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Recent Examples of interstate
Austin found land close to the new interstate and built a new drive-in, the Loner (1968–78), bringing the Duchess to a close in September 1968.
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Arkansas Online, 26 July 2025
Regulators said the proposal might have also slowed deliveries, hurt already-low driver pay and pushed more heavy truck traffic onto side streets instead of interstates.
—Trevor Hughes, USA Today, 24 July 2025
Another diverging diamond interchange could be coming to an interstate in the Milwaukee metro area.
—Liliana Fannin, jsonline.com, 15 July 2025
The interstate will reopen at 5 a.m. on July 21, with one lane to reopen along the corridor until 5 a.m. on July 23.
—Marina Johnson, The Courier-Journal, 11 July 2025
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Arkansas Online, 26 July 2025
Regulators said the proposal might have also slowed deliveries, hurt already-low driver pay and pushed more heavy truck traffic onto side streets instead of interstates.
—Trevor Hughes, USA Today, 24 July 2025
Another diverging diamond interchange could be coming to an interstate in the Milwaukee metro area.
—Liliana Fannin, jsonline.com, 15 July 2025
The interstate will reopen at 5 a.m. on July 21, with one lane to reopen along the corridor until 5 a.m. on July 23.
—Marina Johnson, The Courier-Journal, 11 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for interstate
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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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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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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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The carp escaped into the Mississippi River, which has functioned as a superhighway to travel north.—
Madeline Heim,
jsonline.com,
24 July 2025
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Obama doesn't get nearly enough flack for the NATO bombing campaign in Libya, one of the most short-sighted and memory-holed American military actions in history that had the twofer effect of destroying that entire country while also opening up a superhighway of mass immigration into Europe.—
Carlo Versano,
MSNBC Newsweek,
16 June 2025
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The northern part of the island was at a standstill, schools closed, traffic snailing down the motorway.—
Ariel Saramandi,
The Dial,
29 July 2025
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Police found Alia's head and the axe in a bag in her car, which Jesse R. was driving when arrested on the A4 motorway, according to the NL Times news site.—
Jason Lemon,
MSNBC Newsweek,
28 July 2025
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With extreme heat currently gripping vast swathes of the United States and Europe, subjecting tens of millions of people to dangerous temperatures far above what is usual for this time of year, even Germany’s famed autobahn is buckling under the strain, requiring emergency repairs.—
Jasmin Malik Chua,
Sourcing Journal,
3 Sep. 2019
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Beer plays Laura, a piano student at a music academy in Berlin, first seen in the opening shots on an autobahn overpass looking down at a river.—
David Rooney,
HollywoodReporter,
17 May 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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Where are evacuations and which roads have been closed?—
Hannah Poukish,
Sacbee.com,
7 Aug. 2025
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The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel spoke with some residents who live on the parkway near West Burleigh.—
Bridget Fogarty,
jsonline.com,
12 Aug. 2025
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There would be a 5-foot sidewalk on each side, along with a 5-foot landscaped parkway on each side.—
Elizabeth Marie Himchak,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
8 July 2025
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Homicide data from the Illinois State Police, which patrols the city’s expressways, also is not included here.—
Kori Rumore,
Chicago Tribune,
4 Aug. 2025
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At least two cars that had been submerged on the expressway were pulled from the floodwaters, a law enforcement official told CNN.—
Briana Waxman,
CNN Money,
31 July 2025
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“Interstate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/interstate. Accessed 19 Aug. 2025.
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