Highway,freeway,expressway

[Penn's Woods]

Originally Posted by ChrisZwolle

No. The word freeways imply a free flow of traffic, no traffic lights or intersections, though many people associate the word "free" as in "no tolls".

Well, as this native speaker of American English said some time ago on another thread, I read eons ago that a "freeway" was a toll-free limited-access highway. Gotta allow for language as it is actually used, not just official definitions.

And (as I also said on another thread, with the support of examples, although without photos ;-) ), Pennsylvania uses "freeway" and "expressway" interchangeably* - at least in so far as you'll sometimes see "freeway ends" signs and sometimes "expressway ends." But as far as what they name limited-access roads, I can't think of any freeways in the state. There are Turnpikes (toll roads), Expressways (including a couple of short toll roads in the Pittsburgh area), a Parkway (in the Pittsburgh area....)

*Interchangeably. Get it? I really didn't intend that pun.

EDIT: Which proves that, at least in Pennsylvania, an "Expressway" - capitalization deliberate - really does officially mean limited-access road, regardless of what Californians and the FHWA think.