turnpike

Example Sentences

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Roger Hargreaves, director of Glossop Heritage Trust, said it was built as a turnpike - or toll road - to connect Sheffield with Manchester.

From BBC • Feb. 2, 2025

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

It crossed over approximately 12 miles of the turnpike.

From Washington Post • Feb. 18, 2022

Off of 1-64 and back on the turnpike, the signs for Capitol Street started cropping up again.

From "Missing May" by Cynthia Rylant