turnpike
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The bugs are still so plentiful, the trained eye can spot them clinging to the trunks of tree of heaven while driving on the turnpike.
From National Geographic • Aug. 31, 2023
Fragmented views of New Jersey’s skylines, shipping ports, salt marshes and infrastructure, like its infamous turnpike, conflate and realign in dizzying mosaics.
From New York Times • Nov. 14, 2022
The turnpike was part of a larger reroute away from the voracious appetite of the South Fork Skokomish River, which kept gobbling up the trail where it ran too close to the riverbank.
From Seattle Times • Sep. 21, 2022
It crossed over approximately 12 miles of the turnpike.
From Washington Post • Feb. 18, 2022
And those E-ZPass things on the turnpike so you don’t have to slow down or stop to pay tolls.
From "The Smartest Kid in the Universe" by Chris Grabenstein
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