A thruway is a wide road that is specially designed so that a lot of traffic can move along it very quickly. It is usually divided along the middle, so that traffic travelling in one direction is separated from the traffic travelling in the opposite direction.
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thruway in British English
(ˈθruːweɪ)
noun
a variant spelling of throughway
thruway in American English
(ˈθruˌweɪ)
US
noun
expressway
Examples of 'thruway' in a sentence
thruway
Dino," Stone said wearily," the speed limit on the thruway is sixty-five miles an hour.