[Tagging] Narrow Bridge (was: Reconstructing «Dificult passability» proposal to «Obstacle»)
Philip Barnes
phil at trigpoint.me.uk
Sun Oct 14 07:38:14 BST 2012
On Sat, 2012-10-13 at 22:19 -0500, John F. Eldredge wrote:
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> The standard English term for a bridge that is only wide enough for one vehicle to pass through at a time is a "one-lane bridge". In the same way, a roadway only wide enough for one vehicle at a time is a "one-lane road". The bridge or road is visibly only one lane wide; painting lane markings on it to point out its narrowness would be redundant.
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Another one where American English is different, in the UK the term used
is 'Single Track Road'.
You will sometimes see signs saying "Single Track Road with Passing
Places", a useful page with sign examples is here
http://www.sabre-roads.org.uk/wiki/index.php?title=Single_track_road
Phil
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