trunk road
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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Plaid had supported the "blue route" - upgrading an existing trunk road.
From BBC ● May 2, 2026
Scotland's annual winter service will see around 240 gritters undertake salt spreading and snow ploughing patrols of the trunk road network.
From BBC ● Nov. 12, 2025
The second was at Commercial Road where a section of trunk road needed to be replaced and public utilities moved which had to be carried out before the main work could begin.
From BBC ● Nov. 3, 2025
Their deaths were another statistic in the grim history of Scotland's longest trunk road.
From BBC ● Aug. 24, 2025
The force was fortunately moving now along the grand trunk road, a splendid piece of road-making, extending from Calcutta to Peshawur, for already the country roads would have been almost impassable.
From In Times of Peril by Henty, G. A. (George Alfred)
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