expressway

noun

ex·​press·​way ik-ˈspres-ˌwā How to pronounce expressway (audio)
: a high-speed divided highway for through traffic with access partially or fully controlled

Examples of expressway in a Sentence

a baffling maze of high-speed expressways encircles the city
Recent Examples on the Web That's not to say closing a portion of the expressway that connects two of Cincinnati's major highways, I-71 and I-75, won't be a challenge. The Enquirer, 8 Mar. 2024 Homicide data from the Illinois State Police, which patrols the city’s expressways, also is not included here. Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 5 Jan. 2024 The expressway connects two of Cincinnati's major highways, Interstates 75 and 71. The Enquirer, 11 Mar. 2024 Someone rear-ends an Apple autonomous test vehicle that is trying to merge onto an expressway. Wes Davis, The Verge, 3 Mar. 2024 Well, in just over a year, the southern Chinese city of Foshan issued 620,000 tickets for a small infraction — driving on road line markings — at a single poorly marked expressway intersection, racking up 120 million yuan ($16.7 million) back in 2021. Morgan Haefner, Quartz, 22 Feb. 2024 An all-electric sedan emblazoned with the Apple logo may never pass you on the expressway. Matteo Wong, The Atlantic, 28 Feb. 2024 New Zealand – or Aotearoa as it is known to the Maori – recently hosted a public consultation on whether to include te reo Maori on 94 types of road signs, including for place names, speed limits, warnings and expressway advisories. Chris Lau, CNN, 29 July 2023 According to an Arkansas State Police fatal crash summary, the wreck occurred at 4:35 a.m. Jan. 14 when Rios-Rodriguez was driving east in the westbound lanes on the expressway in a 2019 Toyota Camry. Ron Wood, arkansasonline.com, 1 Feb. 2024

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Word History

First Known Use

1944, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of expressway was in 1944

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“Expressway.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/expressway. Accessed 29 Mar. 2024.

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expressway

noun
ex·​press·​way ik-ˈspres-ˌwā How to pronounce expressway (audio)
: a divided superhighway that may be entered and left only at special places

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