noun
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the surface of a road
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the part of a road that is used by vehicles
Etymology
Origin of roadway
Example Sentences
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In Redding, a 74‑year‑old man died after driving his pickup truck into a flooded roadway.
From Los Angeles Times
Asphalt was washed away on Big Pines Highway and callers on Christmas told the California Highway Patrol that hundreds of vehicles were getting stuck trying to pass large boulders in the roadway, the CHP reported.
From Los Angeles Times
Prater said crews were going door to door to help people leave their homes while others responded to reports of “multiple people stuck in vehicles in the roadway.”
From Los Angeles Times
Closures will remain in place until rainfall subsides and crews can safely clear debris and reopen the roadways, authorities said.
From Los Angeles Times
"For unknown reasons, the vehicle veered off the roadway, struck a concrete barrier, and became fully engulfed," the California Highway Patrol said in a statement, without identifying the two victims in the crash.
From Barron's
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