DUAL CARRIAGEWAY Synonyms: 55 Similar Words

dual carriageway

noun

Definition of dual carriageway

chiefly British

as in high road

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Recent Examples of dual carriageway Birmingham’s city council plans to cut street parking and is considering carving bike lanes out of dual carriageway roads. — The Economist, 23 May 2020 The extraordinary footage of the white van grinding along the bridge rail Tony Hawk-style, going within inches of falling onto the dual carriageway below, happened in Burton-Upon-Trent, Staffordshire. — Fox News, 16 July 2018

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Noun

In anticipation of high road traffic on game day, local officials will extend the closure of Tasman Drive.

— Noe Padilla, USA Today, 28 Jan. 2026
Unfortunately, there is no high road to take here when the president and the Republicans thrive in the ditch.

— DP Opinion, Denver Post, 11 Nov. 2025

Definition of high road

Noun

Our strategic position between the Great Lakes and the Mississippi watershed set our course as a commerce superhighway, with the Chicago Portage connecting two vast trading routes between the Atlantic and the Gulf.

— Alaina Harkness, Chicago Tribune, 3 May 2026
Mycorrhizal fungi direct traffic through nutrient superhighways and restructure the soil to support life across entire ecosystems.

— Quanta Magazine, Quanta Magazine, 6 Apr. 2026

Definition of superhighway

Noun

The global flight tracking service provider Flightradar24 on Friday said the plane crashed into the CITIC Tower, also known as China Zun, which rises more than 1,700 feet (528 meters), just east of a major ring road in a cluster of skyscrapers.

— ABC News, ABC News, 27 June 2026
Authorities also said a crowd briefly blocked the main ring road surrounding the city before police dispersed the gathering.

— Michael Sinkewicz, FOXNews.com, 31 May 2026

Definition of ring road

Noun

Reuters — An Italian court on Thursday sentenced former Atlantia CEO Giovanni ‌Castellucci to 12 years in prison over the deadly 2018 collapse of a motorway bridge in the northwestern port city of Genoa.

— CNN Money, CNN Money, 16 July 2026
The house is at the Windsor Road-edge of the historic Bray Studios, tucked between the River Thames and a section of the A308 motorway, in the hamlet of Water Oakley.

— Abbey White, HollywoodReporter, 16 July 2026

Definition of motorway

Noun

The Federal Aviation Administration is investigating a small plane on a training flight that made an emergency landing on a Florida interstate Monday morning, narrowly missing highway signs and vehicles.

— Aaron Cooper, CNN Money, 4 Aug. 2026
Nguyen was parked in the interstate’s median conducting stationary speed enforcement of northbound vehicles, said Forest Lake Police Chief Luke Hanegraaf.

— Mary Divine, Twin Cities, 4 Aug. 2026

Definition of interstate

Noun

Unlike so many previous attempts to stop smoking, Washington’s bypass surgery successfully forced him to give up the habit.

— Mac Engel August 5, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 5 Aug. 2026
Advertisement As a result, some of these allies and partners began building a bypass network to address the threat, working directly with Ukraine, for example, to learn from that country’s innovations in counter-drone technology.

— Ariane Tabatabai, Time, 4 Aug. 2026

Definition of bypass

Noun

Currently, access to the property is limited to a two-lane causeway that also serves as the road connecting the Harbor View neighborhood to the rest of Norwalk.

— John Moritz, Hartford Courant, 1 Aug. 2026
Construction vehicles could be seen working on the causeway in images taken by Vantor, a satellite imaging company.

— Marc Santora, New York Times, 4 July 2026

Definition of causeway

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