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  2. Traffic island - Wikipedia

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    A traffic island is a solid or painted object in a road that channels traffic. It can also be a narrow strip of island between roads that intersect at an acute angle . If the island uses road markings only, without raised curbs or other physical obstructions, it is called a painted island or (especially in the UK) ghost island .

  3. Controlled-access highway - Wikipedia

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    Geish Road: It runs between Helwan and Asyut, along the Nile, also connecting Beni Suef and Minya. Its length is 306 km (190 mi). Ring Road: It serves as an inner ring-road for Cairo. It has a length of 103 km (64 mi). Regional Ring Road: It serves as an outer ring road for Cairo, also connecting its suburbs like Helwan and 10th of Ramadan City ...

  4. Glossary of road transport terms - Wikipedia

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    A narrow road in the countryside. County highway, county road, or county route A road in the United States and in the Canadian province of Ontario that is designated and/or maintained by the county highway department. Couplet. See one-way pair. Crossbuck A traffic sign used to indicate a level railway crossing.

  5. Spreuerhofstraße - Wikipedia

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    Parliament Street, Exeter: A narrow street in the United Kingdom (64 centimetres). Fan Tan Alley: A narrow street in Victoria, Canada (90 centimetres). Mårten Trotzigs Gränd: A narrow street in Stockholm, Sweden (90 centimetres). Ulica Stjepana Konzula Istranina: A narrow street in Porec, Istria Croatia, (100 cm).

  6. Street suffix - Wikipedia

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    Hong Kong does not have regulations on the road and street names, but currently has some guidelines on a few suffices, namely Road, Street, Path and Lane. [5] There are about 50 English suffices recorded in the street list of Lands Department in 2023. Usually each street in Hong Kong comes with an English name and a Chinese name.

  7. Median strip - Wikipedia

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    Typical left-hand motorway road layout in Ireland and South Africa Divided median strip on a boulevard in Huizhou, China. A median strip, central reservation, roadway median, or traffic median is the reserved area that separates opposing lanes of traffic on divided roadways such as divided highways, dual carriageways, freeways, and motorways.

  8. Side road - Wikipedia

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    A side road is a minor highway typically leading off a main road. [1] A side road may be so minor as to be uncategorized with a road number. In an urban area, a side road may be a narrow street leading off a more major street, especially in a residential area.

  9. Crossword abbreviations - Wikipedia

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    Taking this one stage further, the clue word can hint at the word or words to be abbreviated rather than giving the word itself. For example: "About" for C or CA (for "circa"), or RE. "Say" for EG, used to mean "for example". More obscure clue words of this variety include: "Model" for T, referring to the Model T.