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Expressways
A divided highway where intersections and direct access to adjacent properties have been eliminated.
📖 Definitions of "Expressways"
noun
- 1
A divided highway where intersections and direct access to adjacent properties have been eliminated.
- 2
(parts of the US) A road built to freeway standards.
- 3
A road built for high speed traffic, but not up to motorway standards or designated a motorway.
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| Word | Definition |
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| freewaynoun | (US, Parts of Canada and Australia) A highway with grade-separated crossings (rather than level crossings) and designed (and only permitted) for high-speed motor-traffic running in two directions on one separate carriageway each |
| motorwaynoun | (UK, Ireland, New Zealand, Queensland, New South Wales) A highway with grade-separated crossings (rather than level crossings) and designed (and only permitted) for high-speed motor-traffic (in Europe motor vehicles with a higher speed limit than 40 km/h) running in two directions on one separate carriageway each. |
| superhighwaynoun | (figurative) The primary mechanism used in the movement of electronic data or information; information superhighway. |
| throughwaynoun | (US) (Normally and officially spelled thruway) A broad highway fit for high-speed traffic; a thoroughfare. |
| thruwaynoun | (US) Standard form of throughway. [(US) (Normally and officially spelled thruway) A broad highway fit for high-speed traffic; a thoroughfare.] |
| pikenoun | Any carnivorous freshwater fish of the genus Esox, especially the northern pike, Esox lucius. |
| state highway | A state highway, state road, or state route (and the equivalent provincial highway, provincial road, or provincial route) is usually a road that is either numbered or maintained by a sub-national state or province. |
| freewaysnoun | the sixth studio album by Canadian rock band Bachman–Turner Overdrive, released in 1977. |
| highwaysnoun | A main public road, especially a multi-lane, high-speed thoroughfare. |
| motorwaysnoun | (UK, Ireland, New Zealand, Queensland, New South Wales) A highway with grade-separated crossings (rather than level crossings) and designed (and only permitted) for high-speed motor-traffic (in Europe motor vehicles with a higher speed limit than 40 km/h) running in two directions on one separate carriageway each. |
| roadnoun | A way used for travelling between places, originally one wide enough to allow foot passengers and horses to travel, now (US) usually one surfaced with asphalt or concrete and designed to accommodate many vehicles travelling in both directions. In the UK both senses are heard: a country road is the same as a country lane. |
| roadsnoun | (nautical, occasionally in the singular) A roadstead. |
| superhighwaysnoun | (figurative) The primary mechanism used in the movement of electronic data or information; information superhighway. |
| highway systemnoun | a transportation system consisting of roads for motor transport |
| roadwaysnoun | The main or central portion of a road, used by the vehicles. |
| highwaynoun | A main public road, especially a multi-lane, high-speed thoroughfare. |
| interstatenoun | (US) A freeway that is part of the Interstate Highway System. |
| toll roadnoun | A road for the use of which a toll must be paid; a turnpike. |
| tollwaynoun | A toll road or toll highway, where a fee is charged in order to travel on it; a turnpike. |
| divided highwaynoun | (US) A dual carriageway |
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