Freeway vs. Turnpike — What's the Difference?

See expressway.

Abbr. Tnpk. or Tpk. A toll road, especially an expressway on which tolls are charged.

A highway without tolls.

A tollgate.

(In parts of Canada, the U.S. and Australia) A highway with grade-separated crossings (rather than level crossings) and designed (and only permitted) for high-speed motor-traffic running in two directions on one separate carriageway each

A frame consisting of two bars crossing each other at right angles and turning on a post or pin, to hinder the passage of animals, but admitting a person to pass between the arms; a turnstile.

A toll-free highway.

A gate or bar set across a road to stop carriages, animals, and sometimes people, until a toll is paid,

A broad highway designed for high-speed traffic

(Scotland) A winding stairway.

(military) A beam filled with spikes to obstruct passage; a cheval de frise.

A toll road, especially a toll expressway.

(mathematical economics) A trajectory on a finite time interval that satisfies an optimality criterion which is associated with a cost function.

To form (a road, etc.) in the manner of a turnpike road, or into a rounded form, as the path of a road.

A frame consisting of two bars crossing each other at right angles and turning on a post or pin, to hinder the passage of beasts, but admitting a person to pass between the arms; a turnstile. See Turnstile, 1.

A gate or bar set across a road to stop carriages, animals, and sometimes people, till toll is paid for keeping the road in repair; a tollgate.

A turnpike road.

A winding stairway.

A beam filled with spikes to obstruct passage; a cheval-de-frise.

To form, as a road, in the manner of a turnpike road; to throw into a rounded form, as the path of a road.

(from 16th to 19th centuries) gates set across a road to prevent passage until a toll had been paid

An expressway on which tolls are collected