highway exit

Meaning

A 'highway exit' is a ramp or off-slip road that allows vehicles to leave a major highway or freeway to join local roads. Knowing how to identify and talk about exits is crucial for road trips and navigating foreign road networks.

Examples

• We missed our highway exit and had to drive another ten miles to turn around.

  We missed our highway exit and had to drive another ten miles to turn around.

• Take the next highway exit for downtown and follow the signs to the museum.

  Take the next highway exit for downtown and follow the signs to the museum.

• The hotel is located right off the highway exit, making it very easy to find.

  The hotel is located right off the highway exit, making it very easy to find.

• Which highway exit should we take to get to the national park?

  Which highway exit should we take to get to the national park?

• There is a gas station and a diner located right at the upcoming highway exit.

  There is a gas station and a diner located right at the upcoming highway exit.

Common Mistakes

• ✗ We need to go out of the highway at exit 14.

  ✓ We need to take exit 14 off the highway.

  Native speakers use the verb 'take' with 'exit' and the preposition 'off' or 'on' the highway, rather than 'go out of'.

• ✗ I missed the highway departure.

  ✓ I missed the highway exit.

  'Departure' is used for flights and trains leaving a station. For roads, the place where you leave a highway is always called an 'exit'.

Related Expressions

Practice

• Keep an eye out for the next ___; we need to leave the freeway soon.

  💡 The ramp used to leave a major road.

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  highway exit

• If you miss the ___, you will have to pay a toll at the next station.

  💡 The designated point where cars leave the highway.

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  highway exit