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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Also, a series of more than a dozen supercykelsti — or cycle superhighways — have been set up to create higher-speed, traffic-light-free bike paths from the suburbs that stretch up to 15 miles. — Los Angeles Times, "Copenhagen has taken bicycle commuting to a whole new level," 8 Aug. 2019 By the time Gondwana began to bust up, dinosaurs and other iconic animal groups had used it as a superhighway to spread across much of the Southern Hemisphere. — Gemma Tarlach, Discover Magazine, "Plate Tectonics: The Slow Dance of Our Planet's Crust," 12 June 2019 In France and countries to the south, these superhighways usually come with tolls. — Rick Steves, USA TODAY, "Rick Steves' guide to driving in Europe: Conquer your fear of the roundabout," 11 June 2019 In the latter half of the 19th century, the Wisconsin River through the Dells was a superhighway for the lumber trade. — Jim Higgins, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, "See the photographs that put the Dells on the map at an exclusive exhibit at West Bend's Museum of Wisconsin Art," 4 June 2019 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

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