Low-to-moderate-capacity road which serves to move traffic from local streets to arterial roads
This article is about roads that connect local streets to arterial roads. For the collector/distributor lanes of a major highway, see Local–express lanes.
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Noons Creek Drive and Falcon Drive are typical collector roads in Port Moody, British Columbia, Canada.
A collector road or distributor road is a low-to-moderate-capacity road which serves to move traffic from local streets to arterial roads. Unlike arterials, collector roads are designed to provide access to residential properties. Rarely, jurisdictions differentiate major and minor collector roads, the former being generally wider and busier.[1]
^"Road Function Classifications" (PDF). US Department of Transportation. November 2000.
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