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A controlled-access highway is a type of highway that has been designed for high-speed vehicular traffic, with all traffic flow—ingress and egress—regulated. Common English terms are freeway, [a] motorway, [b] and expressway. [c] Other similar terms include throughway or thruway [d] and parkway.
A limited-access road, known by various terms worldwide, including limited-access highway, dual-carriageway, expressway, and partial controlled-access highway, is a highway or arterial road for high-speed traffic which has many or most characteristics of a controlled-access highway (also known as a freeway or motorway), including limited or no ...
The Dwight D. Eisenhower National System of Interstate and Defense Highways, commonly known as the Interstate Highway System, or the Eisenhower Interstate System, is a network of controlled-access highways that forms part of the National Highway System in the United States. The system extends throughout the contiguous United States and has ...
Ankara - Istanbul Highway, Motorway 4 in Turkey. Bahrain: ṭarīq siyār (طريق سيار) Brunei: Lebuhraya. China: Gaosu Gōnglù (高速公路) Hong Kong: Highways. India: Expressways. Indonesia: Toll Road/Jalan Tol (all tolled) Iran: Āzādrāh (آزادراه) Iraq: ṭarīq siyār (طريق سيار)
Upgrading State Route 71, the Chino Valley Freeway, to a full controlled-access freeway north of State Route 60, the Pomona Freeway, to Interstate 10, the San Bernardino Freeway, in Pomona. [12] Upgrading State Route 55 , the Costa Mesa Freeway , from south of its current freeway terminus at 19th Street in Costa Mesa to State Route 1 , Pacific ...
A frontage road (also known as an access road, outer road, service road, feeder road, or parallel road) is a local road running parallel to a higher-speed, limited-access road. A frontage road is often used to provide access to private driveways, shops, houses, industries or farms. Where parallel high-speed roads are provided as part of a major ...
Interchanges are almost always used when at least one road is a controlled-access highway (freeway or motorway) or a limited-access divided highway (expressway), though they are sometimes used at junctions between surface streets. An aerial view of the Lakalaiva interchange in the Tampere Ring Road between the Highway 3 ( E12) and Highway 9 ...
In most countries, regulation is based on engine displacement. [1] There is no specific law prohibiting motorcycle access on freeways as long as a vehicle can exceed 70 km/h, de jure. [2] However, many provinces have made other laws to prohibit motorcycle from driving on freeways. [3]