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Edmoura · #1 12-Sep-2007, 00:31

Please help.
What's the name of a place where cars are allowed to u-turn ?

LwyrFirat · #2 12-Sep-2007, 00:39

I tried to add a picture. If you can see it and if you mean that , called "roundabout"

Neither native, nor teacher.

**Tdol** · #3 12-Sep-2007, 03:42

Do you mean this? Jughandle - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

**BobK** · #4 12-Sep-2007, 11:13

Or maybe you mean the place where a residential "no through road" widens and has a circular kerb, to allow cars to turn. This is just called a "turning place".

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**Tdol** · #5 13-Sep-2007, 07:33

Or turning bay.

**BobK** · #6 13-Sep-2007, 09:53

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Originally Posted by Tdol

Or turning bay.

Aha. That explains the thread's title - Portuguese balão [="turning bay"]. Nice image.

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Edmoura · #7 25-May-2008, 01:35

Thanks a lot all of you.
I really meant a place where you have to choose a city to go to. Is that a
roundabout or a turning bay or simply a baloon?

**Anglika** · #8 25-May-2008, 19:13

Quote:

Originally Posted by Edmoura

Thanks a lot all of you.
I really meant a place where you have to choose a city to go to. Is that a
roundabout or a turning bay or simply a baloon?

Do you mean a junction on a motorway/road?