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A controlled-access highway is a type of highway that has been designed for high-speed vehicular traffic, with all traffic flow—ingress and egress—regulated. Common English terms are freeway, [a] motorway, [b] and expressway. [c] Other similar terms include throughway or thruway [d] and parkway.
The Dwight D. Eisenhower National System of Interstate and Defense Highways, commonly known as the Interstate Highway System, or the Eisenhower Interstate System, is a network of controlled-access highways that forms part of the National Highway System in the United States. The system extends throughout the contiguous United States and has ...
The Veterans Memorial Parkway in London, Ontario is a modern at-grade expressway, with intersections. A limited-access road, known by various terms worldwide, including limited-access highway, dual-carriageway, expressway, and partial controlled-access highway, is a highway or arterial road for high-speed traffic which has many or most characteristics of a controlled-access highway (also known ...
Ankara - Istanbul Highway, Motorway 4 in Turkey. Bahrain: ṭarīq siyār (طريق سيار) Brunei: Lebuhraya. China: Gaosu Gōnglù (高速公路) Hong Kong: Highways. India: Expressways. Indonesia: Toll Road/Jalan Tol (all tolled) Iran: Āzādrāh (آزادراه) Iraq: ṭarīq siyār (طريق سيار)
In most countries, regulation is based on engine displacement. [1] There is no specific law prohibiting motorcycle access on freeways as long as a vehicle can exceed 70 km/h, de jure. [2] However, many provinces have made other laws to prohibit motorcycle from driving on freeways. [3]
General classification Controlled-access highway Bundesautobahn 9 near by Garching bei Muenchen, Germany. At the top of the hierarchy in terms of traffic flow and speed are controlled-access highways; their defining characteristic is the control of access to and from the road, meaning that the road cannot be directly accessed from properties or other roads, but only from specific connector roads.
A frontage road (also known as an access road, outer road, service road, feeder road, or parallel road) is a local road running parallel to a higher-speed, limited-access road. A frontage road is often used to provide access to private driveways, shops, houses, industries or farms. Where parallel high-speed roads are provided as part of a major ...
Interstate 35E through Saint Paul, Minnesota is an example of a freeway that was not grandfathered into the system that is nonetheless an exception to standards. Initially designed in the 1960s, but not opened until 1990, the freeway has a speed limit of 45 mph (72 km/h), and does not allow vehicles weighing over 9,000 pounds (4,100 kg) GVW.