turnpike
Highway with booths
A turnpike is a toll road—a highway where drivers pay fees to use it.
The term comes from the spiked barrier (a turning pike) that blocked passage until tolls were paid.
In the northeastern United States, turnpike remains common in official road names: the New Jersey Turnpike, the Pennsylvania Turnpike.
Elsewhere, toll road or tollway is more typical.
Between political regions
- freewayHighway without tolls
- expresswayLimited-access highway
- motorwayHigh-speed divided highway
- thoroughfareMain public road
carriageway · roadway · asphalt · pavement · lane · interchange · overpass · underpass
Horse-drawn route vehicle
- tavernPublic drinking establishment
- innLodging for wayfarers
- colonialOf occupied territories
- pikeLong battlefield spear
macadam · cobblestone · milestone · tollhouse · gatekeeper · coaching · mailcoach · horseback
Payment for service
- boothTemporary enclosed compartment
- tollgateRoad fee collection point
- plazaPublic open square
- collectorOne who gathers items
transponder · tariff · fare · charge · cashless · ticket · payment · revenue
Regular work travel
- roadtripLeisure travel by car
- journeyTravel from place to place
- navigationDetermining position and course
- destinationIntended arrival point
itinerary · transit · trek · expedition · touring · adventure · rest stop · service plaza
interstate
Between political regions
- freewayHighway without tolls
- expresswayLimited-access highway
- motorwayHigh-speed divided highway
thoroughfare · carriageway · roadway · asphalt · pavement · lane · interchange · overpass · underpass · bypass
stagecoach
Horse-drawn route vehicle
pike · macadam · cobblestone · milestone · tollhouse · gatekeeper · coaching · mailcoach · horseback · carriage
fee
Payment for service
collector · transponder · tariff · fare · charge · cashless · ticket · payment · revenue · rate
commute
Regular work travel
- roadtripLeisure travel by car
- journeyTravel from place to place
- navigationDetermining position and course
destination · itinerary · transit · trek · expedition · touring · adventure · rest stop · service plaza · waypoint
- highwayshighway, highways, freeway, freeways, expressway
- New JerseyNewark, Garden State, Trenton, Jersey City, Princeton
- Driving TermsGPS, maps, highways, toll roads, backroads
- East CoastAtlantic coast, mid-Atlantic, Eastern Seaboard, New York City, NYC
- expresswaysexpressway, freeway, highway, interstate, motorway
- Road Travelroad trip, highway, interstate, freeway, car
turnpikelocal road
Low-traffic neighborhood thoroughfare
side street · country road · back road · dirt road · country lane
turnpikefootpath
Route for pedestrians
bicycle path · walking trail · bridle path · hiking trail · towpath
- Florida TurnpikeToll road through peninsula state