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road construction; road work; road repairs
Construction or maintenance work being done on a road. Includes repaving, pipe installation, bridge repairs, and other infrastructure work that affects traffic.
道路工事で渋滞している。
There's a traffic jam due to road work.
この先、道路工事のため片側通行です。
Ahead, traffic is one-way only due to road work.
深夜に道路工事の音がうるさくて眠れなかった。
The noise from road construction at night was so loud that I couldn't sleep.
USAGE:
Very common in daily life. Road work is frequent in Japanese cities, often done at night to minimize traffic disruption. Signs saying 道路工事中 (road work in progress) are ubiquitous.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS:
- 道路工事中 (road work in progress)
- 道路工事のため通行止め (road closed for construction)
- 道路工事現場 (road construction site)