tollroads

Fee-charging highways

Tollroads are roads that charge fees for use, typically highways or expressways maintained through collected tolls rather than general taxes.

The word is usually written as two words (toll roads) or hyphenated (toll-roads): The tollroads around here have gotten expensive.

payment

fees

Costs for services

transponders · E-ZPass · invoices · billing · accounts · prepaid · postpaid · cash · coins · receipts

travel

commuting

Regular work-home travel

congestion · delays · rush-hour · journey · route · shortcuts · navigation · GPS · alternatives · detours

economics

privatization

State sells public assets

financing · bonds · investors · public-private · franchises · leases · profits · subsidies · maintenance · construction

infrastructure

highways

Major intercity roads

overpasses · lanes · asphalt · pavement · ramps · barriers · bridges · tunnels · exits · entrances

global

autobahns

German high-speed highways

European · Asian · Latin-American · African · cross-border · international · national · regional · urban · suburban

Opposites
payment requirement

tollroadsfreeways

Toll-absent highways

interstates · public roads · interstate highways · side roads · back roads

funding model

tollroadsstate highways

Government-funded regional roads

federal highways · county roads · public infrastructure

Family

toll, road, tolls, tolled, tolling, roads, roadway, roadways, roadside

Familiarity
Top 50,000
Profile
Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G