four-lane
Americanadjective
noun
Etymology
Origin of four-lane
First recorded in 1920–25
Example Sentences
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Their neighborhoods are surrounded by four-lane highways with no sidewalks let alone any bike infrastructure.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 2, 2026
The Sherman Oaks site is next to a school and near two boulevards; the Reseda site is on a four-lane avenue.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 20, 2025
The four-lane bridge was part of Interstate 695, the outer ring road around Baltimore city known as the "Baltimore Beltway", and carried an estimated 11.5 million vehicles per year.
From BBC ● Mar. 26, 2024
Drivers going both ways crammed into its twin four-lane drawbridge until a 150-foot-high concrete bridge opened in phases during 1983 and 1984.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 26, 2024
This four-lane concrete highway slashed with speeding cars I remember as a narrow, twisting mountain road where the wood teams moved, drawn by steady mules.
From "Travels with Charley in Search of America" by John Steinbeck
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