dual carriageway
Split-lane road
A dual carriageway is a road with a physical barrier or strip of land separating traffic moving in opposite directions—the British equivalent of a divided highway in American English.
Each carriageway typically has two or more lanes: Take the dual carriageway toward Manchester.
The term appears in British road signs and driving instructions.
- expresswayLimited-access highway
- motorwayHigh-speed divided highway
- central reservationDivider between traffic directions
- freewayHighway without tolls
- overtaking laneLane for faster vehicles
autobahn · slip road · highway · divided highway · bypass · ring road · interchange · autoroute · road markings · arterial road · interstate · A-road · median · contraflow · roadworks · parkway · junction · turnpike
- roadshighway, highways, road, freeway, roads
- roadwayshighway, freeway, expressway, motorway, interstate
- UK roadsmotorways, M6, M4, A1, trunk road
- British streetscapehigh street, pavement, kerb, lamppost, bollard
- European RoadsE3, E85, M2, M4, M6
- UK TransportLondon Underground, Overground, tube station, train station, bus station
dual carriagewayone-lane road
Undivided narrow roadway
two-lane road · country lane · narrow road · back road · B-road
dual carriagewaycountry lane
Narrow rural thoroughfare
farm track · dirt road · unpaved road · back road · cart track
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