MOTORWAY AND MAIN HIGHWAYS

Ex.1. Read the poem. / Прочитайте вірш:

The Road

In every country there is way

These are highway and super way.

On me all traffic sway

Small or big, thin or tall, all drives gay

Some drive scooters and some drive cars

Buses and rickshaws move through the hours.

All day and night, they drive along

With head lights off and on.

Traffic rules are there to obey

And go on, go on every day.

I care for the safety of young and old

So, follow the rules as told.

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Ex.2. Read the text and translate into Ukrainian. / Прочитайте та перекладіть текст на українську мову:

I. Motorway is a term for both a type of road and a classification or designation. Motorways are high capacity roads designed to carry fast motor traffic safely. In the United Kingdom they are predominantly dual-carriageway roads, with a minimum of two lanes in each direction.

Common criteria

For a road to be classified as motorway a number of conditions must be fulfilled. Although they may vary from country to country, the following conditions generally apply:

ü to be a dual-carriageway

ü accessed at junctions by slip roads off the sides of the main carriageway;

ü joined by link-roads at an interchange, the object of which is to allow traffic to change route without stopping or slowing significantly;

ü traffic lights are not permitted (except at toll booths and certain interchanges);

ü have signposted entry and exit points at the start and end;

ü certain types of transport are banned, typically pedestrians, bicycles, learner drivers, horses, agricultural vehicles, underpowered vehicles (e.g. small scooters, invalid carriages).

Motorway speed limits are generally higher than those on single-carriageway roads, and some types of vehicle, such as heavy goods vehicles, may be subject to lower limits.

II. A highway is a main road intended for travel by the public between important destinations, such as cities and towns. In law the word highway is often used as a legal term to denote any public road, ranging from freeways to dirt tracks.

International Highways (Ukraine)

International Highways (Ukraine) – are the roads in Ukraine on the route involving international transport corridors and/or highways that are part of the European network of basic, intermediate, and the roads connecting branches and a corresponding international indexing (numbering), and provide the international road transport. The total length of 23 routes international roads in Ukraine is 8080.1 km.

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