Synonyms of carriageway

carriageway

noun

ˈker-ij-ˌwā 

British

as in highway

a passage cleared for public vehicular travel

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• highway
• road
• thoroughfare
• street
• freeway
• expressway
• roadway
• route
• boulevard
• artery
• arterial
• turnpike
• causeway
• lane
• interstate
• motorway
• drive
• way
• avenue
• thruway
• pike
• row
• high road
• parkway
• pass
• corridor
• trace
• superhighway
• drag
• bypass
• autobahn
• alley
• trail
• switchback
• autostrada
• autoroute
• beltway
• alleyway
• byway
• dual carriageway
• ring road
• track
• Main Street
• branch
• corniche
• crossroad
• laneway
• side road
• side street
• through street
• secondary road
• circle
• backstreet
• high street
• mews
• dead end
• cul-de-sac
• place
• close
• bystreet
• shunpike

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of carriageway

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