expressway
noun
ex·press·way
ik-ˈspres-ˌwā 
: a high-speed divided highway for through traffic with access partially or fully controlled
Examples of expressway in a Sentence
a baffling maze of high-speed expressways encircles the city
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Homicide data from the Illinois State Police, which patrols the city’s expressways, also is not included here.
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Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 28 July 2025
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.
—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
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Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 28 July 2025
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.
—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
See All Example Sentences for expressway
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“Expressway.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/expressway. Accessed 3 Aug. 2025.
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expressway
noun
ex·press·way
ik-ˈspres-ˌwā
: a divided superhighway that may be entered and left only at special places
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