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Usages of l'autoroute
Le camion de la police bloque une sortie de l’autoroute à cause d’un accident.
The police truck is blocking an exit of the highway because of an accident.
Nous prenons l'autoroute pour aller en ville.
We take the highway to go to the city.
Nous ne voulons pas tomber en panne sur l'autoroute.
We do not want to break down on the highway.
Sur l’autoroute, Paul n’aime ni accélérer trop vite ni doubler quand il pleut.
On the highway, Paul likes neither speeding up too fast nor overtaking when it rains.
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