motorway

1. (Ireland, New South Wales, New Zealand, UK)A highway with grade-separated crossings (rather than level crossings) and designed (and only permitted) for high-speed motor-traffic (in Europe motor vehicles with a higher speed limit than 40 km/h) running in two directions on one separate carriageway each.

   Autobahn, Kraftfahrstraße

   автостра́даavtostráda, автомагистра́льavtomagistrálʹ, автоба́нavtobán

   автостра́даavtostráda, автомагістра́льavtomahistrálʹ, магістра́льmahistrálʹ

   a broad highway designed for high-speed traffic

2. (US)A racetrack venue designated especially for the sport of auto racing.

1. There's a traffic jam on the motorway.

   На автомагістралі затор.

   ruНа шоссе пробка.

   deEs ist Stau auf der Autobahn.

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2. We left the motorway at junction 11.

   deWir sind am Autobahnkreuz 11 abgefahren.

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3. After the junction take the motorway.

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4. Yanni was driving on a motorway.

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5. He was driving on the motorway.

   deEr fuhr auf der Autobahn.

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