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s.An
expressway is a
divided highway for high-speed traffic with at least partial control of access. However, as explained below, the degree of access allowed varies between country and even between regions within the same country. In some jurisdictions, expressways are divided
arterial roads with limits on the frequency of driveways and intersecting cross-streets. In other jurisdictions, access to expressways is limited only to grade-separated Interchange (road), making them the full equivalent of
freeways.
The term “expressway” is currently used in
Australia, Canada,
China,
India,
Iran,
Japan,
Malaysia, New Zealand,
Philippines, Qatar, Singapore, South Korea,
Thailand, and the United States (where the term originated).
United States
on the expressway is both legal and popular in CaliforniaIn the United States, an
expressway is defined by the Federal government of the United States’s Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices as a divided highway with partial control of access.Section 1A.13, Paragraph 27,
Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices, 2003 ed., rev. 1. In contrast, a
freeway is defined as a divided highway with full control of access.Section 1A.13, Paragraph 29,
Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices, 2003 ed., rev. 1. See also 23 CFR 750.153(k). 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.
This distinction was first developed in 1949 by the Special Committee on Nomenclature of what is now the
American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials(AASHTO).American Association of State Highway Officials,
AASHO Highway Definitions (Washington D.C., American Association of State Highway Officials, 1962), 1-3. In turn, the definitions were incorporated into AASHTO's official standards book, the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices, which would become the national standards book of the
U.S. Department of Transportation under a 1966 federal statute. The same distinction has also been codified into the statutory law of seven states:
California,Cal. Sts. & High. Code § 257. Mississippi,Miss. Code Ann., § 65-5-3, subds. (b) and (c). Missouri,Mo. Rev. Stat., § 304.010.
Nebraska,Neb. Rev. Stat., §§ 60-618.01 and 60-621. North Dakota,N.D. Cent. Code, § 24-01-01.1 (2006). Ohio, Ohio Rev. Code Ann., § 4511.01, subds. (YY) and (ZZ). and Wisconsin.Wis. Stat., §§ 59.84(1)(b) and 346.57(1)(am). However, each state codified the federal distinction slightly differently. California expressways do not necessarily have to be divided, though they must have at least partial access control. For both terms to apply, in Wisconsin, a divided highway must be at least four lanes wide; in Missouri, both terms apply only to divided highways at least 10 miles long that are not part of the Interstate Highway System. In North Dakota and Mississippi, an expressway may have "full or partial" access control and "generally" has grade separations at intersections; a freeway is then defined as an expressway with full access control. Ohio's statute is similar, but instead of the vague word "generally," it imposes a requirement that 50% of an expressway's intersections must be grade-separated for the term to apply.
However, many states around the Great Lakes region and along the Eastern Seaboard have refused to conform their terminology to the federal definition. The following states officially prefer the term “expressway” instead of “freeway” to describe what are technically freeways in federal parlance:
Connecticut,Conn. Gen. Stat. § 13a-20(a). Florida,Fla. Stat. § 348.0002(8).
Illinois,625 Ill. Comp. Stat. 5/1-119.3.
Indiana, Maryland,Md. Transp. Code Ann. § 8-620(c).
Massachusetts,
New Jersey,
New York,
Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Virginia, and West Virginia.W. Va. Code § 17-4-2(a). In those states, the term "freeway" is not in common usage and it is common to find Interstate highways which bear the name “expressway.” Minnesota officially uses "freeway" and "expressway" interchangeably (with both defined as what federal officials call freeways).Minn. Stat. § 160.02, subd. 19.
Most expressways under the federal definition have
speed limits of 45-55 mph (70-90 km/h) in urban areas and 55-70 mph (90-110 km/h) in rural areas. Urban expressways are usually free of private driveways, but occasional exceptions include direct driveways to
gas stations and
shopping centers at major intersections (which would never be allowed on a true freeway).
The vast majority of expressways are built by state governments, or by private companies which then operate them as
toll roads pursuant to a license from the state government.
A famous example of a local government getting into the expressway business is
Santa Clara County, California in
California, which deliberately built its own Santa Clara County expressway system in the 1960s to supplement the freeway system then planned by Caltrans. Although the county planned to upgrade the expressways into full-fledged freeways, such a project became politically infeasible after the rise of the
tax revolt movement in the mid-1970s.
Canada
In some parts of Canada, expressway is synonymous with
freeway and is used to mean limited-access divided-highways with no at-grade intersections, with both terms used interchangeably. Examples include the
Gardiner Expressway through downtown Toronto. Where the expressway turns into a 6-lane arterial road (Lake Shore Boulevard (Toronto)) east of the Don River (Toronto), there is a sign warning of the end of the expressway. The Macdonald-Cartier Freeway is an example of a route that uses the freeway term.
The new
Veterans Memorial Parkway in
London, Ontario, has intersections instead of interchanges, thus the Parkway is not considered a freeway. The Parkway was designed to be a limited access highway for the city but the lack of funding for the highway forced it to be built as at-grade intersections. Other examples include the
Hanlon Parkway in
Guelph, Ontario and Highway 420 (Ontario) in Niagara Falls, Ontario.
In other locations, such as
Alberta and most of Western Canada, an expressway is a high-speed arterial road along the lines of the California definition, while a freeway has no at-grade intersections.
References
See also
External links
- http://www.expresswaysite.com/
s.An
expressway is a divided highway for high-speed traffic with at least partial control of access. However, as explained below, the degree of access allowed varies between
country and even between regions within the same country. In some jurisdictions, expressways are divided arterial roads with limits on the frequency of
driveways and intersecting cross-streets. In other jurisdictions, access to expressways is limited only to grade-separated
Interchange (road), making them the full equivalent of
freeways.
The term “expressway” is currently used in Australia,
Canada, China,
India, Iran,
Japan, Malaysia, New Zealand,
Philippines, Qatar,
Singapore,
South Korea, Thailand, and the
United States (where the term originated).
United States
on the expressway is both legal and popular in CaliforniaIn the United States, an
expressway is defined by the Federal government of the United States’s
Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices as a divided highway with partial control of access.Section 1A.13, Paragraph 27,
Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices, 2003 ed., rev. 1. In contrast, a
freeway is defined as a divided highway with full control of access.Section 1A.13, Paragraph 29,
Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices, 2003 ed., rev. 1. See also 23 CFR 750.153(k). 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.
This distinction was first developed in 1949 by the Special Committee on Nomenclature of what is now the
American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials(AASHTO).American Association of State Highway Officials,
AASHO Highway Definitions (Washington D.C., American Association of State Highway Officials, 1962), 1-3. In turn, the definitions were incorporated into AASHTO's official standards book, the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices, which would become the national standards book of the U.S. Department of Transportation under a 1966 federal statute. The same distinction has also been codified into the statutory law of seven states:
California,Cal. Sts. & High. Code § 257. Mississippi,Miss. Code Ann., § 65-5-3, subds. (b) and (c). Missouri,Mo. Rev. Stat., § 304.010.
Nebraska,Neb. Rev. Stat., §§ 60-618.01 and 60-621.
North Dakota,N.D. Cent. Code, § 24-01-01.1 (2006). Ohio, Ohio Rev. Code Ann., § 4511.01, subds. (YY) and (ZZ). and
Wisconsin.Wis. Stat., §§ 59.84(1)(b) and 346.57(1)(am). However, each state codified the federal distinction slightly differently. California expressways do not necessarily have to be divided, though they must have at least partial access control. For both terms to apply, in Wisconsin, a divided highway must be at least four lanes wide; in Missouri, both terms apply only to divided highways at least 10 miles long that are not part of the Interstate Highway System. In North Dakota and Mississippi, an expressway may have "full or partial" access control and "generally" has grade separations at intersections; a freeway is then defined as an expressway with full access control. Ohio's statute is similar, but instead of the vague word "generally," it imposes a requirement that 50% of an expressway's intersections must be grade-separated for the term to apply.
However, many states around the Great Lakes region and along the Eastern Seaboard have refused to conform their terminology to the federal definition. The following states officially prefer the term “expressway” instead of “freeway” to describe what are technically freeways in federal parlance:
Connecticut,Conn. Gen. Stat. § 13a-20(a).
Florida,Fla. Stat. § 348.0002(8). Illinois,625 Ill. Comp. Stat. 5/1-119.3. Indiana, Maryland,Md. Transp. Code Ann. § 8-620(c). Massachusetts, New Jersey,
New York, Pennsylvania, South Carolina,
Virginia, and West Virginia.W. Va. Code § 17-4-2(a). In those states, the term "freeway" is not in common usage and it is common to find
Interstate highways which bear the name “expressway.” Minnesota officially uses "freeway" and "expressway" interchangeably (with both defined as what federal officials call freeways).Minn. Stat. § 160.02, subd. 19.
Most expressways under the federal definition have
speed limits of 45-55 mph (70-90 km/h) in urban areas and 55-70 mph (90-110 km/h) in rural areas. Urban expressways are usually free of private driveways, but occasional exceptions include direct driveways to gas stations and
shopping centers at major intersections (which would never be allowed on a true freeway).
The vast majority of expressways are built by state governments, or by private companies which then operate them as toll roads pursuant to a license from the state government.
A famous example of a local government getting into the expressway business is
Santa Clara County, California in California, which deliberately built its own
Santa Clara County expressway system in the 1960s to supplement the freeway system then planned by
Caltrans. Although the county planned to upgrade the expressways into full-fledged freeways, such a project became politically infeasible after the rise of the
tax revolt movement in the mid-1970s.
Canada
In some parts of Canada, expressway is synonymous with freeway and is used to mean limited-access divided-highways with no at-grade intersections, with both terms used interchangeably. Examples include the
Gardiner Expressway through downtown Toronto. Where the expressway turns into a 6-lane arterial road (Lake Shore Boulevard (Toronto)) east of the Don River (Toronto), there is a sign warning of the end of the expressway. The
Macdonald-Cartier Freeway is an example of a route that uses the freeway term.
The new Veterans Memorial Parkway in
London, Ontario, has intersections instead of interchanges, thus the Parkway is not considered a
freeway. The Parkway was designed to be a limited access highway for the city but the lack of funding for the highway forced it to be built as at-grade intersections. Other examples include the Hanlon Parkway in
Guelph, Ontario and
Highway 420 (Ontario) in
Niagara Falls, Ontario.
In other locations, such as Alberta and most of
Western Canada, an expressway is a high-speed arterial road along the lines of the California definition, while a freeway has no at-grade intersections.
References
See also
External links
- http://www.expresswaysite.com/
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