Ngram Viewer Answers the Deep Questions: When did highway travel take off?

A weighted query showing the comparative trajectories of the terms: road, street, avenue, boulevard, highway, freeway, tollway, and expressway.

https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=%28road%2A100%29%2C%28highway%2A700%29%2C%28freeway%2A9000%29%2C%28tollway%2A600000%29%2C%28expressway%2A25000%29%2C%28avenue%2A1200%29%2C%28boulevard%2A10000%29%2C%28street%2A150%29&year_start=1700&year_end=2000&corpus=15&smoothing=9&direct_url=t1%3B%2C%28road%20%2A%20100%29%3B%2Cc0%3B.t1%3B%2C%28highway%20%2A%20700%29%3B%2Cc0%3B.t1%3B%2C%28freeway%20%2A%209000%29%3B%2Cc0%3B.t1%3B%2C%28tollway%20%2A%20600000%29%3B%2Cc0%3B.t1%3B%2C%28expressway%20%2A%2025000%29%3B%2Cc0%3B.t1%3B%2C%28avenue%20%2A%201200%29%3B%2Cc0%3B.t1%3B%2C%28boulevard%20%2A%2010000%29%3B%2Cc0%3B.t1%3B%2C%28street%20%2A%20150%29%3B%2Cc0#t1%3B%2C(road%20*%20100)%3B%2Cc0%3B.t1%3B%2C(highway%20*%20700)%3B%2Cc0%3B.t1%3B%2C(freeway%20*%209000)%3B%2Cc0%3B.t1%3B%2C(tollway%20*%20600000)%3B%2Cc0%3B.t1%3B%2C(expressway%20*%2025000)%3B%2Cc0%3B.t1%3B%2C(avenue%20*%201200)%3B%2Cc0%3B.t1%3B%2C(boulevard%20*%2010000)%3B%2Cc0%3B.t1%3B%2C(street%20*%20150)%3B%2Cc0

For some explanation / background:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32202392

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