crawler lane

noun

crawler lane

noun
1

Automotive, Road, Transport, Vehicles On a highway, a slow lane on an uphill incline that is designated for slow-moving traffic such as heavy goods vehicles.

  • East of the tunnel, a third track between Huddersfield and the tunnel will act as a 'crawler lane', creating paths for heavy freight traffic heading west.2025 September 17, Alan Whitehouse, “Rebuilding the railway across the Pennines”, in RAIL, number 1044, page 26:

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