How to Use turnpike in a Sentence

turnpike

noun

• The crash forced the right lane on the turnpike to close for about 3 hours.
  — Adam Sennott, BostonGlobe.com, 11 June 2022
• The crash closed the eastbound lanes of the turnpike at Lake Drive, police said.
  — Washington Post, 13 Dec. 2020
• The crash happened just before 4:30 a.m. on the turnpike in Strongsville.
  — Kaylee Remington, cleveland.com, 10 June 2017
• Meanwhile, at the other end of the turnpike, the focus is on the helmet.
  — Jon Wilner, The Denver Post, 15 Aug. 2019
• The turnpike was reduced to a single lane around the crash for two hours, the statement said.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 28 Aug. 2022
• In a tweet at 2:30 p.m., State Police said the northbound side of the turnpike was closed at the toll booth because of the fire.
  — Laney Ruckstuhl, BostonGlobe.com, 28 Mar. 2018
• At the time, the Kansas turnpike had an 80-mph speed limit.
  — Eric Tingwall, Car and Driver, 9 Apr. 2020
• It’s been 23 years since that day on the turnpike, and the four men have never talked about what happened to them.
  — USA Today, 16 Oct. 2021
• Well, the turnpike had blocked a whole bunch of vehicles there.
  — Laura Johnston, cleveland, 27 Jan. 2023
• There’s so few people that use that section of the turnpike.
  — Laura Johnston, cleveland, 3 Aug. 2023
• Police went to the area and heard the shots that were near the turnpike in Olmsted Township.
  — cleveland, 10 July 2020
• His car was struck head-on by a driver going the wrong way on the turnpike, the State Police said.
  — Alyssa Lukpat, WSJ, 12 Sep. 2022
• While Newington Police were en route to the store, Velazquez left out of the front of the store and fled north on the turnpike.
  — Kathleen McWilliams, courant.com, 19 Mar. 2018
• The officer talked to the driver, who said he got lost while trying to find the turnpike.
  — John Benson, cleveland.com, 11 Jan. 2018
• Related: A young woman was killed by a car on the turnpike and no one stopped.
  — Alex Harris, miamiherald, 17 May 2017
• A black 2010 Subaru Outback was eastbound on the turnpike when the deer ran onto the road.
  — Adam Ferrise, cleveland.com, 12 June 2017
• The middle part of the turnpike would have gateless lanes, but at which drivers will have to slow down to 10 miles per hour.
  — Andrew J. Tobias, cleveland, 10 July 2021
• The turnpike between Dallas and Fort Worth meant a fast 35-minute run city to city for just a quarter.
  — star-telegram, 7 Oct. 2017
• The crash took place just before 6 a.m. on the turnpike near Sunrise Boulevard.
  — Robin Webb, Sun Sentinel, 1 Dec. 2022
• Air rights projects over the turnpike have been cursed — the last one completed was Copley Place, four decades ago.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 28 Oct. 2019
• On Wednesday, crews cleared the wreckage and turnpike officials pored over the scene to see if heat from the fire damaged the road.
  — Ian Cummings, tony Rizzo, joe Robertson, judy L. Thomas, donna McGuire, E. Rice, matt Campbell, and Shane Sanderson, kansascity, 12 July 2017
• Before then, the Ohio Turnpike plans to replace a bridge on East Edgerton over the turnpike.
  — Bob Sandrick, cleveland, 16 Dec. 2020
• It's been three years since a Walmart truck slammed into the back of Morgan's limo van on the New Jersey turnpike.
  — CBS News, 6 June 2017
• Drivers wouldn't have to slow down to pitch coins into a basket like on some East Coast turnpikes.
  — Gordon R. Friedman, OregonLive.com, 10 June 2017
• The work will reduce the turnpike in Boston to two lanes in each direction from July 27 to Aug. 6.
  — Adam Vaccaro, BostonGlobe.com, 23 Apr. 2018
• The drive-through line spilled out onto Preston and over the turnpike, blocking traffic.
  — Dallas News, 18 May 2022
• Should users of the Ohio turnpike be worried about identity theft.
  — Leila Atassi, cleveland, 20 Apr. 2022
• Workers have installed 14-foot high noise barriers along the south side of the turnpike and Lynn Drive, which is just east of Stearns Road.
  — Joanne Berger Dumound/special To Cleveland.com., cleveland.com, 18 Sep. 2017
• For decades, ticketing and business staffs worked at the stadium while football operations were up the turnpike in Davie.
  — Adam H. Beasley, Miami Herald, 30 Jan. 2024
• The increase, which goes into effect on March 1, will drive up tolls by an average of 15 cents on the turnpike and 5 cents on the parkway, according to Turnpike officials.
  — Christian Wade / The Center Square Contributor, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 1 Feb. 2024

Last Updated: 20 Oct 2024