as in highway
a passage cleared for public vehicular travel
a baffling maze of high-speed expressways encircles the city
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Interstate 35 is born & more residents displaced Just a year after the viaduct opened, the City Plan Commission released an engineering report calling for a network of expressways to and through the city center, including a series of new highways cutting through the already struggling West Side.
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Elijah Winkler, Kansas City Star, 27 July 2025
The history of the Norwood Lateral The city of Cincinnati’s Metropolitan Master Plan of 1948 proposed an expressway system before the U.S. created the Interstate Highway System in 1956.
—Jeff Suess, The Enquirer, 2 July 2025
The attorney then claimed that Smith pulled over and ordered the passenger to leave the car in an emergency lane on the expressway.
—Gabrielle Rockson, People.com, 27 June 2025
The Orange County Mayor is the most powerful political post in the county, serving as the chief executive and emergency manager, and sits on powerful boards that govern the Orlando International Airport, the region’s expressways and transit systems.
—Stephen Hudak, The Orlando Sentinel, 20 June 2025
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Elijah Winkler, Kansas City Star, 27 July 2025
The history of the Norwood Lateral The city of Cincinnati’s Metropolitan Master Plan of 1948 proposed an expressway system before the U.S. created the Interstate Highway System in 1956.
—Jeff Suess, The Enquirer, 2 July 2025
The attorney then claimed that Smith pulled over and ordered the passenger to leave the car in an emergency lane on the expressway.
—Gabrielle Rockson, People.com, 27 June 2025
The Orange County Mayor is the most powerful political post in the county, serving as the chief executive and emergency manager, and sits on powerful boards that govern the Orlando International Airport, the region’s expressways and transit systems.
—Stephen Hudak, The Orlando Sentinel, 20 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for expressway
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Neither person in the vehicle was injured, and the eastbound lane of the highway was closed for over an hour.—
Sam Gillette,
People.com,
8 Aug. 2025
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Police found some helpful clues in a heap of trash that was tossed into the last bit of forest off of the highway between Antwerp and Brussels.—
Olivia B. Waxman,
Time,
8 Aug. 2025
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This weekend in metro Phoenix, drivers should plan for two ramp closures and one street closure associated with Valley freeway improvement projects, the Arizona Department of Transportation said.—
DAILY BRIEFING,
AZCentral.com,
9 Aug. 2025
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Authorities are expecting heavy traffic along the detour route due to the freeway closure.—
Caelyn Pender,
Mercury News,
7 Aug. 2025
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And because of the powertrain’s development, the engineers on the Formula E team can now feed data back to the road car programme in Nissan’s Japan headquarters.—
Matthew MacConnell,
Forbes.com,
8 Aug. 2025
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Tribal authorities had barricaded the roads for several weeks in 2023.—
Frank Vaisvilas,
jsonline.com,
7 Aug. 2025
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The proposal would not only include metered parking along Bardstown and Baxter, but also several side streets off the thoroughfare.—
Keely Doll,
Louisville Courier Journal,
6 Aug. 2025
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In New York City, heavy rains halted traffic along a major east-west thoroughfare in Queens, east of Manhattan.—
Briana Waxman,
CNN Money,
31 July 2025
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Meanwhile, eerie creatures lurk in the city streets, waiting.—
Marta Balaga,
Variety,
6 Aug. 2025
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Dozens of community members spilled into the street near Pete's Fruit Market early Saturday, Aug. 2, to participate in the annual HaRUNbee 5K Run/Walk for Healthy Birth Outcomes at the intersection of N. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Drive and W. North Avenue.—
Everett Eaton,
jsonline.com,
5 Aug. 2025
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Go the safer route with easy heatless curlers like this affordable set from Kitsch.—
Jackie Cucco,
Travel + Leisure,
16 Aug. 2025
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For the the Lynx system replaced by Scout vans, buses will stop running routes on Jan. 10.—
Martin E. Comas,
The Orlando Sentinel,
16 Aug. 2025
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Photographs have shown large potholes on certain stretches and, at the scene, The Athletic was told that parts of the carriageway were so badly affected that ambulance drivers preferred to use only the fast (left) lane rather than crossing from one side to the other.—
Daniel Taylor,
New York Times,
4 July 2025
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Tucked behind locked iron gates on one of the Village’s most storied carriageways, the one-bedroom, two-bathroom residence is a fusion of historic charm and modern refinement.—
Abby Montanez,
Robb Report,
29 Apr. 2025
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Flash flooding currents are strong and can sweep drivers off roadways.—
NC Weather Bot,
Charlotte Observer,
14 Aug. 2025
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Exceptions apply when the right half of the roadway is closed, on a roadway designated for one-way traffic, or a roadway divided into more than two lanes, according to state law.—
Rey Covarrubias Jr,
AZCentral.com,
14 Aug. 2025
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“Expressway.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/expressway. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.
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