turnpike

Example Sentences

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Roger Hargreaves, director of Glossop Heritage Trust, said it was built as a turnpike - or toll road - to connect Sheffield with Manchester.

From BBC • Feb. 2, 2025

The bugs are still so plentiful, the trained eye can spot them clinging to the trunks of tree of heaven while driving on the turnpike.

From National Geographic • Aug. 31, 2023

In addition to carrying traffic into Manhattan, the turnpike is, like Route 710 in Los Angeles, an artery heavily trafficked by freight trucks carrying goods between ports and warehouses in the area.

From New York Times • Jan. 6, 2023

The turnpike was part of a larger reroute away from the voracious appetite of the South Fork Skokomish River, which kept gobbling up the trail where it ran too close to the riverbank.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 21, 2022

The first thing I thought about was the van that had broken down on the turnpike that morning.

From "The Glass Castle" by Jeannette Walls