 Freeway slip road A 73 Erlangen, aerial view Image by Ermell, via Wikimedia Commons. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 |
RoadRoad Road Land route For other uses, see Road (disambiguation). A road is a thoroughfare from one place to another, primarily used for movement of traffic. Many roads are paved. Bundesautobahn 73 and its slip road leading to Erlangen, in Germany The words "road" and "street" are commonly considered to be interchangeable, but the distinction is important in urban design. Roads differ from streets, whose primary use is local access. Roads also differ from stroads, which combine the features of streets and roads.[citation needed] There are many types of roads, including parkways, avenues, controlled-access highways (freeways, motorways, and expressways), tollways, highways, local roads, public roads and private roads. The primary features of roads include lanes, sidewalks (pavement), roadways (carriageways), medians,… (Source: Wikipedia)
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