highway

noun

high·way ˈhī-ˌwā

Synonyms of highway next

: a public way

especially : a main direct road

Examples of highway in a Sentence

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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Southern whites imprisoned a disproportionately Black convict population, often for minor and outright fictional crimes, and put them to work, especially in building the highways that brought the South into the modern age. —

Justin Hawkins / Made By History, TIME, 31 Jan. 2025 Trying to avoid a collision, both drivers veered toward the highway’s east shoulder, where the vehicles collided. —

Bay Area News Group, The Mercury News, 31 Jan. 2025 Here’s your daily look at traffic on major highways in the Kansas City area. —

Kansas City Star Bot, Kansas City Star, 30 Jan. 2025 Troopers responded to reports of the incident at 10:17 a.m. on the southbound side of the highway near Exit 19, according to Connecticut State Police. —

Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 30 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for highway