Freeway is fairly common in many parts of the US:<p><a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www4.uwm.edu&#x2F;FLL&#x2F;linguistics&#x2F;dialect&#x2F;staticmaps&#x2F;q_79.html" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www4.uwm.edu&#x2F;FLL&#x2F;linguistics&#x2F;dialect&#x2F;staticmaps&#x2F;q_79....</a><p>In common usage highway is still sort of reserved for larger connectors, road and street are used for local stuff.