superhighway

noun

su·per·high·way | \ˌsü-pər-ˈhī-ˌwā,

ˈsü-pər-ˌhī-\

Definition of superhighway

1 : a multilane highway (such as an expressway or turnpike) designed for high-speed traffic

2 : information superhighway

Examples of superhighway in a Sentence

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Bikes were such a popular mode of urban transportation that cities scrambled to build cycling superhighways for them. — Alissa Walker, Curbed, "Don’t ban scooters. Redesign streets.," 13 July 2018 The animals use the Eagle River Valley as a kind of bruin superhighway, moving up and down the river all summer long. — Matt Tunseth, Anchorage Daily News, "Biologists say trash bears in Eagle River will be killed — but people are the problem," 19 June 2018 To celebrate this milestone, Billboard spoke with some of today's modern metal mavens on how Seventh Son played a role on their travels along the heavy metal superhighway. — Ron Hart, Billboard, "Iron Maiden's 'Seventh Son of a Seventh Son' at 30: Artists Reflect on Then-Controversial Metal Classic," 11 Apr. 2018 All Europe has done is redirect the flow of vulnerable humanity, fostering the development of a global superhighway to move people over this great distance. — Lauren Markham, The New Republic, "How efforts to block refugees and asylum-seekers from Europe have only made the global migration crisis more complex and harrowing," 26 Feb. 2018 Thirty-six by thirty-eight miles in dimension, fourth largest urban center in the United States (never crowded except on superhighways), its pride is its absence of form. — Molly Glentzer, Houston Chronicle, "How Norman Mailer nailed Houston - and the future of politics," 26 Feb. 2018 This superhighway system, sold as being necessary to protect America in case of an attack, was called the National Interstate and Defense Highways Act. — Ed Wallace, star-telegram, "Needed: A Roads Scholar," 24 Feb. 2018 The immune system fights on the front lines, but the body’s superhighway of information reaches every cell when disease and distress is present. — Deepak Chopra, Md, Facp And Rudolph E. Tanzi, NBC News, "Deepak Chopra’s tips on how to combat stress at work," 31 Jan. 2018 Dinosaur State Park holds the greatest number of dinosaur tracks in Connecticut and North America – a dinosaur superhighway. — Dennis Hohenberger, Courant Community, "Children Learn About Dinosaurs," 17 Jan. 2018

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