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arterials

noun

plural of arterial

as in highways

a passage cleared for public vehicular travel one of the main arterials connecting the airport with the city

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Recent Examples of arterials City data shows that 60% of fatal and serious crashes occur on just 7% of roadways, mainly high-traffic arterials. — Ascend Agency, Baltimore Sun, 27 May 2026 Fewer car lanes, wider sidewalks, faster buses The projects that the Denver Department of Transportation and Infrastructure, or DOTI, is planning include overhauls of multiple arterials. — Bruce Finley, Denver Post, 29 Mar. 2026 Major cities tend to manage the intersections, arterials and urban segments that connect to state highways. — Mark Pittman, Forbes.com, 27 Mar. 2026

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Noun

The district is less than two hours from the capital of San José through paved highways or a ferry, with small plane options available.

— Rafa Sales Ross, Variety, 24 July 2026
Most of these hotels, motels and motor lodges were built around the same time the federal government began numbering highways (like Route 66) in the mid-1920s.

— Joe Yogerst, Forbes.com, 21 July 2026

Definition of highways

Noun

That’s also the figure governments across South Florida rely on when adapting infrastructure like roads, or planning new ones.

— Denise Hruby, Miami Herald, 31 July 2026
Several of the roads were constructed with pedestrians in mind first, envisioning the fan march from the Landing to CPKC Stadium on match days.

— Sophie Lindberg, Kansas City Star, 30 July 2026

Definition of roads

Noun

Despite having only four cylinders, the TurboMax produces V8-like torque, making the Canyon feel eager pulling away from traffic lights or merging onto freeways.

— Josh Max, Forbes.com, 17 July 2026
For decades, the powers that be have burdened the Eastside with freeways, warehouses, public corruption, unsightly developments that have brought on gentrification and civic negligence bordering on the criminal.

— Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 10 July 2026

Definition of freeways

Noun

The bike unit was previously near 10th and L streets by the state Capitol.

— Corey Schmidt, Sacbee.com, 26 July 2026
The campaign has taken the protests demanding accountability and education reforms beyond the streets, broadening its reach and intensifying pressure on a government wary of appearing to yield to a rapidly growing youth movement.

— ABC News, ABC News, 25 July 2026

Definition of streets

Noun

Homicide data from the Illinois State Police, which patrols the city’s expressways, also is not included here.

— Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 26 May 2026
In November 2016, Santa Clara County voters approved Measure B, a 30-year, half-cent countywide sales tax to enhance transit, highways, expressways, and active transportation (bicycles, pedestrians, and complete streets).

— Phan Khang, Mercury News, 18 May 2026

Definition of expressways

Noun

Limon’s Afro-Caribbean heritage, historic wooden architecture and waterfront boulevards create a unique urban setting unlike anywhere else in the region.

— Rafa Sales Ross, Variety, 24 July 2026
The 51-year-old woman, who was hospitalized, collided with the woman’s vehicle after fleeing an earlier hit-and-run crash just minutes before at Elk Grove and Franklin boulevards, according to the Elk Grove Police Department.

— Corey Schmidt, Sacbee.com, 18 July 2026

Definition of boulevards

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