Definitions

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  • noun A toll road or toll highway, where a fee is charged in order to travel on it; a turnpike.

Etymologies

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toll + way

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Examples

  • Mayor Tom Leppert argued in recent months that the tollway is the lynchpin for several billion dollars of related highway-improvement projects, and eliminating it could cause federal authorities to withhold funding for those projects.

    Dallas Voters Appear 2007

  • As a freshman councilmember, she studied the Trinity River project and saw that the tollway, which is projected to have a speed limit of 55-mph, had morphed into a much larger entity than the four-lane, 35-mph road initially envisioned a decade ago.

    Down by the Riverside, 2007

  • "The tollway is a creature of statute that went into effect in July 1953," Tobin said in a statement.

    News - chicagotribune.com 2011

  • "The tollway is a creature of statute that went into effect in July 1953," Tobin said in a statement.

    News - chicagotribune.com 2011

  • The victims' car, a 1999 Toyota Camry, was found on the side of the northbound lanes of the tollway, which is Interstate Highway 90, near Arlington

    chicagotribune.com - News 2010

  • Frequent tollway user Alex Sidorowych, 56, of Lake Zurich, called tollway privatization a "bad idea."

    chicagotribune.com - 2010

  • Frequent tollway user Alex Sidorowych, 56, of Lake Zurich, called tollway privatization a "bad idea."

    chicagotribune.com - 2010

  • He said the tollway will be a 40-mile extension of the existing S.H. 130, which is open between Georgetown and the Austin airport area.

    The Gazette-Enterprise: News 2009

  • He said the tollway will be a 40-mile extension of the existing S.H. 130, which is open between Georgetown and the Austin airport area.

    The Gazette-Enterprise: News 2009

  • He said the tollway will be a 40-mile extension of the existing S.H. 130, which is open between Georgetown and the Austin airport area.

    The Gazette-Enterprise: News 2009

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