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turnpike::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | toll road |
| Type of | thruway, freeway, expressway, motorway, pike, state highway, superhighway, throughway |
turnpike::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | gate |
Examples of turnpike
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According to Gov. Ted Strickland's office, Distel's turnpike salary is $128,750.
From the dispatchpolitics.com
Turnpike CEO James Ely said the work is needed because the plazas were outdated.
From the orlandosentinel.com
The turnpike and interstates flash past blank hillocks and looping interchanges.
From the post-gazette.com
The walls were needed to hold back the slopes that hug the turnpike in that area.
From the post-gazette.com
As we drove, inching past an accident on the turnpike, my wife's cell phone rang.
From the post-gazette.com
If not enough employees choose to leave, the turnpike is going to lay them off.
From the post-gazette.com
The turnpike, though, did see a bump in cheating in 2005, when it raised tolls.
From the orlandosentinel.com
Turnpike spokesman Carl DeFebo said he could not comment on pending litigation.
From the post-gazette.com
He said Monday that turnpike tolls could be used as revenue for state government.
From the kansas.com
- (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
- A toll road (or tollway, turnpike, pike, toll highway or an express toll route) is a privately or publicly built road for which a driver pays a toll (a fee) for use. Structures for which tolls are charged include toll bridges and toll tunnels. ...
- Florida's Turnpike (TPK), also known as the Ronald Reagan Turnpike, and originally known as the Sunshine State Parkway is a north-south toll road that runs through 11 counties in the Florida peninsula, from U.S. ...
- Turnpike is a software suite for Microsoft Windows, originally written by Chris Hall and Richard Clayton (who had previously been the co-founders and principal programmers of Locomotive Software). ...
- A toll road, especially a toll expressway; A road formerly a toll road
- In hiker's lingo, a trail used by a lot of folks that goes quite directly from one place to another. In trail construction lingo, it is a trail built up above wet, boggy areas by placing stone and/or dirt over fabric with logs or rocks holding the whole shebang in place.
- A turnpike is a type of toll road; sometimes, turnpikes carry the state name (such as Delaware Turnpike and the New Jersey Turnpike) or the name of a place or person (such as Indian Nation Turnpike or Will Rogers Turnpike). The term turnpike sees most usage in the eastern states.
- An elevated walkway constructed of two parallel logs or rock walls filled in with rock and mineral soil, common on trails through bogs and other muddy areas. One person described it as an "earthen dam," which seems like a good description.
