ringway
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.
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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.
It's quicker to jump on the ringway and come in from the north side than to get stuck in the town-centre traffic.
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(UK) A ring road.
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