Thesaurus results for CARRIAGEWAY

carriageway

noun

ˈker-ij-ˌwā

Definition of carriageway

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

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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

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Noun

Over the course of the holiday, just under a quarter of cars traveling on China’s highways were EVs — up 33% from a year earlier.

— David Goldman, CNN Money, 7 Sep. 2026
Russian outlet Izvestia reported on Sunday that Moscow is upgrading existing rail crossings and considering new highways to handle growing bilateral trade.

— Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 7 Sep. 2026

Definition of highway

Noun

Tariffs on cement, road salt and hospital pads were removed and replaced with duties on all-terrain vehicles, some cheeses and motorboats.

— Steve Kopack, NBC news, 9 Sep. 2026
Some might be taken on the road and featured in live appearances, or at least have their stories recorded and included in campaign ads.

— Cal Thomas, Arkansas Online, 8 Sep. 2026

Definition of road

Noun

Two years later, Wong became one of the key leaders of the city’s Umbrella Movement protests that rallied thousands of predominantly young people to the streets to call for greater democracy by blocking major thoroughfares for 79 straight days.

— Chris Lau, CNN Money, 2 Sep. 2026
At Aizomê, a stylish Japanese restaurant shrouded by a thick wall of trees just off São Paulo’s main thoroughfare, Avenida Paulista, the food is both recognizable to devotees of Japanese cuisine and distinctly Brazilian.

— Tomé Morrissy-Swan, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 Sep. 2026

Definition of thoroughfare

Noun

Hundreds of people were getting killed every year at street-level crossings, and to quell the public outcry, the railroads scrambled to elevate freight tracks citywide at their own expense.

— John Lippert, Chicago Tribune, 6 Sep. 2026
Before the terrible day was over firehouses, street corners and parks became mourning places.

— Robert W. Snyder, New York Daily News, 6 Sep. 2026

Definition of street

Noun

Nam said the freeway portion of the network has been set, but the surface street portion of the network is still being worked out.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 5 Sep. 2026
The vehicle traveled onto the freeway before re-entering the city, with the California Highway Patrol and the Sacramento County Sheriff’s Office becoming involved in the chase.

— Vince Basada, Sacbee.com, 5 Sep. 2026

Definition of freeway

Noun

Bikes are not allowed to on freeways or expressways, and cyclists cannot pass through tolls unless the signs nearby dictate otherwise.

— Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 31 Aug. 2026
The driver is also alleged to have made a U-turn from a through lane after exiting the expressway, according to the affidavit.

— Adam Lichtenstein, Sun Sentinel, 18 Aug. 2026

Definition of expressway

Noun

On Tuesday the city of Malibu reported a sinkhole in a beachfront property driveway on Sea Level Drive, a roadway that abuts the ocean.

— Karen Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 8 Sep. 2026
The pandemic brought a huge spike in roadway fatalities on the state’s roads, which peaked in 2022.

— Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 8 Sep. 2026

Definition of roadway

Noun

Even though his only preseason success came on straight go balls that didn’t test his route running, coaches have professed faith in the 2025 third-round pick.

— Chad Graff, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2026
Yemeni government military sources said the Houthis had gained further leverage over the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, the southern outlet of the Red Sea and one of the world's most important shipping routes, and had reached the islands of Hanish.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 11 Sep. 2026

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