A road diet (also called a lane reduction, road rechannelization or road conversion) is a technique in transportation planning whereby the number and/or...
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Low-carbohydrate diets restrict carbohydrate consumption relative to the average diet. Foods high in carbohydrates (e.g., sugar, bread, pasta) are limited...
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community Military road Private highway Private road Connector Interchange Intersection Level junction Level crossing Road diet Roundabout Roads also may be...
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Tarmacadam (redirect from Tarred road)
Tarmacadam is a concrete road surfacing material made by combining tar and macadam (crushed stone and sand), patented by Welsh inventor Edgar Purnell Hooley...
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A road train, also known as a land train or long combination vehicle (LCV) is a semi-truck used to move road freight more efficiently than single-trailer...
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A toll road, also known as a turnpike or tollway, is a public or private road (almost always a freeway since the 1940s) for which a fee (or toll) is assessed...
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Macadam (redirect from Macadam road)
Macadam is a type of road construction pioneered by Scottish engineer John Loudon McAdam around 1820, in which crushed stone is placed in shallow, convex...
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English) is an emergency stopping lane by the verge on the outer side of a road or motorway. Many wider freeways, or expressways elsewhere have shoulders...
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Esplanade (redirect from Sea side road)
lane Pedestrian crossing Pedestrian zone Refuge island Reversible lane Road diet Road verge Runaway truck ramp Shared space Sidewalk / Pavement Shoulder Street...
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ring road (also known as circular road, beltline, beltway, circumferential (high)way, loop or orbital) is a road or a series of connected roads encircling...
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Cycling infrastructure (redirect from Cycling Road)
reviewing the safety of "road diets" (motor traffic lane restrictions) for bike lanes found in summary that crash frequencies at road diets in the period after...
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A road surface (British English) or pavement (North American English) is the durable surface material laid down on an area intended to sustain vehicular...
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A road is a thoroughfare for the conveyance of traffic that mostly has an improved surface for use by vehicles (motorized and non-motorized) and pedestrians...
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An arterial road or arterial thoroughfare is a high-capacity urban road that sits below freeways/motorways on the road hierarchy in terms of traffic flow...
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Highway (redirect from Public road)
highway is any public or private road or other public way on land. It includes not just major roads, but also other public roads and rights of way. In the United...
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The road hierarchy categorizes roads according to their functions and capacities. While sources differ on the exact nomenclature, the basic hierarchy comprises...
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more roads converge, diverge, meet or cross at the same height, as opposed to an interchange, which uses bridges or tunnels to separate different roads. Major...
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Roads in India are an important mode of transport in India. India has a network of over 6,331,791 kilometres (3,934,393 mi) of roads (as of 31 December 2022[update])...
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Roadkill (redirect from Road Fauna)
source of fatality; and if one were to estimate the entire mileage of such roads in the state, the mortality must mount into the hundreds and perhaps thousands...
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Curb (redirect from Kerb (road))
Canada; see spelling differences), is the edge where a raised sidewalk or road median/central reservation meets a street or other roadway. Although curbs...
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Road surface marking is any kind of device or material that is used on a road surface in order to convey official information; they are commonly placed...
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A frontage road (also known as an access road, outer road, service road, feeder road, or parallel road) is a local road running parallel to a higher-speed...
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Dual carriageway (redirect from Dual carriage road)
opposite directions separated by a central reservation (BrE) or median (AmE). Roads with two or more carriageways which are designed to higher standards with...
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Dead end street (redirect from No through road)
(/ˈkʌldəsæk, ˈkʊl-/; French: [kydsak], lit. 'bag bottom'), or a no-through road or no-exit road, is a street with only one combined inlet and outlet. The term "dead...
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conveyance, including a motor vehicle, cart, bicycle, or horse. Road diet, lane reduction, or road rechannelization A technique in transportation planning whereby...
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A dirt road or track is a type of unpaved road not paved with asphalt, concrete, brick, or stone; made from the native material of the land surface through...
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A limited-access road, known by various terms worldwide, including limited-access highway, dual-carriageway, expressway, and partial controlled-access...
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Single carriageway (redirect from Two-lane road)
A single carriageway (British English) is a road with one, two or more lanes arranged within a one carriageway with no central reservation/median strip...
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Washboarding (redirect from Corrugated road)
transverse ripples in the surface of gravel and dirt roads. Washboarding occurs in dry, granular road material with repeated traffic, traveling at speeds...
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Local–express lanes (redirect from Collector/distributor road)
facilitate traffic to the freeway exits and from the freeway entrances. Frontage road VDOT: Braided Ramp Demo Archived 2017-04-10 at the Wayback Machine. YouTube...
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