Lexic.us

Definition of Roadway

1. Noun. A road (especially that part of a road) over which vehicles travel.

Definition of Roadway

1. n. A road; especially, the part traveled by carriages.

Definition of Roadway

1. Noun. A way used as a road. ¹

2. Noun. The main or central portion of a road, used by the vehicles. ¹

3. Noun. The portion of a bridge or railway used by traffic. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Roadway

1. a road [n -WAYS] - See also: road

Lexicographical Neighbors of Roadway

Literary usage of Roadway

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Permafrost: North American Contribution [to The] Second International Conference by Building Research Advisory Board Staff (1973)
"Readjusting of the permafrost table to the new thermal conditions occurs over a period of years.3 Readjustment is accompanied by roadway surface settlement ..."

2. Supreme Court Reporter by Robert Desty, United States Supreme Court, West Publishing Company (1916)
"were furnished to Ып», and the government engineer first in charge, who himself drew the plana, considering that the construction of the roadway was part of ..."

3. Structural Engineers' Handbook: Data for the Design and Construction of by Milo Smith Ketchum (1918)
"WIDTH OF roadway.—The following data will show standard practice. On Designated State Aid Routes.—Bridges up to and including io ft. span, ..."

4. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and (1910)
"There are an upper anda lower roadway, 164 ft. apart vertically. The arch rests on rollers ... The bridge has a roadway of 30 ft. for two lines of rails. ..."

5. The Design of Highway Bridges of Steel, Timber and Concrete by Milo Smith Ketchum (1920)
"Bridges up to and including 10 ft. span, 20 to 30 ft. roadway; bridges over 10 ft. up to and including 60 ft. span, 18 to 24 ft. roadway; bridges over 60 ..."

6. Manual by American Railway Engineering Association (1921)
"The center of the roadway shall conform in alinement to the center stakes. ... The roadway shall be formed to the section, slopes and dimensions shown upon ..."

7. A Treatise on Civil Engineering by Dennis Hart Mahan (1875)
"The suspending-rods,or chains, should be attached to such points of the main chains and the roadway-bearers, as to distribute ..."

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