central reservation
(UK, Irish) The area which separates opposing lanes of traffic on a motorway or dual carriageway.
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(UK, Irish) The area which separates opposing lanes of traffic on a motorway or dual carriageway.
The driver of one of the cars had come through the windscreen. He was lying on his back on the central reservation like the effigy on an old church tomb.
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The median (US) or central reservation (UK) of a highway or other road where traffic in opposite directions are kept separated.
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(UK, Philippines) A road in which the two directions of traffic are separated by a central barrier or strip of land, known as a central reservation or median.
- core lane66%
(Canada) In a multi-lane controlled-access highway or expressway system, a lane close to the median and physically separated from the outer lanes, which has fewer entrances and exits than the outer lanes and which is intended for vehicles traveling longer distances, so that these vehicles may proceed in a relatively uninterrupted manner and often at greater speed.
- carriageway65%
(UK, Ireland, Hong Kong) The part of a road that carries traffic.
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(US) A strip of land between opposing lanes of a road.