 Mitchell Freeway in Perth, Western Australia - For other uses, see Highway (disambiguation).
A highway is a major road within a city, or linking several cities together. It includes roads known as interstate highway, freeway, motorway and autobahn, where a full description varies by country. Generally, a highway is a road which has multiple lanes of traffic in each direction, often with a physical division (median) between opposing traffic, and separate access ramps to and from the highway which are more widely separated than connections on a standard road and are often grade-separated. A highway may prohibit access by pedestrians and limit what vehicles may travel on it. Public domain photograph of the Mitchell Freeway from the Hay Street overpass in Perth, Western Australia. ...
Highway usually refers to a road, but can also mean: Highway is the name of a 2002 movie starring Jared Leto and Jake Gyllenhaal. ...
A road is a strip of land, smoothed or otherwise prepared to allow easier travel, connecting two or more destinations. ...
City lights from space. ...
A typical rural stretch of Interstate Highway, with two lanes in each direction separated by a large grassy median, and with cross-traffic limited to overpasses and underpasses. ...
A typical rural freeway (Interstate 5 in the Central Valley of California, USA). ...
A motorway (in the United Kingdom, Ireland, New Zealand and some Commonwealth nations) is both a type of road and a classification. ...
The German autobahn sign Autobahn (pronounced in IPA, plural Autobahnen) is the German word for a major high-speed road confined to motor vehicles and having full control of access. ...
Mitchell Freeway in Perth, Western Australia For other uses, see Highway (disambiguation). ...
The word lane has two meanings: A narrow road, usually lacking a shoulder or a median. ...
In many parts of the world traffic is generally organized, flowing in lanes of travel for a particular direction, with interchanges, traffic signals, or signage at intersectons to facilitate the orderly and timely flow of traffic. ...
Historically, a highway was any major road travelling a long distance outside of a city. Early roads between cities would sometimes suffer from highwaymen who would rob people travelling the route. Folk image of a mounted highwayman Highwayman was a term used particularly in Britain during the 17th and 18th centuries to describe criminals who robbed people travelling by stagecoach and other modes of transport along public highways. ...
In the 20th century, however, the word generally came to be used only for high-speed, often specially-designed automobile routes. On 10 September 1913 the first paved coast-to-coast highway opened in the US. (19th century - 20th century - 21st century - more centuries) Decades: 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s As a means of recording the passage of time, the 20th century was that century which lasted from 1901–2000 in the sense of the Gregorian calendar (1900–1999 in the...
An automobile is a wheeled vehicle that carries its own motor. ...
September 10 is the 253rd day of the year (254th in leap years). ...
Link title1913 is a common year starting on Wednesday. ...
Highways usually have a higher speed limit than other roads because they have additional lanes and are designed for driving at a higher speed. In remote areas, a highway may have rest areas where motorists may stop and relax before resuming a long drive. A speed limit is the maximum speed allowed by law for vehicles on a road. ...
It has been suggested that Motorway service area (UK) be merged into this article or section. ...
By convention, the lane nearest the median on a multi-lane highway is called the passing lane.
The United States has a vast network of national highways (Interstate highways) linking the different U.S. states together, as does Australia albeit on a much smaller scale and mostly concentrated on the southeast coastline. Some highways, like the Pan-American Highway or the European routes, bridge multiple countries. With the latter a single road may have several national designations in addition to the European one. A typical rural stretch of Interstate Highway, with two lanes in each direction separated by a large grassy median, and with cross-traffic limited to overpasses and underpasses. ...
A U.S. state is any one of the fifty states (four of which officially favor the term commonwealth) which, together with the District of Columbia and Palmyra Atoll (an uninhabited incorporated unorganized territory), form the United States of America. ...
The Pan-American Highway (Carretera Panamericana in Spanish; Estrada Panamericana in Portuguese; Autoroute Panaméricaine in French) is a network of roads, according to the Encyclopædia Britannica (1997) nearly 30,000 miles (48,000 km) in total length, linking (nearly) the mainland nations of the Americas in a unified...
Europes road system incorporates a series of European routes, which are numbered E1 and up. ...
Probably the most famous highway in the United States is Route 66, as immortalised in the song "(Get Your Kicks On) Route 66", while if one follows Australia's Highway 1 the driver can travel from state capital to state capital, almost the entire way around the whole country. Alternate meanings of Route 66: New Jersey State Highway 66, Interstate 66, and a company named after the route US Highway 66 or Route 66 was and is the most famous road in the United States highway system and quite possibly the most famous and storied highway in the world. ...
The National Route 1 shield was once a familiar sight in all states Highway 1 is Australias coastal highway joining all mainlands state capitals and coastal towns circumnavigating the entire Australian continent. ...
In politics a capital (also called capital city or political capital — although the latter phrase has an alternative meaning based on an alternative meaning of capital) is the principal city or town associated with its government. ...
The longest single national highway in the world is the Trans Canada Highway, which runs from Victoria, British Columbia, on the Pacific Coast, through ten provinces to the Atlantic Coast, at St. John's, Newfoundland. Example of Trans-Canada Highway marker shield. ...
The arms of Victoria. ...
there is no such thing as a southern ocean. ...
The Atlantic Ocean is Earths second-largest ocean, covering approximately one-fifth of its surface. ...
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Nomenclature
The terms used for various types of highways such as freeway, expressway, motorway and autobahn, vary between countries or even regions within a country. In some places a highway is a specific type of major road that is distinct from freeway or expressway; in other places the terms may overlap. In law highway may mean any public road or canal. However, in some countries, the term highway is not generally used at all. A typical rural freeway (Interstate 5 in the Central Valley of California, USA). ...
An expressway is a divided highway, usually 4 lanes or wider in size, where direct access to adjacent properties has been eliminated. ...
A motorway (in the United Kingdom, Ireland, New Zealand and some Commonwealth nations) is both a type of road and a classification. ...
The German autobahn sign Autobahn (pronounced in IPA, plural Autobahnen) is the German word for a major high-speed road confined to motor vehicles and having full control of access. ...
Australia In Australia, a highway is a distinct type of road from freeways and motorways. The word highway is generally used to mean major roads connecting large cities, towns and different parts of metropolitan areas. Metropolitan highways often have traffic lights at intersections, and rural highways usually have only one lane in each direction. The words freeway or motorway are generally reserved for the most arterial routes, almost always with no traffic light intersections and usually significantly straightened and widened. The term motorway is used in some Australian cities to refer to freeways that have been allocated a metropolitan route number, and in Sydney, a motorway has a toll, whereas a freeway is free of charge. It is now possible to travel from Melbourne to Sydney without having to stop at a traffic light. Roads may be part-highway and part-freeway until they are fully upgraded. A metropolitan area is a large population center consisting of a large city and its adjacent zone of influence, or of several neighboring cities or towns and adjoining areas, with one or more large cities serving as its hub or hubs. ...
New Zealand In New Zealand, a motorway runs through urban areas and an expressway runs through rural areas. Both motorways and expressways generally have no access to adjacent properties and no facility for pedestrians or cyclists. New Zealand's main routes are designated state highways. State Highway 1 is the only route to run through both the North and South Islands, and runs (in order north-south) from Cape Reinga to Wellington in the North Island, and from Picton to Bluff in the South Island. State Highways 2-5 are main routes in the North Island, State Highways 6-9 in the South Island, and state highways numbered from 10 onwards are generally found in numerical order from north to south. State highways usually incorporate different types of roads, for example, State Highway 1 from Auckland to Hamilton incorporates the Northern and Southern Motorways in the Auckland area, the Waikato Expressway, and a rural road before passing through the streets of Hamilton. The term freeway is rarely used relating to New Zealand roads, and can only be considered an Americanism. An expressway is a divided highway, usually 4 lanes or wider in size, where direct access to adjacent properties has been eliminated. ...
Cape Reinga Lighthouse Cape Reinga (or Te Rerenga Wairua in the Maori language) is the northwesternmost tip of the Aupouri Peninsula, at the northern end of the North Island of New Zealand. ...
Wellington (Te Whanganui-a-Tara or Poneke) is the capital city of New Zealand and the countrys second-largest urban area. ...
The North Island is one of the two main islands of New Zealand, the other being the South Island. ...
A view of the harbour in Picton. ...
This article is about the New Zealand town of Bluff. ...
South Island The South Island forms one of the two major islands of New Zealand, the other being the North Island. ...
Auckland, in the North Island of New Zealand, is the largest urban area in New Zealand. ...
Waikato River passing through Hamilton Hamilton is New Zealands 4th-largest metropolitan area. ...
Brazil In Brazil, highways (or expressway/freeway) are named "rodovia", and Brazilian highways are divided in two types: regional highways (generally of less importance and entirely inside of one state) and national highways (of major importance to the country). In Brazil, rodovia is the name given exclusively to roads connecting two or more cities with a sizable distance separating the extremes of the highway. Urban highways for commuting are uncommon in Brazil, and when they are present, they receive different names, depending of the region (Avenida, Marginal, Linha, Via, Eixo, etc). Very rarely names other than "rodovia" are used. The Brazilian national net of highways is the second largest of the world. ...
Regional highways are named YY-XXX, where YY is the abbreviation of the state where the highway is running in and XXX is a number (e.g. SP-280; where SP means that the highway is running entirely in the state of São Paulo). São Paulo is a state in Brazil. ...
National highways are named BR-XXX. National highways connects multiples states altogether, are of major importance to the national economy and/or connects Brazil to another country. The meaning of the numbers are:
- 001-100 - it means that the highway runs radially from Brasília. It is an exception to the cases below.
- 101-200 - it means that the highway runs in a south-north way.
- 201-300 - it means that the highway runs in a west-east way
- 301-400 - it means that the highway runs in a diagonal way (northwest-southeast, for example)
- 400-499 - another exception, they are less important highways and its function is to connect a city to an arterial highway nearby
Often Brazilian highways receives names (famous people, etc), but even though, they continue to have a YY/BR-XXX name (example: Rodovia Castelo Branco is also SP-280). BrasÃlia from space, November 1990 Niemeyers Cathedral BrasÃlia is the capital city of Brazil. ...
See List of Brazilian Highways The Brazilian national net of highways is the second largest of the world. ...
Canada - In Canada, there is no national standard for nomenclature, although highway appears more popular in all areas except
- Ontario: highways are called expressway or 400-Series; 401 in Toronto is a freeway. The DVP (Don Valley)is a parkway. All provincial managed highways are called King's Highways. Highway 407 is a toll route.
- Nova Scotia numbers its freeways by the routes they parallel, for example, highway 101 parallels highway 1.
- The Trans Canada Highway, the highway (mostly four lane, sometimes less, sometime more) that crosses the entire country (and entering all ten provinces), holds the record as the longest national highway in the world. The only portions of this road not considered to be of freeway status are in the British Columbia Rocky Mountains, Northern Ontario, and in Newfoundland.
Motto: Ut Incepit Fidelis Sic Permanet (Loyal it began, loyal it remains) Other Canadian provinces and territories Capital Toronto Largest city Toronto Lieutenant Governor James K. Bartleman Premier Dalton McGuinty (Liberal) Area 1,076,395 km² (4th) - Land 917,741 km² - Water 158,654 km² (14. ...
It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with List of Ontario expressways. ...
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This article or section should include material from 407 ETR International Highway 407 as part of the 400-series network Highway 407, officially called 407 ETR, is a pay-per-use freeway located in south-central Ontarios Greater Toronto Area. ...
Beginning in 1963, a terrorist group that became known as the Front de libération du Québec (FLQ) launched a decade of bombings, robberies and attacks on government offices and at least two murders by FLQ gunfire and three violent deaths by bombings. ...
Autoroute is a French word meaning, literally, a motor road, and corresponding to the words motorway or freeway in English. ...
Motto: Munit Haec et Altera Vincit (One defends and the other conquers) Other Canadian provinces and territories Capital Halifax Largest city Halifax Lieutenant Governor Myra A. Freeman Premier John Hamm (PC) Area 55,283 km² (12th) Land 53,338 km² Water 1,946 km² (3. ...
Example of Trans-Canada Highway marker shield. ...
Motto: Splendor Sine Occasu (Splendour without diminishment) Other Canadian provinces and territories Capital Victoria Largest city Vancouver Lieutenant Governor Iona Campagnolo Premier Gordon Campbell (BC Liberal) Area 944,735 km² (5th) Land 925,186 km² Water 19,549 km² (2. ...
Rocky Mountain National Park (photo courtesy of NPS) The Rocky Mountains, often called the Rockies, are a broad mountain range in western North America. ...
Motto: Ut Incepit Fidelis Sic Permanet (Loyal it began, loyal it remains) Other Canadian provinces and territories Capital Toronto Largest city Toronto Lieutenant Governor James K. Bartleman Premier Dalton McGuinty (Liberal) Area 1,076,395 km² (4th) - Land 917,741 km² - Water 158,654 km² (14. ...
Newfoundland (French: Terre-Neuve; Irish: Talamh an Éisc; Latin: Terra Nova) is a large island off the north-east coast of North America, and the most populous part of the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador. ...
China "Highways" in China, more often than not, refer to China National Highways. The multi-lane, central-separation routes are instead called expressways. The China National Highways are a series of trunk roads throughout all of China. ...
Chinese expressway, complete with signage. ...
In Mainland China, private companies reimbursed through tolls are the primary means of creating and financing the National Trunk Highway System. In this map of China, the light-coloured areas represent Mainland China, while yellow coloured area refers to Taiwan. ...
The word toll has several meanings. ...
The National Trunk Highway System (NTHS) is a system of freeways currently under construction in the Peoples Republic of China. ...
There is actually no separate classification for expressway (which is the term more often used in the PRC). Most likely, they are lumped with first-grade guodaos (meaning National roads). Beneath guodaos in rank level are shengdaos (provincial roads) and xiandaos (pronounced hsien-daos or shien-daos, which equate to county-level roads). Some expressways are numbered with a leading zero (e.g. G030).
Freeway was used on a few expressways (such as the Jingshi Freeway) before expressway was chosen as a standarised term. The Jingshi Expressway (Chinese: 京石高速公路; pinyin: ; or Jingshi Freeway, as it was formerly known) is an expressway in China which links Beijing to the Shijiazhuang. ...
The Chinese name for expressways (or freeways, as they used to be called) is uniform; in pinyin, it is gao su gong lu, which literally means "high speed public road". A public road is a road that is open to common use by the general population. ...
In the mainland of the PRC, highway does not refer to a freeway or expressway, but instead to a normal road equivalent to an "A"-level road in Britain, or a class-one non-expressway. This can cause some confusion, though.
Hong Kong In Hong Kong, the high speed roads are referred to as expressways, but some are named as highways ('Yuen Long Highway', 'Tolo Highway' etc.).
India Main article Indian highways India has a vast network of National Highways. ...
In India, 'Highway' refers to one of the many National Highways that run up to a total length of about 58000 kilometers. An expressway refers to any elevated road with grade-separated intersections.
Malaysia The highest level of major roads in Malaysia, expressway (lebuhraya), has full access control, grade separated junctions, and mostly tolled. The expressways link the major state capitals in Peninsular Malaysia and major cities in Klang Valley. North-South Expressway at Teluk Intan Malaysian expressway system(Sistem Lebuhraya Malaysia) is a system of expressway networks in Malaysia. ...
The word toll has several meanings. ...
Map of Peninsular Malaysia Peninsular Malaysia (or Semenanjung Malaysia in the Malay language) is the part of Malaysia which lies on the Malay Peninsula, and shares a land border with Thailand in the north. ...
Klang Valley is the area in central Selangor, Malaysia comprising Kuala Lumpur and its surroundings and suburbs naturally delineated by hilly areas and the Port Klang coastline. ...
Highway is lower level with limited access control, some at-grade junctions or roundabouts, and generally with 2 lanes in each separated direction. These are generally untolled and funded by the federal government, hence the first one is called Federal Highway linking Klang and Kuala Lumpur. A roundabout, rotary, or gyratory circus is a type of road junction (or traffic calming device) at which traffic streams circularly around a central island after first yielding to the circulating traffic. ...
The busy Federal Highway at night Federal Highway, or Lebuhraya Persekutuan in Malay is a Malaysian highway connecting the capital city of Kuala Lumpur, and Klang, Selangor. ...
Klang Municipal Council building with old Raja Mahdi forts gate in the foreground. ...
Mayor Datuk Ruslin Hasan District Kuala Lumpur District Area - Total (City) 243. ...
The trunk roads linking major cities and towns in the country are called federal trunk roads, and are generally 2 lanes single carriageway roads, in places with a third climbing lane for slow lorries.
South Africa Colloquially, the terms "freeway," "highway," and "motorway" are used synonymously. There are very few references to the term "expressway" in South Africa. A freeway, highway or motorway refers to a divided dual carriageway with limited access/egress, with at least two lanes in either direction. A central island, usually either with drainage, foliage or high-impact barriers, provides a visible separation between carriageways in opposite directions. As with the UK and Australia, South Africans drive on the left-hand side of the road and all steering wheels are on the right-hand side of vehicles.
Freeways are designated with one of three labels: N (in reference to national roads), R (short for "route," in reference to provincial roads), and M (in reference to metropolitan roads). This has more to do with the location of a road and its function than anything else. In addition, "N" roads usually run the length of the country over long distances, "R" roads usually inter-connect cities and towns within a province, and "M" roads carry heavy traffic in metropolitan areas. Route markings also determine who paid for the road: "N" was paid for by national government, "R" by provincial government and "M" by local government. In recent years, some "R" roads have been re-designated as "N" roads, so that control and funding comes from the South African National Roads Agency.
Switzerland The term Autobahn is used for normal expressways where there is a central physical structure separating two different directional carriageways. This is often translated into English as motorway. The German autobahn sign Autobahn (pronounced in IPA, plural Autobahnen) is the German word for a major high-speed road confined to motor vehicles and having full control of access. ...
In express routes where there is no central physical structure separating two different directional carriageways, but crossings are still motorway-like otherwise, and traffic lights are not present, the road is instead called an Autostrasse, translated into English as a motorroad. Autostrassen often have a lower speed limit than Autobahnen.
Great Britain and Ireland In Great Britain and Ireland, unless a route is classified as a motorway, the term used may be main road, trunk road, 'A' road/'B' road, or, where appropriate, dual carriageway. In the law of England and Wales the term highway covers everything from a footpath (for foot passage only), to a bridleway (for foot, bicycle and equestrian use), to a byway open for all traffic (for all the aforementioned users, plus any motorised user), to unclassified county roads, classified roads, trunk roads, motorways and special roads. In British law, there is no definition of "road", and generally the most common usage refers to: A motorway (in the United Kingdom, Ireland, New Zealand and some Commonwealth nations) is both a type of road and a classification. ...
A trunk road or strategic road is a major road, usually connecting one or more cities, ports, airports etc, which is the recommended route for long-distance and freight traffic. ...
Britain has a long history, and has many ancient roads and trackways dating back to the Roman occupation and before, including the worlds oldest engineered road yet discovered, the Sweet Track dating from the 3800s BC. With the advent of the car and the huge expansion in the numbers...
This early German Autobahn uses a dual carriageway design. ...
Depending on the context, footpath may refer to Sidewalk, a paved walkway Trail, usually an unpaved path through wild areas This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ...
In England and Wales, a bridleway is a way over which the public have the following, but no other, rights of way: a right of way on foot and a right of way on horseback or leading a horse, with or without a right to drive animals of any description...
 In England and Wales the public are traditionally given a "right of way" by the Crown to use a particular highway or byway. This is somewhat different than the system in many republics, where the territory of the nation is regarded as belonging to the public at large and there is a presumption that an individual may travel anywhere that they are not lawfully prohibited from doing so. Download high resolution version (2048x1536, 457 KB)A Byway sign - taken at Grendon on 10 May 2005 by RN Marshman File links The following pages link to this file: Highway Byway open to all traffic Byway Byway (road) Categories: GFDL images ...
Depending on the context, footpath may refer to Sidewalk, a paved walkway Trail, usually an unpaved path through wild areas This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ...
In England and Wales, a bridleway is a way over which the public have the following, but no other, rights of way: a right of way on foot and a right of way on horseback or leading a horse, with or without a right to drive animals of any description...
A byway in the United Kingdom is a minor secondary or tertiary road. ...
This article describes the British monarchy from the perspective of the United Kingdom. ...
A byway in the United Kingdom is a minor secondary or tertiary road. ...
United States In the U.S., the terms expressway and freeway are legally defined by federal regulation and under the laws of most U.S. states according to civil engineering usage. However, the distinction between these two terms is not universal, and in several states which built freeways very early on (including Connecticut, Illinois, New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania), the terms expressway and freeway have the same meaning. In those states, expressway, the older usage, is often preferred. A U.S. state is any one of the fifty states (four of which officially favor the term commonwealth) which, together with the District of Columbia and Palmyra Atoll (an uninhabited incorporated unorganized territory), form the United States of America. ...
In modern usage, civil engineering is a broad field of engineering that deals with the planning, construction, and maintenance of fixed structures, or public works, as they related to earth, water, or civilization and their processes. ...
State nickname: The Constitution State Other U.S. States Capital Hartford Largest city Bridgeport Governor M. Jodi Rell (R) Official languages English Area 14,371 km² (48th) - Land 12,559 km² - Water 1,809 km² (12. ...
State nickname: Land of Lincoln, The Prairie State Other U.S. States Capital Springfield Largest city Chicago Governor Rod Blagojevich (D) Official languages American English (as oppossed to Englands English) Area 149,998 km² (25th) - Land 143,968 km² - Water 6,030 km² (4. ...
State nickname: The Garden State Other U.S. States Capital Trenton Largest city Newark Governor Richard Codey (D)Acting Official languages None defined Area 22,608 km² (47th) - Land 19,231 km² - Water 3,378 km² (14. ...
State nickname: Empire State Other U.S. States Capital Albany Largest city New York Governor George Pataki (R) Official languages None (English is de facto) Area 141,205 km² (27th) - Land 122,409 km² - Water 18,795 km² (13. ...
State nickname: The Keystone State Other U.S. States Capital Harrisburg Largest city Philadelphia Governor Ed Rendell (D) Official languages None Area 119,283 km² (33rd) - Land 116,074 km² - Water 3,208 km² (2. ...
In New Jersey and Pennsylvania, newer roads are often officially styled freeways, where older roads retain the title "expressway". In New England and New York, the term freeway is rarely if ever used; highway is the generic term for high-speed limited-access roads, though Expressway and Freeway are both used as part of the proper name of some roads. In the rest of the country, freeway is the usual term; however, the distinction between freeways and highways is not always as clear or well-understood as it is in California, which has many of both kinds of highway. In California, freeways are divided, grade-separated, controlled-access highways where private driveways, pedestrians, and bicyclists are forbidden, where speed limits range from 55 to 70 miles per hour, and are usually elevated within major cities. Highways are divided, but may have at-grade or grade-separated intersections as demand requires, private driveways are minimized (but not completely forbidden), bicyclists and pedestrians are sometimes allowed, and the speed limits range from 45 to 55 miles per hour. Within a major city a highway can have commercial buildings along it. All interstate highway routes in California are freeways, most important intracity state routes are freeways, and most important intercity state routes are highways (with sections being upgraded to freeways as necessary). While the states marked in red show the core of New England, the regions cultural influence may cover a greater or lesser area than shown. ...
State nickname: Empire State Other U.S. States Capital Albany Largest city New York Governor George Pataki (R) Official languages None (English is de facto) Area 141,205 km² (27th) - Land 122,409 km² - Water 18,795 km² (13. ...
State nickname: The Golden State Other U.S. States Capital Sacramento Largest city Los Angeles Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger (R) Official languages English Area 410,000 km² (3rd) - Land 404,298 km² - Water 20,047 km² (4. ...
A typical rural stretch of Interstate Highway, with two lanes in each direction separated by a large grassy median, and with cross-traffic limited to overpasses and underpasses. ...
In the U.S., particularly in statutes, the term highway technically has the broader meaning than that given at the beginning of this article (encompassing all state government-maintained roads or canals for cross-city or inter-city traffic), but in colloquial usage is often used to refer only the subset of that category that includes roads less important than a freeway. That subset generally includes roads with 2, 4, or 6 lanes, with or without a center divider, that have at-grade intersections and driveways connecting to adjacent properties. However, even then, such highways are usually built to higher standards (wider lanes and more durable pavement) than the connecting arterial routes, streets, alleys, and driveways. A statute is a formal, written law of a country or state, written and enacted by its legislative authority, perhaps to then be ratified by the highest executive in the government, and finally published. ...
The highest continuous road in the United States is the Trail Ridge Road that runs through the Rocky Mountain National Park in Colorado. Trail Ridge Road traverses Rocky Mountain National Park from Estes Park, Colorado in the east to Grand Lake, Colorado in the west. ...
Moraine Park and the headwaters of the Big Thompson River are in Rocky Mountain National Park The Rocky Mountain National Park¹ (RMNP) is a national park and wildlife refuge area within the United States National Park System². ...
This is the article on the state. ...
The term highway is also often used in colloquial speech where the correct term would be "State Route," or "U.S. Route." For example, California residents frequently refer to Highway 101 rather than U.S. 101. U.S. Highway 101, or U.S. Route 101 (U.S. 101), is a north-south highway that is aligned along the Pacific West Coast of the United States. ...
Further information For information on the history and local styles of highways around the world refer to Autoroute is a French word meaning, literally, a motor road, and corresponding to the words motorway or freeway in English. ...
The Autoroute system in the province of Quebec, Canada, is a network of expressways which operate under the same principle of controlled access as the Interstate freeway system in the United States or the 400-Series Highways in neighbouring Ontario. ...
Beginning in 1963, a terrorist group that became known as the Front de libération du Québec (FLQ) launched a decade of bombings, robberies and attacks on government offices and at least two murders by FLQ gunfire and three violent deaths by bombings. ...
The German autobahn sign Autobahn (pronounced in IPA, plural Autobahnen) is the German word for a major high-speed road confined to motor vehicles and having full control of access. ...
The Autostrada is the Italian National Highway system, similar to the US Interstate Highway System, the French autoroute, and the German/Austrian/Swiss autobahn. ...
India has a vast network of National Highways. ...
Chinese expressway, complete with signage. ...
In this map of China, the light-coloured areas represent Mainland China, while yellow coloured area refers to Taiwan. ...
North-South Expressway at Teluk Intan Malaysian expressway system(Sistem Lebuhraya Malaysia) is a system of expressway networks in Malaysia. ...
A typical rural freeway (Interstate 5 in the Central Valley of California, USA). ...
An expressway is a divided highway, usually 4 lanes or wider in size, where direct access to adjacent properties has been eliminated. ...
A parkway is a general designation of a type of limited-access highway in the US and Canada. ...
A freeway is a multi-lane highway or road designed for high-speed travel. ...
A motorway (in the United Kingdom, Ireland, New Zealand and some Commonwealth nations) is both a type of road and a classification. ...
A motorway (United Kingdom, Republic of Ireland, New Zealand, and some Commonwealth nations) is both a type of road and a classification. ...
The National Trunk Highway System (NTHS) is a system of freeways currently under construction in the Peoples Republic of China. ...
In this map of China, the light-coloured areas represent Mainland China, while yellow coloured area refers to Taiwan. ...
The Brazilian national net of highways is the second largest of the world. ...
See also This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ...
The Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000 is a UK act of parliament that, inter alia, establishes a limited right to roam for individuals, over certain scheduled access land, for the purposes of open-air recreation. ...
List of articles related to roads and highways around the world. ...
Diagram showing lanes and road layout, with Irish road markings. ...
A beltway (American English), ring road or orbital motorway (British English) is a circumferential highway found around many cities. ...
A road is a strip of land, smoothed or otherwise prepared to allow easier travel, connecting two or more destinations. ...
In the field of road transport, a road junction is a place where two or more roads either meet or cross. ...
The field of road safety is concerned with reducing the numbers or the consequences of vehicle crashes, by developing and implementing management systems based in a multidisciplinary and holistic approach, with interrelated activities in a number of fields. ...
A high-speed toll booth on SR 417 near Orlando, Florida A toll gate on the Sayama bypass (Saitama prefectural road 397) in Japan Toll gate A toll road, turnpike or tollpike is a road on which a toll authority collects a fee for use. ...
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