expressway

Example Sentences

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This bold diagonal, cut through the prim Quaker street grid, produced a great many awkwardly shaped blocks, including the pointy trapezoid between the Parkway and the Vine Street Expressway that houses Calder Gardens.

From The Wall Street Journal • Sep. 24, 2025

A classic example was the Van Wyck Expressway, which Moses built in Queens in 1950.

From Slate • Aug. 28, 2024

Expressway traffic is especially heavy across China with the start of a five-day national holiday on Wednesday.

From New York Times • May 1, 2024

In Sonoma County, a tree early Sunday fell onto a home; in Palo Alto, a massive tree blocked the eastbound lanes of the Oregon Expressway.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 4, 2024

We crossed over the Long Island Expressway to the north side of town, and meandered down side roads until we stopped beside the Quaker meetinghouse.

From "The Wednesday Wars" by Gary D. Schmidt