2006-10-20 12:31:31 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous in Cars & Transportation ➔ Car Makes ➔ Ford
If you are wondering for EPA fuel economy...
Freeway would be called interstate driving and not normally having to decel from the max speed limit.
Usually the definition of Highway would be a stretch a road like in a rural area that max speed would be about 50 MPH with minimum stops (the actual test is listed on fueleconomy.gov)
2006-10-20 13:44:43 · answer #1 · answered by gearbox 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
As far as I've read about the highway system in the U.S. I've never heard of any highways ever where you were allowed to travel at 100 miles per hour. I understand there are some interstates in Montana that allow higher speeds. . Freeways are just another name for a multi-lane limited access road like any interstate highway. In urban areas they are often many lanes wider that of most parts of the interstate highway system which they are all actually a part of but in an urban setting. The word highway is usually used for all other types of roads that do not have limited access. I-10 for example begins in Jacksonville, Fla and ends in L.A. The multi-lane portion of it in L.A. is called a freeway.
2016-05-22 06:09:46 · answer #2 · answered by Stella 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A highway goes intrastate and interstate, connecting more then one general populace of people. A freeway is one main highway that connects city to city and is built to sustain a massive amount of traffic. Highways are usually 2-3 lanes while Freeways are 4 @ a minimum with the carpool lane.
2006-10-20 12:46:50 · answer #3 · answered by graffix72003 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A FREEWAY is a type of HIGHWAY. All FREEWAYS are highways (DIVIDED highways specifically). Think of HIGHWAY as an umbrella term for freeways, expressways, interstates, etc. Therefore not all HIGHWAYS are FREEWAYS.
Highway—a general term for denoting a public way for purposes of vehicular travel, including the
entire area within the right-of-way.
Freeway—a divided highway with full control of access (meaning there's no pedestrians, horses, bikes, intersections, signals, cars yield from on-ramps, usually no tolls, etc.)
Expressway—a divided highway with partial control of access (MAY include some of the previously mentioned and usually has tolls)
Source: MUTCD
2014-11-13 02:31:25 · answer #4 · answered by T 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Freeway is a classification of road. Actually a high level classification similiar to an Interstate. It has to do with speed, level of traffic, access allowed, etc. Highway is just a general term for roads, usually owned by the state or federal government but does not reflect the classification.
2006-10-20 12:38:31 · answer #5 · answered by ? 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A freeway is an uninhibited stretch of road designed to allow "ideally" the free flow of traffic over long distances.
A highway is usually a narrow stretch of road similar to a freeway with the exception that they are not designed for traffic to travel long distances and often have stop signs and signals along the stretch.
2006-10-20 12:44:01 · answer #6 · answered by Cambion Chadeauwaulker 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Quick definitions (freeway)
noun: a broad highway designed for high-speed traffic
Quick definitions (highway)
noun: a major road for any form of motor transport
2006-10-20 16:36:54 · answer #7 · answered by tronary 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Freeway is such a silly word... I like to call it "the interstate".
Highway would be the other roads, excluding dirt and gravel roads of course.
2006-10-20 12:37:00 · answer #8 · answered by Lloyd 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
10mph. A highway speed limit is usually 55 while a freeway speed limit will be 65.
2006-10-20 18:22:35 · answer #9 · answered by Courtney B 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
heya i guess there nothing different between a freeway and a highway there both long roads and both pretty much the same!
2006-10-20 12:38:17 · answer #10 · answered by cara! c 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋