state highway
Example Sentences
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In 1926, Cyrus Avery, a Tulsa businessman and state highway commissioner, led the creation of Route 66.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 20, 2025
Houses that sit along parts of the major state highway have also been hit by the Palisades fire, including in the city of Malibu.
From BBC • Jan. 9, 2025
Lowering the speed limit on a state highway would mean looking into its design and reviewing the applicable state and federal laws, said Toks Omishakin, California Transportation Secretary.
From Los Angeles Times • May 9, 2024
The so-called slip-out, which stranded more than a thousand motorists overnight along the famous state highway, was the product of winter storms that for months have saturated California.
From New York Times • Apr. 3, 2024
It is Route Number 9, a state highway, bigger than our road, which is County Road 793.
From "Z for Zachariah" by Robert C. O’Brien
