ROAD
A way between different places, used by horses, travellers on foot and vehicles.
Old Road (Non-Preferred)
Classifications
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Monument Thesaurus (rcahms)
>>> Road
>>>> Alley
>>>> Cobbled Road
>>>> Corpse Road
>>>> Drove Road
>>>> Hollow Way
>>>> Motorway
>>>> Peat Road
>>>> Pend
>>>> Street
>>>> Toll Road
>>>> Track
Related Terms
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GUIDE PLATE | A cast iron direction marker plate, usually fastened to a stone support with clips or bolts. |
MILE PLATE | A plate, usually of wood or metal, set up on a road, canal or railway to mark the miles from or to a place. |
MILEPOST | A post or pillar set up alongside a road to mark the miles from, or to, a place or places. |
MILESTONE | A stone, often erected at one mile intervals, on which are marked the distances to specified locations in miles. |
ROAD BRIDGE | A bridge carrying a road over land or water. |
ROAD JUNCTION | A place where two or more roads meet. |
ROAD TUNNEL | A tunnel carrying a road under a river or through a hill or other obstruction. |
SUSPENSION BRIDGE | A bridge whose deck is hung from above by large cables, chains or pinned iron or steel bars suspended from towers. |
SWING BRIDGE | A movable bridge that swings or rotates around a central pier to provide a passageway for navigation. |
UNDERPASS | A section of road that provides a passage beneath another road or railway. |
WAGONWAY | An early form of railway for the transportation of freight by wagons on rails on a road. |