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carriageway

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carriageway [ˈkærɪdʒˌweɪ]
n
(Engineering / 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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Noun1.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
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carriageway [ˈkærɪdʒweɪ] N (Brit) (Aut) → calzada f
see also dual
carriageway [ˈkærɪdʒweɪ] n (British) (= part of road) → chaussée f
carriageway [ˈkærɪdʒˌweɪ] n (Brit) (Aut) → carreggiata
carriageway [ˈkærɪdʒˌweɪ] n (Brit) (Aut) → carreggiata


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The red overlay (above) then reveals the intention of the project: a new city wall extending from the rail infrastructure to screen the car park, straddling the dual carriageway and meeting the original city wall; the re-establishment of the clarity of Chichester as a city contained by walls; a new west city entrance; and the pedestrian route reinforcing the purpose of the new city wall.
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We travel several miles of once-elegant colonnaded boulevard, dual carriageway with tree-ferns and palms down the central median strip.
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For two sets, we sat in the carriageway near a French door that was practically onstage.
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