Through this area, an alignment called "Truck US 40" diverts larger vehicles onto an alternate route.

Other signs of the type include "attach snow chains" and "remove snow chains" seen at the entry and exit points of mountainous areas, and "compulsory direction for vehicles carrying dangerous loads", used to divert vehicles carrying explosives or poisonous chemicals away from areas with open flames such as oil refineries.

State police officers were even stationed along the New Jersey Turnpike to perform "vehicle intercepts" - to divert inadequately occupied vehicles from the major roadways leading into the city.

She was among many residents concerned that a narrower roadway would clog traffic along Eighth Street and divert vehicles to nearby streets, producing congestion there.

That plant will make 45,000 Grand Cherokees a year for European buyers, allowing Chrysler to divert vehicles to American buyers that are now made in the United States and exported to Europe.

The most ambitious proposal is one which would remove vehicle traffic and parking from the central Plaza de California and Plaza de Panama, using a newly constructed ramp off the Cabrillo Bridge to divert vehicles around the California Quadrangle to a parking structure behind the Organ Pavilion.

"We want to make sure it's safe, so no one can go through until further notice," The accident caused traffic to back up for four miles in each direction before the police began to divert vehicles to other roads.

Hunter's Bridge, a kilometre downstream, is a modern construction built to take much of the heavy traffic that has damaged Rennie's bridge by diverting vehicles around the town.

The incident caused extensive disruption to Midtown traffic, as the police diverted vehicles from 42nd Street on the south side of Grand Central.

The highway has been receiving an increasing level of traffic, diverting vehicles from Highway 1 east of Gleichen.