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controlled-access highway

controlled-access highway noun: a motorway with grade-separated crossings (rather than level crossings) and designed (and only permitted) for high-speed motor-traffic (in Europe motor vehicles with a higher speed limit than 40 km/h) running in two directions on one separate carriageway each.

controlled-access highway: a motorway with grade-separated crossings (rather than level crossings) and designed (and only...
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Noun

controlled-access highway (plural controlled-access highways)

  1. A motorway with grade-separated crossings (rather than level crossings) and designed (and only permitted) for high-speed motor-traffic (in Europe motor vehicles with a higher speed limit than 40 km/h) running in two directions on one separate carriageway each.

Forms of controlled-access highway

pluralcontrolled-access highways

Questions about controlled-access highway

What does controlled-access highway mean?
Controlled-access highway means a motorway with grade-separated crossings (rather than level crossings) and designed (and only permitted) for high-speed motor-traffic (in Europe motor vehicles with a higher speed limit than 40 km/h) running in two directions on one separate carriageway each.
What part of speech is controlled-access highway?
Controlled-access highway is a noun.
What is the plural of controlled-access highway?
The plural of controlled-access highway is controlled-access highways.

Words near controlled-access highway in the dictionary

  1. controlled substances
  2. controlled variable time
  3. controlled variable times
  4. controlled vocabularies
  5. controlled vocabulary
  6. controlled-access highway
  7. controlled-access highways
  8. controlled-release
  9. controlledly
  10. controlledness
  11. controllee

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