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title: "Parallel routes and intercepting routes"
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  - id: S1
    title: "Parallel routes"
    publisher: Next.js docs
    url: https://nextjs.org/docs/app/api-reference/file-conventions/parallel-routes
    accessed: 2026-11-09
    license: "MIT (vercel/next.js)"
  - id: S2
    title: "Intercepting routes"
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# Parallel routes and intercepting routes

**Answer:** Parallel routes render multiple pages in the same layout via `@folder` slots. Intercepting routes show another route inside the current layout.

## See also

- [nextjs-layouts-and-pages](https://iinventedlight.com/library/notes/nextjs-layouts-and-pages/)
- [nextjs-route-groups](https://iinventedlight.com/library/notes/nextjs-route-groups/)

## Claims

- id: C1
  claim: Parallel routes render multiple pages in one layout.
  source: S1
  evidence: "simultaneously or conditionally render one or more pages within the same layout."

- id: C2
  claim: Slots use the @folder convention.
  source: S1
  evidence: "Slots are defined with the `@folder` convention."

- id: C3
  claim: Intercepting routes load another route in the current layout.
  source: S2
  evidence: "load a route from another part of your application within"

- id: C4
  claim: Intercepting uses relative conventions like (..).
  source: S2
  evidence: "Intercepting routes can be defined with the `(..)` convention,"

## Sources

- [S1] Parallel routes. Next.js docs. https://nextjs.org/docs/app/api-reference/file-conventions/parallel-routes . License: MIT (vercel/next.js). Accessed 2026-11-09.

- [S2] Intercepting routes. Next.js docs. https://nextjs.org/docs/app/api-reference/file-conventions/intercepting-routes . License: MIT (vercel/next.js). Accessed 2026-11-09.


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