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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.
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 ...
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.
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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 ...
A two-way residential frontage road (left) parallel to a busy major highway Freeflowing frontage road. A frontage road (also known as an access road, outer road, service road, feeder road, or parallel road) is a local road running parallel to a higher-speed, limited-access road.
In American law, the word "highway" is sometimes used to denote any public way used for travel, whether a "road, street, and parkway"; [6] however, in practical and useful meaning, a "highway" is a major and significant, well-constructed road that is capable of carrying reasonably heavy to extremely heavy traffic. [7]
The proportion of A-road miles that are dual-carriageway across Britain barely changed in a decade, from 17% in 2012 to 18% in 2022. ... The Government’s Network North document states individual ...