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expressway

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If expressway shoulders were consistently safe to pull over upon, that would be a good approach, but they're not.

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Quick take

(Canada, parts of the US, Malaysia, Singapore, South Korea, Philippines) Synonym of freeway.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of expressway gathered in one view.

noun

(Canada, parts of the US, Malaysia, Singapore, South Korea, Philippines) Synonym of freeway.

noun

(US, regional) A divided highway, especially one whose intersections and direct access to adjacent properties have been eliminated.

noun

(UK, New Zealand) A road built for high speed traffic, but not up to motorway standards or designated a motorway.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for expressway.

noun

(US, regional) A divided highway, especially one whose intersections and direct access to adjacent properties have been eliminated.

See also: pike, throughway, freeway, motorway, thruway

Example sentences

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If expressway shoulders were consistently safe to pull over upon, that would be a good approach, but they're not.

2

That traffic jam was outside and affected primarily truckers who didn't want to pay a toll to take e expressway.

3

In the Bay Area, Foothill Expressway literally replaced a good sized chunk of a rail line.

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The Great Compromise of 1787 was expressway to ensure smaller states had their rights protected.

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Later, around 4 a.m., near the Whitestone Expressway in Queens, Mr.

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China's government is trying to spread things out more, building cities in the interior provinces, building up the expressway system, and offering companies incentives to move.

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But nothing about the 95 expressway seems to be addressed.

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Audi is currently (as in this week) test driving self-driving cars on an elevated expressway in Tampa this week, that has been shut down for this purpose.

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It's a bit more of a stretch, but still within reason, to assert that you could do the same on the Central Expressway or Zanker or places like that.

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Using that spin, we should actively encourage ISPs to make paid fast lanes, akin to a tolled expressway, with preferential access to the most common web destinations.

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I can't imagine riding in one at expressway speeds.

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In my personal observation, I've observed little if any difference between highway driving on the Deegan Expressway in NYC (50 mph), i95 in South Carolina (70/75) or the mass pike (65).

Quote examples

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There are very few "non-critical" systems in a 2+ ton vehicle moving at highway-to-expressway speeds.

2

There's also an "Expressway", which is basically a metro, which you step onto from the fastest strip (I think there is an acceleration strip too) which takes over when you want to go longer distances.

Proper noun examples

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The new ones drive on San Antonio quite frequently, making the loop near Central Expressway.

2

That said, we're still trying to make plans to destroy the Gardiner Expressway, our Embarcadero it seems.

3

Just yesterday, an Illinois Department of Transportation crew discovered one of these tunnels was underneath I-90 (Kennedy Expressway), in the heart of the interchange downtown where everything converges.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use expressway in a sentence?

If expressway shoulders were consistently safe to pull over upon, that would be a good approach, but they're not.

What does expressway mean?

(Canada, parts of the US, Malaysia, Singapore, South Korea, Philippines) Synonym of freeway.

What part of speech is expressway?

expressway is commonly used as noun.