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trunk road

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noun

  1. a main road, esp one that is suitable for heavy vehicles

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Plaid had supported the "blue route" - upgrading an existing trunk road.

From BBC May 2, 2026

Officers are embedded with Transport Scotland and work alongside trunk road operating companies to gain an overview of traffic management.

From BBC Nov. 12, 2025

Their deaths were another statistic in the grim history of Scotland's longest trunk road.

From BBC Aug. 24, 2025

The lines between Machynlleth and Caersws are also blocked, TfW said, and Dyfed-Powys Police has closed the main A470 trunk road in Talerddig advising drivers to avoid the area.

From BBC Oct. 21, 2024

One "trunk" road also is needed, about a hundred miles long, to connect Greece with the European system of railroads.

From From the Lakes of Killarney to the Golden Horn by Henry M. (Henry Martyn) Field

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