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Highway

A road or way open to the use of the public; a main road or thoroughfare.

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Bypass 76% connected

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Highroad 76% connected

A highway; a much traveled or main road.

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Interstate 76% connected

Pertaining to the mutual relations of States; existing between, or including, different States; as, interstate commerce.

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Pike 76% connected

A foot soldier's weapon, consisting of a long wooden shaft or staff, with a pointed steel head. It is now superseded by the bayonet.

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Road 76% connected

A journey, or stage of a journey.

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Route 76% connected

The course or way which is traveled or passed, or is to be passed; a passing; a course; a road or path; a march.

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Interchange 70% connected

To put each in the place of the other; to give and take mutually; to exchange; to reciprocate; as, to interchange places; they interchanged friendly…

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