Whats the difference? Anyone? :dunno:

 

doesn't it have to do w/ location?

i noticed when i was in IL last summer, they said expressway instead of freeway :dunno:

 

Freeway can include interstate and state routes, though state routes are also called highways.

Expressways are routes that connect one place to another with no other stops (entrance/exits) in between.

But let me look around to verify because I could be wrong.

 

minimal differences.. mainly sociological names

 

stfu tirod :fawk:,

 

 

Googled around and this was the first to come up. There's more if you guys want to dig around.




Roadway - that portion of a highway improved, designed, or ordinarily used for vehicular travel and parking lanes, but exclusive of the sidewalk, berm, or shoulder even though such sidewalk, berm, or shoulder is used by persons riding bicycles or other human-powered vehicles. In the event a highway includes two or more separate roadways, the term roadway as used herein shall refer to any such roadway separately, but not to all such roadways collectively.

Highway - a general term for denoting a public way for purposes of travel by vehicular travel, including the entire area within the right-of-way.

Expressway - a divided highway with partial control of access.

Freeway - a divided highway with full control of access.

"Turnpike" and "tollway" and not listed as such -- these are more in the realm of regional names and usages assigned by state and local transportation authorities. The Feds provide guidance, not absolute control, over naming of road features designed and built by local agencies. "Freeway" is a functional design term which may or may not be used to label a route.

(extract from the aue archives, article by Bob Stahl)

 

Alaska has no interstates :wiggle: just freeways

 

Hawaii has an interstate!?

 

i call em all highways