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Meanings of trunk highway in English

Russian
провинциальная дорога
Spanish
carretera troncal
Catalan
carretera principal
Wikidata

Type of major road, usually connecting major settlements.

        Related terms
        провинциальная дорога
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        Examples for "trunk road"
        Examples for "trunk road"
        1
        Theirs is probably on a trunk road to the suburbs.
        The Intimate Adventures of a London Call Girl
        2
        Have they nothing better to engage them than holding up officers on the Queen's trunk road?
        Told in the East
        3
        A massive landslide blocked part of a major trunk road in Papua New Guinea's Chimbu Province on Monday night.
        Radio NZ
        4
        So inspissated has the road system become that more trunk road building is not even a palliative of urban congestion.
        The Irish Times
        5
        It is located on a trunk road going up to Cameron Highlands, a popular vacation destination, in the state of Pahang.
        Reuters
        1
        Galgalato is on a strategic road linking Mogadishu to the north coast.
        Reuters
        2
        Others moved north from the strategic road junction at Sake.
        The Irish Times
        3
        A strategic road, the Karakoram highway, passes through this area that connects China with its long-term ally Pakistan.
        BBC
        4
        Somewhere, not far off, must lie the strategic road made to connect the outlying chain of forts circling the city.
        Dracula's Guest
        5
        Shells also landed around a strategic road junction known as K4 that links the airport to the residence of President Sheikh Sharif Ahmed.
        Reuters
        1
        A new airline takes off today with Kiwi Regional Airlines making its first commercial flights on selected provincial routes.
        Radio NZ
        2
        Smaller airlines are reluctant to take on provincial routes that Jetstar have dropped, saying they can't compete against Air New Zealand.
        Radio NZ
        3
        The fledgling Kiwi Regional Airlines which plans to fly several provincial routes has been given the thumbs up from Civil Aviation Authority to operate commercially.
        Radio NZ
        4
        Aer Lingus fares start at €9 for its UK provincial routes and €19 for flights to a number of London airports.
        The Irish Times
        1
        Their find was located twenty yards off a provincial road, approximately one half mile north of L'Auberge des Neiges.
        206 Bones
        2
        A sharp order from the Governor and the chauffeur shot them out of the reservation and into the provincial road.
        Terry / A Tale of the Hill People
        3
        Large cracks appeared on provincial roads and electricity poles were felled.
        Radio NZ
        4
        He conducted a roadblock on one of the provincial roads and visited taxi ranks in the province to assess the state of taxis.
        The South African
        5
        Farmers are blocking provincial roads in protest and some have threatened to travel to Bangkok to join demonstrators who are trying to topple the government.
        Reuters