A road is a thoroughfare from one place to another, primarily used for movement of traffic. Many roads are paved.
The words "road" and "street" are commonly considered to be interchangeable, but the distinction is important in urban design. Roads differ from streets, whose primary use is local access. Roads also differ from stroads, which combine the features of streets and roads.
The Hume Highway / Hume Freeway is one of Australia's most important and notable interstate highways which runs for 880 km inland between Sydney and Melbourne. It is part of the Auslink National Network and is a vital link for road freight to transport goods to and from the two cities as well as serving Albury, Wodonga and Canberra.
The main alternative route is the Princes Highway which goes via the coast rather than inland.
The following are images from various road-related articles on Wikipedia.
Image 1Closeup of asphalt on a driveway (from Road surface)
Image 2The Dutch Reach - Use far hand on handle when opening to avoid dooring cyclists or injuries to exiting drivers and passengers. (from Road safety)
Image 8John Metcalf, also known as Blind Jack of Knaresborough. Drawn by J R Smith in The Life of John Metcalf, published 1801. (from History of road transport)
Image 9Annual traffic deaths sign over I-95 in Georgia, US, indicating more than three deaths per day (from Road safety)
Image 10Utrecht has specially painted bicycle-only lanes. (from Road safety)
Image 15The Great North Road near Highgate on the approach to London before turnpiking. The highway was deeply rutted and spread onto adjoining land. (from History of road transport)
Image 16Different layers of road including asphalt layer. The total thickness of a pavement can be measured using granular base equivalency. (from Road surface)
Image 22Car fatalities per pax-km vs. car usage per pax-day; in Europe. It seems, at least in these European countries, that car fatalities per person-km have no strong correlation with massification of car usage. The average car usage in these countries is around 30km per person-day with varying number of fatalities ratios. These differences might be related with different cultural approaches to traffic codes, or more safety measures implemented on such countries. (from Road safety)
Image 23A patched road rut at a PortlandOregon bus stop. During the summer this part of the road will be hot and combined with a bus’s high ground pressure will compress and deform part of the road. Due to the lower elevation from the driveway, a large portion of the buses weight leans on one wheel causing damage to the road. Despite the repairs, you can see the patch is already damaged. This happens yearly. (from Road surface)
Image 26Vehicles experiencing a breakdown or an emergency can stop in the emergency lane; these lanes may themselves present risks to traffic. (from Road safety)
Image 27According to Eurostat, there is almost a linear proportion between the total number of passenger-km driven by car and road fatalities. (from Road safety)
Image 38The schedule of maximum tolls allowed on the Woodstock to Rollright Turnpike Trust on the Great Road to Worcester in 1751 (from History of road transport)
Image 39Jan Brueghel (I) - Travellers on the Way, second half of 16th Century (from History of road transport)
Image 40German roadworks sign. Similar signs are used in other European countries. (from Roadworks)
Image 41Polymer cement overlaying to change asphalt pavement to brick texture and color to create decorative crosswalk (from Road surface)
Image 42According to Eurostat and European Railway Agency, in European railway mode of transport, there is a fatality risk for passengers and occupants 28 times lower compared with car usage. Based on data by EU-27 member nations, 2008–2010. (from Road safety)
Image 43Replacing the old road with concrete pavers in Bo'ao Road area, Haikou City, Hainan, China. (from Roadworks)
Image 45A right-hand driving car on the right-hand side of the road in France at night (from Road safety)
Image 46An example of composite pavement: hot-mix asphalt overlaid onto Portland cement concrete pavement (from Road surface)
Image 47Sacrifices to the Modern Moloch, a 1923 cartoon published in St. Louis Star, criticizing the apparent acceptance by society of increasing automobile-related fatalities (from Road safety)
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