Definition of parkway
: a broad landscaped thoroughfare
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To help locate other gang members who may have been involved in Guzman-Feliz's murder, police posted new video showing a 14-year-old boy being beaten and stabbed by more than a dozen young men in the middle of the Bronx parkway in broad daylight.
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Related stories from Sacramento Bee Why hundreds more homeless camps and tons of garbage have been cleared from popular parkwayNorth Sacramento has a homeless shelter.
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The existing water mains will be abandoned in place and the new water mains will be located beneath streets within the public right-of-way and away from utilities commonly located beneath sidewalks on parkways, officials said.
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Landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted designed Buffalo's citywide system of parks and parkways.
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Even such modest power stats are enough to make the little Corolla feel nimble and zippy, ready to sneak into small spaces on the parkway and bring a some joy into your life.
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Someone in a charcoal color BMW fired a semiautomatic handgun at a maroon Ford Mustang while both vehicles were traveling southbound on the parkway near Maryland Route 410 about 11 a.m., according to U.S. Park Police.
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The bridge, which carries traffic over the parkway, forms an arch with clearance varying depending on the lane.
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One of the parkway's most popular tourist draws, the viaduct is 18 miles southwest of Blowing Rock and about 105 miles northwest of Charlotte.
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First Known Use of parkway
1875
PARKWAY Defined for English Language Learners
Definition of parkway for English Language Learners
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: a wide road with trees and grass along the sides and often in the middle
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