dual carriageway

noun

Definition of dual carriagewaynext
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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dual carriageway
  1. high road
  2. superhighway
  3. ring road
  4. motorway
  5. street
  6. interstate
  7. bypass
  8. causeway
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
  • Germany and Italy expanded motorway networks—the Autobahn and the autostrada—laying the foundations for the automobile’s privileged position in this modernity.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 4 Sep. 2026
  • Earlier in August, five teenagers were killed in a two-vehicle collision in Ireland after driving a car the wrong way down a motorway.
    — Billy Stockwell, CNN Money, 24 Aug. 2026
Definition of motorway
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
  • The stretch of interstate does not have streetlights and the speed limit is 70 mph, maps show.
    — Mark Price, Charlotte Observer, 2 Sep. 2026
  • Three months after the video was posted online, the FBI arrested Michael David Barrett and charged him with interstate stalking.
    — Kathleen Perricone, Entertainment Weekly, 2 Sep. 2026
Definition of interstate
Noun
  • The gym’s defibrillator had blasted into action, and now the man was recovering from a triple bypass.
    — Helen Simpson, New Yorker, 30 Aug. 2026
  • China buys the overwhelming majority of Iran’s crude through opaque trading networks that bypass sanctions.
    — Kareem Chehayeb, Los Angeles Times, 27 Aug. 2026
Definition of bypass
Noun
  • Drivers going to Biscayne Boulevard or the MacArthur Causeway should continue east on Southwest First Street, and turn left on Biscayne Boulevard to meet the causeway entrance ramp at Northeast 11th Terrace.
    — Amaia Gavica, Miami Herald, 28 Aug. 2026
  • The island connects to the mainland by a causeway that gets covered by water at high tide, so it is cut off for part of each day.
    — Jim Dobson, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2026
Definition of causeway

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“Dual carriageway.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dual%20carriageway. Accessed 8 Sep. 2026.

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