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Highways Agency

Highways Agency proper noun: an executive agency of the Department for Transport in the United Kingdom with responsibility for managing the core road network in England; superseded by Highways England.

Proper noun

the Highways Agency

  1. (UK, historical) An executive agency of the Department for Transport in the United Kingdom with responsibility for managing the core road network in England; superseded by Highways England.

Words formed from Highways Agency

Questions about Highways Agency

What does Highways Agency mean?
Highways Agency means an executive agency of the Department for Transport in the United Kingdom with responsibility for managing the core road network in England; superseded by Highways England.
What part of speech is Highways Agency?
Highways Agency is a proper noun.

Words near Highways Agency in the dictionary

  1. highwayless
  2. highwaylike
  3. highwayman
  4. highwaymen
  5. highways
  6. Highways Agency
  7. highways and byways
  8. highwaywoman
  9. highwaywomen
  10. highwheeler
  11. highwheelers

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