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PRONUNCIATION OF DIVIDED HIGHWAY

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF DIVIDED HIGHWAY

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Divided highway is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES DIVIDED HIGHWAY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

divided highway

Dual carriageway

A dual carriageway is a class of highway with dual carriageways for traffic travelling in opposite directions separated by a central reservation. Roads with two or more carriageways which are designed to higher standards with controlled access are generally classed as motorways, freeways, etc., rather than dual carriageways. A road without a central reservation is a single carriageway regardless of the number of lanes. Dual carriageways have improved road traffic safety over single carriageways and typically have higher speed limits as a result. In some places, express lanes and local/collector lanes are used within a local-express-lane system to provide more capacity and to smooth traffic flows for longer-distance travel.

Definition of divided highway in the English dictionary

The definition of divided highway in the dictionary is a road on which traffic travelling in opposite directions is separated by a central strip of turf, etc Also called : dual carriageway.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE DIVIDED HIGHWAY

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dividedness
dividend
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dividend yield
dividendless
divider
dividers
dividing
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dividual
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divinable

WORDS THAT END LIKE DIVIDED HIGHWAY

Alaska Highway
Alcan Highway
archway
churchway
Embden-Meyerhof pathway
fishway
hatchway
highway
information highway
information superhighway
king´s highway
lichway
metabolic pathway
Pan-American Highway
pathway
pentose phosphate pathway
queen´s highway
superhighway
throughway
widthway

Synonyms and antonyms of divided highway in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «divided highway» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF DIVIDED HIGHWAY

Find out the translation of divided highway to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of divided highway from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «divided highway» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

划分公路
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

carretera dividida
570 millions of speakers

English

divided highway
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

विभाजित राजमार्ग
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الطريق السريع مقسمة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

разделен шоссе
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

estrada dividida
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

বিভক্ত রাজপথ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

route à chaussées séparées
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Jalan raya terbahagi
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Autobahn geteilt
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

中央分離帯のある幹線道路
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

분할 고속도로
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Dipérang dalan gedhé
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

đường cao tốc chia
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

பிளவுபட்ட நெடுஞ்சாலை
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

विभाजित महामार्ग
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

bölünmüş otoyol
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

strada principale divisa
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

podzielone szosa
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

розділений шосе
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

autostrada divizat
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

διαιρείται αυτοκινητόδρομο
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

verdeel snelweg
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

uppdelad motorväg
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

delt motorveien
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of divided highway

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «DIVIDED HIGHWAY»

The term «divided highway» is regularly used and occupies the 100.276 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «DIVIDED HIGHWAY» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about divided highway

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DIVIDED HIGHWAY»

Discover the use of divided highway in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to divided highway and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Median Intersection Design
the divided highway, but not by drivers crossing the divided highway. The median acceleration lane should be long enough to allow left-turning vehicles to reach the speed of major-road traffic before merging. Traffic Control on the Median ...
‎1995
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Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices: Inserts Only
Option: The Divided Highway Crossing (R6-3 or R6-3a) sign (see Figure 2B-l l ) may be used to advise road users that they are approaching an intersection with a divided highway. Standard: When the Divided Highway Crossing sign is used ...
Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration, 2003
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Economic evaluation of mobile and modular housing shipments ...
The mail-back responses from divided highway drivers also were generally different from those of divided highway drivers. Regarding safety hazards and delays caused by other vehicles, two-lane drivers tended to be more tolerant. They were ...
William D. Glauz, B. M. Hutchinson, D. R. Kobett, 1974
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Constructing Smooth Hot Mix Asphalt (HMA) Pavements
Therefore, it may be concluded that the difference in smoothness between divided and non-divided highway projects is not related to smoothness difference in old pavements where non-divided highway pavements are usually much rougher ...
Mary Stroup-Gardiner, 2003
5
Safety of U-turns at Unsignalized Median Openings
However, even research on divided highway intersections that is broader in scope than just the median opening area can provide valuable information on the safety performance of median openings. Two published research studies have ...
‎2004
6
Experiments with a Divided Highway Crossing Sign to Reduce ...
Preliminary data on the use of the divided highway crossing sign indicated it to be effective in reducing wrong-way entries, and additional experimental installations were recommended.
Nari K. Vaswani, Virginia Highway & Transportation Research Council, 1977
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Traffic Laws Annotated 1979
Thus, Florida requires authorization for use of a crossover in a divided highway while the UVC allows its use unless specifically prohibited. Kentucky— § 177.300 provides: It is unlawful for any person (1) to drive a vehicle over, upon, or across ...
‎1981
8
California Drunk Driving Law
A divided highway (CVC §21651) is two or more roadways divided by means of: EITHER (A) Intermittent barriers; OR (B) A dividing section 2 or more feet wide, which is; Either (a) unpaved; Or (b) marked by; Either (1) curbs; Or (2) lines; Or (3)  ...
Paul Burglin, Ed Kuwatch, Barry Simons, 2002
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Conclusions and Recommendations of the Highway Advisory ...
347. 7 (54) "Roadway" means that portion of a highway between the 8 regularly established curb lines or that portion which is improved, 9 designed or ordinarily used for vehicular travel, excluding the berm 10 or shoulder. In a divided highway  ...
Wisconsin. Legislature. Legislative Council. Highway Advisory Committee, 1957
10
Design of Construction Work Zones on High-speed Highways
Cross sections for outside lane and shoulder closure for part-width construction on a four-lane divided highway. Exposure (106 vehicles) = Two-way ADT (veh/ day) x Work Zone. MUTCD Figure 6H-6. Possible types of work for this set-up are  ...
‎2007

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «DIVIDED HIGHWAY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term divided highway is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Passing a stopped school bus? You're breaking the law, and on …
... are prohibited from passing stopped school buses in both directions unless they are heading the opposite direction on a divided highway. «Washington Post, Jul 15»
2
Student Steals Cop Car and Leads Police on Wild Chase
At one point, he was on the wrong side of a divided highway. One pursuing officer urged his partner to go even faster: “Come on, get up there! «Inside Edition, Jul 15»
3
Louisiana Governor Signs Bus Routes Bill Into Law
The new law also amends the existing law to prohibit the loading and unloading of students only on a divided highway where vehicles traveling ... «School Transportation News, Jul 15»
4
Portland removing barriers to fix an urban-renewal mistake
That project was stopped by historic preservationists four decades ago, but its legacy remains – a divided highway less than a half-mile long ... «Press Herald, Jul 15»
5
NCDOT awards contract for U.S. 17 widening projects in Jones County
... providing motorists with a four-lane divided highway with speed limits of 70 mph from the U.S 17 New Bern Bypass to just south of N.C. 58, ... «WCTI12.com, Jul 15»
6
New law puts power of drawing up bus routes back into school …
The new law prohibits students from crossing a divided highway in which traffic on in the other lanes are not regulated by school bus traffic ... «KATC Lafayette News, Jul 15»
7
NM gets money to fight drunken driving problem
One incident was caught on video by Santa Fe police, in which an officer watched a car drive the wrong way down a divided highway. Several ... «KOAT Albuquerque, Jul 15»
8
Bureaucracy run amok on Route 1 in Plainville
... the chances of them suddenly coming upon a bike lane on what amounts to a divided highway and actually yielding the right-of-way are slim ... «The Sun Chronicle, Jul 15»
9
Letter: Amarillo could learn from Florida
At 8 a.m., as we pulled onto A1A, the work crews were placing traffic cones on a five-mile stretch of four-lane divided highway. We came back ... «Amarillo.com, Jul 15»
10
Grasonville man dies in Route 404 crash
The project is slated to begin in spring 2017, and would be the final dualization phase for Route 404, making it a four-lane divided highway with ... «The Star Democrat, Jul 15»

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