lanes
(bowling, colloquial, usually in definite form) bowling alley.
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All southbound I-5 lanes to close in Portland’s Rose Quarter for up to five weeks starting Sept. 11 https://www.kptv.com/2026/05/05/all-southbound-i-5-lanes-close-portlands-rose-quarter-up-five-weeks-starting-sept-11/
I wish everyone would stop calling these "protected" bike lanes. They aren't protected from anything. The infrastructure is still 100% deferential to cars.
👇 Latest from Somerset Three lanes of the southbound motorway have been shut causing delays. #somerset
Lanes and Courtyards of Lania open again
TRAFFIC ALERT: A person died in a crash on Interstate 15 in Las Vegas late Monday night. All lanes are closed at the I-15 southbound at Exit 55.
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(bowling, colloquial, usually in definite form) bowling alley.
We spent every weekend down at the lanes.
“All southbound I-5 lanes to close in Portland’s Rose Quarter for up to five weeks starting Sept. 11 https://www.kptv.com/2026/05/05/all-southbound-i-5-lanes-close-portlands-rose-quarter-up-five-weeks-starting-sept-11/”
— Bluesky· May 2026“I wish everyone would stop calling these "protected" bike lanes. They aren't protected from anything. The infrastructure is still 100% deferential to cars.”
— Bluesky· May 2026“👇 Latest from Somerset Three lanes of the southbound motorway have been shut causing delays. #somerset”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Lanes and Courtyards of Lania open again”
— Bluesky· May 2026“TRAFFIC ALERT: A person died in a crash on Interstate 15 in Las Vegas late Monday night. All lanes are closed at the I-15 southbound at Exit 55.”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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(US) One side of a divided highway that carries traffic in a single direction.
the northbound lanes of Interstate 95
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