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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.
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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.
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Fox News,
16 July 2018
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.
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Fox News,
16 July 2018
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dual carriageway
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In anticipation of high road traffic on game day, local officials will extend the closure of Tasman Drive to Lick Mill Boulevard.
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Unfortunately, there is no high road to take here when the president and the Republicans thrive in the ditch.
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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.
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In many ways, the Internet is the greatest disseminator of misinformation ever invented, crossed with a superhighway of shopping.
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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.
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Authorities also said a crowd briefly blocked the main ring road surrounding the city before police dispersed the gathering.
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Locals, including governor Garcia, stand on the banks of the nearby motorway — part of which has been shut to accommodate the fans going to the march — to take photos.
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Laminated glass on higher-spec models significantly reduces wind and road noise, giving the E-408 a notably serene motorway character.
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The exhibit opens Thursday afternoon across the street from a Revolutionary War battlefield linked to the cannons.
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The protest’s matriarch Unlike most of Albania’s protests in over three decades of democracy, the young people on the streets this time are joined by an increasing number of retirees.
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Look out for the town's whimsical water tower, painted with rainbow stripes to evoke a hot air balloon, from the interstate (on Cove Road).
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The video shows the teen swerving to avoid a collision, losing control, crossing back across the interstate, and rolling into the median.
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Instead, water can move only through much smaller bypass tubes that, for years, have been considered unsafe for long-term use — though Reclamation officials now say they can be operated safely with continuous maintenance.
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Over the course of about 15 years, investigators tracked major cardiovascular situations, including heart attack, stroke, coronary artery bypass surgery, and other coronary interventions.
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Lewis, born and raised in South Florida, lived near the causeway bridge and would frequently ride her bike over it and always wore a helmet, her niece Veronica Haines told the South Florida Sun Sentinel on Thursday evening.
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Meanwhile, in Ischia Ponte, the Castello Aragonese stands sentinel over a causeway that connects it to the rest of the island.
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“Dual carriageway.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dual%20carriageway. Accessed 30 Jun. 2026.
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