Synonyms for turnpike
ˈtɜrnˌpaɪkturn·pike

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1. turnpikenoun

   (from 16th to 19th centuries) gates set across a road to prevent passage until a toll had been paid

   Synonyms:
   toll road

2. turnpike, toll roadnoun

   an expressway on which tolls are collected

   Synonyms:
   toll road

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1. turnpikenoun

   Synonyms:
   pike, turnpike gate

2. turnpikenoun

   Synonyms:
   [U. S.] turnpike road

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1. John Halamka:

   Instead of the information highway, what we have is the turnpike.

2. Pennsylvania Turnpike Chairman Sean Logan:

   On behalf of my fellow Turnpike commissioners and everybody in the PA Turnpike family, we are all deeply saddened by this horrific tragedy, our thoughts and prayers are with the family and friends of the deceased victims, the turnpike employee and the contractor. We cannot imagine what the families must be feeling right now. Certainly, today will be a day that none of us will soon forget.

3. Marcello Canuto:

   Imagine you’re in Poughkeepsie, New Jersey, and that’s all you can see, but you might catch this thing that we call the turnpike, right, but everything else is covered in jungle … you’ll have no idea that this turnpike might connect New York with Philadelphia, liDAR is telling us everything that we found archaeologically over the last 100 years, here and there, is found everywhere … LIDAR lets us connect all the dots.

4. Fort Pierce Mayor Linda Hudson:

   It's decision time now. Don't wait until I-95 north and I-75 north and the turnpike are parking lots.