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Castle Roads, in Bermuda. An example of the maritime application of the word roads.

A road is a linear way for the conveyance of traffic that mostly has an improved surface for use by vehicles (motorized and non-motorized) and pedestrians. Unlike streets, the main function of roads is transportation.

There are many types of roads, including parkways, avenues, controlled-access highways (freeways, motorways, and expressways), tollways, interstates, highways, thoroughfares, and local roads.

The primary features of roads include lanes, sidewalks (pavement), roadways (carriageways), medians, shoulders, verges, bike paths (cycle paths), and shared-use paths. (Full article...)

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The M54 is a 23-mile (37 km) east-west motorway in the English counties of Shropshire and Staffordshire. It is also referred to as the Telford Motorway, after the road's primary westbound destination, the new town of Telford. The motorway cost £65 million to construct, and is two-lane dual carriageway for the majority of its length, with sections of three-lane.

The M54 spur connects the M6 motorway near Essington, Staffordshire with the A5 trunk road at Wellington, Shropshire. The motorway forms part of the strategic route to North Wales, roughly following the path of the Roman Watling Street and the A5 north-westwards, towards the port of Holyhead. It is the only motorway in Shropshire, and forms a vital part of the county's road network.

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Image 1Highway repairs near Manali, India (from Roadworks)
Image 2Guard rail on road in Kaluga Oblast (Russia) (from Road traffic safety)
Image 3Utrecht has specially painted bicycle-only lanes. (from Road traffic safety)
Image 4Road workers crushing rocks, in the mountains near Kullu (from Roadworks)
Image 5Car fatalities per pax-km vs. car usage per pax-day; in Europe. It seems, at least in these European countries, that car fatalities per person-km have no strong correlation with massification of car usage. The average car usage in these countries is around 30km per person-day with varying number of fatalities ratios. These differences might be related with different cultural approaches to traffic codes, or more safety measures implemented on such countries. (from Road traffic safety)
Image 6Speed limits in different areas, unusually with only a "recommended" limit (130 km/h) for the Autobahn (from Road traffic safety)
Image 7Old Roman road, leading from Jerusalem to Beit Gubrin, adjacent to regional hwy 375 in Israel (from Road surface)
Image 8Polymer cement overlaying to change asphalt pavement to brick texture and color to create decorative crosswalk (from Road surface)
Image 9Modes of road transport in Dublin, 1929 (from History of road transport)
Image 10Gravel road in Namibia (from Road surface)
Image 11Safe from traffic for cycling along a fully segregated Fietspad, properly designed cycling infrastructure in Amsterdam (from Road traffic safety)
Image 12The schedule of maximum tolls allowed on the Woodstock to Rollright Turnpike Trust on the Great Road to Worcester in 1751 (from History of road transport)
Image 13Jan Brueghel (I) - Travellers on the Way, second half of 16th Century (from History of road transport)
Image 14German roadworks sign. In other European countries, the signs are similar. (from Roadworks)
Image 15Annual traffic deaths sign over I-95 in Georgia, US, indicating more than three deaths per day (from Road traffic safety)
Image 16Concrete pavers (from Road surface)
Image 17Historical map of the original A8-A9 motorway, Italy. The first motorway ever built in the world was opened on 21 September 1924. (from History of road transport)
Image 18Pateros Traffic Enforcer And Roadworks Road Closed Construction in Pateros, Metro Manila, Philippines. (from Roadworks)
Image 19John Metcalf, also known as Blind Jack of Knaresborough. Drawn by J R Smith in The Life of John Metcalf published 1801. (from History of road transport)
Image 20A road work at the Torikatu street in Oulu, Finland. (from Roadworks)
Image 21A road being resurfaced using a road roller (from Road surface)
Image 22Red surfacing for a bicycle lane in the Netherlands (from Road surface)
Image 23Different layers of road including asphalt layer. The total thickness of a pavement can be measured using granular base equivalency (from Road surface)
Image 24Replacing the old road with cobblestones of cement in Bo'ao Road area, Haikou City, Hainan, China. (from Roadworks)
Image 25Construction crew laying down asphalt over fiber-optic trench, in New York City (from Road surface)
Image 26Concrete roadway in San Jose, California (from Road surface)
Image 27Map of Roman roads in 125CE (from History of road transport)
Image 28The Great North Road near Highgate on the approach to London before turnpiking. The highway was deeply rutted and spread onto adjoining land. (from History of road transport)
Image 29According to Eurostat and European Railway Agency, in European railway mode of transport, there is a fatality risk for passengers and occupants 28 times lower compared with car usage. Based on data by EU-27 member nations, 2008–2010. (from Road traffic safety)
Image 30A concrete road in Ewing, New Jersey. (from Road surface)
Image 31Closeup of asphalt on a driveway (from Road surface)
Image 32Sacrifices to the Modern Moloch, a 1922 cartoon published in The New York Times, criticizing the apparent acceptance by society of increasing automobile-related fatalities (from Road traffic safety)
Image 33The Dutch Reach - Use far hand on handle when opening to avoid dooring cyclists or injuries to exiting drivers and passengers. (from Road traffic safety)
Image 34Deteriorating asphalt (from Road surface)
Image 35Vehicles experiencing a breakdown or an emergency can stop in the emergency lane; these lanes may themselves present risks to traffic. (from Road traffic safety)
Image 36An example of composite pavement: hot-mix asphalt overlaid onto Portland cement concrete pavement (from Road surface)
Image 37According to Eurostat, there is almost a linear proportion between the total number of passenger-km driven by car and road fatalities. (from Road traffic safety)
Image 38Laying asphalt (from Road surface)
Image 39Replacing the old road with concrete blocks in Bo'ao Road area, Haikou City, Hainan, China (from Road surface)
Image 40Pavement ends and turns into gravel surface road (from Road surface)
Image 41Thomas Telford, the "Colossus of the Roads" in early 19th century Britain (from History of road transport)
Image 42An orange diamond sign for upcoming roadworks. The worded legend shown here is banned by the 1968 Vienna Convention on Road Signs and Signals, but is allowed in the 2009 Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices. (from Roadworks)

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The Cross-Harbour Tunnel is the first tunnel in Hong Kong built underwater beneath the Victoria Harbour.
Credit: (WiNG)

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...that day beacons and other navigational aids vary in standard designation worldwide much like driving on the right or left?

...that Berlinka (pictured) was a partially constructed highway built by Nazi Germany that was intended to span the Polish Corridor from Berlin to Königsberg, Prussia?

...that road maintenance depots have been used as fronts to disguise entrances to military installations?

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WikiProjects

WikiProject Highways—principal WikiProject
- U.S. Roads—United States state highways and county roads
- U.S. Streets—United States city streets
- Australian Roads—Australian highways, principal roads, and main city streets
- Canada Roads—Canada provincial highways
- Canada Streets—Canada city streets
- WikiProject UK Roads—roads in the United Kingdom
  - London transport—roads, etc.
- Paris Streets
- China Transportation—includes expressways, ring roads, Roads, national highways, etc
- Germany transportation
- Indian Roads
- Nepal transportation
- Pakistani Roads
- Scotland transport—includes road and bus transport in Scotland

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San Bartolomé de Tirajana
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