Definition of HIGHWAY

Examples of highway in a Sentence

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

Recent Examples of highway from the Web

Napizza Hours: Opens at 10:30 a.m. daily Location: 615 S. Coast Highway 101, Encinitas Phone: (760) 452-2340 Online: na-pizza.com ___

— pam kragen, sandiegouniontribune.com, "Italian couple brings a taste of home to Encinitas", 1 June 2017
While the first driverless cars aren’t expected on U.S. highways for five to 10 years, the emerging industry is already hotly contested.

— mark bergen, Bloomberg.com, "Alphabet Driverless Ambitions Looked Stalled. Then It Sued Uber", 31 May 2017
A witness called 911 about 11 a.m. after seeing the canoe overturn downstream of the Big Eddy park river-access point off Highway 2.

— lynn thompson, The Seattle Times, "Search on for 2 Skykomish River canoers", 29 May 2017
Mughrabi, a member of the Fatah faction of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), participated in a 1978 bus hijacking on Israel’s main coastal highway in which 38 civilians were killed.

— associated press, Washington Post, "UN pulls backing for Palestinian women’s center over naming", 29 May 2017
But analysts foresee the technology getting to the point that large caravans of self-driving trucks could be running the highways someday.

— fredrick kunkle, chicagotribune.com, "From cowboys to robots: truckers wary of autonomous rigs", 27 May 2017
The suspect was last seen driving northbound on Highway 79.

— carol robinson, AL.com, "Woman airlifted from Blount County to UAB with gunshot wound to the head", 27 May 2017
After taking a closer look at the budget, Tippy said it was discovered the highway department had about $6 million in cash reserves in various line items.

— carrie napoleon, Post-Tribune, "Discovered funds marked for Lake road repairs", 26 May 2017
This fall, the CT6 is scheduled to get G.M.’s Super Cruise, which offers true hands-free driving for long distances on the highway.

— tom voelk, New York Times, "Video Review: Cadillac CT6 Adds ‘Sporty’ to the Luxury Lexicon", 25 May 2017

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