Definition of expressway
:a high-speed divided highway for through traffic with access partially or fully controlled
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a baffling maze of high-speed expressways encircles the city
Recent Examples of expressway from the Web
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Groups have debated for years how to restore vibrancy to the dilapidated corridor, including removing the expressway altogether.
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Just underneath the rearview mirror is a rectangular box fitted with a smartphone, projecting lines of neon green onto the image of the nighttime expressway being taken in via its built-in camera.
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Burglars from Chicago may be targeting suburbs along the expressway corridor, police said.
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By connecting 13 cities around the capital, this 620-mile expressway is part of the government’s plan to make Beijing the center of a new megacity of 130 million people – more than one-third the population of the entire US.
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Nutter's body was found left by a ramp along the Edens expressway in Wilmette.
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Foggy weather slowed things down, and for some reason government officials pared down the expressway from 50 lanes to 20 lanes.
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Kidnap makes effective use of Louisiana's expressways and interstates in creating its elemental suspense.
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As a lawmaker, Leithman was instrumental in securing funding for the second Mississippi River Bridge in New Orleans and the West Bank elevated expressway.
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First Known Use of expressway
1944
expressway Synonyms
Synonyms
arterial, artery, avenue, boulevard, carriageway [British], drag, drive, way, freeway, high road, highway, pass, pike, road, roadway, route, row, street, thoroughfare, thruway, trace, turnpikeRelated Words
causeway; autobahn, autoroute, autostrada, dual carriageway [chiefly British], interstate, motorway [chiefly British], superhighway; beltway, bypass, parkway, ring road [chiefly British]; corniche, switchback; through street; high street [British], Main Street; backstreet, branch, bystreet, byway, crossroad, secondary road, shunpike, side road, side street; alley, alleyway; circle, lane, laneway [British], mews [chiefly British], place; close [chiefly British], cul-de-sac, dead end; corridor; track, trailEXPRESSWAY Defined for English Language Learners
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