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		Amezarak on Nov 13, 2015 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Google self-driving car pulled over for driving to... > what is usually called a "highway" in Europe is usually a "freeway" in the USA. I think that usage is mostly West Coast. :) Everywhere else, I've only heard "highway" or "interstate."

maxerickson on Nov 13, 2015 [–]

Freeway is fairly common in many parts of the US:

http://www4.uwm.edu/FLL/linguistics/dialect/staticmaps/q_79....

In common usage highway is still sort of reserved for larger connectors, road and street are used for local stuff.

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