Roadway vs Highway - What's the difference?
roadway | highway |
A way used as a road.
The main or central portion of a road, used by the vehicles.
The portion of a bridge or railway used by traffic.
A main, direct public road, especially a multi-lane, high speed thoroughfare connecting major population centers.
* {{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham), title=(The China Governess)
, chapter=7 (rail) Any public road for vehicular traffic.
As nouns the difference between roadway and highway
is that roadway is a way used as a road while highway is a main, direct public road, especially a multi-lane, high speed thoroughfare connecting major population centers.roadway
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(wikipedia roadway) (en noun)Synonyms
* The main or central portion of a road :See also
* verge and sidewalkhighway
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(en noun)citation, passage=The highway to the East Coast which ran through the borough of Ebbfield had always been a main road and even now, despite the vast garages, the pylons and the gaily painted factory glasshouses which had sprung up beside it, there still remained an occasional trace of past cultures.}}