Definition of parkway
:a broad landscaped thoroughfare
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Many roads, including vital highways and parkways, were submerged and businesses flooded and shuttered.
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Clifford said traffic is expected to be the worst on I-65, I-24, I-69, US 68 and the Pennyrile and Natcher parkways.
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After dawn half a million thronged the green expanse of the Grand Vista and parkways near the Government buildings of New Delhi.
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Those slivers of land — called parkways or berms — have become popular de facto parking places in neighborhoods where street spaces are at a premium.
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Gaston officials then created Catawba Crossings, a smaller version of the parkway.
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On Wednesday morning however, there was some scattered street and parkway flooding in Northbrook neighborhoods.
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The officer viewed a red pickup truck that went off the roadway and onto the parkway on the north side of Montrose into a tree, police said.
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The crash occurred about 7 p.m. on the parkway at Naylor Road.
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First Known Use of parkway
1875
PARKWAY Defined for English Language Learners
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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
PARKWAY Defined for Kids
parkway
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Definition of parkway for Students
:a broad landscaped highway
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