The receiver is attached to the long tubing, called the first yard, with a short connector, called a ferrule.
I-270 is a short connector between I-70 and I-25 in Denver, Colorado.
The roadway continues beyond the Cross Bronx as a short connector to local West Farms streets.
However, these highways are merely short connectors between other highways.
State Route 578 made its debut in 1937 as a route that was much longer than the short connector that is serves as today.
Instead it follows a short steep asphalt-paved connector (not part of the railroad) from the upper to lower grades.
The short connector between NY 470 and NY 32 was completed by the following year.
In 2003, the short connector between M-34 and US 223 was abandoned and obliterated.
Highway 222 serves as a short north-south connector route in northwest Minnesota.
It's really two lakes joined by a short connector.