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		benregenspan 24 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: In a U.S. First, New Mexico Opens Doors to Free Ch... This is a good example, because a "freeway" is free at point of use, but obviously understood to not be free of construction and maintenance cost. It is called "freeway" because "free-to-drive-on highway" would be too wordy.

thunky 24 days ago [–]

> It is called "freeway" because "free-to-drive-on highway" would be too wordy.

This is wrong. "Freeway" comes from free flow of traffic:

https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/infrastructure/freeway.cfm

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