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Expressway / IPD No. 800 / August, 1971 / 1 Player
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Manufacturer: Bally Manufacturing Corporation (1931-1983) [Trade Name: Bally]
Project Date: September 08, 1970
Date Of Manufacture: August, 1971
Model Number: 897
Type: Electro-mechanical (EM) [?]
Production: 1,555 units   (confirmed)
Serial Number Database:View at The Internet Pinball Serial Number Database (IPSND.net)  (External site)
Theme: Travel
Notable Features: Flippers (2), Pop bumpers (3), Mushroom bumpers (6), Slingshots (2), Rollover buttons (4), Kick-out holes (2), Left-side kickback lane, Up-post between flippers.
Design by: Ted Zale
Art by: Christian Marche
Notes: There are two versions of backglass pictured in this listing. The differences are in the colors of the large rings and the color of the Ball In Play sign. The two versions are arbitrarily numbered here:
Version #1: The rings, starting with the outermost one, are colored green-white-red. The Ball In Play sign is orange in color. The flyer appears to be this version.
Version #2: The outermost ring is not black, but a deep red/purple, almost black, followed by red then yellow. The Ball In Play sign is yellow.

This shows a change of colors occurred during production. The flyer would be expected to have the first version as the earliest one. Its glass looks the same as the one pictured in this listing having serial number 1530, which would indicate the change happened after a third of the games were made (unless backglasses were switched between cabinets at any time after they left the factory). More serial number information is needed to help determine when in production this change was made.

Photos in: Pinball Trader pp. Volume 2 Issue 2
Mike Pacak's Pinball Flyer Reference Book A-F
The Pinball Compendium 1970-1981External Link, page 26
Pinball SnapshotsExternal Link, pages 79-82
The Pinball Compendium Electro-mechanical Era, page 186
Documentation: 405 KB PDF Playfield Chart from 1973 Parts Catalog [Bally Manufacturing Corp.]
Files: 1 MB PDF Installation and General Game Operation Instructions [Bally Manufacturing Corp.]
Images:
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Image # 4014: Expressway Flyer, Front
Flyer, Front
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 		 Image # 4015: Expressway Flyer, Back
Flyer, Back
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 		 Image # 6146: Expressway Backglass - Version #1
Backglass - Version #1
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[Riffhard]		 Image # 6147: Expressway Playfield
Playfield
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[Riffhard]		 Image # 19768: Expressway Backglass - Version #2
Backglass - Version #2
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Image # 19769: Expressway Playfield
Playfield
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 		 Image # 19770: Expressway Upper Playfield
Upper Playfield
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 		 Image # 19771: Expressway Lower Playfield
Lower Playfield
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 		 Image # 19772: Expressway Ball View
Ball View
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 		 Image # 19773: Expressway Cabinet - Left
Cabinet - Left
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Image # 19774: Expressway Cabinet - Right
Cabinet - Right
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 		 Image # 19775: Expressway Illuminated Backglass
Illuminated Backglass
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 		 Image # 19776: Expressway Illuminated Playfield
Illuminated Playfield
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 		 Image # 19777: Expressway Illuminated Upper Playfield
Illuminated Upper Playfield
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 		 Image # 39574: Expressway Backglass - Version #1 (The serial number is 1530.)
Backglass - Version #1*
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[Jean-Pierre Renault]
Image # 39575: Expressway Playfield - Detail (The serial number is 1530.)
Playfield - Detail*
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[Jean-Pierre Renault]		 Image # 39576: Expressway Playfield - Detail (The serial number is 1530.)
Playfield - Detail*
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[Jean-Pierre Renault]		 Image # 39577: Expressway Cabinet - Left (The serial number is 1530.)
Cabinet - Left*
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[Jean-Pierre Renault]		 Image # 39578: Expressway Backbox - Left (The serial number is 1530.)
Backbox - Left*
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[Jean-Pierre Renault]		 Image # 39579: Expressway Instruction Card (The serial number of this game is 1530.)
Instruction Card*
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[Jean-Pierre Renault]
Image # 39614: Expressway Illuminated Backglass - Version #1 (The serial number is 1530.)
Illuminated Backglass - Version #1*
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[Jean-Pierre Renault]		 Image # 39615: Expressway Upper Playfield (The serial number is 1530.)
Upper Playfield*
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[Jean-Pierre Renault]		 Image # 39616: Expressway Playfield Plastic (The serial number is 1530.)
Playfield Plastic*
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[Jean-Pierre Renault]		 Image # 39617: Expressway Playfield Plastic (The serial number is 1530.)
Playfield Plastic*
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[Jean-Pierre Renault]		 Image # 39618: Expressway Playfield Plastic (The serial number is 1530.)
Playfield Plastic*
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[Jean-Pierre Renault]
Image # 39619: Expressway Playfield - Detail (The serial number is 1530.)
Playfield - Detail*
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[Jean-Pierre Renault]		 Image # 39620: Expressway Playfield Plastic (The serial number is 1530.)
Playfield Plastic*
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[Jean-Pierre Renault]		 Image # 39621: Expressway Playfield Plastic (The serial number is 1530.)
Playfield Plastic*
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[Jean-Pierre Renault]		 Image # 39622: Expressway Lower Playfield (The serial number is 1530.)
Lower Playfield*
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[Jean-Pierre Renault]		 Image # 39648: Expressway Cabinet - Front - Coined for Francs (The serial number is 1530.)
Cabinet - Front - Coined for Francs*
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[Jean-Pierre Renault]
Image # 68718: Expressway Backglass - Version #2 (Serial number 2583.)
Backglass - Version #2*
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