highway traffic

collocation in English

meaningsofhighwayandtraffic

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highway
noun[C]
uk
/ˈhaɪ.weɪ/us
/ˈhaɪ.weɪ/
a public road, especially an important road that joins cities or ...
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traffic
noun[U]
uk
/ˈtræf.ɪk/us
/ˈtræf.ɪk/
the number of vehicles moving along roads, or the amount of aircraft, trains, or ships moving along ...
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(Definition ofhighwayandtrafficfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The cost of commissioned work on the regionalhighwaytrafficmodel project was £6·9 million.
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Work on the regionalhighwaytrafficmodel is now at the developmental stage, and it is not classified as economic research.
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Sleep-aid and nap-machine products may also produce other soothing sounds, such as music, rain, wind,highwaytrafficand ocean waves mixed withor modulated bywhite noise.
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Passive sources can be nearbyhighwaytraffic, construction equipment working in the distance, etc.
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New bridges to accommodatehighwaytrafficcrossing the canal also became necessary as deepening and widening progressed.
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Highwaytraffichad to be diverted onto local streets.
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It is used by transportation agencies to monitor and manage interstate andhighwaytraffic.
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She presided over the summary conviction court, hearing guilty pleas and contested matters primarily related tohighwaytrafficoffences.
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His major interest since then was the understanding ofhighwaytraffic.
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The barriers would support rail andhighwaytrafficand would create two vast freshwater lakes, supplying irrigation water to farms.
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Clearly, repairs would take quite some time before the bridge could reopen tohighwaytrafficand would be costly.
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These waves are also applied to model the motion ofhighwaytrafficflows.
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Bypasses have also recently been constructed around larger towns and cities to provide uninterrupted passage forhighwaytraffic.
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The damage was repaired and the bridge servedhighwaytrafficuntil 1959.
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Over time, the bridge supported increasing volumes ofhighwaytrafficand vehicles hitting the bridge.
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Ashighwaytrafficreplaced the railroads, a modest recovery began and the community began growing again by the 1970s.
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Whilehighwaytrafficno longer crosses the bridge, it remains in good condition.
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A concrete bridge was constructed in 1954, about 200 feet northwest of the covered bridge and the older structure was then bypassed byhighwaytraffic.
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