The sign for "freeway" in general is linked to the idea of your fingers representing lanes on a freeway.
FREEWAY: Version 1: Use "H" hands. I'm showing this sign in a very clinical way. However, please know that this sign is often done with "modified" "H"-hands wherein the thumbs are pointing up alongside the hands and not neatly tucked underneath. Additionally you might see the hands pointing almost upward at the beginning of the sign before they move in toward each other and become horizontal as you see in my picture.
FREEWAY (version 2) Use bent 4-hands. The thing about the FREEWAY sign is that it can be modified easily to show different types of freeways and/or roadways. You can use four fingers on each hand to show a larger, busier freeway. You can add more facial expression. You can start crisscrossing the hands to show how certain freeways in large cities are complex, busy, and confusing.
Notes:
You can even do the "roadway" type sign using just one index finger extended on each hand to show a road with a single lane going each way.
Regarding the sign for "freeway" or "highway":
Claiming what "most" other Deaf sign for "freeway" would be hyperbole due "freeway" being one of those signs that are not well documented in the literature and varies significantly from person to person.
For what it is worth see this link and the 5 min 34 second mark of this video:
https://youtu.be/QQNtvymasoE?t=334
and you'll note that he initializes "freeway" and does the cars "driving on the left side of the road." He is not European even though he is discussing driving in Germany -- that isn't the point -- it is his normal sign for freeway. He uses the same positioning in his initialized sign for "highway" at the 1 min 24 second mark of this video:
https://youtu.be/bbru17dfwvM?t=81
However, to announce that there is one best or most right way to sign "highway" would be arrogant in light of the amount of variation existing in that sign.
For example, see this version:
https://media.spreadthesign.com/video/mp4/13/73027.mp4
Here is a version of the sign for freeway or highway that is pretty solid:
https://youtu.be/7Fe_qG-QZF0
When done at high speed, in conversation you will often see more of bunny ears flapping movement simply because it is faster to flap the ears rather than to move both arms.
For an example of that version see the 2 minute mark of this video: https://youtu.be/mNF1kg9azQw?t=120
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