A controlled-access highway is a type of highway that has been designed for high-speed vehicular traffic, with all traffic flow—ingress and egress—regulated. Common English terms are freeway, motorway, and expressway. Other similar terms include throughway or thruway and parkway. Some of these may be limited-access highways, although this term can also refer to a class of highways with somewhat less isolation from other traffic.
In countries following the Vienna convention, the motorway qualification implies that walking and parking are forbidden. (Full article...)
Image 5The Great North Road near High gate on the approach to London before turnpiking. The highway was deeply rutted and spread onto adjoining land. (from Road transport)
Image 6Bridges, such as Golden Gate Bridge, allow roads and railways to cross bodies of water. (from Transport)
Image 23Bardon Hill box in England (seen here in 2009) is a Midland Railway box dating from 1899, although the original mechanical lever frame has been replaced by electrical switches. (from Rail transport)
Image 43A cast iron fishbelly edge rail manufactured by Outram at the Butterley Company for the Cromford and High Peak Railway in 1831; these are smooth edge rails for wheels with flanges. (from Rail transport)
Image 44Transport is a key component of growth and globalization, such as in Seattle, Washington, United States.
Image 45Swiss & German co-production: world's first functional diesel–electric railcar 1914 (from Rail transport)
Image 58European rail subsidies in euros per passenger-km for 2008 (from Rail transport)
Image 59According to Eurostat and the European Railway Agency, the fatality risk for passengers and occupants on European railways is 28 times lower when compared with car usage (based on data by EU-27 member nations, 2008–2010). (from Rail transport)
Image 60The Cessna 172 is the most produced aircraft in history (from Aviation)
Image 64The Polish transport company Bedmet uses a special vehicle to transport two large silos. (from Road transport)
Image 650-Series Shinkansen, introduced in 1964, triggered the intercity train travel boom. (from Rail transport)
Image 66German soldiers in a railway car on the way to the front in August 1914. The message on the car reads Von München über Metz nach Paris ("From Munich via Metz to Paris"). (from Rail transport)
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