four-lane road

Wide paved artery

A four-lane road has two lanes of traffic in each direction, typically separated by a median or center line.

These roads handle higher traffic volumes than two-lane roads but aren't as substantial as highways or expressways: The old two-lane highway was widened into a four-lane road.

The term often appears in driving directions or road descriptions.

Related

asphalt · traffic · rush hour · median · speeding · commute · speed limit · pavement · interstate · driving · cars · trucks · concrete · shoulder · merge · passing · suburban · sprawl

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road width/capacity

four-lane roadone-lane road

Undivided narrow roadway

single track · country lane · two-lane road · alley · footpath

road development level

four-lane roaddirt road

Unpaved rural thoroughfare

unpaved road · gravel road · dirt track · country lane · farm track

Family

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Top 200,000
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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G