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    In the UK Highway Code for England, Scotland and Northern Ireland, a built-up area is a settled area in which the speed limit of a road is automatically...
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    A rest area is a public facility located next to a large thoroughfare such as a motorway, expressway, or highway, at which drivers and passengers can...
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    introduced in 2001. Area code 647 (supplementing the 416 area code) was introduced in March 2001 and area code 289 (supplementing the 905 area code) was introduced...
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  • Thumbnail for California State Route 1
    Montana Highway 200. SR 1 has several portions designated as either Pacific Coast Highway (PCH), Cabrillo Highway, Shoreline Highway, or Coast Highway. Its...
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    became known as Graffiti Highway. Access berms were placed at both ends of the former route, effectively blocking off the area permanently to vehicular...
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    2022. Bay Area Metro Street Atlas (Map). Thomas Brothers. 2008. "Article 2 of Chapter 2 of Division 1". California Streets and Highways Code. Sacramento:...
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    and around New York City. The first limited access highway built is thought to be the privately built Long Island Motor Parkway in Long Island, New York...
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    notoriety for hot springs in the area. The Glenwood Highway, which passed through town, was deserted when the "New 17" was built, and the town became a ghost...
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    Ferry, before it was purchased by the State in 1938. The highway has been proposed to be built to freeway standards since the early 1950s. However, the...
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    in the 1920s, the concept of agglomération was used in the code de la route (Highway code) to define specific law within or outside of such a zone. In...
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  • I-10 in Azusa. However, Section 339(c) of the California Streets and Highways Code designates Harbor Boulevard and Azusa Avenue to be on the corridor between...
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    "Extraterrestrial Highway". The original rectangular base of 6 by 10 miles (10 by 16 km) is now part of the so-called "Groom box", a rectangular area, measuring...
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  • MacArthur Thruway, built in 1964 between Keelung and Taipei. Construction on the first modern national highway, National Highway 1, began in 1971. The...
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    several related derived terms, including highway system, highway code, highway patrol and highwayman. Major highways are often named and numbered by the governments...
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  • Thumbnail for Chicago metropolitan area
    metro area was served by a single area code, 312, which abutted the 815 area code. In 1988 the 708 area code was introduced and the 312 area code became...
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  • of the highway, the roadway is to have a cross slope of at least 1.5%, and preferably 2% to ensure proper drainage, with up to 2.5% in areas of heavy...
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    A controlled-access highway is a type of highway that has been designed for high-speed vehicular traffic, with all traffic flow—ingress and egress—regulated...
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  • The Portage Glacier Highway, or Portage Glacier Road, is a highway located in the U.S. state of Alaska. The highway is made up of a series of roads, bridges...
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    A dual carriageway (BrE) or a divided highway (AmE) is a class of highway with carriageways for traffic travelling in opposite directions separated by...
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    Acres Green, Colorado (category Denver metropolitan area)
    of that community would not reach the area west Acres Green until the early-1990s. The SH 470 highway was built between the homes of Acres Green and County...
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  • Thumbnail for California State Route 46
    It heads east as the Eric Seastrand Highway across the Santa Lucia Range on a relatively straight roadway built in the 1970s, bypassing the steep, curvy...
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    Code, which is primarily used for post office box services. The post office is located in the center of the community at 1593 North Straits Highway....
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  • Thumbnail for California State Route 160
    northern section was deleted from the definition in the Streets and Highways Code in 2003, when the relinquished portion through downtown Sacramento was...
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    (SR 210) to its eastern terminus at I-10. Under the California Streets and Highways Code, the entire Foothill Freeway is legally referred to as Route 210. The...
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  • Thumbnail for U.S. Route 101 in California
    as Route 101 in the state highway system, and is defined as such in section 401 of the California Streets and Highways Code: Route 101 is from: (a) Route...
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  • Thumbnail for U.S. Route 91
    still in use as a local street or highway. In many rural areas, I-15 was built on top of the former US 91. The highway passed through the following states:...
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    in the highway system, traveling from one controlled-access highway to another, or a service interchange if the interchange serves a local area by allowing...
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  • Thumbnail for Interstate 105 (California)
    Interstate 105 (I-105) is an east–west auxiliary Interstate Highway in the Greater Los Angeles urban area of Southern California. It runs from State Route 1 (SR 1)...
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  • Thumbnail for Overtaking
    guidance for passing and overtaking is given in rules 162-169 of the Highway Code. In some jurisdictions, the "overtaking zone" is indicated by a single...
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    California Streets and Highways Code. Sacramento: California Office of Legislative Counsel. Retrieved February 6, 2019. Federal Highway Administration (March...
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