highway

[ hahy-wey ]

/ ˈhaɪˌweɪ /

a main road, especially one between towns or cities: the highway between Los Angeles and Seattle.

any public road or waterway.

any main or ordinary route, track, or course.

Origin of highway

before 900; Middle English heyewei, Old English heiweg. See high, way¹

1 expressway, freeway, thruway, interstate.

It was a brick wall that we turned into the on-ramp of a highway.

Coffee Talk with Fred Armisen: On ‘Portlandia,’ Meeting Obama, and Taylor Swift’s Greatness |Marlow Stern |January 7, 2015 |DAILY BEAST
Cruce operates the Iron Hill Campground on the other side of the highway.

The 7-Year-Old Plane Crash Survivor’s Brutal Journey Through the Woods |James Higdon |January 7, 2015 |DAILY BEAST
Hundreds of cops saluting as the bodies were rolled out with a full escort by highway patrol.

Anger at The Cop Killer - And The Police |M.L. Nestel |December 21, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Highway safety flares provided light as the clans joined by loss sought solace in prayer and song.

The Cleveland Cops Who Fired 137 Shots and Cried Victim |Michael Daly |December 2, 2014 |DAILY BEAST

In 2002, he was arrested for reckless driving after swerving his SUV off the highway.

Creed Singer Scott Stapp’s Fall From Grace: From 40 Million Albums Sold to Living in a Holiday Inn |Marlow Stern |November 27, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
I would not allow that paper, blown by the wind, to scare me from the highway of the argument!

The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 10 (of 12) |Robert G. Ingersoll
Oh, better the highway with its friendly blossoms than this couch of down and this stifled atmosphere which I am breathing!

Allegories of Life |Mrs. J. S. Adams
A short distance east of the mill-pond Otter Creek crosses the highway and sinks in the sand, becoming a lost stream.

Baraboo, Dells, and Devil's Lake Region |H. E. Cole
The cottage itself was on the main shore road leading from the village to Keyport Light, and a little removed from the highway.

Caleb West, Master Diver |F. Hopkinson Smith
The shadows were already lengthening, and a cool breeze stirred the deep aisles of the pines on either side of the highway.

From Sand Hill to Pine |Bret Harte

highway

/ (ˈhaɪˌweɪ) /

a public road that all may use

mainly US and Canadian law a main road, esp one that connects towns or cities

a main route for any form of transport

a direct path or course