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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Since the summer, the city has cleared a number of homeless encampments from North Park to the Dan Ryan expressway as part of a larger initiative to close such sites down and relocate residents to shelters or other housing.
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Caroline Kubzansky, Chicago Tribune, 1 Dec. 2024
The Uber driver’s gray Volkswagen was heading east along the expressway toward the Kissena Blvd. overpass in Kew Gardens about 1:40 a.m. when the woman, Priyanka Sewhani, who was sitting in the back seat, opened the door and jumped out of the moving ride-share vehicle.
—Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 23 Nov. 2024
With no approval yet the expressway is still years away with a cost or construction timetable unknown.
—Natalia Jaramillo, Orlando Sentinel, 23 Nov. 2024
The expressway on the Sixth Street Viaduct was closed after the derailment and was open again by the next morning.
—Erin Couch, The Enquirer, 18 Nov. 2024
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Caroline Kubzansky, Chicago Tribune, 1 Dec. 2024
The Uber driver’s gray Volkswagen was heading east along the expressway toward the Kissena Blvd. overpass in Kew Gardens about 1:40 a.m. when the woman, Priyanka Sewhani, who was sitting in the back seat, opened the door and jumped out of the moving ride-share vehicle.
—Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 23 Nov. 2024
With no approval yet the expressway is still years away with a cost or construction timetable unknown.
—Natalia Jaramillo, Orlando Sentinel, 23 Nov. 2024
The expressway on the Sixth Street Viaduct was closed after the derailment and was open again by the next morning.
—Erin Couch, The Enquirer, 18 Nov. 2024
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“Expressway.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/expressway. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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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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