four-lane

[ fawr-leyn, fohr- ]

adjective

1. (of a highway) having two lanes for traffic in each direction:

   a four-lane thruway.

noun

1. Also four-lan·er [] a four-lane highway.

Word History and Origins

Origin of four-lane¹

First recorded in 1920–25

Example Sentences

Traffic on the four-lane span was converted to two general-traffic lanes, and all drivers are allowed to enter the bus-carpool lane until the deck is fixed.

From Seattle Times

Wang saw several vehicles moving in the opposite direction of the four-lane highway and a fellow driver soon informed him about the collapse, local media reported.

From Seattle Times

One side of the four-lane highway in the city of Meizhou gave way about 2 a.m. on Wednesday after a month of heavy rains in Guangdong province.

From Seattle Times

She went through a “kind of rickety” fence and went onto Harrison Avenue, a four-lane street, stopping traffic and causing folks to pull out their cellphones to take photos and video.

From Seattle Times

The four-lane bridge was part of Interstate 695, the outer ring road around Baltimore city known as the "Baltimore Beltway", and carried an estimated 11.5 million vehicles per year.

From BBC

Related Words

• artery
• avenue
• boulevard
• freeway
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• street
• superhighway
• thoroughfare
• track
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