ring road
(chiefly, Australia, New Zealand, UK) A circumferential highway around a town, city, or other conurbation.
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(chiefly, Australia, New Zealand, UK) A circumferential highway around a town, city, or other conurbation.
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A British term for a ring road — the circular or semi-circular highway that loops around the outside of a town or city to divert through-traffic away from the centre. Ringway is an older or more formal variant of 'ring road', associated in particular with mid-20th-century British urban planning. The word also famously attaches to Manchester's airport (formerly Ringway Airport), giving it a certain nostalgic resonance for anyone who travelled through Manchester in the last century.
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(UK) A ring road.
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(chiefly, UK, New Zealand, Ireland, Canada, Australia, and, sometimes, US, especially New England) A road junction at which traffic streams circularly around a central island.
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An American informal term for a beltway — a loop road or ring road that encircles or partially encircles a city, allowing drivers to bypass the urban core. 'Belt highway' is a straightforward descriptive alternative to 'beltway,' more common in some regional dialects than others. These roads are known for their rush-hour gridlock, confusing interchanges, and the sense that you are perpetually driving in a loop without actually arriving anywhere.
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(chiefly, Britain) A main road or highway.