I had heard there was a traffic jam on the highway, so I took the side roads.
the four-lane highway narrows to two lanes once you leave the city
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Here's your daily look at traffic on major highways in the Kansas City area.—Kansas City Star, 12 Oct. 2025 Road closures and flooding of vehicles will be possible, most notably along NC 12 where ocean overwash may make several portions of the highway inaccessible across Ocracoke Island.—Nc Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 11 Oct. 2025 Dashcam footage from a vehicle driving east on the highway showed a few cars begin to brake as the helicopter entered their field of view and fell toward the freeway.—Jake Goodrick, Sacbee.com, 11 Oct. 2025 Along the beer highway, Dubuque marries football and beer unlike any other city.—Scott Dochterman, New York Times, 10 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for highway
Word History
First Known Use
before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above
Time Traveler
The first known use of highway was
before the 12th century
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