What is Dual carriageway?
[[File:A63(T) 1.jpg|thumb|A dual carriageway in [[Great Britain]].]] A '''dual carriageway''' ([[British English]]) or '''divided highway''' ([[American English]]) is a type of [[road]]. It is an important route that usually carries long-distance traffic. A dual carriageway has four lanes (2 lanes each side), and is always separated by a man-made barrier or strip of land. Dual carriageways have no hard shoulder. A hard shoulder is an area at the side of a road where drivers can stop if there is a serious problem, a breakdown for example.<ref name=cambridgefact>{{cite web|url=http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/british/hard-shoulder|title=Cambridge Dictionaries Online: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary: hard shoulder|publisher=Cambridge University Press|accessdate=2011-03-05}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.greenflag.com/downloads/hardshoulderguide.pdf|publisher=Green Flag Motoring Assistance|accessdate=2011-03-05|title=Hard Shoulder Safety|page=3|archive-date=2011-11-20|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111120030402/http://www.greenflag.com/downloads/hardshoulderguide.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} [[Category:Roads]] {{transport-stub}}