expressway

English

Wikipedia

US 131, an expressway in Wyoming, Michigan. Local roads cross over the highway on overpasses.

Noun

expressway (plural expressways)

1. (parts of the US) A divided highway where intersections and direct access to adjacent properties have been eliminated.
2. (Canada, parts of the US, Malaysia, Singapore) A road built to freeway standards.
3. (New Zealand) A road built for high speed traffic, but not up to motorway standards or designated a motorway.

Translations

US: divided highway

• Chinese: 高速公路, gāosùgōnglù
• Dutch: expressweg, snelweg
• Finnish: moottoriliikennetie (fi)
• French: autoroute (fr) f
• German: Autobahn (de)
• Greek: αυτοκινητόδρομος (el) (aftokinitódromos) m (aftokinitódromos)
• Hungarian: autópálya (hu)
• Interlingua: autostrata
• Italian: superstrada (it)
• Japanese: 高速道路 (こうそくどうろ, kōsoku-dōro)
• Korean: 고속도로 [高速道路] (gosokdoro)

• Macedonian: автопат (mk) (avtopat) (avtopat)
• Malay: lebuh raya (ms)
• Norwegian: motorvei (no)
• Portuguese: auto-estrada (pt)
• Russian: автомагистраль (ru) (avtomagistral')
• Serbo-Croatian: autocesta (sh)
• Shona: marodi
• Spanish: autopista (es)
• Swedish: motorväg (sv)
• Turkish: otoyol (tr)
• Volapük: motoraveg

freeway — see freeway

NZ: high speed road, not built to freeway standards

• Finnish: moottoriliikennetie (fi)

• Polish: droga ekspresowa (pl) f

See also

• motorway
• autoroute