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ROAD TRANSPORT DEPOT * |
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| A place where goods and merchandise are temporarily stored before being transported to or from somewhere by road. |
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ROAD TRANSPORT SITE * |
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| Buildings, sites and structures associated with road transport. |
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ROADSIDE LIGHTHOUSE * |
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| A lighted pillar or LIGHTHOUSE, eg. Dunston Pillar, Lincs., erected in 1751 to guide travellers over the heath. |
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ROAD TUNNEL PORTAL * |
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| The entrance to a road tunnel, sometimes of a grand construction. |
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FLOATING ROADWAY * |
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| A section of roadway attached at one end to a harbour or dockside and ending at a landing stage, rising and falling with the tide, for the loading and unloading of vehicles and pedestrians. |
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PACKHORSE ROAD * |
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| Narrow, rough tracks often over upland routes used by packhorse trains to carry goods. |
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APPROACH ROAD * |
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| A road, sometimes raised as a causeway, which serves as an approach road to a building or bridge. |
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MILITARY ROAD * |
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| A road used primarily, but not exclusively, for the rapid transport of military vehicles, equipment and personnel. |
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ROAD JUNCTION * |
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| A place where two or more roads meet. |
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COBBLED ROAD * |
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| A road or street covered with small, rounded cobble stones. |
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ROAD VIADUCT * |
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| A bridge, usually resting on raised arches, carrying a road across low-lying land or water. |
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CORPSE ROAD * |
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| A road, used traditionally for the transportation of a corpse to a place of burial. |
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ROAD BRIDGE * |
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| A bridge carrying a road over land or water. |
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ROAD TUNNEL * |
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| A tunnel running under a river or through a hill along which vehicles may travel. |
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WOODEN ROAD * |
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| A road surface made out of wooden blocks or planks. It was much used in English cities before 1940, but the cost of wooden blocks eventually made it uneconomical. |
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DROVE ROAD * |
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| A road or track specifically used by drovers or herders to drive their animals to market. |
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MINED ROAD * |
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| A road which has had mines placed within its structure to enable it to be destroyed in the event of an invasion. |
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ROAD SIGN * |
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| A sign, often mounted on a post next to a roadside, giving directions or other instructions. |
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ROADBLOCK * |
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| A combination of obstructions, used either to stop enemy forces or force them off the road. |
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TOLL ROAD * |
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| A road whose upkeep and repair was financed by the exaction of a toll. |
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ROADWAY * |
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| The central part of a road between the pavements or the verges. |
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ROAD * |
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| A way between different places, used by horses, travellers on foot and vehicles. |
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