Definition of roadway
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Examples of roadway in a Sentence
Police cleared the roadway for the parade.
a cow wandered into the roadway
Recent Examples of roadway from the Web
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A vehicle was reportedly stolen July 4 while parked in the roadway in the 5000 block of Jerome Street, police said.
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Authorities are seeking the public’s help identifying a man who was found slain in a roadway in Riverdale during the weekend.
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Question: If City/County lawmakers order residents to remove brush around homes, why don’t they clear brush next to their own roadways?
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Linda Smith Secola, 60, was walking in the roadway on Mecklynn Road when a driver hit her at about 9:30 p.m. Thursday, State Highway Patrol Trooper S.T. Stevenson said.
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The Malecón in Havana, Cuba, for example, is a five-mile-long roadway and seawall that guards the infrastructure of the city.
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The report came after a morning downpour that swamped the Kansas City area, temporarily flooding some roadways that saw light traffic on Independence Day.
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A five-block stretch of Indian Creek Drive will be closed through September during the next phase of work on a $25 million drainage project to improve the flood-prone roadway.
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Some fuel and oil from the tractor pulling the load spilled onto the roadway, but was contained and did not spill into the creek bed or require a Hazmat crew, said authorities.
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First Known Use of roadway
1598
ROADWAY Defined for English Language Learners
roadway
playDefinition of roadway for English Language Learners
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: the part of a road that is used by vehicles
ROADWAY Defined for Kids
roadway
playDefinition of roadway for Students
: the part of a road used by vehicles
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