Roadway is an English word with synonyms like road or route. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Roadway meaning
- 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.
Using Roadway
- The main meaning on this page is: 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.
- Useful related words include: road, route.
- In the example corpus, roadway often appears in combinations such as: the roadway, roadway and, roadway in.
Context around Roadway
- Average sentence length in these examples: 25.1 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 10 middle, 8 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Roadway
- In this selection, "roadway" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 25.1 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, covered, enhance, safety, incidents and records stand out and add context to how "roadway" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include accommodate a roadway and across the roadway. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "roadway" sits close to words such as embark, entertain and lime, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with roadway
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
For reasons unknown, the pickup truck crossed the centerline then traveled off the roadway. (14 words)
Footage showed the cow entering the roadway while a man on horseback was in pursuit. (15 words)
A Hawaiian flag and crosses honoring fire victims are posted along a roadway in Lahaina, Maui. (16 words)
Anyone on the Hook would have only 45 to 60 minutes to get to a safe elevation, and the road would almost surely be impassible: The shaking would cause the roadway and the bridge at its base to buckle and sink as the sand beneath them liquefied. (47 words)
The sergeant said he had inspected the roadway in question and was satisfied that it was a roadway to which the public had access and, as such, all the legal requirements as regards driving on such roadways applied. (38 words)
Ekrem Sahinbey Polat and Battal Koc were crossing the roadway in front of 755 Horseblock Road, when they were struck by a vehicle that fled the scene northwest on Horseblock Road, at approximately 11:20 p.m. (37 words)
Example sentences (20)
Officers met with the driver of the vehicle who reported they had lost control of the vehicle on the ice covered roadway and went off the roadway and struck a tree.
A 2007 GMC Yukon was northbound in the driving lane when it hit 46-year-old Cornelius Kirk, Jr., who was walking partially on the roadway and the shoulder of the roadway.
State troopers say 55-year-old Anthony L. Smith was killed when the tractor-trailer truck he was driving hit wires hanging over the roadway, a utility pole, then went off the roadway and overturned.
As he entered into a cure in the roadway he lost control of his vehicle causing it to leave the roadway and roll.
As they were laboring to get the vehicle off the roadway, the driver of a white Toyota Tundra stopped in the roadway.
The sergeant said he had inspected the roadway in question and was satisfied that it was a roadway to which the public had access and, as such, all the legal requirements as regards driving on such roadways applied.
About 80 percent of the easements needed for the original rail project have already been acquired, but additional easements would be needed to accommodate a roadway.
A Hawaiian flag and crosses honoring fire victims are posted along a roadway in Lahaina, Maui.
An update will be provided when the roadway has been reopened and the identity of the deceased male is confirmed.
Anyone on the Hook would have only 45 to 60 minutes to get to a safe elevation, and the road would almost surely be impassible: The shaking would cause the roadway and the bridge at its base to buckle and sink as the sand beneath them liquefied.
As a result, Joplin’s new zoning and development code will set minimum standards to enhance roadway safety, like 10 feet widths for multi-use paths.
Chopper 7HD flew above the scene around 7 a.m., with debris from the crash scattered across the roadway.
Crews have been on the scene throughout the night to clear up the roadway and get the traffic flowing again.
During the April 25 incident, an encampment burst into flames along the median of the roadway, she said.
Ekrem Sahinbey Polat and Battal Koc were crossing the roadway in front of 755 Horseblock Road, when they were struck by a vehicle that fled the scene northwest on Horseblock Road, at approximately 11:20 p.m.
Employees of specialized services cleared the roads of snow using special equipment, after which the roadway was treated with sand and salt.
Farmers and ranchers, and the general public are often injured when agricultural machinery is involved in roadway incidents.
Footage from Fabian’s body camera, meanwhile, showed Fabian inspecting a Saturn Outlook parked on the north side of the roadway, records said.
Footage showed the cow entering the roadway while a man on horseback was in pursuit.
For reasons unknown, the pickup truck crossed the centerline then traveled off the roadway.
Common combinations with roadway
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the roadway 138×
- roadway and 29×
- roadway in 10×
- roadway was 8×
- roadway is 8×
- of roadway 8×
- roadway to 7×
- roadway that 4×
- roadway will 4×
- roadway on 3×