Controlled-access highway
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A controlled-access highway is a type of highway that has been designed for high-speed vehicular traffic, with all traffic flow—ingress and egress—regulated. Common English terms are freeway, motorway
The cloverleaf interchange between US 131, M-6 and 68th Street in Cutlerville, Michigan, United States, shows many of the features of controlled-access highways: entry and exit ramps, median strips for opposing traffic, no at-grade intersections and no direct access to properties.
Typical overhead signage on Ontario's King's Highway network featuring an airport pictogram, distances to upcoming interchanges, and lane guidance. These signs have a blue background rather than the usual green to denote the local-express lanes.
An aerial view of Finnish national road 3 (E12), a motorway between Tampere and Helsinki in Finland
Autostrada A1 (E35/E45) runs through Italy linking some of the largest cities of the country: Milan, Bologna, Florence, Rome and Naples
Limited-access road
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A limited-access road, known by various terms worldwide, including limited-access highway, partial controlled-access highway, and expressway, is a highway or arterial road for high-speed traffic which
Controlled-access highway
…Common English terms are freeway, motorway, and expressway. Other similar terms include throughway or thruway and parkway. Some of these may be limited-access highways, although this term can also refer to a class of highways with somewhat less isolation from other traffic. In countries following the Vienna Convention…
The Veterans Memorial Parkway in London, Ontario is a modern at-grade limited-access road with intersections
The Dunedin Northern Motorway, a typical non-freeway-type motorway in New Zealand
G50 Huyu Expressway crossing over the Si Du River Bridge in Enshi Prefecture, Hubei, China.
The Mumbai-Pune Expressway as seen from Khandala