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 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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Work to turn the road into a full dual carriageway began when Tony Blair was prime minister in 2002.

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"People were finding their way around by torchlight. It was quite surreal seeing the view from my window totally black especially as I live next to a dual carriageway," he said.

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