highways
Long-distance routes
Highways are major public roads designed for travel between cities and regions, typically featuring multiple lanes, higher speed limits, and limited access points compared to ordinary streets.
In American usage, highway often implies a large, fast road—sometimes synonymous with freeway or interstate—though technically any main road connecting towns qualifies.
We took the highway to avoid traffic through downtown.
The term appears in expressions like highway robbery, suggesting brazen overcharging, and my way or the highway, an ultimatum demanding compliance.
Between political regions
- turnpikeFee-charging highway
- autobahnGerman expressway system
- autostradaItalian toll motorway
- carriagewayVehicle portion of road
overpass · underpass · interchange · junction · ramp · tollbooth · guardrail · median
Leisure travel by car
- journeyTravel from place to place
- drivingControlling a vehicle
- navigationDetermining position and course
- destinationsPlaces one travels to
cross-country · commute · wayfinding · signage · exits · detour · itinerary · GPS
Enclosed connecting walkway
- arteryOxygen-rich blood conduit
- routePath from A to B
- connectionA joining or relation
- linkageConnected system of parts
hub · nexus · grid · system · access · connectivity · intersection · crossroads
Excessive accumulation causing blockage
- bottleneckConstriction limiting throughput
- rush-hourDaily commute congestion period
- gridlockComplete mutual obstruction
- flowUnbroken forward movement
merge · overtake · tailgating · rubbernecking · accident · pileup · breakdown · closure
Goods being transported
- truckingRoad-based freight shipping
- logisticsCoordination of complex activities
- shippingTransporting goods to destinations
- haulageCommercial goods transport
cargo · eighteen-wheeler · semi · transport · distribution · supply-chain · toll · diesel
interstate
Between political regions
- turnpikeFee-charging highway
- autobahnGerman expressway system
- autostradaItalian toll motorway
carriageway · overpass · underpass · interchange · junction · ramp · tollbooth · guardrail · median · shoulder
roadtrip
Leisure travel by car
- journeyTravel from place to place
- drivingControlling a vehicle
- navigationDetermining position and course
destinations · cross-country · commute · wayfinding · signage · exits · detour · itinerary · GPS · atlas
corridor
Enclosed connecting walkway
- arteryOxygen-rich blood conduit
- routePath from A to B
- connectionA joining or relation
linkage · hub · nexus · grid · system · access · connectivity · intersection · crossroads · convergence
congestion
Excessive accumulation causing blockage
- bottleneckConstriction limiting throughput
- rush-hourDaily commute congestion period
- gridlockComplete mutual obstruction
flow · merge · overtake · tailgating · rubbernecking · accident · pileup · breakdown · closure · construction
freight
Goods being transported
- truckingRoad-based freight shipping
- logisticsCoordination of complex activities
- shippingTransporting goods to destinations
haulage · cargo · eighteen-wheeler · semi · transport · distribution · supply-chain · toll · diesel · convoy
- transport themesaviation, nautical, railroad, automotive, space travel
- infrastructureroad construction, power grid, roads, seaports, water supply
- American landscapeprairies, plains, Great Plains, heartland, Midwest
- atlas contentstopographic maps, political maps, road maps, climate maps, relief maps
- Driving TermsGPS, maps, toll roads, backroads, side streets
- highwaysfreeways, interstate, interstates, turnpike, motorways
highwaysalleyways
Narrow urban passages
alleys · side streets · back roads · residential streets · footpaths
highwaysrailways
Fixed-track transport systems
railroads · waterways · canals · shipping lanes · airways
highwayswilderness trails
Paths through undeveloped natural areas
hiking trails · footpaths · game trails · dirt tracks · unpaved roads
- highway robberyOutrageously excessive charge
- highway patrolPolice unit for roads
- my way or the highwayAbsolute demand for compliance
- divided highwayRoad with separated lanes
- highway exitRoadway departure lane
- interstate highwayMajor road between states