bypass / ring road / beltway – a road which circles a town or city and enables you to
go faster from one point to another.
- I usually take the ring road to visit my brother as the roads through town are
always congested.
freeway / highway / expressway – a public road, often with multiple lanes,
especially an important road that joins cities or towns together
- The traffic in the city centre moved slowly but once Raul hit the freeway there was
less traffic and he was able to drive much faster.
motorway (UK) – a road with three lanes going each way
- Motorways are vitally important for the transportation of goods around the UK.
overpass – a bridge that carries one road over another road
- No-one believed that the new overpass would really ease traffic congestion but it
has made a noticeable difference.
junction – where two roads meet
- Aksel only just missed the car that pulled out in front of him at the junction.
roundabout – a road junction at which traffic moves in one direction around a
central island to reach one of the roads converging on it
- The traffic flowed much better when they replaced the traffic lights with
a roundabout.
traffic light – a set of automatically operated red, amber and green lights for
controlling traffic at road junctions and pedestrian crossings
- I have to drive through ten sets of traffic lights on the way to work and if I’m late,
you can be sure they’ll all stop on red.
traffic jam – a line of vehicles moving very slowly or not at all
- The traffic jam was caused by roadworks near the shopping centre.
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