"stroad" meaning in English

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          "ref": "2017 June 30, David Sachs, “DPW Moves Forward With Making Quebec Street a Wide, Dangerous Stroad Instead of Prioritizing People Over Cars”, in Streetsblog Denver:",
          "text": "The federal government pitched in $11.5 million for this stroad, so it requires this step before construction begins.",
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          "ref": "2019 January 27, Frank Krygowski, “AG: Lit Crit wanted”, in rec.bicycles.misc (Usenet), message-ID <q2lvot$tda$1@dont-email.me>:",
          "text": "Roads I ride on: […] Very frequently, a four lane suburban stroad with 30,000 to 40,000 cars per day. 12 foot lanes. That's a tough one, because it's sort of sharable with a tiny car (Fiat 500, VW Beetle) if the driver is careful. But anyone else will be passing too close.",
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          "text": "A stroad has the driveways, intersections, and crosswalks (sometimes!) of a street, but the higher speed-limit of a road, perhaps 45 mph (70 kph) or more. Oh, and one more thing. The stroad has the multiple lanes of travel one might associate with an avenue (in Manhattan, say) or a limited access highway.",
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        "(transportation planning, US, derogatory) A wide, fast road with a large number of intersections and driveways attached."
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          "code": "fi",
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          "sense": "a road too wide and fast",
          "word": "kadun ja tien välimuoto"
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      "sense": "a road too wide and fast",
      "word": "kadun ja tien välimuoto"
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