expressway
Americannoun
noun
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To visit by car, you’ve got to take the expressway south to an easy-to-miss exit and make two quick U-turns down to the riverbank.
From Slate • May 27, 2026
Taking the Y4, an expressway still under construction, allows one to realise just "how much the city has eaten into the bush" that surrounds it, said Moustapha.
From Barron's • Oct. 21, 2025
As L.A. officials assess the merits of a water taxi system designed to reduce car traffic at the 2028 Olympics, the Games’ organizers have set their sights on another expressway.
From Los Angeles Times • May 15, 2025
He’s also building India's longest expressway and redeveloping India’s largest slum.
From BBC • Nov. 21, 2024
Its only windows offer a view of sweet-gum trees, a vast and barely used supermarket parking lot, and an expressway beyond.
From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr
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