controlled-access highway

noun

A motorway with grade-separated crossings (rather than level crossings) and designed (and only permitted) for high-speed motor-traffic (in Europe motor vehicles with a higher speed limit than 40 km/h) running in two directions on one separate carriageway each.

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Meanings

nouncontrolled-access highway (plural controlled-access highways)

plural controlled-access highways

  1. A motorway with grade-separated crossings (rather than level crossings) and designed (and only permitted) for high-speed motor-traffic (in Europe motor vehicles with a higher speed limit than 40 km/h) running in two directions on one separate carriageway each.

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
freewaylimited-access highway

Translations

Hungarian autópálya, autósztráda
  • autópályamotorway
  • autósztrádamotorway
  • sztrádamotorway
Polish autostrada
  • autostradamotorway
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APA

controlled-access highway. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/controlled-access%20highway

MLA

“controlled-access highway.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/controlled-access%20highway. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “controlled-access highway,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/controlled-access%20highway.

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