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Term of the Road Dictionary

motorway

  • Language : PIARC Road Dictionary / English
  • Theme : Roads Types of Road
  • Definition : Road specially designed and built for motor traffic, which does not serve properties bordering on it, and which: a) is provided, except at special points or temporarily, with separate carriageways for the two directions of traffic, separated from each other, either by a dividing strip not intended for traffic, or exceptionally by other means; b) does not cross at level with any road or motorway, railway or tramway track, or footpath; c) is specially signed as and is reserved for specific categories of road motor vehicles.
  • Synonyms : freeway (US)

Autobahn 1

  • Language : PIARC Road Dictionary / German
  • Theme : Straßen Straßenarten
  • Definition : Anbaufreie Straße nur für Kraftfahrzeuge mit mehrstreifigen Richtungsfahrbahnen und ausschließlich planfreien Kontenpunkten.
  • Abbreviation : BAB
  • Synonyms : Bundesautobahn 1

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