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I had heard there was a traffic jam on the highway, so I took the side roads.
the four-lane highway narrows to two lanes once you leave the city
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Winter storm freezes upper Midwest A fast-moving winter storm brought snow, ice, strong winds and bitter cold to much of the upper Midwest, snarling traffic in the Twin Cities and forcing North Dakota officials to shut down an interstate highway.
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arkansasonline.com, 20 Dec. 2024
Transportation-data firm INRIX says travel times on the nation's highways could be up to 30% longer than normal over the holidays, with Sunday expected to see the heaviest traffic.
—CBS News, 20 Dec. 2024
Williamson County was among other local highway departments already surveying roads for potholes as snow and ice melts.
—Andy Humbles, The Tennessean, 20 Dec. 2024
Most comprehensive study ever has the answers In a second incident, the next afternoon, another eagle-vehicle collision was reported in neighboring Mackinac County, near Gould City, along U.S. 2 near the Lake Michigan shoreline — another highway with a 65 mph speed limit.
—Jalen Williams, Detroit Free Press, 19 Dec. 2024
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arkansasonline.com, 20 Dec. 2024
Transportation-data firm INRIX says travel times on the nation's highways could be up to 30% longer than normal over the holidays, with Sunday expected to see the heaviest traffic.
—CBS News, 20 Dec. 2024
Williamson County was among other local highway departments already surveying roads for potholes as snow and ice melts.
—Andy Humbles, The Tennessean, 20 Dec. 2024
Most comprehensive study ever has the answers In a second incident, the next afternoon, another eagle-vehicle collision was reported in neighboring Mackinac County, near Gould City, along U.S. 2 near the Lake Michigan shoreline — another highway with a 65 mph speed limit.
—Jalen Williams, Detroit Free Press, 19 Dec. 2024
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“Highway.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/highway. Accessed 30 Dec. 2024.
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highway
noun
high·way
ˈhī-ˌwā 
: a public road
especially
: a main direct road
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