highway department
Road maintenance agency
A highway department is a government agency responsible for building, maintaining, and managing public roads and highways within its jurisdiction.
At the state level, it may be called the department of transportation; at the local level, it handles tasks like snow removal, pothole repair, and road resurfacing.
The highway department closed the bridge for emergency repairs.
- traffic lawsRules for road users
- roadsPaved paths for vehicles
- snowplowsVehicles removing road ice
- asphaltPetroleum-based paving material
- signMark conveying information
mile marker · surveying · crew · work zone · tar · flagger · bridges · cone · detour sign · grader · culverts · dumptruck · erosion control · salt · tunnels · speed limits · rumble strips · guardrails
- government bodiesagency, bureau, legislature, ministry, judiciary
- transportationcar, bus, airplane, train, plane
- transport companiesAmerican Airlines, Delta Air Lines, United Airlines, FedEx, UPS
- CountiesCork, Dublin, Kerry, Galway, Mayo
- roadside cleanuplitter removal, debris removal, cleanup crews, volunteer cleanup, garbage collection
- government agenciesFBI, CIA, NASA, IRS, EPA
highway departmenttraffic enforcement
Regulating roadway compliance
highway patrol · state police · traffic court · parks department · water department
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