Definition: Express road

Category: Transport

Road specially built for motor traffic, which does not serve adjacent properties, and:

a) Does not normally have separation of carriageways for the two directions of traffic

b) Is accessible only from interchanges or controlled junctions

c) Is specially sign-posted as an express road and reserved for specific categories of road motor vehicles

d) On which stopping and parking on the running carriageway are prohibited. http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/ramon/other_documents/transport_glossary_4_ed/index.cfm?TargetUrl=DSP_TRANSPORT_GLOSSARY_4_ED