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divided highway

(Civil Engineering) US and Canadian a road on which traffic travelling in opposite directions is separated by a central strip of turf, etc. Also called (in Britain and certain other countries): dual carriageway

divid′ed high′way

a highway with a median strip dividing traffic traveling in opposite directions.

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divided highway - a highway divided down the middle by a barrier that separates traffic going in different directions; "in Britain they call a divided highway a dual carriageway"

dual carriageway

highway, main road - a major road for any form of motor transport

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divided highway

n (US) → ˜ Schnellstraße f

divided highway

n (Am) → strada a doppia carreggiata

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