stretch of highway

collocation in English

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stretch
noun
uk
/stretʃ/us
/stretʃ/
a continuous area of land ...
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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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(Definition ofstretchandhighwayfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofstretch of highway

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The hedgerow has gone along a one and-a-half milestretchofhighway.
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The electricity authority, the gas authority and the water authority all insisted that three separate trenches should be dug on a 20 mstretchofhighway.
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The department will replace it with a normal concrete barrier and will also resurface the entirestretchofhighway.
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The incident occurred along astretchofhighwayknow to be a lucrative source of asset forfeiture revenue for state and local police departments.
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Thisstretchofhighwayis very rural, narrow, and windy.
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The accident came only four months after the deaths of nine people on the samestretchofhighway.
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There are a few hairpin turns along thisstretchofhighwayas it follows the surrounding terrain.
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They stopped at every skid mark on a 20-milestretchofhighway.
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Fields and forests surround this thinly populatedstretchofhighway.
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This project improved a 20-mile (32 km)stretchofhighwayand shortened the length of the highway by about 20 miles (32 km).
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Thisstretchofhighwaycurrently serves almost 25,000 vehicles per day.
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And they all lived on a smallstretchofhighwaythat is only 35 kilometers long.
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There is literally no residential, commercial or industrial development along thisstretchofhighway, and it is surrounded by trees, clearings, and fields.
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There is a 30km mistretchofhighwaywith a toll of $4 per automobile (different rates for other vehicles).
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Consider astretchofhighwaywith two lanes in one direction.
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The cost of correcting the deficiencies in that shortstretchofhighwaywas estimated to be $285 million.
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Drivers were stranded on thestretchofhighwayfor as much as 18 hours, with overturned tractor trailers blocking the way.
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Clearly we need to keep this policy under constant review on all busy stretches of highway.
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Here was an expert body which considered these stretches of highway and made specific recommendations.
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In addition, those signals may become highly predictable in their movement pattern, especially during prolonged driving on long unchanging stretches of highway or during prolonged single file driving.
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