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expressway
[ik-spres-wey]
noun
a highway especially planned for high-speed traffic, usually having few if any intersections, limited points of access or exit, and a divider between lanes for traffic moving in opposite directions.
expressway
/ ɪˈɛˌɱɪ /
noun
a motorway
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of expressway1
Example Sentences
As L.A. officials assess the merits of a water taxi system designed to reduce car traffic at the 2028 Olympics, the Games’ organizers have set their sights on another expressway.
National and state highways together make up about 5% of the total network, while other roads - including gleaming access-controlled expressways - account for the rest.
He’s also building India's longest expressway and redeveloping India’s largest slum.
A six-lane expressway between the two cities quickly filled with cyclists.
The expressway, built in the 1950s and ’60s to move cars faster between downtown Buffalo and its suburbs, has long depressed property values and stifled economic development in this low-income and predominantly Black community.
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