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beltways

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plural of beltway

as in parkways

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Key Biscayne The Village of Key Biscayne strictly prohibits all micromobility devices on streets, highways, sidewalks, bicycle paths, multiuse paths and trails, beaches and dunes unless otherwise authorized.

— Amaia Gavica, Miami Herald, 27 Aug. 2026
Two men were sentenced Thursday for staging crashes on New York City highways to get fraudulent insurance payouts.

— Alexa Herrera, CBS News, 27 Aug. 2026

Definition of highways

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For Pittsburghers, the project targets one of the city's most recognizable and heavily traveled roadways.

— Gabby Sartori, USA Today, 26 Aug. 2026
The nature of the structure — with roadways cantilevered out under the Brooklyn Heights Promenade — precludes replacing one lane at a time, city officials told reporters last week.

— Evan Simko-Bednarski, New York Daily News, 24 Aug. 2026

Definition of roadways

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The parking lot is west of Magnolia Avenue and just north of the interchange of the 91 and 5 freeways.

— Nathaniel Percy, Oc Register, 24 Aug. 2026
Born to Mary Florence Webb, a nurse, and John Sherman Heilmann, a civil engineer, Heilmann split her childhood between the Bay Area and, after her father took a job building freeways, Los Angeles, by way of El Segundo, a seaside village nearby.

— Harrison Jacobs, ARTnews.com, 15 Aug. 2026

Definition of freeways

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Nepal’s Department of Roads says at least 19 motorable bridges and around 40 kilometers of roads have also been damaged or washed away.

— Milad Haghani, Scientific American, 27 Aug. 2026
Rescue efforts, still in their first stages, have been hampered by the fact that the floodwaters have washed away entire roads.

— Diaa Hadid, NPR, 27 Aug. 2026

Definition of roads

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The firm noted that major bridges like the Donghai Bridge and the Hangzhou Bay Bridge, as well as regional expressways, have reopened with standard speed limits restored.

— Glenn Taylor, Footwear News, 11 Aug. 2026
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

Definition of expressways

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