expressway
noun
ex·press·way
ik-ˈspres-ˌwā 
: a high-speed divided highway for through traffic with access partially or fully controlled
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a baffling maze of high-speed expressways encircles the city
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From the second half of the 20th century, pioneering thinkers such as American author and activist Jane Jacobs and Danish architect Jan Gehl began highlighting the inhuman way our cities were being shaped, with boring constructions, barren spaces and brutal expressways.
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Thomas Heatherwick, WIRED, 2 Jan. 2025
The expressway runs from the regional capital Urumqi in northern Xinjiang to Yuli County in southern Xinjiang.
—Paul Du Quenoy, Newsweek, 31 Dec. 2024
In a rational world, the state would have erected a temporary bypass where the sound berms are and rebuilt the expressway, all before work on the park began.
—Justin Davidson, Curbed, 3 July 2024
When finished, the $150 million project will rehabilitate 36 bridge structures and replace overhead signs, patch pavement and give the expressway a paint job.
—Justin Kaufmann, Axios, 17 Dec. 2024
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Thomas Heatherwick, WIRED, 2 Jan. 2025
The expressway runs from the regional capital Urumqi in northern Xinjiang to Yuli County in southern Xinjiang.
—Paul Du Quenoy, Newsweek, 31 Dec. 2024
In a rational world, the state would have erected a temporary bypass where the sound berms are and rebuilt the expressway, all before work on the park began.
—Justin Davidson, Curbed, 3 July 2024
When finished, the $150 million project will rehabilitate 36 bridge structures and replace overhead signs, patch pavement and give the expressway a paint job.
—Justin Kaufmann, Axios, 17 Dec. 2024
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“Expressway.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/expressway. Accessed 17 Jan. 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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