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Meanings of turnpike in English

Portuguese
rodovia
Catalan
autopista de peatge
Wikidata

An expressway on which tolls are collected.

rodovia
Synonyms
Examples for "toll road"
Examples for "toll road"
1
Knitted animals have taken over a toll road bridge on the River Thames.
BBC
2
Golf HQ business owner Blake Cowley said the toll road has to happen.
Radio NZ
3
The Infrastructure Facilities segment include investment in toll road projects and water-related businesses.
Reuters
4
The drive along the toll road from the border to Monterrey was easy.
Consent to kill: a thriller
5
The Company's toll road portfolio includes five expressways in Mainland China.
Reuters
Usage of turnpike in English
1
The Baymouth turnpike was about the only passable road in the neighborhood.
Ishmael; Or, In the Depths
2
The political economy of the master of the turnpike thus expressed itself.
The Uncommercial Traveller
3
Great strides had also been made in the construction of turnpike roads.
The Railroad Builders: A Chronicle of the Welding of the States
4
The motel was on Route 206, not far from the turnpike entrance.
Two for the dough
5
The horses set off at a round pace over the smooth turnpike.
Susan Lenox: Her Fall and Rise
6
She reached a turnpike-gate which stood upon the highway to the village.
Tess of the d'Urbervilles: A Pure Woman
7
The riders are soon out on the turnpike that leads to Woodward.
The Transgressors / Story of a Great Sin / A Political Novel of ...
8
This time Maggie remembered to exit I-95 before she reached the turnpike.
The soul catcher
9
The Pikes would be a field abutting on an old turnpike gate.
A Cotswold Village; Or, Country Life and Pursuits in Gloucesters...
10
I don't even think we could get him back to the turnpike.
The stand
11
No-theturnpike would have been quicker, but it would have been wrong.
IT
12
Near Roslyn they swung off the turnpike into an unfrequented, shady road.
Children of the Whirlwind
13
He put the Rover in gear and crept down to the turnpike.
The stand
14
This was a broad, well-made turnpike, with footpath and rows of trees.
The Case of the Golden Bullet
15
Our Sixth corps guarded the turnpike leading from Harper's Ferry to Winchester.
Three Years in the Sixth Corps / A Concise Narrative of Events i...
16
Ninety-five percent of it lay on the Red side of the turnpike.
Seveneves
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