Poll: Freeway or Highway?

[cw42]

Freeway or Highway.

What do you call em?

 

[Amused]

I called it a "Freeway" when I lived in the Los Angeles area. Now I call them "Highways" or Interstates."

 

[BlancoNino]

They're two different kinds of roads....

Highways are generally 2 lane and aren't divided.

Freeways are generally 4 lane, divided, and go for a long long time.

 

[Anubis]

i call it a throughway

tho i use all the terms for a highway or whatever itterchangeably

 

[natto fire]

Originally posted by: BlancoNino
They're two different kinds of roads....

Highways are generally 2 lane and aren't divided.

Freeways are generally 4 lane, divided, and go for a long long time.

yep, but you forgot that freeways are also controlled-access. A freeway is a type of highway.


Where is the poll option for people that know what they are talking about?

 

[Amused]

Originally posted by: BlancoNino
They're two different kinds of roads....

Highways are generally 2 lane and aren't divided.

Freeways are generally 4 lane, divided, and go for a long long time.

You do realize that distiction is uniquely western US. In most other parts of the country the term "freeway" isn't even used. "Highway" or "interstate" is the term of choice.

 

[FilmCamera]

They are two different kinds of roads. I call it whatever it is. Though more often than not I call a freeway by it's number, or with interstates I call them I-#.

Like I-5. Or I-70. I think that comes from living in CA.

 

[BlancoNino]

Originally posted by: Captain Howdy

Originally posted by: BlancoNino
They're two different kinds of roads....

Highways are generally 2 lane and aren't divided.

Freeways are generally 4 lane, divided, and go for a long long time.

yep, but you forgot that freeways are also controlled-access. A freeway is a type of highway.

Just how we call them here

 

[Anubis]

Originally posted by: BlancoNino
They're two different kinds of roads....

Highways are generally 2 lane and aren't divided.

Freeways are generally 4 lane, divided, and go for a long long time.

ive never know anyone that refered to a 2 lane non divide road as a highway
they juct call it a road

 

[SacrosanctFiend]

Originally posted by: BlancoNino
They're two different kinds of roads....

Highways are generally 2 lane and aren't divided.

Freeways are generally 4 lane, divided, and go for a long long time.

Actually, freeways are simply highways without intersections. Interstates are highways that connect one or more states. And example of a freeway around where I live is I-440, and interstate would be I-40, and a simple highway would be Highway 31.

 

[natto fire]

Originally posted by: Amused

Originally posted by: BlancoNino
They're two different kinds of roads....

Highways are generally 2 lane and aren't divided.

Freeways are generally 4 lane, divided, and go for a long long time.

You do realize that distiction is uniquely western US. In most other parts of the country the term "freeway" isn't even used. "Highway" or "interstate" is the term of choice.

I live in Ohio, and have always called divided, controlled access roadways freeways. Anything that has intersections, but still divided, a highway.

 

[smack Down]

Originally posted by: SacrosanctFiend

Originally posted by: BlancoNino
They're two different kinds of roads....

Highways are generally 2 lane and aren't divided.

Freeways are generally 4 lane, divided, and go for a long long time.

Actually, freeways are simply highways without intersections. Interstates are highways that connect one or more states. And example of a freeway around where I live is I-440, and interstate would be I-40, and a simple highway would be Highway 31.

What do you think the i in i-440 stands for?

 

[natto fire]

Originally posted by: smack Down

Originally posted by: SacrosanctFiend

Originally posted by: BlancoNino
They're two different kinds of roads....

Highways are generally 2 lane and aren't divided.

Freeways are generally 4 lane, divided, and go for a long long time.

Actually, freeways are simply highways without intersections. Interstates are highways that connect one or more states. And example of a freeway around where I live is I-440, and interstate would be I-40, and a simple highway would be Highway 31.

What do you think the i in i-440 stands for?

Yeah, three digit Interstates do not connect other states, they are known as spur routes, but are still interstates. As noted, the number usually has the 2 digits from the interstate it is an auxiliary of. Here in Columbus, we have "the outerbelt" I-270, which is a spur route of I-70.

 

[SacrosanctFiend]

Originally posted by: smack Down

Originally posted by: SacrosanctFiend

Originally posted by: BlancoNino
They're two different kinds of roads....

Highways are generally 2 lane and aren't divided.

Freeways are generally 4 lane, divided, and go for a long long time.

Actually, freeways are simply highways without intersections. Interstates are highways that connect one or more states. And example of a freeway around where I live is I-440, and interstate would be I-40, and a simple highway would be Highway 31.

What do you think the i in i-440 stands for?

I-440 is a small loop around Nashville connecting various interstates. It is not an interstate unto itself. 440 also has sings labeling it as Four Forty Parkway, but it allows tractor trailer trucks, thus it is not a parkway. It has been dubbed by TDOT as a freeway.

 

[mugs]

Originally posted by: Captain Howdy

Originally posted by: smack Down

Originally posted by: SacrosanctFiend

Originally posted by: BlancoNino
They're two different kinds of roads....

Highways are generally 2 lane and aren't divided.

Freeways are generally 4 lane, divided, and go for a long long time.

Actually, freeways are simply highways without intersections. Interstates are highways that connect one or more states. And example of a freeway around where I live is I-440, and interstate would be I-40, and a simple highway would be Highway 31.

What do you think the i in i-440 stands for?

Yeah, three digit Interstates do not connect other states, they are known as spur routes, but are still interstates. As noted, the number usually has the 2 digits from the interstate it is an auxiliary of. Here in Columbus, we have "the outerbelt" I-270, which is a spur route of I-70.

3 digit interstates that start with an odd digit are spurs. 3 digit interstates that start with an even digit are bypasses (like I-270 is a bypass around Columbus, I-470 is a bypass around Wheeling, WV). I-195 is a spur, it doesn't join back up with I-95.

 

[Pepsi90919]

Originally posted by: Captain Howdy

Originally posted by: BlancoNino
They're two different kinds of roads....

Highways are generally 2 lane and aren't divided.

Freeways are generally 4 lane, divided, and go for a long long time.

yep, but you forgot that freeways are also controlled-access. A freeway is a type of highway.


Where is the poll option for people that know what they are talking about?

confirmed. also need an option for expressways.

 

[DarkKnight69]

Originally posted by: cw42
Freeway or Highway.

What do you call em?

In Alberta is is defined.

Freeway-Strech of road usually 3-6 lanes 1 way and has on ramps and offramps. No intersections and few speedchanges.

Highway-Strech of road usually 1-3 lanes 1 way and has intersections and speedchanges. Usually not divided from the other side of the road.

 

[Brainonska511]

I really depends. I say Parkway or Expressway when I want to specify the road to take. If I'm talking in generalities, then highway would probably be the word to say.

 

[Kalvin00]

Simply put...if its not a freeway, its a highway.

If it has on/off ramps, its a freeway. Else, a highway.

 

[2Xtreme21]

How about parkway?

 

[Pepsi90919]

Originally posted by: Kalvin00
Simply put...if its not a freeway, its a highway.

If it has on/off ramps, its a freeway. Else, a highway.

it could be a RIRO if it has ramps. highway is a general term.

 

[jdoggg12]

I Wik'd it up

Highway is a term commonly used in the United States and other countries to designate major roads intended for travel by the public between important destinations, such as cities.

Highway designs vary widely. They can include some characteristics of freeways and motorways such as multiple lanes of traffic, a median between lanes of opposing traffic, and access control (ramps and grade separation). Highways can also be as simple as a two-lane, shoulderless road.

The United States has the largest network of national highways, including Interstate highways and United States Numbered Highways. This network is present in every state and connects all major cities. China has the second largest highway system in the world.

According to California civil code 360(590) a highway refers to "any way or place of whatever nature, publicly maintained and open to the use of the public for purposes of vehicular travel." Streets, avenues and even one lane dirt roads are therefore considered highways within the state of California, so long as they are maintained by the state. Multi-lane, high-speed roadways with restricted access are called Freeways according to California's civil code, whereby all freeways are highways but not all highways are freeways.

Some highways, like the Pan-American Highway or the European routes, bridge multiple countries. Australia's Highway 1 is the longest national highway in the world at over 20,000km and runs almost the entire way around the country.

Highways are not always continuous stretches of pavement. For example, some highways are interrupted by bodies of water, and ferry routes may serve as sections of the highway.

Highway is generic for a road

A freeway is a type of highway designed for safer high-speed operation of motor vehicles through the elimination of at-grade intersections. This is accomplished by preventing access to and from adjacent properties and eliminating all cross traffic through the use of grade separations and interchanges; railroad crossings are also removed. Such highways are usually divided with at least two lanes in each direction. Because traffic never crosses at-grade, there are generally no traffic lights or stop signs.

The word "freeway" first surfaced in the mid-1930s in proposals for the improvement of the New York City parkway network.[1] It is currently in regular use in the United States, as well as parts of Canada and Australia. In the United States the term "freeway" is frequently used in the western part of the country. Other terms are predominant in other regions, such as "interstate" in the South (and particularly in Florida) and "expressway", "turnpike", or "thruway" in the Northeast and Midwest. While some people use these terms interchangeably, "turnpikes" and "thruways" have specific associations with some toll roads and other limited access highways such as the West Virginia Turnpike, New Jersey Turnpike, Florida Turnpike, and New York State Thruway.

freeway = high speed road

 

[Pepsi90919]

Originally posted by: 2Xtreme21
How about parkway?

this term is being abused now more than ever. it was generally used to describe 2-lane non-arterials that went through a scenic area, but now it's being applied to freeways, toll highways, etc.

 

[Pepsi90919]

Originally posted by: jdoggg12
I Wik'd it up

Highway is a term commonly used in the United States and other countries to designate major roads intended for travel by the public between important destinations, such as cities.

Highway designs vary widely. They can include some characteristics of freeways and motorways such as multiple lanes of traffic, a median between lanes of opposing traffic, and access control (ramps and grade separation). Highways can also be as simple as a two-lane, shoulderless road.

The United States has the largest network of national highways, including Interstate highways and United States Numbered Highways. This network is present in every state and connects all major cities. China has the second largest highway system in the world.

According to California civil code 360(590) a highway refers to "any way or place of whatever nature, publicly maintained and open to the use of the public for purposes of vehicular travel." Streets, avenues and even one lane dirt roads are therefore considered highways within the state of California, so long as they are maintained by the state. Multi-lane, high-speed roadways with restricted access are called Freeways according to California's civil code, whereby all freeways are highways but not all highways are freeways.

Some highways, like the Pan-American Highway or the European routes, bridge multiple countries. Australia's Highway 1 is the longest national highway in the world at over 20,000km and runs almost the entire way around the country.

Highways are not always continuous stretches of pavement. For example, some highways are interrupted by bodies of water, and ferry routes may serve as sections of the highway.

Highway is generic for a road

A freeway is a type of highway designed for safer high-speed operation of motor vehicles through the elimination of at-grade intersections. This is accomplished by preventing access to and from adjacent properties and eliminating all cross traffic through the use of grade separations and interchanges; railroad crossings are also removed. Such highways are usually divided with at least two lanes in each direction. Because traffic never crosses at-grade, there are generally no traffic lights or stop signs.

The word "freeway" first surfaced in the mid-1930s in proposals for the improvement of the New York City parkway network.[1] It is currently in regular use in the United States, as well as parts of Canada and Australia. In the United States the term "freeway" is frequently used in the western part of the country. Other terms are predominant in other regions, such as "interstate" in the South (and particularly in Florida) and "expressway", "turnpike", or "thruway" in the Northeast and Midwest. While some people use these terms interchangeably, "turnpikes" and "thruways" have specific associations with some toll roads and other limited access highways such as the West Virginia Turnpike, New Jersey Turnpike, Florida Turnpike, and New York State Thruway.

freeway = high speed road

no, i can go very high speeds on expressways and other super-2s. the correct definition is a divided road with no at-grade interchanges.

 

[jdoggg12]

Originally posted by: Pepsi90919

Originally posted by: jdoggg12
I Wik'd it up

Highway is a term commonly used in the United States and other countries to designate major roads intended for travel by the public between important destinations, such as cities.

Highway designs vary widely. They can include some characteristics of freeways and motorways such as multiple lanes of traffic, a median between lanes of opposing traffic, and access control (ramps and grade separation). Highways can also be as simple as a two-lane, shoulderless road.

The United States has the largest network of national highways, including Interstate highways and United States Numbered Highways. This network is present in every state and connects all major cities. China has the second largest highway system in the world.

According to California civil code 360(590) a highway refers to "any way or place of whatever nature, publicly maintained and open to the use of the public for purposes of vehicular travel." Streets, avenues and even one lane dirt roads are therefore considered highways within the state of California, so long as they are maintained by the state. Multi-lane, high-speed roadways with restricted access are called Freeways according to California's civil code, whereby all freeways are highways but not all highways are freeways.

Some highways, like the Pan-American Highway or the European routes, bridge multiple countries. Australia's Highway 1 is the longest national highway in the world at over 20,000km and runs almost the entire way around the country.

Highways are not always continuous stretches of pavement. For example, some highways are interrupted by bodies of water, and ferry routes may serve as sections of the highway.

Highway is generic for a road

A freeway is a type of highway designed for safer high-speed operation of motor vehicles through the elimination of at-grade intersections. This is accomplished by preventing access to and from adjacent properties and eliminating all cross traffic through the use of grade separations and interchanges; railroad crossings are also removed. Such highways are usually divided with at least two lanes in each direction. Because traffic never crosses at-grade, there are generally no traffic lights or stop signs.

The word "freeway" first surfaced in the mid-1930s in proposals for the improvement of the New York City parkway network.[1] It is currently in regular use in the United States, as well as parts of Canada and Australia. In the United States the term "freeway" is frequently used in the western part of the country. Other terms are predominant in other regions, such as "interstate" in the South (and particularly in Florida) and "expressway", "turnpike", or "thruway" in the Northeast and Midwest. While some people use these terms interchangeably, "turnpikes" and "thruways" have specific associations with some toll roads and other limited access highways such as the West Virginia Turnpike, New Jersey Turnpike, Florida Turnpike, and New York State Thruway.

freeway = high speed road

no, i can go very high speeds on expressways and other super-2s. the correct definition is a divided road with no at-grade interchanges.

In the United States, an expressway is defined by the federal government?s Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices as a divided highway with partial control of access.[1] In contrast, a freeway is defined as a divided highway with full control of access.[2]. The difference between partial and full access control is that expressways may have a limited number of driveways and at-grade intersections (thus making them a form of high-speed arterial road), while access to freeways is allowed only at grade-separated interchanges. Expressways under this definition do not conform to Interstate highway standards (which ban practically all driveways and at-grade intersections) and are therefore usually numbered as state highways or U.S. highways.