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freeway
free‧way S2 W3 /ˈfriːweɪ/ noun [COUNTABLE] American English a very wide road in the US, built for fast travel ⇨ motorway, expressway, highway: ▪ the Central Freeway • • • THESAURUS types of road ▪road a hard surface for cars, buses etc to drive on : ▪ They're planning to build a new road. ▪ My address is 42, Station Road. ▪street a road in a town, with houses or shops on each side : ▪ She lives on our street. ▪ We walked along the streets of the old town. ▪ Oxford Street is one of Europe's busiest shopping areas. ▪ He was stopped by the police, driving the wrong way down a one-way street. ▪ Turn left on Main Street (=the street in the middle of a town, where most of the shops are – used in American English). ▪ These days the same shops are on every high street (=the street in the middle of a town, where most of the shops are – used in British English). ▪avenue a road in a town, often with trees on each side : ▪ the busy avenue in front of the cathedral ▪ He lived on Park Avenue. ▪boulevard a wide road in a city or town – used especially in street names in the US, France etc. In the UK, streets are usually called avenue rather than boulevard : ▪ the world-famous Sunset Boulevard in Los Angeles. ▪lane a narrow road in the country : ▪ a winding country lane ▪cul-de-sac a short street which is closed at one end : ▪ The house is situated in a quiet cul-de-sac in North Oxford. ▪track especially British English, dirt road American English a narrow road in the country, usually without a hard surface : ▪ The farm was down a bumpy track. ▪ring road British English a road that goes around a town : ▪ The airport is on the ring road. ▪bypass British English a road that goes past a town, allowing traffic to avoid the centre : ▪ The bypass would take heavy traffic out of the old city centre. ▪dual carriageway British English, divided highway American English a road with a barrier or strip of land in the middle that has lines of traffic travelling in each direction : ▪ I waited until we were on the dual carriageway before I overtook him. ▪freeway/expressway American English a very wide road in a city or between cities, on which cars can travel very fast without stopping : ▪ Take the Hollywood Freeway (101) south, exit at Vine Street and drive east on Franklin Avenue. ▪ Over on the side of the expressway, he saw an enormous sedan, up against a stone wall. ▪motorway British English, highway American English a very wide road for travelling fast over long distances : ▪ The speed limit on the motorway is 70 miles an hour. ▪ the Pacific Coast Highway ▪interstate American English a road for fast traffic that goes between states : ▪ The accident happened on Interstate 84, about 10 miles east of Hartford. ▪toll road a road that you pay to use : ▪ The government is planning to introduce toll roads, in an effort to cut traffic congestion. ▪turnpike American English a large road for fast traffic that you pay to use : ▪ He dropped her off at an entrance to the New Jersey Turnpike.
noun EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES ▪ the Ventura Freeway EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ Caltrans says it could begin work on the freeway renovation by 2000. ▪ Gallegos said the expressway could be built by 2005 and later expanded into a six-lane freeway. ▪ H freeway retrofit and replacement, sources familiar with it said Monday. ▪ His city has pushed for the freeway for four decades, saying that its streets have been clogged by run-off traffic. ▪ Like traffic caught in rush hour, freeway construction moves glacially -- especially when well-organized locals try to spike it. ▪ Rising all around are thick walls of rough-cut travertine, the slightly golden stone that dominates the view from the freeway. ▪ The more freeway access there is, the less San Franciscans have to share their streets with out-of-towners. ▪ To the north lies freeway and its speeding traffic.
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