Answer:

merges

Answer	Crossword Clue
MERGES	Combines into one company
MERGES	Comes together
MERGES	Blends

MERGES	Blends together
MERGES	Gets onto the highway, perhaps
MERGES	Combines
MERGES	Mixes, as companies
MERGES	Gridlock causes, at times
MERGES	Enters traffic
MERGES	Bands together
MERGES	Turns two into one

MERGES	Unites
MERGES	Integrates
MERGES	Combines.
MERGES	Unites.
MERGES	Fuses.
MERGES	Absorbs.
MERGES	Absorbs and combines
MERGES	Causes to coalesce

MERGES	Enters a freeway
MERGES	Makes one
MERGES	Consolidates
MERGES	Confederates
MERGES	Gets into a single lane, say
MERGES	Welds
MERGES	Tricky highway maneuvers
MERGES	Becomes one

MERGES	Where many accidents occur
MERGES	Goes from two lanes to one
MERGES	Joins the competition
MERGES	Causes gridlock, perhaps
MERGES	Combines, as companies
MERGES	Causes of some traffic backups
MERGES	Joins the competition?
MERGES	Joins the highway traffic