Motorway vs. Carriageway

Motorwaynoun

A broad highway designed for high speed traffic, having restrictions on the vehicle types permitted and merging lanes instead of cross traffic; in parts of the United States and other places called freeway.

Carriagewaynoun

The part of a road that carries traffic.

Motorwaynoun

a broad highway designed for high-speed traffic

Carriagewaynoun

one of the two sides of a motorway where traffic travels in one direction only, usually in two or three lanes.

Motorwaynoun

a dual-carriageway road designed for fast traffic, with relatively few places for joining or leaving.

Carriagewaynoun

one of the two sides of a motorway where traffic travels in one direction only usually in two or three lanes

Motorwaynoun

a wide, fast, easy ski run.

Carriageway

A carriageway (British English) or roadway (North American English) consists of a width of road on which a vehicle is not restricted by any physical barriers or separation to move laterally. A carriageway generally consists of a number of traffic lanes together with any associated shoulder, but may be a sole lane in width (for example, a highway offramp).