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  2. Dual carriageway - Wikipedia

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    A typical British dual carriageway with central barrier on the A63 near Hull, England Map by Cassius Ahenobarbus, zoomed in to show the Via Portuensis, with the dual carriageway splitting close to the city of Rome. This is a very early (perhaps the first) example of a dual carriageway.

  3. Limited-access road - Wikipedia

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    The Veterans Memorial Parkway in London, Ontario is a modern at-grade limited-access road with intersections. A limited-access road, known by various terms worldwide, including limited-access highway, dual-carriageway, expressway, and partial controlled-access highway, is a highway or arterial road for high-speed traffic which has many or most characteristics of a controlled-access highway ...

  4. Carriageway - Wikipedia

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    A carriageway (British English) [1] or roadway (North American English) [2] consists of a width of road on which a vehicle is not restricted by any physical barriers or separation to move laterally. A carriageway generally consists of a number of traffic lanes together with any associated shoulder , but may be a sole lane in width (for example ...

  5. Fewer than one in 10 A-road miles are dual-carriageway in ...

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    But five London boroughs are in the same category, such as Islington (5.2%), Sutton (5.8%) and Lambeth (8.9%). The proportion of A-road miles that are dual-carriageway across Britain barely ...

  6. Glossary of road transport terms - Wikipedia

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    Here, they meet the opposite carriageway and the side road. Traffic wishing to turn out of the side road, simply cross the intersecting carriageway and drive up the other "wing" of the seagull, and merge onto the other carriageway. Sealed road A road on which the surface has been permanently sealed by the use of a pavement treatment, such as ...

  7. Controlled-access highway - Wikipedia

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    Motorway: Limited-access dual carriageway road, not crossed on the same level by other traffic lanes, for the exclusive use of certain classes of motor vehicle. ITE (including CITE) Freeway: A divided major roadway with full control of access and with no crossings at grade. This definition applies to toll as well as toll-free roads.

  8. £90m dual carriageway plan under review - AOL

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  9. Trunk road - Wikipedia

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    Trunk roads, like other "A" roads, can be either single-or dual-carriageway. Historically, trunk roads were listed on maps with a "T" in brackets after their number, to distinguish them from non-trunk parts of the same road, however this suffix is no longer included on current Ordnance Survey maps, which simply distinguish between primary and ...