Motorway vs. Expressway

Motorwaynoun

A broad highway designed for high speed traffic, having restrictions on the vehicle types permitted and merging lanes instead of cross traffic; in parts of the United States and other places called freeway.

Motorwaynoun

a broad highway designed for high-speed traffic

Motorwaynoun

a dual-carriageway road designed for fast traffic, with relatively few places for joining or leaving.

Motorwaynoun

a wide, fast, easy ski run.

Expresswaynoun

A divided highway where intersections and direct access to adjacent properties have been eliminated.

Expresswaynoun

A road built to freeway standards.

Expresswaynoun

(New Zealand) A road built for high speed traffic, but not up to motorway standards or designated a motorway.

Expresswaynoun

a broad highway designed for high-speed traffic

Expresswaynoun

an urban motorway.