The area in MUTCD that is used to channel the motorists to the open travel lane is referred to as transition area.
This is referred to as Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices and is a document which contains road signals etc and the standards in which they are used or implemented.
The transition area is used when there is an upcoming work going on or the site of an incident thereby making it the most appropriate choice.
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