(UK, transport) A section of motorway that uses active traffic management (ATM) techniques to increase capacity by use of variable speed limits and hard-shoulder running at busy times.
(UK, transport) A section of motorway that uses active traffic management (ATM) techniques to increase capacity by use of variable speed limits and hard-shoulder running at busy times.
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(UK, Ireland, New Zealand, Queensland, New South Wales) A highway with grade-separated crossings (rather than level crossings) and designed (and only permitted) for high-speed motor-traffic (in Europe motor vehicles with a higher speed limit than 40 km/h) running in two directions on one separate carriageway each.
(UK, New Zealand) A road built for high speed traffic, but not up to motorway standards or designated a motorway.
(chiefly, U.S.) A racetrack venue designated especially for the sport of auto racing.
(UK, Ireland) A segment of a roadway that joins a motorway to ordinary roads (in either direction).