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Record 1 2009-06-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Freeways and Expressways
  • Road Networks
DEF

A highway with full control of access, all crossroads grade-separated, and interchanges with major crossroads.

CONT

Technically a motorway is a highway limited to motor vehicles, with two separate carriageways, each wide enough for at least two streams of traffic. Access is severely restricted to a few specially designed intersections, there are no grade crossings and no frontage development is permitted except to provide facilities essential to the motorway itself. Hard shoulders adjacent to the carriageway enable vehicles to stop clear of the running lanes in an emergency ... This type of construction enables high speeds and uninterrupted flows of traffic to be attained with a high degree of safety.

OBS

motorway: term standardized by ISO.

OBS

freeway; motorway: terms proposed by the World Road Association.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Autoroutes et voies rapides
  • Réseaux routiers
DEF

Voie de communication à chaussées séparées, exclusivement réservées à la circulation rapide, ne comportant aucun croisement à niveau et accessible seulement en des points aménagés à cet effet.

OBS

autoroute : terme et définition normalisés par l'Office de la langue française.

OBS

autoroute : terme normalisé par l'ISO.

OBS

autoroute : terme proposé par l'Association mondiale de la route.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Autopistas y vías rápidas
  • Redes viales
DEF

Carretera de doble calzada, de sentidos separados por una mediana con vallas de aislamiento, amplios arcenes y otras características propias.

CONT

El porcentaje de kilómetros de autopista para una superficie determinada es un indicador del desarrollo económico.

OBS

Carretera especialmente proyectada, construida y señalizada como tal para la exclusiva circulación de automóviles, y que reúna las siguientes características: a) no tener acceso a la misma las propiedades colindantes; b) no cruzar a nivel ninguna otra senda, vía, línea de ferrocarril o tranvía ni ser cruzada a nivel por senda, vía de comunicación o servidumbre de paso alguna; c) constar de distintas calzadas para cada sentido de circulación, separadas entre sí, salvo en puntos singulares o con carácter temporal, por una franja de terreno no destinada a la circulación o, en casos excepcionales, por otros medios.

OBS

autopista: Término utilizado por la Asociación Mundial de la Carretera.

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