freeway

noun

Etymology: From free + way.

1. A highway with grade-separated crossings (rather than level crossings) and designed (and only permitted) for high-speed motor-traffic running in two directions on one separate carriageway each

   “Contrary to what one might expect of an essay on freeways, this one is neither a diatribe nor a paean.”

   “A 106-kilometer section of this 117-kilometer new freeway (between Hsinchu and Hsichih 汐止) was opened to traffic in 1997, and the entire line will be finished in December 1999.”

2. A toll-free highway.