Shoulder (road) Shoulder (road) A shoulder, or hard shoulder is an emergency stopping lane by the verge of a road or motorway, on the right in countries which drive on the right, or on the left side in India, Japan, the UK, Australia, and other left-side driving countries. Many wider US and Swedish freeways have shoulders on both sides of each directional carriageway, in the median as well as at the outer edges of the road, for additional safety. Shoulders are not intended for use by through traffic, although there are exceptions (see below). Shoulders have multiple uses, including: The shoulder is
Washington State Route 411 of the road in 2007 were the SR 432 interchange in Longview, SR 411 Spur intersection in Kelso and the Alpha Drive intersection in West Side Highway, all with an estimated daily average of 17,000 motorists. The Nevada Drive junction in Kelso was the busiest segment in 1970, with an estimated daily average of 6,800 motorists. Between 1964 and 1991, SR 411 was longer and extended north to Vader, a city in Lewis County. The former route started at an intersection with PH No. 10 Road west of Castle Rock and traveled north as the West Side Highway, paralleling a