Controlled-access highway

A controlled-access highway is a type of highway which has been designed for high-speed vehicular traffic, with all traffic flow and ingress/egress regulated. Common English terms are freeway (in the US), motorway (in the UK & Ireland) and expressway (in Canada and many Asian countries). Terms in other languages sometimes seen in English include Spanish: autopista or autovía (depending on whether it has toll or not), French: autoroute, German: Autobahn, or Italian: autostrada. Other similar terms include Interstate and parkway. They may also be called limited-access highways, although this term can also refer to a class of highway with somewhat less isolation from other traffic. Conversely, some of the United States use "controlled access" to describe a non-limited-access road, entrances to which are controlled by the state.

A controlled-access highway provides an unhindered flow of traffic, with no traffic signals, intersections or property access. They are free of any at-grade crossings with other roads, railways, or pedestrian paths, which are instead carried by overpasses and underpasses across the highway. Entrances and exits to the highway are provided at interchanges by slip roads (ramps), which allow for speed changes between the highway and arterial roads and collector roads. On the controlled-access highway, opposing directions of travel are generally separated by a median strip or central reservation containing a traffic barrier or grass. Elimination of the sources of potential conflicts with other directions of travelers dramatically improves safety, and capacity.

Freeways (album)

Freeways is the sixth studio album by Canadian rock band Bachman–Turner Overdrive, released in 1977. It was the last album that Randy Bachman would be a part of with BTO until seven years later when a "reunion" Bachman-Turner Overdrive studio album was made and released in 1984. This is also the last studio album to be made with the band's classic and most successful Not Fragile line up. It was the first BTO studio album to become a commercial failure, featuring the first BTO single that did not chart ("My Wheels Won't Turn"). Randy Bachman wrote every song besides "Life Still Goes On." Many of BTO's core fans did not like the album as it was not the heavy, guitar driven rock n' roll that BTO was known for. Fred Turner was reportedly so unhappy with this album that he wouldn't allow a straight-on picture of himself to be used on the cover, saying he felt like a "side man." This album was one of the last albums to reach the charts by any formation of BTO. The 8-track tape version of this album has the distinction of being one of the few 8-tracks that is arranged exactly like the album, with no song breaks.

Freeways (EP)

Freeways is the second EP released by Canadian synthpop group Men Without Hats. It was released in Canada only, and only for a limited time.

Released in 1985, it contains songs originally released on the group's 1980 EP Folk of the 80's, plus several versions of the song "Freeways".

"Freeways (Euromix)" first appeared as a B-side track on a European 12" edition of the "I Got The Message" single in 1982.

According to the liner notes of the 1985 cassette edition, the song "Freeways" was recorded between August and December 1980 at Studio Marko, Montréal, with core Men Without Hats member Ivan Doroschuk providing vocals & electronics, longtime member Jeremie Arrobas providing drums & electronics (Jérémie Arrobas wrote the music), and very brief bandmember Tracy Howe playing guitars. The original recording was engineered by André Perrault, and it was remixed by engineer Louis Gauthier. The song was dedicated to Bill St.-Georges.

The various mixes of "Freeway" on the cassette release differ in the following ways: