superroad

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

super- +‎ road

Noun[edit]

superroad (plural superroads)

  1. superhighway
    • 1952, Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen, Trainman News, volume 6, page 11:
      Railroad workers all over the nation want to know why the general public and the railroad industry must be taxed to pay for the superroads required by heavy trucks.
    • 1956 June, Kiplinger's Personal Finance, volume 10, number 6, page 13:
      A total of 628 people have been killed in 12,325 accidents on the Pennsylvania Turnpike, oldest of the superroads.