dual carriageway

noun

British.

1. divided highway.

dual carriageway

noun

1. US and Canadian name: divided highway. a road on which traffic travelling in opposite directions is separated by a central strip of turf, etc

Word History and Origins

Origin of dual carriageway¹

First recorded in 1930–35

Example Sentences

The force said it damaged road surfaces and after moving through the city centre, was driven onto the A4150 dual carriageway, before coming to a stop on New Road, Willenhall, at 20:15.

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An electric scooter rider who died at the scene of a late-night crash had been travelling in the middle of lane one of a dual carriageway.

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The road regularly changes from single to dual carriageway.

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On Monday a High Court judge ruled the construction of the new dual carriageway project should not go ahead in its current form, because the plans do not legally comply with Stormont's climate change targets.

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However, the following month a group of residents and landowners began judicial review proceedings against the dual carriageway.

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