interstate

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Recent Examples of interstate House Enrolled Act 1461, authored by state Rep. Jim Pressel, R-Rolling Prairie, would allow the state to charge tolls on all Indiana interstate highways, including Interstate 80/94 and I-65. Alexandra Kukulka, Chicago Tribune, 9 June 2025 Deputy Ryan Keach located the zebra near the interstate and shut down one lane of traffic for travelers’ safety on May 31, the sheriff's office told Fox News Digital. Stepheny Price, FOXNews.com, 8 June 2025 Dodging vehicles and narrowly missing being hit, a pet zebra ran into traffic along a busy greater Nashville interstate over the weekend, officials said. Natalie Neysa Alund, USA Today, 3 June 2025 This isn't the first unexpected animal to shut down an interstate recently. / Cbs News, CBS News, 3 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for interstate
Recent Examples of Synonyms for interstate
Noun
  • Here's your daily look at traffic on major highways in the Kansas City area.
    Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 24 June 2025
  • The Waymo robotaxis available through the Uber app will cover approximately 65 square miles around Atlanta, but will not yet travel on highways or to the airport.
    Lora Kolodny, CNBC, 24 June 2025
Noun
  • Here is how the Nationals (33-46) will line up for Game 2: Yu Darvish will travel up the 15 freeway to throw a sim game at low Single-A Lake Elsinore on Wednesday.
    Jeff Sanders, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 June 2025
  • The practice boosts productivity, reduces freeway congestion, lowers office costs, reduces air pollution, and enhances employee morale.
    Erik Skindrud, Mercury News, 19 June 2025
Noun
  • Third, build a national transmission superhighway and smart, self-healing electric grid.
    Deborah Wince-Smith, Forbes.com, 14 May 2025
  • Or rivers like the Skykomish that flow into the Puget Sound, which used to be salmon superhighways but are now closed to sportfishing some years due to abysmal returns.
    Dac Collins, Outdoor Life, 15 May 2025
Noun
  • Officials from the Canton of Solothurn said the walker noticed the brick fragments and stones near the motorway bridge along the A1 motorway in Luterbach, according to a May 20 Facebook post.
    Lauren Liebhaber, Miami Herald, 4 June 2025
  • My week consists of going to and from dog parks via motorways and B-roads after working hours.
    Matthew MacConnell, Forbes.com, 21 May 2025
Noun
  • 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
  • During my test driving, which comprised about 45 miles, in a variety of modes and at a variety of speeds including close to 100mph on a German autobahn, the car achieved close to 3 miles per kWh.
    James Morris, Forbes.com, 29 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • All evacuation warnings have been lifted and roads reopened, the Sheriff’s Office said.
    City News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 June 2025
  • Think of it as a creditor wanting to get into a city and there are several roads to get into that city.
    Jay Adkisson, Forbes.com, 23 June 2025
Noun
  • The parkway is a two-lane winding road that covers 469 miles through the Appalachian Highlands of Virginia and North Carolina.
    Mark Price, Charlotte Observer, 25 June 2025
  • The parkway about 35 miles south of downtown Nashville in the city of Murfreesboro, a booming town home to Middle Tennessee State University, the largest undergraduate university in The Volunteer State.
    Natalie Neysa Alund, USA Today, 3 June 2025
Noun
  • Homicide data from the Illinois State Police, which patrols the city’s expressways, also is not included here.
    Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 16 June 2025
  • Several major roads, expressways and bridges will be closed to vehicle traffic during the day – and some have already been shuttered this week.
    Greta Cross, USA Today, 14 June 2025

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“Interstate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/interstate. Accessed 30 Jun. 2025.

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