Definition of parkway
: a broad landscaped thoroughfare
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With the opening of the parkway, the ranch is just 15 minutes from downtown Fort Worth and minutes from many of Fort Worth’s finest private schools.
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The dogs belonged to homeless campers and were roaming free, not on leashes, in violation of parkway rules.
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After residents called 911, police arrived to find a bloodstained car, and a trail of blood leading from the parkway around the side of the building.
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But in 1951 the Bureau of Public Roads (the ancestor agency of the current Federal Highway Administration) decided the parkway plan was prohibitively expensive.
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1875
First Known Use of parkway
1875
PARKWAY Defined for English Language Learners
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playDefinition 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
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playDefinition of parkway for Students
: a broad landscaped highway
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