What is the difference between hiway and freeway?

Question

What is the difference between hiway and freeway?

Answer 1

A highway is a public way that is typically a main or direct road. It might also have toll areas.

A freeway can be one or both of the following:

-an expressway with fully controlled access

-a highway with no tolls

Answer 2

I live in MI and people here say Freeway as well, Im orginially from St. Louis and we always said highway...

they are the same thing..

Answer 3

Freeways are generally considered to be limited access and divided.     You will rarely find cross streets and driveways coming out onto  freeways.

Highways can also be limited access and divided,  but most aren't.    Cross streets and driveways can also be present.

Answer 4

Freeway is the interstate, the highway is pretty much a busy road, but nothing near as busy as the interstate.

Usually in Louisiana our Highway are roads that have high traffic flow but aren't any big roads that go from state to state as the interstates do... that's also called a freeway. A freeway are roads with high traffc flow that continue on through the country.... aka Intersate 10 Interstate 12

Answer 5

A freeway is a limited access multi-lane motor thoroughfare. A highway is a multi-lane thoroughfare that access on and off of it can be at any point along is route

Answer 6

Freeway is a California term for highway

Answer 7

Nothing, just local dialect.

Answer 8

In most highway traffic act books, a highway is defined as anywhere a car can be, any roadway, driveway, overpass, viaduct, back lane, all the space covered by sidewalks, medians, anywhere between the fences on higher speed roads, etc. etc.

As I understand it, a freeway has no toll booths, hence it's called a "free"way, also higher speeds too linking cities and towns.