Roads
Roads
Roads (pronunciation: /roʊdz/) are thoroughfares, routes, or ways on land between two places that have been paved or otherwise improved to allow travel by foot or some form of conveyance, including a motor vehicle, cart, bicycle, or horse.
Etymology
The term "road" comes from the Old English "rād" which means "riding expedition, journey, hostile incursion". In Middle English, the word was expanded to "roaden", which meant "to ride", and eventually evolved into the modern word "road".
Types of Roads
There are various types of roads including:
- Highways: These are major roads designed for travel between cities, towns, and other populated areas.
- Streets: These are public roads within a city or town, typically with buildings along them.
- Lanes: These are narrow roads often found in rural areas.
- Boulevards: These are wide, multi-lane arterial thoroughfares, often divided with a median down the center, and perhaps with roadways along each side designed as slow travel and parking lanes and for bicycle and pedestrian usage.
- Motorways: These are roads designed for high-speed travel, typically having restrictions on access and types of vehicle allowed.
Related Terms
- Pavement: The durable surface material laid down on an area intended to sustain vehicular or foot traffic.
- Sidewalk: A path along the side of a road for pedestrians.
- Intersection: A point where two or more roads cross each other.
- Roundabout: A type of circular intersection or junction in which road traffic flows almost continuously in one direction around a central island.
External links
- Medical encyclopedia article on Roads
- Wikipedia's article - Roads
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