Synonyms of expressways

expressways

noun

plural of expressway

as in highways

a passage cleared for public vehicular travel

a baffling maze of high-speed expressways encircles the city

Synonyms & Similar Words

• highways
• freeways
• roads
• thoroughfares
• streets
• routes
• carriageways
• roadways
• boulevards
• turnpikes
• arteries
• arterials
• interstates
• causeways
• drives
• thruways
• ways
• avenues
• motorways
• lanes
• parkways
• pike
• rows
• passes
• high roads
• superhighways
• corridors
• autobahns
• beltways
• traces
• alleys
• trails
• drags
• byways
• bypasses
• switchbacks
• autoroutes
• alleyways
• branches
• tracks
• ring roads
• crossroads
• secondary roads
• backstreets
• side streets
• Main Streets
• through streets
• side roads
• dual carriageways
• circles
• autostradas
• dead ends
• places
• corniches
• high streets
• cul-de-sacs
• laneways
• mews
• bystreets
• shunpikes
• closes

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of expressways

What is news is that a major rehabilitation of one of the nation’s busiest expressways was completed more than a month ahead of schedule in 2025. — Chicago Tribune, 9 Nov. 2026

The center sits near the Dolphin and Palmetto expressways and Interstate 95, adjacent to the Waterford Blue Lagoon Business District. — Luisa Yanez, Miami Herald, 16 Oct. 2026

Bikes are not allowed to on freeways or expressways, and cyclists cannot pass through tolls unless the signs nearby dictate otherwise. — Sacbee.com, 31 Aug. 2026

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

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

These expressways would rapidly move large volumes of vehicles in and out of the central business district without using local roads. — Charlotte Observer, 11 May 2026

The sports complex in South Philly is surrounded by a number of main roads, interstates and expressways, including I-76, I-95, the Delaware Expressway and South Broad Street. — Kaitlyn McCormick, USA Today, 6 May 2026

This includes multilane expressways where cars speed alongside, and in some cases above, the water. — Pauline J. Yao, Artforum, 2 May 2026