as in highways
a passage cleared for public vehicular travel
one of the main arterials connecting the airport with the city
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Recent Examples of arterials
City data shows that 60% of fatal and serious crashes occur on just 7% of roadways, mainly high-traffic arterials.
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Ascend Agency,
Baltimore Sun,
27 May 2026
Fewer car lanes, wider sidewalks, faster buses The projects that the Denver Department of Transportation and Infrastructure, or DOTI, is planning include overhauls of multiple arterials.
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Bruce Finley,
Denver Post,
29 Mar. 2026
Major cities tend to manage the intersections, arterials and urban segments that connect to state highways.
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Mark Pittman,
Forbes.com,
27 Mar. 2026
Ascend Agency,
Baltimore Sun,
27 May 2026
Fewer car lanes, wider sidewalks, faster buses The projects that the Denver Department of Transportation and Infrastructure, or DOTI, is planning include overhauls of multiple arterials.
—
Bruce Finley,
Denver Post,
29 Mar. 2026
Major cities tend to manage the intersections, arterials and urban segments that connect to state highways.
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Mark Pittman,
Forbes.com,
27 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for arterials
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Here's your daily look at traffic on major highways in the Kansas City area.
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As the United States celebrates its 250th anniversary, the museum offers a patriotic lens into how the canals, highways, railroads and mines that stitched this country together were built by machines born in American factories.
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From the dramatic California coast to the historic thoroughfares of New England, the United States is brimming with scenic drives.
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Foot traffic has slowed to a trickle, and the restaurant’s layout — with an almost entirely open wall that looks onto one of Boyle Height’s busiest thoroughfares — isn’t helping.
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Rodríguez denied those claims, saying some remote areas were difficult to reach because roads were blocked by landslides and debris, forcing authorities to rely on motorcycles, drones and satellite imagery.
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The roads can become extremely dangerous during this period because of fog, smoke, black ice and poor visibility.
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The state issued a strong warning urging residents to prepare for a large aftershock, and to stay off freeways if possible.
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Another lithium-ion fire in 2024 forced authorities to close one of the major freeways leading out of the Port of Los Angeles and Long Beach for a day.
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On Tuesday, more than a million fans took to the streets to celebrate Mexico’s advancement to the World Cup’s round of 16, a feat the national team hadn’t achieved since 1986, and with each victory, the human tide grows.
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Officers kept some witnesses at the scene for questioning and blocked off streets in the area.
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Homicide data from the Illinois State Police, which patrols the city’s expressways, also is not included here.
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In November 2016, Santa Clara County voters approved Measure B, a 30-year, half-cent countywide sales tax to enhance transit, highways, expressways, and active transportation (bicycles, pedestrians, and complete streets).
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The borough added that collection days are not changing, only the start time of the pickup routes.
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The model has structure in abundance and routes almost none of it toward meaning or mobility.
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The incident began when Alnaji joined a rally on the corner of Westlake and Thousand Oaks boulevards in support of Palestinians, while Kessler had attended a counter protest in support of Israel, The Times reported.
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On June 20, a masked woman climbed over a wall separating the Israeli Embassy from one of Tirana’s main boulevards, removed the Israeli flag and ripped it apart as onlookers cheered.
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“Arterials.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/arterials. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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