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carriageway

[kar-ij-wey]

noun

British.
  1. a road or lane of a road for use by automobiles.



carriageway

/ ˈæɪˌɱɪ /

noun

  1. the part of a road along which traffic passes in a single line moving in one direction only

    a dual carriageway

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of carriageway1

First recorded in 1790–1800; carriage + way 1
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The A20 single carriageway road outside The Park Gate Inn remains closed for about half a mile heading towards the Leeds Castle roundabout.

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Mr Morris was cycling in front of her, to the left of the carriageway, and was wearing a green luminous top.

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On Monday a High Court judge ruled the construction of the new dual carriageway project should not go ahead in its current form, because the plans do not legally comply with Stormont's climate change targets.

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However, the following month a group of residents and landowners began judicial review proceedings against the dual carriageway.

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Work to turn the road into a full dual carriageway began when Tony Blair was prime minister in 2002.

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