expressway

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expressway

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Alternative forms

expy, expwy (contraction)

Etymology

From express +‎ way.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /eksˈpɹɛs.weɪ/
Audio (US): (file)

Noun

expressway (plural expressways)

(US, regional) A divided highway, especially one whose intersections and direct access to adjacent properties have been eliminated.
- 2021 November 30, Aliya Uteuova, “The plan to transform one of New York City’s dirtiest freeways into green space”, in The Guardian‎^[1]:
  The funding will allow state and city officials to devise a community-driven plan to cap parts of the 6.5-mile expressway with structures that could reduce traffic noise and contain green space, pedestrian walkways and air filtration systems.
(Canada, parts of the US, Malaysia, Singapore, South Korea, Philippines) Synonym of freeway.
(UK, New Zealand) A road built for high speed traffic, but not up to motorway standards or designated a motorway.
- 2007 December 5, Randeep Ramesh, “Speed limits rise as India falls in love with the car”, in The Guardian‎^[2]:
  The £4bn expressways form a diamond linking Delhi with the country's three other largest cities, Mumbai, Chennai and Calcutta, marking the beginning of more than £35bn of road projects.

Synonyms

(high speed road, not built to motorway standards): express road (Europe)

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others

expresswayed

Translations

US: divided highway — see also motorway

Chinese:
Mandarin: 高速公路 (zh) (gāosùgōnglù)
Dutch: expressweg
French: autoroute (fr) f
Greek: αυτοκινητόδρομος (el) m (aftokinitódromos)
Interlingua: autostrata
Italian: superstrada (it)
Japanese: 高速道路 (ja) (こうそくどうろ, kōsoku-dōro), 自動車道 (ja) (jidōshadō)
Korean: 고속도로(高速道路) (ko) (gosokdoro)
Lithuanian: greitkelis (lt)
Macedonian: автопат (avtopat)
Malay: lebuh raya (ms)
Polish: autostrada (pl) f
Portuguese: auto-estrada (pt)
Russian: автомагистра́ль (ru) (avtomagistrálʹ)
Serbo-Croatian: autocesta (sh)
Shona: marodi
Spanish: autopista (es)
Turkish: otoyol (tr)
Vietnamese: đường cao tốc (vi)
Volapük: motoraveg

high speed road, not built to motorway standards

Danish: motortrafikvej
Finnish: moottoriliikennetie (fi)
French: voie express (fr) f
German:
Germany: Kraftfahrstraße (de)

Austria/Switzerland: Autostraße (de), Autostrasse (de)
Korean: 고속화도로 (gosokhwadoro)
Lithuanian: greitkelis (lt)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: motortrafikkvei

Nynorsk: motortrafikkveg
Polish: droga ekspresowa (pl) f
Swedish: motortrafikled (sv)
Turkish: motorlu taşıt yolu, ekspres yol (tr)

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