bikeway

noun

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

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The path comes as the MTA has recently widened the narrow walking path along the Henry Hudson Bridge at Manhattan’s northern tip and made it into a bikeway, as well as the addition of a bicycle-friendly ramp at the southern end of the Cross Bay Veterans Memorial Bridge in Queens. Evan Simko-Bednarski, New York Daily News, 12 May 2025 The bikeway still maintains safety by separating people biking from vehicle traffic with buffer zones marked by white bollards. Nadia Lopez, Axios, 9 May 2025 What's next: The first phase of the project, which involves adding a new traffic signal and constructing the bikeway is expected to be completed late this year with it fully operational by summer 2026. Nadia Lopez, Axios, 4 Apr. 2025 During the Kearny Mesa project’s design phase in late 2022, city staff presented the bikeway design and parking changes to the Convoy District Partnership and Kearny Mesa Community Planning Group. Emily Alvarenga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Oct. 2024 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 18 Jun. 2025.

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