pull off
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Maryland transportation officials and Franchot’s office later said the comptroller had no influence on the Maryland State Highway Administration’s decision to reject the pull-off area, known as a layby, for safety reasons.
From Washington Post
State highway officials would later consider the developer’s application for a delivery truck pull-off area on a state road, which is critical to the project advancing.
From Washington Post
“There was certainly a pull-off of the kinds of the missions we were trying to do to accommodate that visit.”
From Washington Times
As the paved highway winds through the Wood River Valley, there are multiple pull-off points to allow drivers to view the stars.
From Seattle Times
Past the Oxford Casino and views of distant mountains, Route 26 parallels the Little Androscoggin River through Paris to Snow Falls, a popular pull-off for the waterfalls and picnic area.
From New York Times
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