roadwork

Example Sentences

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Park Service staff later inspected the road leading to the mine and found damage from the unpermitted movement of equipment and unauthorized roadwork, according to letters from park officials.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 28, 2025

Crews said the car collided with a highways roadwork protection vehicle within a closed work zone and the driver had become trapped.

From BBC • Feb. 9, 2025

In 1952 a drinking horn engraved with runes was found during roadwork in Waukegan, near the shore of Lake Michigan, north of Chicago.

From Slate • Nov. 11, 2023

A new bill by City Councilmember Tammy Morales would integrate creation and repair of sidewalks into roadwork projects and shift the responsibility of sidewalk maintenance from individual homeowners to the city.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 25, 2023

The highway narrows to one lane, and we’re stuck behind a tractor-trailer driving the precise roadwork speed limit of thirty-five mph.

From "Paper Towns" by John Green