thruway
Interstate toll road
A thruway is an expressway or major highway designed for high-speed, long-distance travel, typically with limited access points and no traffic lights.
The term is most associated with the New York State Thruway, though it applies to similar toll roads elsewhere: We took the thruway to avoid local traffic.
Also spelled throughway.
Between political regions
- turnpikeFee-charging highway
- carriagewayVehicle portion of road
- asphaltPetroleum-based paving material
- pavementHard road covering
concrete · overpass · underpass · junction · lane · shoulder · median · viaduct
Leisure travel by car
- journeyTravel from place to place
- driveOperate a vehicle
- routePath from A to B
- commuteRegular work travel
navigation · itinerary · destination · mileage · exit · waypoint · detour
Temporary enclosed compartment
- plazaPublic open square
- fareTransport payment
- transponderSignal-activated transmitter
- barrierObstruction preventing passage
payment · collector · ticket · receipt · charge · gate · cashier · token
Excessive accumulation causing blockage
- bottleneckConstriction limiting throughput
- delayEnforced waiting period
- backupStored duplicate for recovery
- gridlockComplete mutual obstruction
accident · rubbernecking · merge · slowdown · pileup
interstate
Between political regions
- turnpikeFee-charging highway
- carriagewayVehicle portion of road
- asphaltPetroleum-based paving material
pavement · concrete · overpass · underpass · junction · lane · shoulder · median · viaduct · ramp
roadtrip
Leisure travel by car
commute · navigation · itinerary · destination · mileage · exit · waypoint · detour
booth
Temporary enclosed compartment
- plazaPublic open square
- fareTransport payment
- transponderSignal-activated transmitter
barrier · payment · collector · ticket · receipt · charge · gate · cashier · token · tollway
congestion
Excessive accumulation causing blockage
- bottleneckConstriction limiting throughput
- delayEnforced waiting period
- backupStored duplicate for recovery
gridlock · accident · rubbernecking · merge · slowdown · pileup
- expresswaysinterstate, superhighway, turnpike, autobahn, autoroute
- highwayshighways, freeways, interstate, interstates, turnpike
- roadwaysinterstate, main road, arterial road, boulevard, avenue
- Northeast HighwaysI-95, turnpikes, toll roads, expressways, parkways
thruwayside street
Minor road off thoroughfare
residential street · back road · alley · cul-de-sac · lane
thruwaydead end
Passage without outlet
cul-de-sac · terminus · roadblock · impasse · bottleneck