off-ramp U.S.
[off- 4.]
A sloping one-way road leading off a main highway.
| 1954 Hewes & Oglesby Highway Engin. viii. 160 Capacity of off-ramps is affected by the number of through vehicles using the right-hand expressway lane. 1966 M. & G. Gordon Undercover Cat prowls Again v. 40 He took the Hollywood Freeway... Turning right at the Balboa off-ramp, he passed a city golf-course. 1968 ‘R. MacDonald’ Instant Enemy xxx. 192, I took the first off-ramp and drove to the Langstons' neighborhood. 1973 W. McCarthy Detail iii. 247 Stuart looked for an off ramp... The next turnoff was ten miles ahead. |