multilane

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

multi- +‎ lane

Adjective[edit]

multilane (not comparable)

  1. (of a road or of vehicular traffic) Having more than one lane of traffic traveling in at least one direction.
    • 1972 March 27, “Away from Highways”, in Time:
      The Government since 1956 has laced the U.S. with 33,000 miles of multilane highways.
    • 2002 October 28, “Mail Call: Ten Years From Now”, in Newsweek:
      What fascinated me the most were the futuristic superhighways, multilane ribbons of traffic filled with cars, buses and trucks.