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carriageway

(ˈkærɪdʒˌweɪ)

(Civil Engineering) Brit the part of a road along which traffic passes in a single line moving in one direction only: a dual carriageway.

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Noun

carriageway - one of the two sides of a motorway where traffic travels in one direction only usually in two or three lanes

expressway, freeway, motorway, pike, state highway, superhighway, throughway, thruway - a broad highway designed for high-speed traffic

roadway - a road (especially that part of a road) over which vehicles travel

Britain, Great Britain, U.K., UK, United Kingdom, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland - a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; `Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom

Translations

طَريقُ السّيّارات

vozovka

kørebane

ajorata

akbraut

körbana

gidiş ve geliş yönü

车道

carriageway

[ˈkærɪdʒweɪ] N (Brit) (Aut) → calzada f
see also dual

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carriageway

[ˈkærɪdʒweɪ] n (British) (= part of road) → chaussée f

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carriageway

[ˈkærɪdʒˌweɪ] n (Brit) (Aut) → carreggiata

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carriage

(ˈkӕridʒ) noun

1. the act or cost of conveying and delivering goods. Does that price include carriage?

2. a vehicle for carrying (especially in Britain, railway passengers). the carriage nearest the engine; a railway carriage.

3. especially formerly, a horse-drawn passenger vehicle.

4. the part of a typewriter which moves back and forwards, carrying the paper.

5. posture; way of walking.

ˈcarriageway noun

especially in Britain, the part of a road used by cars etc. The overturned bus blocked the whole carriageway.

References in periodicals archive ?

Burnaby Road - Thursday, September 5, from 7.30am to 3.30pm - to allow for carriageway repairs to be carried out Burnaby Road will be closed.

Disruption as resurfacing work begins on main routes

But moments after announcing on Twitter that the southbound carriageway was about to re-open, the Highways Agency issued another alert warning about drivers who appeared to have got out of the stationary cars in the northbound carriageway to start 'playing' in the opposite carriageway.

Warning as people play on m-way

The westbound carriageway will be fully closed overnight for three nights from Friday, August 9, for bridge work.

Rundown on M-way closures

From its junction with Mitchell Street to its junction with Renfrew Street is closed until Friday for carriageway resurfacing; bus services may be affected.

ROADWATCHWhere and when to avoid the dreaded traffic jams

A man is in a critical condition after reportedly jumping out of a moving white van on the southbound carriageway of the A470 at Taffs Well.

Man in critical condition after 'jumping from van'

Drivers were forced to take evasive action after the silver vehicle (pictured) came towards them on the westbound carriageway in the Penmaenbach tunnel.

WRONG-WAY CAR IN A55 TUNNEL SHOCK

Motorists were left stunned when they saw a mobility scooter being driven down a busy dual carriageway.

Man on mobility scooter filmed driving on dual carriageway with police escort; A number of concerned motorists saw the vehicle and reported it to police, although it is not illegal to drive a mobility scooter on a dual carriageway

The man was pronounced dead at the scene after the collision on the southbound carriageway of the near junction 2 at Hinckley last night.

Pedestrian dies after being hit by lorry on M69; The southbound carriageway was closed from around 7pm for seven hours while police carried out an investigation

The incident, which involved one vehicle, happened on Tuesday afternoon on the westbound carriageway near Pyle just before 3pm.

Woman, 28, dies and man is injured in M4 crash

A MOTORIST had a lucky escape when the car hit the central barrier of the A55 and flipped on to the opposite carriageway.

Driver's lucky escape

Oman's Ministry of Transport and Communications has opened a big stretch of the Ibri-Yanqul dual carriageway, amid its national strategy to improve the condition of the country's roads.