dual highway

noun

1. divided highway.

Word History and Origins

Origin of dual highway¹

First recorded in 1955–60

Example Sentences

Upper Volta refers to its single quarter-mile of dual highway as the Champs Elys�es.

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Twenty years later, it had been transformed into a 106-foot-wide, four-lane dual highway, much of which was lined with concrete curbs and gutters to accommodate roadside commercial or residential development.

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