Super two

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Term for two-lane highway

For other uses, see Super two (disambiguation).

A super two, super two-lane highway or wide two-lane is a two-lane surface road built to highway standards with wide lanes and other safety features normally present on a freeway with more lanes, typically including occasional passing lanes and hard shoulders. It is often built for eventual conversion to divided highway status once traffic volumes rise.

## Ireland[edit]

In the Republic of Ireland, the term wide two-lane is used by the National Roads Authority.[1] In policy documents, the designation WS2 is used,[2] which is also used in the UK for a wide single carriageway.

Wide two-lane roads are common on national roads, both on less important but medium-capacity routes, and on more important routes not yet upgraded to dual carriageway or motorway. Wide two-lane roads in the Irish Republic generally have hard shoulders and are undivided single carriageway. Grade separation of junctions has been used in some instances—for example, the N20 bypassing Croom. Most wide two-lane roads are wide enough that a vehicle may overtake another without crossing the center line if the vehicle in front pulls into the hard shoulder (the carriageway including hard shoulders is 15–17 meters wide[3]).

Many future Irish road schemes will use 2+1 roads or 2+2 roads,[1] as opposed to wide two-lane, which may better suit lower capacities than does 2+1.[4] Wide two-lane, if finished to high quality with grade separated interchanges, has been shown to lead drivers into a false sense of security (from the apparently high speed road) and more dangerous driving (because the carriageways are not separated).[5]

## Texas[edit]

In Texas, a two-lane highway that has an alternating passing lane is called a Super 2, but it is actually a 2+1 road.[6]

## Ontario[edit]

The Southwest Bypass of Sudbury, Ontario is currently at Super 2 standards. There is one interchange and four at-grade, unsignalized intersections along an 11.3 km stretch of 2-lane highway; between being divided at interchanges on either end.[7] While plans have existed since the 1967 "Planning Study for the Sudbury Southwest By-Pass", there is currently not funding in place to twin the bypass to a full 4-lane expressway.[8]

## See also[edit]

* 2+1 road
* Two-lane expressway

## References[edit]

1. ^ a b "National Roads Authority] \- [http://www.nra.ie/RoadSchemeActivity/MajorRoadSchemesinPlanning/ Major National Road Schemes in Planning". nra.ie. Archived from the original on 5 December 2006. Retrieved 25 April 2018. `{{cite web}}`: External link in ``|title=`` (help)
2. ^ Definition of the WS2 designation by the NRA: Interim Advice Note on Road Link Design for 2+1 roads Archived 2007-10-05 at the Wayback Machine (PDF 4.7MB), page 0/2.
3. ^ National Roads Authority: Interim Advice Note on Road Link Design for 2+1 roads, page 1/1.
4. ^ National Roads Authority: Interim Advice Note on Road Link Design for 2+1 roads, page 9/1.
5. ^ National Roads Authority: Interim Advice Note on Road Link Design for 2+1 roads, page 7/11.
6. ^ "Roadway Design Manual: Super 2 Highways". onlinemanuals.txdot.gov. Archived from the original on 11 September 2016. Retrieved 25 April 2018.
7. ^ "Sudbury to Greater Sudbury". Sudbury to Greater Sudbury. Retrieved 9 March 2023.
8. ^ "Preferred Plan" (PDF). 12 March 2009. Archived from the original on 6 July 2011. Retrieved 25 July 2023.`{{cite web}}`: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)

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