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Jeff Bishop <jwbishop@uclink4.berkeley.edu> wrote:

>Actually, it is an oxymoron.  If you charge tolls, it's a turnpike or a
>tollway, not a "freeway."  Not necessarily a bad idea, mind you, but
>don't call it a "freeway."

Terminology question from the other coast:

I've been led to understand that the official Caltrans definition of
"freeway" is not "a limited-access highway that is free of tolls" but
"a highway that is free of intersections or driveways" -- in other
words, a limited-access highway of the kind usually called
"expressway" in the Northeast.  (I also understand that a California
"expressway" is what we might call a "high-grade arterial" -- a
highway with controlled access and few or no driveways, but access is
via intersections, not interchanges.)

In any event, if my understanding of the Caltrans definition of
"freeway" is correct, then even though it sounds strange, there can
indeed be "toll freeways" -- nonetheless, the Illinois term "tollway"
might be less confusing.


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