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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It was a civic guessing game as to where the presumably late Mrs. Scott might be — maybe under an avalanche of concrete being poured for one of L.A.’s new freeways.
From Los Angeles Times
The storm, which dumped several feet of fresh, unstable snow in the high Sierra in recent days — shutting down freeways and commercial ski resorts — had been forecast nearly a week ago.
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“People get off the plane at LAX and get right on the freeway, often not seeing the L.A. coast,” she said.
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The new bridge will directly connect freeways on both sides to speed traffic.
She also wrote about people saving native flora and fauna, from mountain lions in need of a freeway crossing to endangered butterflies and tiny native bees.
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