Collocations withhighway
These are words often used in combination withhighway.
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busy highway
The real offences are, first, sheer obstruction of a busy highway and, secondly, long periods of parking in places which should be available for short periods only.
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elevated highway
A frequent scenario is that the jumper will sit on an elevated highway or building-ledge as police attempt to talk them down.
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existing highway
The private consortia who provide the finance and expertise to design, build and operate the new roads will work alongside existing highway authorities.
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federal highway
The task force included state and federal highway officials and representatives from bicycling organizations.
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four-lane highway
A new four-lane highway will heighten these pressures.
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highway department
It is not a matter of the police or the highway department dealing with it—they cannot get through the traffic in the first place.
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highway engineer
If the highway engineer insists, you do not win.
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highway fund
Until 2013, 1.75% of the primary highway fund will be directed to this fund to compensate counties receiving highways.
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highway maintenance
This platform, integrated with a manipulator, is designed for use in highway maintenance and construction, which is a generally unstructured and congested environment.
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highway patrol
If this suggestion were taken up, there would be a conference of chief constables to work out the details to establish a national highway patrol.
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highway project
The property was placed to protect the integrity of the site from a highway project.
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highway robber
The ability of the highway robber is merely an ability to cause fear.
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highway safety
In general our policy is to cut as little grass as is consistent with highway safety and drainage having regard to amenity in built-up areas.
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highway system
Winters are long, mountain passes can prove treacherous, and the limited interstate highway system forces reliance on secondary roads.
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highway traffic
The cost of commissioned work on the regional highway traffic model project was £6·9 million.
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limited-access highway
The roadway runs northward alongside a creek as a limited-access highway.
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main highway
The bridge to the island(s) was about ten miles off the main highway.
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major highway
Access to the farm was by a well-maintained gravel road 2 km from a small town and 4 km from a major highway.
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national highway
Since the early 1930s, the development of the national highway system took priority over the railroad and followed the same northward orientation.
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north-south highway
The country's primary north-south highway, which was damaged by the storm, had emergency repairs and was reopened within three days.
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paved highway
The new, paved highway bypassed the hamlet center and cut some properties in two.
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proposed highway
A condition has been imposed stipulating that mineral working should take place in such a way that support is left for the site of a proposed highway.
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six-lane highway
There will also be a short stretch of six-lane highway.
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stretch of highway
The hedgerow has gone along a one and-a-half mile stretch of highway.
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two-lane highway
The design capacity of a single carriageway two-lane highway is more than adequate to cater with the anticipated traffic flows for the foreseeable future.
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