, Lancashire
England		Manchester	Sale – Carrington	2.4
France		south of Paris
France		Montpellier		23.9	The local expressway is known as A709
Hong Kong	Prince Edward Road West	Hong Kong	Lung Kong Road – Choi Hung Road		elevated and lower roadway
Hong Kong	West Kowloon Highway / Lin Cheung Road	Hong Kong
Hungary		Debrecen		4.5
Indonesia	Airport Toll Road	Jakarta	Pluit – Penjaringan
Indonesia	Japek Toll Road / MBZ Elevated Toll Road	Bekasi & Karawang Regency	West Bekasi – East Telukjambe		elevated and lower roadway
Malaysia		Ipoh	Jelapang – Ipoh South	7.31	Ipoh North–Ipoh South Local Express Lane
Mexico	Avenida Constitución / Morones Prieto	Monterrey
Mexico	Via Rápida Poniente y Oriente	Tijuana
Netherlands	/		around Maastricht, Eindhoven, 's-Hertogenbosch, and Utrecht
Netherlands			around Leiden
Netherlands			The Hague and near Schiphol		between two adjacent interchanges
Netherlands		Utrecht
Netherlands		Rotterdam
Netherlands		Rotterdam
Pakistan	Lahore Ring Road	Lahore		85.0
Poland		Warsaw		4.2	map
Russia	Leningradsky Avenue	Moscow
Scotland		Glasgow
Serbia		Novi Sad	Novi Sad North – Novi Sad South	8.0	serves three interchanges in Novi Sad
Slovakia	/ Einsteinova		Bratislava – Petržalka
South Africa		Cape Town	Koeberg Road – N7		outbound
Spain		near Barcelona
Spain		Madrid
Taiwan		Taipei	New Taipei City and Taipei	32.9	Xizhi–Wugu Elevated Road
Taiwan		Taipei	New Taipei City - Taoyuan	71.0	Wugu–Yangmei Elevated Road
Turkey		Gebze, Kocaeli
Turkey		Istanbul	Beylikdüzü – Cevizlibağ	28.3	on the European side
Turkey		Istanbul	Ünalan – Bostancı	9.6	on the Asian side
Turkey		Istanbul	Kartal – Pendik	9.9	on the Asian side
Turkey		İzmir	Halkapınar – Kemalpaşa	9.1
Turkey		Malatya	through the city center	11
Turkey	Kennedy Avenue	Istanbul	Yenikapı – Bakırköy	3.5	express lanes for the Eurasia Tunnel
Vietnam	[[File:CT 08, VNM.svg	40px]] Đại Lộ Thăng Long	Hanoi	Láng – Hoà Lạc	29.3

Gallery

File:Acceso Norte y calle Melo hacia el noroeste.jpg|North Access freeway over National Route 9 (Argentina). The express lanes (left, all vehicles) and local lanes (right, cars and buses only) seen in the view towards the north. File:Ruta Panamericana Buenos Aires Florida.jpg|A view of North Access's Freeway at Buenos Aires, Argentina, from the bridge on Pres H.Yrigoyen Street at Florida, Buenos Aires, Argentina. File:The Basketweave.svg|Local and express lanes can be connected using a basketweave. File:Highway 401 The Basketweave Aerial.jpg|Basketweave on Highway 401 in Toronto File:Highway 401.png|'The Transfer' on Highway 401 near Toronto Pearson Airport (top of image). File:Highway 401 transfer.jpg|Express to collector transfer on Highway 401 File:401atMcCowan.JPG|Collector–express roadway configuration on Highway 401 File:M20westCobtree.jpg|M20 motorway near Maidstone, England, showing separated local and express lanes File:Leningradsky Prospekt at night 2.jpg|Express and local lanes of Leningradsky Prospekt in Moscow File:M-30 (Madrid, Spain) 03.jpg|Express and local lanes, M-30 circular highway in Madrid, Spain, east section File:Interstate 270.jpg|Local–express lanes on Interstate 270 in Montgomery County, Maryland File:A1motorwayNoviSadCenter.jpg|A1 motorway through Novi Sad, Serbia File:2020-07-16 11 01 28 View south along New Jersey State Route 444 (Garden State Parkway) at Exit 124 (Main Street) in Sayreville, Middlesex County, New Jersey.jpg|Garden State Parkway split into local and express lanes in Sayreville, New Jersey File:Zhongshan Freeway at Taishan District, New Taipei 20180418a.jpg|Freeway 1 in Taishan District, New Taipei showing the Ground Level and Elevated lanes

Example of cloverleaf interchanges

A cloverleaf interchange may have collector/distributor lane system on a freeway or expressway to handle entering and exiting traffic. Usually, this lane will begin as an entrance-only ramp initially, but it will sometimes become a main lane or possibly an exit-only lane. The purpose of this lane is to facilitate traffic to the freeway exits and from the freeway entrances. File:I-10 at Garfield Avenue.jpg File:US 131, M-6, 68th St interchange.jpg File:Cloverleaf interchange.png File:Cloverleaf.jpg

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