freeway
Americannoun
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an express highway with no intersections, usually having traffic routed on and off by means of a cloverleaf.
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a toll-free highway.
noun
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another name for expressway
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a major road that can be used without paying a toll
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A 1989 earthquake damaged a nearby freeway, which is now gone, but the fountain survived.
In Santa Barbara County, workers reopened all lanes of the 101 Freeway on Sunday afternoon after heavy precipitation triggered a series of mudslides, sending dirt and water onto the freeway.
From Los Angeles Times
“California politics forces together some of the richest areas of America with some of the poorest, often separated by just a freeway,” said Thad Kousser, a political science professor at UC San Diego.
From Los Angeles Times
“It’s like speed cameras on freeways,” Bloom says.
The state’s most deadly freeways are in San Bernardino, Riverside and San Diego counties, according to data from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration analyzed by ConsumerAffairs.
From Los Angeles Times
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