bikeway

noun

bike·​way ˈbīk-ˌwā How to pronounce bikeway (audio)
: a thoroughfare for bicycles

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This bikeway connects several businesses, parks and community resources. Carlos Rico, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Sep. 2025 Key regulations include a 10 mph speed limit on trails, sidewalks, parks and other public access areas and a 25 mph speed limit on streets, highways and bikeways. Jim Drummond, Oc Register, 28 Aug. 2025 Carolyn Will, founder of CW Marketing and Communications, a former TV newscaster and opponent of the city’s proposed Summit Avenue bikeway. Alex Derosier, Twin Cities, 12 Aug. 2025 That two-way bikeway now runs south of Speer Boulevard, but advocates have pressed to extend it north toward downtown. Elliott Wenzler, Denver Post, 4 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for bikeway

Word History

First Known Use

1895, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of bikeway was in 1895

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“Bikeway.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bikeway. Accessed 7 Oct. 2025.

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