motorway - use in sentences

Converse of object

  • congest: Bypassing one of Europe's most congested motorways - where does the M6 toll run?
  • widen: The new scheme is promoted as being an alternative to widening motorways in a bid to ease congestion and manage traffic incidents.

Preposition: at

  • junction: Exit the motorway at junction 22, taking the A50 toward Leicester.

Adjective modifier

  • m1: The airport is just two miles from the M1 motorway.
  • m11: The Møller Center is situated less than 1 mile from the M11 motorway.
  • m62: I remember him singing a protest song about the proposed M62 motorway.
  • m6: By car From the North leave the M6 motorway at Junction 16 and turn left onto the A500.
  • three-lane: The new three-lane motorway runs parallel to the existing A5 for most of its route.
  • m25: Access to the M11 and M25 motorways is just a short drive.

Modifies a noun

  • junction: From the motorway junction to Keele the journey time is about 20-25 minutes.
  • widening: Road Improvements There should be no motorway widening, road widening, or new bypasses.
  • toll: Motorway tolls from Calais to La Tania are approximately £ 95 return.
  • network: The Department is easily accessed from the motorway network.
  • driving: Campaign has published a guide to safer motorway driving.
  • pile-up: Imagine one of those hundred vehicle motorway pile-ups when every vehicle carries a tank of hydrogen.

Noun used with modifier

  • four-lane: Modern four-lane motorways connect Vilnius with Klaipeda, Kaunas and Panevezys.
  • toll: Monitoring efforts on toll motorways have been pushed for similar reasons.
  • orbital: Fifteen percent of the area inside the M25 orbital motorway is currently covered.
  • mph: When was the 70 mph motorway speed limit introduced in Britain?
  • lane: You cannot use the outside lane on a three ( or four ) lane motorway.

The word usage examples above have been gathered from various sources to reflect current and historical usage. They do not represent the opinions of YourDictionary.com.