An expressway is a wide road that is specially designed so that a lot of traffic can move along it very quickly. It is usually divided, so that traffictravelling in one direction is separated from the traffic travelling in the oppositedirection.
expressway in British English
(ɪkˈsprɛsˌweɪ)
noun
a motorway
motorway in British English
(ˈməʊtəˌweɪ)
noun
British
a main road for fast-moving traffic, having limited access, separate carriageways for vehicles travelling in opposite directions, and usually a total of four or six lanes
US names: superhighway or (also Canadian) expressway
expressway in American English
(ɛkˈsprɛsˌweɪ; ɪkˈsprɛsˌweɪ)
US
noun
a divided highway for through traffic, with full or partial control of access and generally with overpasses or underpasses at intersections
Word origin
express + highway
Examples of 'expressway' in a sentence
expressway
My Volkswagen puttering at thirty-five miles per hour on the expressway north.
Reeves, Robert DOUBTING THOMAS (2004)
As they joined the Long Island expressway, a light rain began to fall.
Stewart, Michael COMPULSION (2004)
Beyond, across a stretch of wasteland, the traffic poured in an unending stream along the riverside expressway.
Stewart, Michael COMPULSION (2004)
When you drove past it on the expressway, it went on for mile after mile of flat green earth and headstones in long rows.