road

Summary

road ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,955 views/month).^[1]

Key Facts

• road's main regulatory text is recorded as traffic code^[2].
• road was followed by airway^[3].
• The location of road was landmass^[4].
• road is a type of itinerary^[5].
• road is a type of long, thin object^[6].
• road is a type of thoroughfare^[7].
• road is a type of road or street^[8].
• road is a type of road transport infrastructure^[9].
• road is a type of linear infrastructure intrusions^[10].
• road is used for traffic^[11].
• road's Commons category is recorded as Roads^[12].
• road comprises roadway^[13].
• road comprises lane^[14].
• road comprises median strip^[15].
• road comprises shoulder^[16].
• road comprises road verge^[17].
• road comprises sidewalk^[18].
• road comprises bikeway^[19].
• road comprises subgrade^[20].
• road comprises Subbase^[21].
• road comprises base course^[22].
• road comprises Paver base^[23].
• road comprises paver^[24].
• road comprises sand^[25].
• road comprises parkway^[26].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include itinerary^[5], long, thin object^[6], thoroughfare^[7], road or street^[8], road transport infrastructure^[9], and linear infrastructure intrusions^[10].

Use and Application

road is used for traffic^[11]. Components include roadway^[13]; lane^[14]; median strip^[15]; shoulder^[16]; road verge^[17], a landscape element^[27]; and sidewalk^[18].

Influence

Things named for road include Norway^[28], a sovereign state^[29], in Norway^[30], founded in 1905^[31]; Milky Way^[32], a barred spiral galaxy^[33]; The Road^[34], a literary work^[35], written by Cormac McCarthy^[36]; stroad^[37]; roadkill^[38], a cause of death^[39]; Gumroad^[40], a website^[41], in United States^[42], founded in 2011^[43], headquartered in San Francisco^[44]; As-Sirāt^[45], a mythical bridge^[46]; and Sabil Allah^[47], an Islamic term^[48], directed by Muhammad^[49].

Why It Matters

road ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,955 views/month).^[1] road has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[50] road is known by 58 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[51]

Entities named for road include Norway^[28], a sovereign state^[29], in Norway^[30], founded in 1905^[31]; Milky Way^[32], a barred spiral galaxy^[33]; The Road^[34], a literary work^[35], written by Cormac McCarthy^[36]; stroad^[37]; roadkill^[38], a cause of death^[39]; and Gumroad^[40], a website^[41], in United States^[42], founded in 2011^[43], headquartered in San Francisco^[44].