Meandric numbers for a river crossing up to 16 parallel roads at n points.

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a(0) =1a(1) =1a(2) =2a(3) =4a(4) =10a(5) =23a(6) =63a(7) =155a(8) =448a(9) =1152a(10) =3452a(11) =9158a(12) =28178a(13) =76539a(14) =240370a(15) =665129a(16) =2123439a(17) =5964690a(18) =19302314a(19) =54898380a(20) =179696483a(21) =516468114a(22) =1707135091a(23) =4950691884a(24) =16503311633a(25) =48232404028a(26) =161983554724a(27) =476633293902