expressway
High-speed thoroughfare
An expressway is a high-speed divided highway designed for through traffic, with limited access points and no intersections at grade level.
The term is more common in American English, where it often overlaps with freeway and highway: Take the expressway to avoid downtown traffic.
Unlike toll roads, expressways are typically free to use.
Between political regions
- freewayHighway without tolls
- motorwayHigh-speed divided highway
- turnpikeFee-charging highway
- autobahnGerman expressway system
carriageway · tollway · beltway · bypass · interchange · overpass · underpass · viaduct
Movement along routes
- congestionExcessive accumulation causing blockage
- rush-hourDaily commute congestion period
- gridlockComplete mutual obstruction
- bottleneckConstriction limiting throughput
carpool · commuters · exit · entrance · detour · merge · tailgating · rubbernecking
Point where things meet
- cloverleafLooped highway junction
- spurIncentive or heel device
- connectorThing that joins others
- corridorEnclosed connecting walkway
route · system · grid · hub · link · span · stretch · segment
Directed rate of motion
- accelerationRate velocity changes
- cruisingMoving at relaxed pace
- passingMoving by or temporary
- overtakingGetting ahead of another
speeding · radar · ticket · swift · rapid · mph · kilometers · high-speed
Travel from place to place
- drivingControlling a vehicle
- destinationIntended arrival point
- distanceSpace between two points
- mileageDistance traveled by vehicle
scenic · cross-country · navigation · GPS · waypoint · long-haul · trucking
interstate
Between political regions
autobahn · carriageway · tollway · beltway · bypass · interchange · overpass · underpass · viaduct · flyover
traffic
Movement along routes
- congestionExcessive accumulation causing blockage
- rush-hourDaily commute congestion period
- gridlockComplete mutual obstruction
bottleneck · carpool · commuters · exit · entrance · detour · merge · tailgating · rubbernecking · bumper-to-bumper
junction
Point where things meet
- cloverleafLooped highway junction
- spurIncentive or heel device
- connectorThing that joins others
corridor · route · system · grid · hub · link · span · stretch · segment
velocity
Directed rate of motion
- accelerationRate velocity changes
- cruisingMoving at relaxed pace
- passingMoving by or temporary
overtaking · speeding · radar · ticket · swift · rapid · mph · kilometers · high-speed
journey
Travel from place to place
- drivingControlling a vehicle
- destinationIntended arrival point
- distanceSpace between two points
mileage · scenic · cross-country · navigation · GPS · waypoint · long-haul · trucking
- infrastructurehighways, road construction, railway expansion, power grid, roads
- expresswaysfreeway, interstate, motorway, superhighway, thruway
- highwayshighways, freeway, freeways, interstate, interstates
- roadshighways, road, freeway, roads, freeways
- routesroad, path, route, freeway, trail
- travel routesSilk Road, Route 66, trade routes, trade route, scenic route
expresswaysurface street
Ground-level urban roadway
side street · residential street · city street · back road · alley
expresswayfootpath
Route for pedestrians
trail · pathway · sidewalk · bike path · walking path