Collocations for road - noun

broad, wide
narrow
busy, congested
clear, deserted, empty, lonely, quiet
Let's leave when the roads are clear.

direct
The airport's near here but there's no direct road.

straight
curvy (AmE), twisting, twisty, winding, windy
steep
scenic
asphalt, blacktop (AmE), cobbled, cobblestone (esp. AmE), flat, gravel, metalled (esp. BrE), paved, Tarmac™ (esp. BrE)
good, smooth
passable
All main roads were passable with care.

bad, bumpy (often figurative), dirt (esp. AmE), poor, rough, rutted, unmade (BrE), unpaved
a bumpy road through the forest

dangerous, difficult, hard, rocky, tough (all usually figurative)
Bringing up a handicapped child can be a long and hard road.

easy (often figurative)
It isn't going to be an easy road for him.

safe
slick (AmE), slippery
dusty, icy, muddy, snowy, wet
fast
dark (often figurative)
long (often figurative), main, major, national, trunk (BrE)
back, local, minor (esp. BrE), secondary, small, unclassified (BrE)
old
the old dirt road to the village

new
the building of new roads

one-lane, two-lane, etc.
single-track (BrE)
country, rural
urban (esp. BrE)
county (esp. AmE)
residential (esp. BrE)
tree-lined
private, public
dead-end (often figurative)
The government's policy on education is a dead-end road.

open
We'll be able to go faster once we're out on the open road.

right, wrong
We took the wrong road and had to turn back.
It does appear we are on the right road to success. (figurative)

east-west, etc.
canyon (AmE), coast (esp. BrE), coastal, country, desert, forest, mountain
logging
airport
access, arterial (esp. BrE), bypass, feeder, frontage (AmE), perimeter, ring (BrE), side, slip (BrE)
high, low
toll

follow, go down
Follow the road around to the left.
We have discussed privatization, but we would prefer not to go down that road. (figurative)

take, turn into (BrE), turn onto
Take the next road on the right.
Turn right into Harpes Road.
Turn left onto the coastal road.

turn off
pull (out) into (BrE), pull (out) onto
He was hit by another car as he pulled out onto the road.

leave, pull off
They stopped in a forest, leaving the main road.
The car left the road and slid to a halt.
I pulled off the road for a rest.

drive (esp. AmE), travel (also figurative), walk (esp. AmE,often figurative)
I must have driven the back roads for half an hour.
They have travelled/traveled the long, lonely road of exclusion.
He walks a road filled with shadow and doubt.

choose
We have chosen the road of peace.

cross, get across
join, meet (esp. AmE)
The track joins the main road just south of the town.

block, block off (esp. AmE), blockade, close, cordon off (BrE)
Angry farmers blocked the road with their tractors.
Police cordoned off the road and diverted commuter traffic.

clog, clog up (BrE)
Traffic clogs the roads.

clear
The crowd eventually cleared the road.
They cleared the roads of snow.

build, construct, rebuild
maintain, mend (BrE), repair
pave, resurface (BrE), surface (BrE)
widen
line
Huge eucalyptuses lined the road.
The crowds lined the roads for his triumphal entry.

go, lead, run
Where does this road go?
The road runs parallel to the river.

stretch
the road stretched out before them.
The road stretches off into the distance.

bend (BrE), curve, turn, twist, wind
The road twists and turns up the hillside.

climb
The road climbs steeply from the beach.

cross sth
The road crosses the river further up the valley.

connect sth, link sth
the road connecting Irado and Calla Ayda

branch (esp. BrE), branch off, fork
Our road branches off to the left just past the woods.

narrow, widen
The road narrowed and turned into this dirt trail.

atlas, map
markings, sign
intersection, junction
bridge, crossing, tunnel
closure
block (usually roadblock), blockade
bump, hump (BrE) (usually speed humps in BrE, speed bumps in AmE)
Road bumps have been laid down to limit the speed of cars.

infrastructure, network, system
the surrounding road system

layout (BrE)
access, link
There is still no road access to the island.

development, plan (esp. BrE), programme/program (esp. BrE), project, proposal (BrE), scheme (BrE)
building, construction
loans for road construction and infrastructure development

maintenance, repair
the cost of road maintenance

improvements
surface
journey (esp. BrE), trip (informal, esp. AmE)
accident, crash (esp. BrE), smash (BrE), traffic accident
safety
deaths, fatalities (both esp. BrE)
conditions
salt
traffic, vehicles
race
racer
course
bike
test
engineer (esp. BrE)
haulier (BrE) (hauler in AmE)
haulage (BrE)
sweeper (esp. BrE)
pricing, tax (in the UK), toll (esp. BrE)
Road tax is set to rise in next month's budget.
Road tolls can make driving expensive.

user
hog (informal)
warrior (esp. AmE)
crew
rage
A man has been stabbed to death in a road-rage attack.

manners, sense (both esp. BrE)
poor driving standards and lack of road manners

kill (usually roadkill)
scavengers that feed off roadkill

rash (= scratches on the skin from falling from a bicycle)
She was treated for road rash.

movie

across the road
The house across the road is for sale.

along the road
He was walking along the road when he was attacked.

by road
It takes three hours by road (= driving).

down the road, up the road
They live down the road from us.

in the road
There was a dog in the road so we stopped.
We live in Pinsley Road. (BrE)
We live on Pinsley Road. (BrE, AmE)

into the road
She stepped out into the road without looking.

off the road
My car's off the road at the moment while I recondition the engine.

on a/the road
There's something lying on the road.
There was a lot of traffic on the road this morning.
on the road to Damascus
My car is back on the road (= is working) again.
We'd been on the road since dawn and needed a rest.

road along, road over, road through
the main road through the town

road from, road to
the road to Acapulco
to be on the road to recovery/success (figurative)

at the side of the road (esp. BrE), by the side of the road, on the side of the road
the bottom of the road (BrE), the top of the road
the end of the road (often figurative)
This latest disagreement could mean the end of the road for the band.

a bend in the road, a fork in the road, a turn in the road
We came to a fork in the road.

the middle of the road
A dog was sitting in the middle of the road, so we stopped.

the middle road (figurative)
Kaufman has opted to travel the middle road.

a stretch of road
a notoriously dangerous stretch of road

hit the road
The following spring I hit the road.