Interstate
Interstate noun - One of the system of highways linking major cities in the 48 contiguous states of the United States.
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Synonyms for Interstate
Thruway and interstate are semantically related. in large topic. In some cases you can use "Thruway" instead a noun "Interstate", when it comes to topics like expressway.
Thruway
Thruway noun - A passage cleared for public vehicular travel.
Usage example: we took back roads on the way out, and the thruway on the way back
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Synonyms for Thruway
Interstate and thruway are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Interstate" instead a noun "Thruway".
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- But in the mid-1990s a onetime budget move gave it control over Interstate 287, Westchester's Cross County Expressway, between the New England Thruway and its main section.
Source: Artifact Title / Real Life - It also got control over the section of Interstate 95 through Westchester County between the Bronx and Connecticut, known as the New England Thruway, so the name still held.
Source: Artifact Title / Real Life - In another year at the same time a similar budgetary move by the state (since reversed) gave the Thruway the entirety of Interstate 84 in New York, which has an interchange with the Thruway main line between Pennsylvania and Connecticut.
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