thruway

or through·way

[ throo-wey ]

/ ˈθruˌweɪ /

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noun

a limited-access toll highway providing a means of direct transportation between distant areas for high-speed automobile traffic.

Origin of thruway

First recorded in 1940–45; thru + way¹

Words nearby thruway

thruster, thrust fault, thrusting, thrust stage, thrutch, thruway, thrymsa, Thucydides, thud, thug, thuggee

Example sentences from the Web for thruway

In the distance, the night sky glowed with the lights of Chambersburg, north of the thruway.
Code Three|Rick Raphael
Then they hit the thruway—nine of them packed into the jalopy—the oldest one just seventeen years old.
Code Three|Rick Raphael
And as far as thruway traffic control and authority was concerned, state and national boundaries actually didn't exist.
Code Three|Rick Raphael
Ten bands of color—each five separated by a narrow clear strip, detailed the thruway.
Code Three|Rick Raphael

The thruway went on to Los Angeles in its western segment, not shown on the map.
Code Three|Rick Raphael