queen's highway
Americannoun
noun
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(in Britain when the sovereign is female) any public road or right of way
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(in Canada) a main road maintained by the provincial government
Example Sentences
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“They are molting now, buried in the mud out there,” Douglas said, gesturing toward the marshy coppice that crowds both sides of the two-lane Queen’s Highway, the major north-south road on Andros.
From Washington Post
Their nocturnal journey takes them skittering across Queen’s Highway, where flashlight-toting Bahamians line the roadway to fill gunnysacks and 50-gallon drums with the tasty crustaceans.
From Washington Post
"It is for national government to fund the solution and it has got to be a top priority to keep the Queen's highway open in Kent at all times," he said.
From BBC
Tiffany had to go shopping that afternoon — everyone shops the day after the mail boat arrives — so I went for a drive on Queen’s Highway, the only north-south thoroughfare on 110-mile-long Eleuthera.
From New York Times
Exumas Poor Man’s at the George Town fish fry, a mile north of town on the Queen’s Highway, draws plenty of locals.
From New York Times
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