carriageway

noun

car·​riage·​way ˈker-ij-ˌwā 

ˈka-rij-

British

: the part of a road used by vehicular traffic

Synonyms of carriageway

• highway
• road
• thoroughfare
• street
• freeway
• expressway
• roadway
• route
• boulevard
• artery
• arterial
• turnpike

Examples of carriageway in a Sentence

an American who apparently was not used to driving in England, as he was traveling down the wrong side of the carriageway

Recent Examples on the Web

The man had exited an ambulance that stopped to provide further treatment on the northbound carriageway between Weston-super-Mare and Clevedon while taking him to the hospital. — Gabrielle Rockson, PEOPLE, 2 Dec. 2025

Two Turkey fans stood in the middle of a three-lane carriageway. — James Horncastle, The Athletic, 6 July 2024

The project, first launched in 2019, broke ground in February 2023 to connect the A417 highway bypass to the Cowley roundabout, a section of road that is currently a single-lane carriageway that slows traffic, transportation officials said. — Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 10 May 2024

That last one, piloting an American-size SUV down narrow carriageways from Bloomsbury to Richmond, was the only stretch of expensive misery. — Curbed, 31 May 2023

Once complete, the eight-lane carriageway – four in each direction – will be India’s longest, and is expected to reduce travel time between the two cities to 12 hours, cutting the entire journey by half. — Rhea Mogul, CNN, 14 Feb. 2023

Word History

First Known Use

1563, in the meaning defined above

Phrases Containing carriageway

• dual carriageway

Rhymes for carriageway

• andromache
• bioassay
• cabriolet
• cercariae
• communique
• companionway
• compositae
• decussate
• examinee
• fabaceae
• glyphosate
• gramineae