EP0261313B1 - Track line consisting of interconnectable track sections for freely movable toy vehicles - Google Patents

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EP0261313B1
EP0261313B1 EP87108540A EP87108540A EP0261313B1 EP 0261313 B1 EP0261313 B1 EP 0261313B1 EP 87108540 A EP87108540 A EP 87108540A EP 87108540 A EP87108540 A EP 87108540A EP 0261313 B1 EP0261313 B1 EP 0261313B1
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
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  • the invention relates to a carriageway composed of collapsible carriageway sections for freely moving toy vehicles with lanes formed next to one another and guide walls arranged on the outer edge edges of the lanes.
  • an object of the invention to take measures which ensure an increase in the incentive to play on road sections of the generic type.
  • This aim is achieved according to the invention in that an outward-facing lane is branched off at one of the lanes, which lane is returned and ends via a lane loop at a distance above at least one of the lanes of the lane route in the direction of the lanes.
  • the carriageway is preferably equipped with two lanes. In this way, there is the option of either traveling the route or the branched-off lane as an additional route at reduced or increased speed and thus using a shortened route to get to the toy vehicles departing from the route. The decisions necessary for this increase the incentive to play.
  • the carriageway loop is single-track.
  • the lane loop can also be formed in two lanes and end at a distance above both lanes of the lane route.
  • the branched-off lane and the lanes of the carriageway in the area of the junction are formed by a common carriageway section.
  • the lanes of the lane in the area of the branching lane are separated from one another by a central guardrail and that the branched lane is delimited on the outside by a right-angled triangular body, the boundary surface forming the hypotenuse serving as the outer guide wall for the branched lane.
  • the central guardrail and / or guide walls and / or triangular body by means of components which are independent of the part of the carriageway section forming the lanes and which can subsequently be detachably or releasably attached to the part forming the lanes, e.g. B. be infected.
  • the arrangement of a predetermined breaking point in the lane section between the lanes and / or the lanes and the branched lane has proven to be advantageous. This makes it possible to achieve changes in the carriageway by simply breaking off lanes or the branched lane.
  • the lane loops can be formed as desired by straight and curved or only curved lane sections. This makes it possible to carry out road loops of any size and length.
  • the inventive concept it is provided to arrange at least one lane section extending obliquely to the direction of travel and upwards between the branched lane and the lane loop to the plane of the lanes of the lane route.
  • the toy vehicle using the branched lane can be brought into a lane above the lane and can jump back from this lane into the plane of the lane.
  • the branched-off lane itself in the direction of travel and upwards at an angle to the lanes of the carriageway.
  • the lane loop at the free end with an in particular flat jump plate, which can be designed with the width of one or both lanes of the lane section. It is advantageous if the jump plate is fixed at a distance from one another by means of supports on a section of roadway.
  • 1 denotes a carriageway that is formed in a manner known per se from independent carriageway sections 1 ′, which are releasably secured to one another by pins 13 and recesses 14 of adjacent carriageway sections (FIG. 4).
  • the carriageway 1 is straight or arched erected sections of the route.
  • the roadway sections 1 ' are provided with busbars 3 accommodated in grooves 2, as further shown in FIG. 4.
  • the grooves 2 and busbars 3 have been eliminated in the remaining figures only for reasons of clarity.
  • a carriageway section 1 is designed in three lanes, the lanes 5 and 6 being separated from one another by a central guardrail 4.
  • the lane 7 forms a branched lane. This is covered in half by a right-angled triangular body 8 (FIG.
  • a lane section 10 ' is connected to the branched lane 7 via an inclined lane section 1' 11 , which is formed from a plurality of pluggably connected lane sections 11 and ends with its free end at a distance above lanes 5 and / or 6 of lane section 1.
  • lane loop 10 is connected to lane section 1 by supports 12 and
  • the middle guardrail 4 is at execution Example is simply formed by a bar, which is either permanently connected to the road section 1 'or 1' and 1 ", or as shown in Fig.
  • lane loop 10 ends over a single lane 5 or 6 of lane section 1
  • the lane loop 10 is closed widened free end, whereby the lane 10 overlaps both lanes 5 and 6.
  • a bounce plate 17 is provided for the toy vehicles (not shown), from which the toy vehicles by a free air jump on the lanes 5 and 6 of the Get to lane 1.

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1. A length of roadway consisting of portions of roadway which can be connected to one another and intended for freely propelled toy vehicles and with adjacently constructed lanes and with guide walls disposed at the outer marginal edges of the lanes, characterised in that on one of the lanes (5, 6) there is an outwardly directed lane (7) which branches off and then, via a loop (10), passes at a distance over at least one of the lanes (5, 6) of the length of roadway (1) and is fed back in the direction of the roadway lanes and then ends.

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Die Erfindung betrifft eine Fahrbahnstrecke aus zusammenfügbaren Fahrbahnstreckenabschnitten für frei fahrende Spielfahrzeuge mit nebeneinander ausgebildeten Fahrspuren und an den äußeren Randkanten der Fahrspuren angeordneten Leitwänden.The invention relates to a carriageway composed of collapsible carriageway sections for freely moving toy vehicles with lanes formed next to one another and guide walls arranged on the outer edge edges of the lanes.

Eine entsprechende Fahrbahnstrecke ist bereits in der US-A 3 858 875 beschrieben. Bei dieser Fahrbahnstrecke ist eine einzige Fahrspur vorgesehen, welche von der normalen Fahrspur abzweigt und im Abstand oberhalb der normalen Fahrspur in gleicher Richtung weitergeführt ist und dort endet. Diese bekannte Fahrbahnstrecke ermöglicht zwar die Durchführung von Sprüngen des Spielfahrzeuges, ein Überholen mehrerer sich auf der Fahrbahnstrecke befindender Spielfahrzeuge ist jedoch nicht möglich.A corresponding roadway route has already been described in US Pat. No. 3,858,875. A single lane is provided on this lane route, which branches off from the normal lane and continues in the same direction at a distance above the normal lane and ends there. Although this known roadway allows jumps to be made in the toy vehicle, it is not possible to overtake several toy vehicles located on the roadway.

Es ist daher ein Ziel der Erfindung, Maßnahmen zu treffen, welche eine Steigerung des Spielanreizes bei Fahrbahnstrecken der gattungsgemäßen Art gewährleisten. Dieses Ziel ist erfindungsgemäß dadurch gelöst, daß an einer der Fahrspuren eine nach außen gerichtete Fahrspur abgezweigt ist, die über eine Fahrbahnschleife im Abstand oberhalb von mindestens einer der Fahrspuren der Fahrbahnstrecke in Richtung der Fahrspuren zurückgeführt ist und endet. Bevorzugt ist die Fahrbahnstrecke mit zwei Fahrspuren ausgerüstet. Auf diese Weise besteht die Möglichkeit, wahlweise die Fahrstrecke oder die abgezweigte Fahrspur als zusätzliche Wegstrecke mit verringerter oder vergrößerter Geschwindigkeit abzufahren und so über eine Wegabkürzung vor die die Fahrbahnstrecke abfahrenden Spielfahrzeuge zu gelangen. Die hierzu notwendigen Entscheidungen erhöhen den Spielanreiz.It is therefore an object of the invention to take measures which ensure an increase in the incentive to play on road sections of the generic type. This aim is achieved according to the invention in that an outward-facing lane is branched off at one of the lanes, which lane is returned and ends via a lane loop at a distance above at least one of the lanes of the lane route in the direction of the lanes. The carriageway is preferably equipped with two lanes. In this way, there is the option of either traveling the route or the branched-off lane as an additional route at reduced or increased speed and thus using a shortened route to get to the toy vehicles departing from the route. The decisions necessary for this increase the incentive to play.

Gemäß einer Ausgestaltung der Fahrbahnstrecke ist vorgesehen, die Fahrbahnschleife einspurig auszubilden. Zweckmäßigerweise kann die Fahrbahnschleife aber auch zweispurig ausgebildet sein und im Abstand oberhalb beider Fahrspuren der Fahrbahnstrecke enden. Bei dieser Ausgestaltung ist die Möglichkeit gegeben, die über die abgezweigte Fahrspur geleiteten Spielfahrzeuge wahlweise auf die eine oder andere Fahrspur der Fahrbahnstrecke aufspringen zu lassen.According to one embodiment of the carriageway, it is provided that the carriageway loop is single-track. Expediently, however, the lane loop can also be formed in two lanes and end at a distance above both lanes of the lane route. With this configuration, there is the possibility of having the toy vehicles guided over the branched-off lane selectively jump onto one or the other lane of the carriageway.

In weiterer Ausgestaltung der Fahrbahnstrecke ist vorgesehen, daß die abgezweigte Fahrspur und die Fahrspuren der Fahrbahnstrecke im Bereich der Abzweigung durch einen gemeinsamen Fahrbahnstreckenabschnitt gebildet sind. Durch einen Austauschvorgang von Fahrbahnstreckenabschnitten besteht so die Möglichkeit, in Fahrbahnstrecken eine oder mehrere Fahrspuren abzuzweigen. Weiter ist vorgesehen, daß die Fahrspuren der Fahrbahnstrecke im Bereich der abzweigenden Fahrspur durch eine Mittelleitplanke voneinander getrennt und daß die abgezweigte Fahrspur außen durch einen rechtwinkeligen Dreieckskörper begrenzt ist, dessen die Hypothenuse bildende Begrenzungsfläche als äußere Leitwand für die abgezweigte Fahrspur dient. Von besonderem Vorteil hat sich erwiesen, Mittelleitplanke und/oder Leitwände und/oder Dreieckskörper durch von dem die Fahrspuren bildenden Teil des Fahrbahnstreckenabschnitts unabhängige Bauteile zu bilden, die lösbar oder lösbar fest an dem die Fahrspuren bildenden Teil nachträglich angebracht, z. B. angesteckt werden. Außerdem hat sich die Anordnung einer Sollbruchstelle in dem Fahrbahnabschnitt zwischen den Fahrspuren und/oder den Fahrspuren und der abgezweigten Fahrspur als vorteilhaft erwiesen. Hierdurch besteht die Möglichkeit, durch einfaches Abbrechen von Fahrspuren oder der abgezweigten Spur Veränderungen in der Fahrbahnstrecke zu erreichen. Schließlich ist denkbar, daß die Fahrbahnschleifen beliebig durch gerade und gebogene oder nur gebogene Fahrbahnabschnitte gebildet sein können. Hierdurch sind Fahrbahnschleifen beliebiger Größe und Länge ausführbar.In a further embodiment of the carriageway it is provided that the branched-off lane and the lanes of the carriageway in the area of the junction are formed by a common carriageway section. By exchanging sections of the carriageway, there is the possibility of branching off one or more lanes in carriageway sections. It is further provided that the lanes of the lane in the area of the branching lane are separated from one another by a central guardrail and that the branched lane is delimited on the outside by a right-angled triangular body, the boundary surface forming the hypotenuse serving as the outer guide wall for the branched lane. It has proven to be particularly advantageous to form the central guardrail and / or guide walls and / or triangular body by means of components which are independent of the part of the carriageway section forming the lanes and which can subsequently be detachably or releasably attached to the part forming the lanes, e.g. B. be infected. In addition, the arrangement of a predetermined breaking point in the lane section between the lanes and / or the lanes and the branched lane has proven to be advantageous. This makes it possible to achieve changes in the carriageway by simply breaking off lanes or the branched lane. Finally, it is conceivable that the lane loops can be formed as desired by straight and curved or only curved lane sections. This makes it possible to carry out road loops of any size and length.

In Fortbildung des Erfindungsgedankens ist vorgesehen, zwischen der abgezweigten Fahrspur und der Fahrbahnschleife mindestens einen zur Ebene der Fahrspuren der Fahrbahnstrecke schräg zur Fahrrichtung und nach oben sich erstreckenden Fahrbahnabschnitt anzuordnen. Durch Befahren des schrägen Fahrbahnabschnittes ist das die abgezweigte Fahrspur benutzende Spielfahrzeug in eine oberhalb der Fahrbahnstrecke befindliche Fahrbahnschleife bringbar und kann von dieser Fahrbahnschleife in die Ebene der Fahrbahnstrecke zurückspringen. Es besteht auch die Möglichkeit, die abgezweigte Fahrspur selbst in Fahrrichtung und nach oben schräg zu den Fahrspuren der Fahrbahnstrecke auszubilden.In a further development of the inventive concept, it is provided to arrange at least one lane section extending obliquely to the direction of travel and upwards between the branched lane and the lane loop to the plane of the lanes of the lane route. By driving on the sloping section of the lane, the toy vehicle using the branched lane can be brought into a lane above the lane and can jump back from this lane into the plane of the lane. There is also the possibility of forming the branched-off lane itself in the direction of travel and upwards at an angle to the lanes of the carriageway.

Letztlich ist noch vorgesehen, die Fahrbahnschleife am freien Ende mit einer insbesondere ebenen Absprungplatte zu versehen, die mit der Breite einer oder beider Fahrspuren der Fahrbahnstrecke ausgebildet sein kann. Von Vorteil ist, wenn die Absprungplatte mittels Stützen an einem Fahrbahnstreckenabschnitt im Abstand fixiert ist.Ultimately, it is also provided to provide the lane loop at the free end with an in particular flat jump plate, which can be designed with the width of one or both lanes of the lane section. It is advantageous if the jump plate is fixed at a distance from one another by means of supports on a section of roadway.

Wenn die Erfindung ausgeführt sein kann, zeigen mit dem für diese wesentlichen Merkmalen die in der Zeichnung dargestellten Ausführungsbeispiele. Es bedeuten:

  • Fig. 1 eine Fahrbahnstrecke in Draufsicht,
  • Fig. 2 eine Fahrbahnstrecke der Fig. 1 in Seitenansicht,
  • Fig. 3 eine Fahrbahnstrecke abgewandelter Ausführung, perspektivisch,
  • Fig. 4 einen Schnitt der Linie IV- IV der Fig. 1,
  • Fig. 5 eine Fahrbahnstrecke entsprechend der Fig. 3 in Draufsicht, verkleinert,
  • Fig. 6 einen Schnitt nach der Linie VI-VI der Fig. 1 und
  • Fig. 7 ein Teilstück eines Fahrbahnstreckenabschnittes, perspektivisch.
If the invention can be carried out, the exemplary embodiments shown in the drawing show with these essential features. It means:
  • 1 is a top view of a road section,
  • 2 is a side view of a roadway section of FIG. 1,
  • 3 is a perspective of a modified route
  • 4 shows a section along line IV-IV of FIG. 1,
  • 5 shows a roadway section corresponding to FIG. 3 in plan view, reduced,
  • Fig. 6 is a section along the line VI-VI of Fig. 1 and
  • Fig. 7 shows a portion of a road section, in perspective.

In den Fig. ist mit 1 eine Fahrbahnstrecke bezeichnet, die in an sich bekannter Weise aus unabhängigen Fahrbahnstreckenabschnitten 1' gebildet ist, die durch Zapfen 13 und Ausnehmungen 14 benachbarter Fahrbahnstreckenabschnitte (Fig. 4) lösbar aneinander festgelegt sind. Die Fahrbahnstrecke 1 ist dabei aus geraden oder aus bogenförmigen Streckenabschnitten aufgerichtet. Die Fahrbahnstreckenabschnitte 1' sind mit in Nuten 2 untergebrachten Stromschienen 3 versehen, wie in Fig. 4 weiter dargestellt. Lediglich aus Übersichtlichkeitsgründen sind die Nuten 2 und Stromschienen 3 in den übrigen Figuren in Wegfall gebracht. Ein Fahrbahnstreckenabschnitt 1" ist dreispurig ausgebildet, wobei die Fahrspuren 5 und 6 durch eine Mittelleitplanke 4 voneinander getrennt sind. Die Fahrspur 7 bildet eine abgezweigte Fahrspur. Diese ist hälftig durch einen rechtwinkeligen Dreieckskörper 8 (Fig. 7) abgedeckt, der mittels in Öffnungen der Fahrspur 7 eingreifenden Stiften 9 auf der Fahrspur 7 fixiert ist. Die die Hypothenuse des Dreieckskörpers 8 bildende Begrenzungsfläche dient als Leitwand für Spielfahrzeuge auf der abgezweigten Fahrspur 7. An der abgezweigten Fahrspur 7 schließt sich über einen schrägen Fahrbahnabschnitt 1'11 eine Fahrbahnschleife 10 an, die aus mehreren steckbar verbundenen Fahrbahnabschnitten 11 gebildet ist und mit ihrem freien Ende im Abstand oberhalb der Fahrspuren 5 und/oder 6 der Fahrbahnstrecke 1 endet. Die Fahrbahnschleife 10 ist, wie in Fig. 3 gezeigt, durch Stützen 12 mit der Fahrbahnstrecke 1 verbunden und gegenüber diesen abgestützt. Die Mittelleitplanke 4 ist beim Ausführungsbeispiel einfach durch eine Leiste gebildet, die entweder fest mit dem Fahrbahnstreckenabschnitten 1' bzw. 1' und 1" verbunden ist, oder wie in Fig. 4 gezeigt, mittels Zapfen 18 oder Leisten in Ausnehmungen des Fahrbahnstrekkenabschnitts lösbar gehalten ist. Eine zusätzlich vorgesehene Sollbruchstelle 19 ermöglicht Fahrbahnstreckenabschnitte 1" in unabhängige Längsteile aufzuteilen. Während beim Ausführungsbeispiel der Fig. 1 und 2 die Fahrbahnschleife 10 über eine einzige Fahrspur 5 oder 6 der Fahrbahnstrecke 1 endet ist beim Ausführungsbeispiel der Fig. 3 und 5 die Fahrbahnschleife 10 zum freien Ende hin verbreitert, wodurch die Fahrbahnschleife 10 beide Fahrspuren 5 und 6 übergreift. Am freien Ende der Fahrbahnschleife 10 ist eine Absprungplatte 17 für die Spielfahrzeuge (nicht gezeigt) vorgesehen, von der die Spielfahrzeuge durch einen freien Luftsprung auf die Fahrspuren 5 und 6 der Fahrbahnstrecke 1 gelangen.In the figures, 1 denotes a carriageway that is formed in a manner known per se from independent carriageway sections 1 ′, which are releasably secured to one another by pins 13 and recesses 14 of adjacent carriageway sections (FIG. 4). The carriageway 1 is straight or arched erected sections of the route. The roadway sections 1 'are provided with busbars 3 accommodated in grooves 2, as further shown in FIG. 4. The grooves 2 and busbars 3 have been eliminated in the remaining figures only for reasons of clarity. A carriageway section 1 "is designed in three lanes, the lanes 5 and 6 being separated from one another by a central guardrail 4. The lane 7 forms a branched lane. This is covered in half by a right-angled triangular body 8 (FIG. 7), which by means of openings in the Pins 9 engaging lane 7 is fixed on lane 7. The boundary surface forming the hypotenuse of the triangular body 8 serves as a guide wall for toy vehicles on the branched lane 7. A lane section 10 'is connected to the branched lane 7 via an inclined lane section 1' 11 , which is formed from a plurality of pluggably connected lane sections 11 and ends with its free end at a distance above lanes 5 and / or 6 of lane section 1. As shown in Fig. 3, lane loop 10 is connected to lane section 1 by supports 12 and The middle guardrail 4 is at execution Example is simply formed by a bar, which is either permanently connected to the road section 1 'or 1' and 1 ", or as shown in Fig. 4, is releasably held in the recesses of the road section by means of pins 18 or bars. An additionally provided predetermined breaking point 19 enables lane sections 1 "to be divided into independent longitudinal parts. While in the embodiment of FIGS. 1 and 2 the lane loop 10 ends over a single lane 5 or 6 of lane section 1, in the embodiment of FIGS. 3 and 5 the lane loop 10 is closed widened free end, whereby the lane 10 overlaps both lanes 5 and 6. At the free end of the lane 10, a bounce plate 17 is provided for the toy vehicles (not shown), from which the toy vehicles by a free air jump on the lanes 5 and 6 of the Get to lane 1.

Zur Benutzung der Fahrbahnstrecke 1 ist davon auszugehen, daß z. B. zwei Spielfahrzeuge die geraden Fahrspuren 5 und 6 der Fahrbahnstrecke 1 befahren. Im Bereich der abgezweigten Fahrspur 7 können die Spielfahrzeuge wahlweise auf den Fahrspuren 5, 6 gehalten werden oder eines über die abgezweigte Fahrspur 7 auf die Fahrbahnschleife 10 gelangen, um von dort über die Absprungplatte 17 auf die Fahrspuren 5 oder 6 der Fahrbahnstrecke 1 abzuspringen. Hierdurch ist die Möglichkeit gegeben, trotz möglicher langsamerer Fahrbewegungen des abgezweigten Fahrspielzeugs gegenüber den auf den Fahrspuren 5 und 6 verbliebenen Spielfahrzeugen diesen zuvorzukommen und zu überholen. Während beim Ausführungsbeispiel der Fig. 4 die Leitwände 15 fest mit dem die Fahrspuren aufweisenden Teil der Fahrbahnabschnitte 1' verbunden sind, ist beim Ausführungsbeispiel der Fig. 6 eine Leitwand 15 mittels eines Stiftes 16 oder einer Leiste am Fahrbahnabschnitt 1' lösbar festgelegt. Das gleiche gilt für den Dreieckskörper 8 und für die Mittelleitplanke 4.To use the lane 1 it can be assumed that z. B. two toy vehicles drive the straight lanes 5 and 6 of the lane 1. In the area of the branched lane 7, the toy vehicles can optionally be kept in the lanes 5, 6 or one can pass the branched lane 7 onto the lane loop 10 in order to jump off from there via the jump plate 17 onto the lanes 5 or 6 of the lane section 1. This provides the possibility of anticipating and overtaking the toy vehicles remaining in the lanes 5 and 6 despite the possible slower driving movements of the branched-off toy. While in the embodiment of FIG. 4 the guide walls 15 are firmly connected to the part of the roadway sections 1 'which has the lanes, in the embodiment of FIG. 6 a guide wall 15 is detachably fixed to the roadway section 1' by means of a pin 16 or a strip. The same applies to the triangular body 8 and to the central crash barrier 4.

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1. A length of roadway consisting of portions of roadway which can be connected to one another and intended for freely propelled toy vehicles and with adjacently constructed lanes and with guide walls disposed at the outer marginal edges of the lanes, characterised in that on one of the lanes (5, 6) there is an outwardly directed lane (7) which branches off and then, via a loop (10), passes at a distance over at least one of the lanes (5, 6) of the length of roadway (1) and is fed back in the direction of the roadway lanes and then ends.
2. A length of roadway according to claim 1, characterised in that the length of roadway (1) comprises two lanes (5, 6).
3. A length of roadway according to claim 1, characterised in that the roadway loop (10) is a single- lane road.
4. A length of roadway according to claim 1 and 2, characterised in that the roadway loop (10) is of two- lane construction and ends at a distance above both lanes (5, 6) of the length of roadway (1).
5. A length of roadway according to claim 1, 2 or 3, characterised in that the branched-off lane (7) and the lanes (5, 6) of the length of roadway (1) are formed by a common portion of roadway (1 ").
6. A length of roadway according to claim 5, characterised in that the lanes (5, 6) of the length of roadway (1) are in the region of the branched-off lane (7) separated from each other by a central barrier (4), the branched-off lane (7) being outwardly defined by a member (8) in the form of a right-angled triangle of which the defining face forming the hypotenuse serves as a guide wall or boundary to the branched-off lane (7).
7. A length of roadway according to claim 6, characterised in that the central barrier (4) and/or the guide walls (15) and/or the triangular member (8) consist of components which are independent of that part of the roadway portion (1") which forms the lanes (5, 6), the said components being adapted for separable or separably rigid connection to the part which forms the lanes.
8. A length of roadway according to claim 6, characterised in that the roadway portion (1") comprises predetermined breaking points (19) between the lanes (5, 6) and/or between the lanes (5, 6) and the branched-off lane (7).
9.. A length of roadway according to claim 3 or 4, characterised in that the roadway loop (10) is formed by straight and curved or only curved roadway portions (11).
10. A length of roadway according to claim 3 or 4, characterised in that between the branched-off lane (7) and the roadway loop (10) there is at least one roadway portion (1"') which, in relation to the planes of the lanes (5, 6) of the roadway (1), extends obliquely upwardly in its direction of travel.
11. A length of roadway according to claim 1, characterised in that the branched-off lane (7) extends upwardly and obliquely in relation to the lanes (5, 6) of the roadway (1).
12. A length of roadway according to claim 3 or 4, characterised in that the roadway loop (10) has at the free end a level springboard (17) constructed to the width of one or both lanes (5, 6) of the roadway (1).
13. A length of roadway according to claim 12, characterised in that the roadway loop (10) or the springboard (17) are held by means of supports (12) on a roadway portion (1').
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