chicken lane
(slang) An additional lane in the middle of a two-way street that assists drivers who are turning onto the two-way street.
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(slang) An additional lane in the middle of a two-way street that assists drivers who are turning onto the two-way street.
It's about two miles long with three lanes - one this way, one that way, and a chicken lane. Our driver was determined that the chicken lane was his going across the bridge driving about sixty miles per hour.
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