Opening of Preston Bypass

Date: December 5, 1958 • Location: London, United Kingdom

Britain's first motorway, the Preston Bypass, opened to the public.

A controlled-access highway is a type of highway that has been designed for high-speed vehicular traffic, with all traffic flow—ingress and egress—regulated. Common English terms are freeway, motorway, and expressway. Other similar terms include throughway or thruway and parkway. Some of these may be limited-access highways, although this term can also refer to a class of highways with somewhat less isolation from other traffic.