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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The officer asked the women to move out of the roadway, but the women didn’t move, the report said.
After landslides and rockfalls repeatedly damaged and buried sections of California’s Highway 1, the scenic roadway fully reopened for the first time in three years.
From Los Angeles Times
The storm, which caused chaos from Texas to the tip of Maine over the weekend, snarled roadways, knocked out power, and buried major cities under a thick blanket of snow.
From BBC
"We're really worried about ice accumulation and what that might do to roadway safety and to our power infrastructure," said Tennessee Emergency Management Director Patrick Sheehan said in a video statement.
From BBC
An injured mountain lion cub was captured by wildlife officials Wednesday after it was seen huddled in the middle of a roadway in the Castaic area, probably after being struck by a car, officials said.
From Los Angeles Times
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