I launched Expressway on March 3, 2005 as an evolution of my earlier road sign–inspired typeface, Blue Highway. Where Blue Highway leaned on the rough, engineered look of Highway Gothic, Expressway was a full redraw rather than just a refinement. I wanted something that could work both as a display face and for text. The family structure was consistent from the beginning: seven weights with italics and condensed styles. Unlike Blue Highway, which had only a single all-caps condensed version, Expressway offered a complete set of condensed weights, giving designers more flexibility. I also added optional old-style numerals to broaden its use.

In 2013, I made an update with improvements, although the details are less clear now. A larger overhaul came in 2016, when I rebuilt the family with new interpolation masters. This allowed me to fix spacing and kerning across weights and widths while keeping the letterforms essentially intact. At the same time, I expanded the language coverage to include Greek and Cyrillic. I tried to improve technical performance without stripping away the blocky qualities that connect it to road sign lettering.

The result is a typeface with 28 styles, covering two widths, seven weights, and italics. Version 6.1, released on October 29, 2024, reorganized the weight naming for clarity: Book became Light, Light was renamed Extra-Light, and Extra-Light became Thin. That update also fixed a technical issue where the Normal width was being misidentified as Expanded in some menus. As with Blue Highway, I decided to make Expressway Regular free for commercial desktop use, while the rest of the family has remained under standard licensing. Expressway has become a balance between utilitarian signage and functional typography, kept current through updates while staying tied to its origins.