single carriageway

Frequency: 7.09.8 per million words

A road with one lane of traffic in each direction, not separated by a central reservation.

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Examples (10)

  • Many rural routes are just a single carriageway, so drive carefully.
  • The collision occurred on a narrow single carriageway late last night.
  • The national speed limit on a single carriageway in the UK is 60 mph for cars.
  • There are plans to upgrade this busy single carriageway to a dual carriageway next year.
  • After leaving the motorway, the road narrows to a single carriageway.
  • Overtaking can be extremely dangerous on a winding single carriageway.
  • Continue for five miles on this single carriageway until you see the sign for the village.
  • A broken-down lorry is blocking the single carriageway, causing long delays.
  • We drove for hours along a quiet single carriageway through the countryside.
  • The traffic was much slower once we moved from the motorway onto the single carriageway.