Meanings
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1
noun
a path made for vehicular travel
The roadway is always congested during rush hour.
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2
noun
A way used as a road.
On the south side of the two running lines is a second goods store, reached by a roadway along the south side of the station. This roadway also acts as a terminus for all provincial bus services from Limerick.
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3
noun
The main or central portion of a road, used by the vehicles.
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4
noun
The portion of a bridge or railway used by traffic.
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Etymology
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".