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roadway

part of the surface of the road reservation primarily designed for the movement of vehicles that conform to a specified set of requirements

roadway Diagram

Clause: 3.3.1.3

Note 1 to entry: A roadway is characterized using a cross-section of a road facility as the roadway characteristics often change along the length of the road. See road, road section, road segment, and road link for different types of stretches of roadway.

Note 2 to entry: In practice, the roadway design considers a variety of issues, which can result in suboptimal road segments that violate normal design guidelines. Such locations are typically posted with warning signs, but they are still designed for the movement of vehicles.

Note 3 to entry: The roadway includes any contiguous hard shoulders, hardstanding and reserved lanes.

Note 4 to entry: While the roadway is designed with certain vehicle characteristics in mind, local regulations typically allow a wider set of vehicles to use the roadway.

History note: Introduced in ISO/TS 14812:2022

Specializations of roadway

Class Description
dual carriageway having exactly two carriageways
multiple carriageway having more than one carriageway
single carriageway having exactly one carriageway

Relationships for roadway

Property Constraint
comprises some travelledWay

References to roadway

Referencing Term Type of Reference
dual carriageway subClassOf
multiple carriageway subClassOf
single carriageway subClassOf

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