transcontinental route
Coast-to-coast passage
A transcontinental route crosses an entire continent from one side to the other.
The term typically describes major transportation corridors—railroads, highways, or flight paths—spanning vast distances: the transcontinental route from New York to Los Angeles, transcontinental routes opened the American West to settlement.
The route implies not just distance but connection between coasts or borders.
- railroadPermanent track for trains
- highwayMajor road for travel
- bridgeStructure spanning an obstacle
- Panama CanalInteroceanic shipping route
- stationFixed stopping point
rest stop · mountain pass · freight line · Native American trails · track · pipeline · Roman roads · journey · Oregon Trail · westward expansion · shipping lane · customs checkpoint · map · desert · air corridor · tunnel · river basin · canal system
transcontinental routelocal road
Low-traffic neighborhood thoroughfare
city street · cul-de-sac · dead-end street · alley · back road
transcontinental routedead end
Passage without outlet
cul-de-sac · closed loop · circular route · private drive · service road
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