A shoulder, hard shoulder or breakdown lane is an emergency stopping lane by the verge on the outer side of a road or motorway. Many wider freeways, or expressways elsewhere have shoulders on both sid
The shoulder of Saskatchewan Highway 11 in this picture (shown to the right of the solid white line) is wide enough to accommodate a stopped car without impeding the flow of traffic in the travel lanes
In Ireland, dashed yellow lines demarcate hard shoulders on non-motorways, as can be seen along this dual carriageway on the N11.
The Dulles Airport Express bypassing traffic using the shoulder lane
Sign-controlled peak shoulder lane on Interstate 405 near Seattle, Washington, U.S.
A road verge is a strip of groundcover consisting of grass or garden plants, and sometimes also shrubs and trees, located between a roadway and a sidewalk. Verges are also known by other names such as
Shoulder (road)
…A shoulder (American English), hard shoulder (British English) or breakdown lane (Australian English) is an emergency stopping lane by the verge on the outer side of a road or motorway. Many wider freeways, or expressways elsewhere have shoulders on both sides of each directional carriageway—in…
A curb strip in suburban Greater Boston, Massachusetts. Outside of rural areas in New England, curb strips are narrow – the one pictured is 52 inches (130 cm; 1.3 m) from curb to sidewalk. They are usually not maintained by the municipality, but rather by the property owner, and are used primarily to provide space for utility poles.
A sign on a road verge in Northumberland, England, indicating that the verge is being managed by the local council to maintain populations of wild plants
Pavements and planted strips in India ( Mumbai/Bombay)
Planted rain garden in the "tree lawn" zone, Raleigh, North Carolina.