The standard American English term for what British drivers call a dual carriageway — a road with two or more lanes of traffic in each direction, separated by a central median or divider.
The standard American English term for what British drivers call a dual carriageway — a road with two or more lanes of traffic in each direction, separated by a central median or divider. It's functional, descriptive vocabulary rather than slang, but it represents one of those clean transatlantic vocabulary differences that trips people up. In the US the sign says 'divided highway ends' and everyone knows what to expect; in the UK the same concept travels under an entirely different name.
The GPS warned them that the divided highway ended in two miles and they'd be back on a single-lane road.
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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.
The median (US) or central reservation (UK) of a highway or other road where traffic in opposite directions are kept separated.
(UK, Ireland, Hong Kong) One side of a dual carriageway that carries traffic in a single direction.
(US) One side of a divided highway that carries traffic in a single direction.
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(US) A dual carriageway.
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