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  2. Dual carriageway - Wikipedia

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    A divided highway (U.S. Route 52) in the state of Indiana Savery Avenue in Carver, Massachusetts was the first divided highway in the U.S. [12] In the United States, this type of road may be called a divided highway, boulevard, parkway, expressway, freeway, or interstate, and has a grassy median or Jersey barrier separating the traffic directions.

  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. List of divided U.S. Routes - Wikipedia

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    Divided Some U.S. Routes are given directional suffixes to indicate a split of the main route — for instance, U.S. Route 25 (US 25) splits into US 25E (east) and US 25W (west) between Newport, Tennessee , and North Corbin, Kentucky , and US 9W is an alternate of U.S. Route 9 between Fort Lee, New Jersey , and Albany, New York .

  5. Carriageway - Wikipedia

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    A dual carriageway road (North American English: divided highway) has two roadways separated by a central reservation (North American English: median). A local-express lane system (also called collector-express or collector-distributor) has more than two roadways, typically two sets of 'local lanes' or 'collector lanes' and also two sets of ...

  6. List of United States Numbered Highways - Wikipedia

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    Divided United States Numbered Highways are the components of a national system of highways administered by the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO), a nonprofit, nonpartisan association, [ 3 ] and the various state departments of transportation.

  7. Road hierarchy - Wikipedia

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    A limited-access road, often called a limited-access highway (US), divided highway (US), or dual carriageway (UK), and in some situations an expressway, is similar to a controlled-access highway in that it conforms to many or most of the standards that controlled-access highways follow, but does allow some uncontrolled access to local roads ...

  8. Two-lane expressway - Wikipedia

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    The Plimoth Patuxet Highway in Massachusetts is a two-lane divided freeway. A two-lane expressway or two-lane freeway is an expressway or freeway with only one lane in each direction, and usually no median barrier. It may be built that way because of constraints, or may be intended for expansion once traffic volumes rise.

  9. Median strip - Wikipedia

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    Typical left-hand motorway road layout in Ireland and South Africa Divided median strip on a boulevard in Huizhou, China. A median strip, central reservation, roadway median, or traffic median is the reserved area that separates opposing lanes of traffic on divided roadways such as divided highways, dual carriageways, freeways, and motorways.