A highway is a main road A road is an identifiable route, way or path between places. Roads are typically smoothed, paved, or otherwise prepared to allow easy travel; though they need not be, and historically many roads were simply recognizable routes without any formal construction or maintenance for travel Travel is the change in location of people on a trip through the means of transport from one location to another. Travel is most commonly done for recreation , for business or for commuting; but may be for numerous other reasons, such as migration, fleeing war, etc. Travel may occur by walking or human-powered mode, or through mechanical vehicles, by the public Public is a word in the English language, either an adjective or a noun with these meanings:- "of or pertaining to the people; (adjective) "relating to, or affecting, a nation, state, or community"; opposed to "private"; (noun) "the people of a nation not affiliated with the government of that nation: the people" between important destinations, such as cities A city is a relatively large and permanent settlement, particularly a large urban settlement. Although there is no agreement on technical definitions distinguishing a city from a town within general English language meanings, many cities have a particular administrative, legal, or historical status based on local law. For example, an article of, large towns A town is a settlement ranging from a few hundred to several thousand inhabitants, although it may be applied loosely even to huge metropolitan areas; the precise meaning varies between countries and is not always a matter of legal definition. Usually, a "town" is thought of as larger than a village but smaller than a "city",, and states A federated state, commonly simply referred to as a state, is a territorial and constitutional community forming part of a federal union. Such states differ from sovereign states, in that they have transferred a portion of their sovereign powers to a federal government. A federated state holds administrative jurisdiction over a defined geographic. Highway designs vary widely and can range from a two-lane road without margins to a multi-lane, grade-separated expressway An expressway is a divided highway for high-speed traffic with at least partial control of access. The degree of access allowed varies between countries and even between regions within the same country. In some jurisdictions, expressways are divided arterial roads with limits on the frequency of driveways and intersecting cross-streets. In other, freeway A freeway is a type of road designed for safer high-speed operation of motor vehicles through the elimination of at-grade intersections. This is accomplished by preventing access to and from adjacent properties and eliminating all cross traffic through the use of grade separations and interchanges; railroad crossings are also removed. Such, or motorway Motorways are identical to freeways as a road type, and comparable to the United States's Interstate Highways as a classification. In English, British, and American law, the word "highway" is sometimes used to denote any public way used for travel, whether major highway, freeway, street, lane, alley, pathway, dirt track, footpaths, and trails, and navigable waterways. However, in practical and useful meaning, a "highway" is a major and significant, well-constucted road that is capable of carrying reasonably-heavy to extremely-heavy traffic. Examples of these in North America include the U.S. Highways The system of United States numbered highways is an integrated system of roads and highways in the United States numbered within a nationwide grid. As these highways were coordinated among the states, they are infrequently referred to as Federal Highways, but they have always been maintained by state or local governments since their initial, the Trans-Canada Highway The Trans-Canada Highway is a federal-provincial highway system that joins all ten provinces of Canada. It is, after the Trans-Siberian Highway and Australia's Highway 1, the world's third longest national highway, with the main route spanning 8,030 km (4,990 miles). The system was approved by the Trans-Canada Highway Act of 1948, construction, the Interstate Highways The Dwight D. Eisenhower National System of Interstate and Defense Highways, commonly called the Interstate Highway System , is a network of limited-access highways (also called freeways or expressways) in the United States that is named for President Dwight D. Eisenhower, who championed its formation. The entire system, as of 2006[update], has a, State Highways Depending on the state, state highway may be used for one meaning and state road or state route for the other. A third meaning, used in some countries such as New Zealand, uses the word "state" in its sense of a nation. By this meaning a state highway is a road maintained and numbered by the national government rather than local, and Canadian Provincial Highways.[1][2][3] Any interconnected set of highways can be variously referred to as a "highway system", a "highway network", or a "highway transportation system".[4]
The United States has the world's largest network of highways, including both the Interstate Highway System The Dwight D. Eisenhower National System of Interstate and Defense Highways, commonly called the Interstate Highway System , is a network of limited-access highways (also called freeways or expressways) in the United States that is named for President Dwight D. Eisenhower, who championed its formation. The entire system, as of 2006[update], has a and the U.S. Highway System The system of United States numbered highways is an integrated system of roads and highways in the United States numbered within a nationwide grid. As these highways were coordinated among the states, they are infrequently referred to as Federal Highways, but they have always been maintained by state or local governments since their initial. At least one of these networks is present in every state and they interconnect most major cities.
China's highway network is the second most extensive in the world, with a total length of about 3,573 million km. China's expressway An expressway is a divided highway for high-speed traffic with at least partial control of access. The degree of access allowed varies between countries and even between regions within the same country. In some jurisdictions, expressways are divided arterial roads with limits on the frequency of driveways and intersecting cross-streets. In other network is also the second longest in the world, and it is quickly expanding, stretching some 60,300 km at the end of 2008,[5][6][7] In 2008 alone, 6,433 km expressways were added to the network.[8]
In the United Kingdom The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe. It is an island country, spanning an archipelago including Great Britain, the northeastern part of Ireland, and many small islands. Northern Ireland is the only part of the UK with a land border, sharing it with, the term "highway" is ambiguous and not in common use, usually reserved for historic or legal use (see public highway A highway is a main road for travel by the public between important destinations, such as cities and states. Highway designs vary widely and can range from a two-lane road without margins to a multi-lane, grade separated motorway. In English and U.S. law, the word "highway" is used to denote any public way used for travel, whether major). The terms main road A highway is a main road for travel by the public between important destinations, such as cities and states. Highway designs vary widely and can range from a two-lane road without margins to a multi-lane, grade separated motorway. In English and U.S. law, the word "highway" is used to denote any public way used for travel, whether major and motorway Motorways are identical to freeways as a road type, and comparable to the United States's Interstate Highways as a classification are more common. Any classification of a road as a "highway" there, and therefore any statistics about the total length of a highway network there, is purely subjective.
Some highways, like the Pan-American Highway The Pan-American Highway is a network of roads nearly 25,000 kilometres (15,500 miles) in total length. Except for an 87 kilometre (54 mi) rainforest break, called the Darién Gap, the road links the mainland nations of the Americas in a connected highway system. According to Guinness World Records, the Pan-American Highway is the world's longest & or the European routes The international E-road network is a numbering system for roads in Europe developed by the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe . The network is numbered from E 1 up and its roads cross national borders. It also reaches Central Asian countries like Kyrgyzstan, since they are members of the UNECE, span multiple countries. Australia's Highway 1 Australia's Highway 1 is a network of highways that circumnavigate the entire Australian continent, joining all mainland state capitals. At a total length of more than 25,000 km , it is one of the longest national highways in the world, along with the Trans-Siberian Highway (over 11,000 km/6,800 miles) and the Trans-Canada Highway (8,030 km/4,990 is the longest national highway in the world at over 20,000 km (12,000 mi) and runs almost the entire way around the continent.
Highways are not always continuous stretches of pavement. For example, some highways are interrupted by bodies of water, and ferry A ferry is a form of transportation, usually a boat, but sometimes a ship, used to carry (or ferry) primarily passengers, and sometimes vehicles and cargo as well, across a body of water. Most ferries operate on regular, frequent, return services. A passenger ferry with many stops, such as in Venice, is sometimes called a water bus or water taxi routes may serve as sections of the highway. An example of this is U.S. Route 10, which crosses Lake Michigan Lake Michigan is one of the five Great Lakes of North America, and the only one located entirely within the United States. The second largest of the Great Lakes by volume and the third largest of the Great Lakes by surface area , it is bounded, from west to east, by the U.S. states of Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana, and Michigan. The word " via ferryboat.
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Q. That is seen in many movies and commercials. Two way highway, one lane, yellow line down the middle, and pretty much any speed limit you want.
Asked by Alucard Zero - Sat May 30 20:19:34 2009 - - 2 Answers - 0 Comments
A. There are many roads like that. Maybe it's Route 66? It's not really in use anymore which could explain its popularity in movies and commercials.
Answered by jellybeancounter - Sat May 30 20:29:41 2009
