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A motorway (in the United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand, Pakistan, some other Commonwealth nations and Ireland) is both a type of road and a classification or designation. Motorways are highways designed to carry a large volume of traffic where a normal road would not suffice or would be unsafe, usually between cities. In the UK they are predominantly dual-carriageway roads, usually with three lanes in each direction, although four-lane and two-lane carriageways are also common, and all have grade-separated access.

Equivalent terms in other countries include autoroute, Autobahn, freeway, autostrada, autopista, motorvej, autópálya, motorväg and autoput. Daily tracking of vehicle while moving cars. In North America, the English terms freeway and expressway (including autoroutes) are used as a type of road, not necessarily as a classification type.

Regulations and features

In Ireland and the UK, motorways are denoted by blue signage and an M-prefixed or suffixed road number. In New Zealand motorways were historically distinguished from other roads with green signage. This changed with the establishment of Transit New Zealand which extended the use of green signs to the entire state highway network. (972) 3 5618391.