diff --git a/demos/architecture.html b/demos/architecture.html
index 2f805547e..32edb6f1d 100644
--- a/demos/architecture.html
+++ b/demos/architecture.html
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@
 
 <body>
   <h1>Architecture diagram demo</h1>
-
   <h2>Simple diagram with groups</h2>
   <pre class="mermaid">
       architecture
@@ -182,6 +181,50 @@
     </pre>
 
   <hr />
+  <h2>Junction Demo</h2>
+  <pre class="mermaid">
+      architecture
+        service left_disk(disk)[Disk]
+        service top_disk(disk)[Disk]
+        service bottom_disk(disk)[Disk]
+        service top_gateway(internet)[Gateway]
+        service bottom_gateway(internet)[Gateway]
+        junction juncC
+        junction juncR
+
+        left_disk R--L juncC
+        top_disk B--T juncC
+        bottom_disk T--B juncC
+        juncC R--L juncR
+        top_gateway B--T juncR
+        bottom_gateway T--B juncR
+    </pre>
+  <hr />
+
+  <h2>Junction Demo Groups</h2>
+  <pre class="mermaid">
+      architecture
+        group left
+        group right
+        service left_disk(disk)[Disk] in left
+        service top_disk(disk)[Disk] in left
+        service bottom_disk(disk)[Disk] in left
+        service top_gateway(internet)[Gateway] in right
+        service bottom_gateway(internet)[Gateway] in right
+        junction juncC in left
+        junction juncR in right
+
+        left_disk R--L juncC
+        top_disk B--T juncC
+        bottom_disk T--B juncC
+
+
+        top_gateway (B--T juncR
+        bottom_gateway (T--B juncR
+
+        juncC{group} R--L) juncR{group}
+    </pre>
+  <hr />
 
   <script type="module">
     import mermaid from './mermaid.esm.mjs';
diff --git a/packages/mermaid/src/diagrams/architecture/architectureDb.ts b/packages/mermaid/src/diagrams/architecture/architectureDb.ts
index 3c30ca1d4..4c0eb7d7c 100644
--- a/packages/mermaid/src/diagrams/architecture/architectureDb.ts
+++ b/packages/mermaid/src/diagrams/architecture/architectureDb.ts
@@ -9,11 +9,15 @@ import type {
   ArchitectureDirectionPairMap,
   ArchitectureDirectionPair,
   ArchitectureSpatialMap,
+  ArchitectureNode,
+  ArchitectureJunction,
 } from './architectureTypes.js';
 import { getConfig } from '../../diagram-api/diagramAPI.js';
 import {
   getArchitectureDirectionPair,
   isArchitectureDirection,
+  isArchitectureJunction,
+  isArchitectureService,
   shiftPositionByArchitectureDirectionPair,
 } from './architectureTypes.js';
 import {
@@ -34,7 +38,7 @@ const DEFAULT_ARCHITECTURE_CONFIG: Required<ArchitectureDiagramConfig> =
   DEFAULT_CONFIG.architecture;
 
 const state = new ImperativeState<ArchitectureState>(() => ({
-  services: {},
+  nodes: {},
   groups: {},
   edges: [],
   registeredIds: {},
@@ -69,15 +73,16 @@ const addService = function ({
         `The service [${id}]'s parent does not exist. Please make sure the parent is created before this service`
       );
     }
-    if (state.records.registeredIds[parent] === 'service') {
+    if (state.records.registeredIds[parent] === 'node') {
       throw new Error(`The service [${id}]'s parent is not a group`);
     }
   }
 
-  state.records.registeredIds[id] = 'service';
+  state.records.registeredIds[id] = 'node';
 
-  state.records.services[id] = {
+  state.records.nodes[id] = {
     id,
+    type: 'service',
     icon,
     iconText,
     title,
@@ -86,7 +91,27 @@ const addService = function ({
   };
 };
 
-const getServices = (): ArchitectureService[] => Object.values(state.records.services);
+const getServices = (): ArchitectureService[] => Object.values(state.records.nodes).filter<ArchitectureService>(isArchitectureService);
+
+const addJunction = function ({
+  id, in: parent
+}: Omit<ArchitectureJunction, 'edges'>) {
+  state.records.registeredIds[id] = 'node';
+
+  state.records.nodes[id] = {
+    id,
+    type: 'junction',
+    edges: [],
+    in: parent,
+  };
+}
+
+const getJunctions = (): ArchitectureJunction[] => Object.values(state.records.nodes).filter<ArchitectureJunction>(isArchitectureJunction);
+
+const getNodes = (): ArchitectureNode[] => Object.values(state.records.nodes);
+
+const getNode = (id: string): ArchitectureNode | null => state.records.nodes[id];
+
 
 const addGroup = function ({ id, icon, in: parent, title }: ArchitectureGroup) {
   if (state.records.registeredIds[id] !== undefined) {
@@ -103,7 +128,7 @@ const addGroup = function ({ id, icon, in: parent, title }: ArchitectureGroup) {
         `The group [${id}]'s parent does not exist. Please make sure the parent is created before this group`
       );
     }
-    if (state.records.registeredIds[parent] === 'service') {
+    if (state.records.registeredIds[parent] === 'node') {
       throw new Error(`The group [${id}]'s parent is not a group`);
     }
   }
@@ -143,19 +168,19 @@ const addEdge = function ({
     );
   }
 
-  if (state.records.services[lhsId] === undefined && state.records.groups[lhsId] === undefined) {
+  if (state.records.nodes[lhsId] === undefined && state.records.groups[lhsId] === undefined) {
     throw new Error(
       `The left-hand id [${lhsId}] does not yet exist. Please create the service/group before declaring an edge to it.`
     );
   }
-  if (state.records.services[rhsId] === undefined && state.records.groups[lhsId] === undefined) {
+  if (state.records.nodes[rhsId] === undefined && state.records.groups[lhsId] === undefined) {
     throw new Error(
       `The right-hand id [${rhsId}] does not yet exist. Please create the service/group before declaring an edge to it.`
     );
   }
 
-  const lhsGroupId = state.records.services[lhsId].in
-  const rhsGroupId = state.records.services[rhsId].in
+  const lhsGroupId = state.records.nodes[lhsId].in
+  const rhsGroupId = state.records.nodes[rhsId].in
   if (lhsGroup && lhsGroupId && rhsGroupId && lhsGroupId == rhsGroupId) {
     throw new Error(
       `The left-hand id [${lhsId}] is modified to traverse the group boundary, but the edge does not pass through two groups.`
@@ -180,10 +205,9 @@ const addEdge = function ({
   };
 
   state.records.edges.push(edge);
-  if (state.records.services[lhsId] && state.records.services[rhsId]) {
-    state.records.services[lhsId].edges.push(state.records.edges[state.records.edges.length - 1]);
-    state.records.services[rhsId].edges.push(state.records.edges[state.records.edges.length - 1]);
-  } else if (state.records.groups[lhsId] && state.records.groups[rhsId]) {
+  if (state.records.nodes[lhsId] && state.records.nodes[rhsId]) {
+    state.records.nodes[lhsId].edges.push(state.records.edges[state.records.edges.length - 1]);
+    state.records.nodes[rhsId].edges.push(state.records.edges[state.records.edges.length - 1]);
   }
 };
 
@@ -199,7 +223,7 @@ const getDataStructures = () => {
     // Create an adjacency list of the diagram to perform BFS on
     // Outer reduce applied on all services
     // Inner reduce applied on the edges for a service
-    const adjList = Object.entries(state.records.services).reduce<{
+    const adjList = Object.entries(state.records.nodes).reduce<{
       [id: string]: ArchitectureDirectionPairMap;
     }>((prevOuter, [id, service]) => {
       prevOuter[id] = service.edges.reduce<ArchitectureDirectionPairMap>((prevInner, edge) => {
@@ -284,6 +308,10 @@ export const db: ArchitectureDB = {
 
   addService,
   getServices,
+  addJunction,
+  getJunctions,
+  getNodes,
+  getNode,
   addGroup,
   getGroups,
   addEdge,
diff --git a/packages/mermaid/src/diagrams/architecture/architectureParser.ts b/packages/mermaid/src/diagrams/architecture/architectureParser.ts
index 464b1034f..a7159d907 100644
--- a/packages/mermaid/src/diagrams/architecture/architectureParser.ts
+++ b/packages/mermaid/src/diagrams/architecture/architectureParser.ts
@@ -9,7 +9,8 @@ import { db } from './architectureDb.js';
 const populateDb = (ast: Architecture, db: ArchitectureDB) => {
   populateCommonDb(ast, db);
   ast.groups.map(db.addGroup);
-  ast.services.map(db.addService);
+  ast.services.map((service) => db.addService({ ...service, type: 'service' }));
+  ast.junctions.map((service) => db.addJunction({ ...service, type: 'junction' }));
   // @ts-ignore TODO our parser guarantees the type is L/R/T/B and not string. How to change to union type?
   ast.edges.map(db.addEdge);
 };
diff --git a/packages/mermaid/src/diagrams/architecture/architectureRenderer.ts b/packages/mermaid/src/diagrams/architecture/architectureRenderer.ts
index af90a58dd..5d1be3e04 100644
--- a/packages/mermaid/src/diagrams/architecture/architectureRenderer.ts
+++ b/packages/mermaid/src/diagrams/architecture/architectureRenderer.ts
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ import type {
   ArchitectureSpatialMap,
   EdgeSingularData,
   EdgeSingular,
+  ArchitectureJunction,
+  NodeSingularData,
 } from './architectureTypes.js';
 import {
   type ArchitectureDB,
@@ -29,7 +31,7 @@ import {
 } from './architectureTypes.js';
 import { select } from 'd3';
 import { setupGraphViewbox } from '../../setupGraphViewbox.js';
-import { drawEdges, drawGroups, drawServices } from './svgDraw.js';
+import { drawEdges, drawGroups, drawJunctions, drawServices } from './svgDraw.js';
 import { getConfigField } from './architectureDb.js';
 
 cytoscape.use(fcose);
@@ -46,13 +48,29 @@ function addServices(services: ArchitectureService[], cy: cytoscape.Core) {
         parent: service.in,
         width: getConfigField('iconSize'),
         height: getConfigField('iconSize'),
-      },
+      } as NodeSingularData,
       classes: 'node-service',
     });
   });
 }
 
-function positionServices(db: ArchitectureDB, cy: cytoscape.Core) {
+function addJunctions(junctions: ArchitectureJunction[], cy: cytoscape.Core) {
+  junctions.forEach((junction) => {
+    cy.add({
+      group: 'nodes',
+      data: {
+        type: 'junction',
+        id: junction.id,
+        parent: junction.in,
+        width: getConfigField('iconSize'),
+        height: getConfigField('iconSize'),
+      } as NodeSingularData,
+      classes: 'node-junction',
+    });
+  });
+}
+
+function positionNodes(db: ArchitectureDB, cy: cytoscape.Core) {
   cy.nodes().map((node) => {
     const data = nodeData(node);
     if (data.type === 'group') {
@@ -76,7 +94,7 @@ function addGroups(groups: ArchitectureGroup[], cy: cytoscape.Core) {
         icon: group.icon,
         label: group.title,
         parent: group.in,
-      },
+      } as NodeSingularData,
       classes: 'node-group',
     });
   });
@@ -216,6 +234,7 @@ function getRelativeConstraints(
 
 function layoutArchitecture(
   services: ArchitectureService[],
+  junctions: ArchitectureJunction[],
   groups: ArchitectureGroup[],
   edges: ArchitectureEdge[],
   { spatialMaps }: ArchitectureDataStructures
@@ -269,6 +288,13 @@ function layoutArchitecture(
             height: 'data(height)',
           },
         },
+        {
+          selector: '.node-junction',
+          style: {
+            width: 'data(width)',
+            height: 'data(height)',
+          },
+        },
         {
           selector: '.node-group',
           style: {
@@ -283,6 +309,7 @@ function layoutArchitecture(
 
     addGroups(groups, cy);
     addServices(services, cy);
+    addJunctions(junctions, cy);
     addEdges(edges, cy);
 
     // Use the spatial map to create alignment arrays for fcose
@@ -408,6 +435,7 @@ export const draw: DrawDefinition = async (text, id, _version, diagObj: Diagram)
   const db = diagObj.db as ArchitectureDB;
 
   const services = db.getServices();
+  const junctions = db.getJunctions();
   const groups = db.getGroups();
   const edges = db.getEdges();
   const ds = db.getDataStructures();
@@ -427,12 +455,13 @@ export const draw: DrawDefinition = async (text, id, _version, diagObj: Diagram)
   groupElem.attr('class', 'architecture-groups');
 
   drawServices(db, servicesElem, services);
+  drawJunctions(db, servicesElem, junctions);
 
-  const cy = await layoutArchitecture(services, groups, edges, ds);
+  const cy = await layoutArchitecture(services, junctions, groups, edges, ds);
 
   drawEdges(edgesElem, cy);
   drawGroups(groupElem, cy);
-  positionServices(db, cy);
+  positionNodes(db, cy);
 
   setupGraphViewbox(undefined, svg, getConfigField('padding'), getConfigField('useMaxWidth'));
 
diff --git a/packages/mermaid/src/diagrams/architecture/architectureTypes.ts b/packages/mermaid/src/diagrams/architecture/architectureTypes.ts
index 9e043d6d3..1c5021fa4 100644
--- a/packages/mermaid/src/diagrams/architecture/architectureTypes.ts
+++ b/packages/mermaid/src/diagrams/architecture/architectureTypes.ts
@@ -180,6 +180,7 @@ export interface ArchitectureStyleOptions {
 
 export interface ArchitectureService {
   id: string;
+  type: 'service';
   edges: ArchitectureEdge[];
   icon?: string;
   iconText?: string;
@@ -189,6 +190,27 @@ export interface ArchitectureService {
   height?: number;
 }
 
+export interface ArchitectureJunction {
+  id: string;
+  type: 'junction';
+  edges: ArchitectureEdge[];
+  in?: string;
+  width?: number;
+  height?: number;
+}
+
+export type ArchitectureNode = ArchitectureService | ArchitectureJunction;
+
+export const isArchitectureService = function (x: ArchitectureNode): x is ArchitectureService {
+  const temp = x as ArchitectureService;
+  return temp.type === 'service';
+};
+
+export const isArchitectureJunction = function (x: ArchitectureNode): x is ArchitectureJunction {
+  const temp = x as ArchitectureJunction;
+  return temp.type === 'junction';
+};
+
 export interface ArchitectureGroup {
   id: string;
   icon?: string;
@@ -212,6 +234,10 @@ export interface ArchitectureDB extends DiagramDB {
   clear: () => void;
   addService: (service: Omit<ArchitectureService, 'edges'>) => void;
   getServices: () => ArchitectureService[];
+  addJunction: (service: Omit<ArchitectureJunction, 'edges'>) => void;
+  getJunctions: () => ArchitectureJunction[];
+  getNodes: () => ArchitectureNode[];
+  getNode: (id: string) => ArchitectureNode | null;
   addGroup: (group: ArchitectureGroup) => void;
   getGroups: () => ArchitectureGroup[];
   addEdge: (edge: ArchitectureEdge) => void;
@@ -229,10 +255,10 @@ export type ArchitectureDataStructures = {
 };
 
 export interface ArchitectureState extends Record<string, unknown> {
-  services: Record<string, ArchitectureService>;
+  nodes: Record<string, ArchitectureNode>;
   groups: Record<string, ArchitectureGroup>;
   edges: ArchitectureEdge[];
-  registeredIds: Record<string, 'service' | 'group'>;
+  registeredIds: Record<string, 'node' | 'group'>;
   dataStructures?: ArchitectureDataStructures;
   elements: Record<string, D3Element>;
   config: ArchitectureDiagramConfig;
@@ -287,6 +313,14 @@ export type NodeSingularData =
     height: number;
     [key: string]: any;
   }
+  | {
+    type: 'junction';
+    id: string;
+    parent?: string;
+    width: number;
+    height: number;
+    [key: string]: any;
+  }
   | {
     type: 'group';
     id: string;
diff --git a/packages/mermaid/src/diagrams/architecture/svgDraw.ts b/packages/mermaid/src/diagrams/architecture/svgDraw.ts
index 41b513539..219a66797 100644
--- a/packages/mermaid/src/diagrams/architecture/svgDraw.ts
+++ b/packages/mermaid/src/diagrams/architecture/svgDraw.ts
@@ -15,24 +15,27 @@ import {
   getArchitectureDirectionPair,
   getArchitectureDirectionXYFactors,
   isArchitecturePairXY,
+  ArchitectureJunction,
 } from './architectureTypes.js';
 import type cytoscape from 'cytoscape';
 import { getIcon } from '../../rendering-util/svgRegister.js';
-import { getConfigField } from './architectureDb.js';
+import { db, getConfigField } from './architectureDb.js';
 import { getConfig } from '../../diagram-api/diagramAPI.js';
 
 export const drawEdges = function (edgesEl: D3Element, cy: cytoscape.Core) {
   const padding = getConfigField('padding');
   const iconSize = getConfigField('iconSize');
+  const halfIconSize = iconSize / 2;
   const arrowSize = iconSize / 6;
   const halfArrowSize = arrowSize / 2;
 
   cy.edges().map((edge, id) => {
-    const { sourceDir, sourceArrow, sourceGroup, targetDir, targetArrow, targetGroup, label } = edgeData(edge);
+    const { source, sourceDir, sourceArrow, sourceGroup, target, targetDir, targetArrow, targetGroup, label } = edgeData(edge);
     let { x: startX, y: startY } = edge[0].sourceEndpoint();
     const { x: midX, y: midY } = edge[0].midpoint();
     let { x: endX, y: endY } = edge[0].targetEndpoint();
 
+    // Adjust the edge distance if it has the {group} modifier
     const groupEdgeShift = padding + 4;
     // +18 comes from the service label height that extends the padding on the bottom side of each group
     if (sourceGroup) {
@@ -51,6 +54,22 @@ export const drawEdges = function (edgesEl: D3Element, cy: cytoscape.Core) {
       }
     }
 
+    // Adjust the edge distance if it doesn't have the {group} modifier and the endpoint is a junction node
+    if (!sourceGroup && db.getNode(source)?.type === 'junction') {
+      if (isArchitectureDirectionX(sourceDir)) {
+        sourceDir === 'L' ? startX += halfIconSize : startX -= halfIconSize;
+      } else {
+        sourceDir === 'T' ? startY += halfIconSize : startY -= halfIconSize;
+      }
+    }
+    if (!targetGroup && db.getNode(target)?.type === 'junction') {
+      if (isArchitectureDirectionX(targetDir)) {
+        targetDir === 'L' ? endX += halfIconSize : endX -= halfIconSize;
+      } else {
+        targetDir === 'T' ? endY += halfIconSize : endY -= halfIconSize;
+      }
+    }
+
     if (edge[0]._private.rscratch) {
       // const bounds = edge[0]._private.rscratch;
 
@@ -305,3 +324,30 @@ export const drawServices = function (
   });
   return 0;
 };
+
+export const drawJunctions = function (
+  db: ArchitectureDB,
+  elem: D3Element,
+  junctions: ArchitectureJunction[]
+
+) {
+  junctions.forEach((junction) => {
+    const junctionElem = elem.append('g');
+    const iconSize = getConfigField('iconSize');
+
+    let bkgElem = junctionElem.append('g');
+    bkgElem
+      .append('rect')
+      .attr('id', 'node-' + junction.id)
+      .attr('fill-opacity', '0')
+      .attr('width', iconSize)
+      .attr('height', iconSize);
+
+    junctionElem.attr('class', 'architecture-junction');
+
+    const { width, height } = junctionElem._groups[0][0].getBBox();
+    junctionElem.width = width;
+    junctionElem.height = height;
+    db.setElementForId(junction.id, junctionElem);
+  });
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/packages/parser/src/language/architecture/architecture.langium b/packages/parser/src/language/architecture/architecture.langium
index 18a823b35..b1ab621fa 100644
--- a/packages/parser/src/language/architecture/architecture.langium
+++ b/packages/parser/src/language/architecture/architecture.langium
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ entry Architecture:
 fragment Statement:
     groups+=Group
     | services+=Service
+    | junctions+=Junction
     | edges+=Edge
 ;
 
@@ -29,6 +30,10 @@ Service:
     'service' id=ARCH_ID (iconText=ARCH_TEXT_ICON | icon=ARCH_ICON)? title=ARCH_TITLE? ('in' in=ARCH_ID)? EOL
 ;
 
+Junction:
+    'junction' id=ARCH_ID ('in' in=ARCH_ID)? EOL
+;
+
 Edge:
     lhsId=ARCH_ID lhsGroup?=ARROW_GROUP? Arrow rhsId=ARCH_ID rhsGroup?=ARROW_GROUP? EOL
 ;
