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Hard Shoulder
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Why is it called this? What has it got to do with a shoulder?
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and 'hard' because it is surfaced.
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and 'hard' because it is surfaced.
One definition of shoulder
: an area adjacent to or along the edge of a higher, more prominent, or more important part: as
a (1) : the part of a hill or mountain near the top (2) : a lateral protrusion or extension of a hill or mountain
b : either edge of a roadway; specifically : the part of a roadway outside of the traveled way
: an area adjacent to or along the edge of a higher, more prominent, or more important part: as
a (1) : the part of a hill or mountain near the top (2) : a lateral protrusion or extension of a hill or mountain
b : either edge of a roadway; specifically : the part of a roadway outside of the traveled way