roadway

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Etymology

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From Middle English *rodeway, *radewey (attested in radewey-stile (literally roadway-stile)), equivalent to road +‎ way; road had the early sense of "riding" when the compound was formed, thus originally "a way for riding on".

Noun

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roadway (plural roadways)

  1. A way used as a road.
  2. The main or central portion of a road, used by the vehicles.
  3. The portion of a bridge or railway used by traffic.

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