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Freeway (Fwy) Express, multi-lane highway, with limited or controlled access. Garden (Grdn) Often a short, enclosed roadway. Gardens (Grdns) Often a short, enclosed roadway. Glade (Glde) Roadway usually in a valley of trees. Grange (Gra) Roadway leading to a country estate, or focal point, public open space, shopping area etc.
The following are systems of state highways maintained and numbered by each U.S. state, territory or district. The naming conventions listed below may be supplemented by guidelines of individual state highway task forces under the U.S. Roads WikiProject (please see WP:USRD/SUB for a list).
See bike freeway. Fire engine, fire truck, or fire lorry A road vehicle (usually a truck) that functions as a firefighting apparatus. Flagger or flagman. See traffic guard. Freeway. See controlled-access highway. Frontage road, access road, service road, or parallel road A local road running parallel to a higher-speed, limited-access road.
Despite popular opinion that "freeway" means a road with at least two carriageways, single carriageway freeways exist, as is evidenced by the statement that "[South Africa's] roads include 1,400 km (870 mi) of dual carriageway freeway, 440 km (270 mi) of single carriageway freeway and 5,300 km (3,300 mi) of single carriage main road with ...
A route (or road) number, designation or abbreviation is an identifying numeric (or alphanumeric) designation assigned by a highway authority to a particular stretch of roadway to distinguish it from other routes and, in many cases, also to indicate its classification (e.g. motorway, primary route, regional road, etc.), general geographical location (in zonal numbering systems) and/or ...
Shorter freeway sections, such as the US 6 Windham Bypass, Route 20 (Bradley Airport Connector), and freeway sections of Route 17 lack exit numbers. Exit numbers on Route 15 (Merritt and Wilbur Cross parkways) are sequential, Route 15's exit numbers were originally a continuation of exit numbers from the Hutchinson River Parkway in New York.
The freeway exists today as separate completed segments, with segments under construction or in the planning phase between them. [ 44 ] In 1966, the FHWA designated the entire Interstate Highway System as part of the larger Pan-American Highway System, [ 45 ] and at least two proposed Interstate expansions were initiated to help trade with ...
Beginning in June 2010, the state began modifying interchange signs to remove the Pasadena Freeway name and reinstate the Arroyo Seco Parkway name. Signs that indicate route 110 as a "freeway" are being modified to "parkway" or its "Pkwy" abbreviation.