parkway

[ pahrk-wey ]

noun

1. a broad thoroughfare with a dividing strip or side strips planted with grass, trees, etc.
2. Chiefly New York State and Western New England. a strip of grass, sometimes planted with trees or shrubs, between a sidewalk and curb.

parkway

/ ˈpɑːkˌweɪ /

noun

1. (in the US and Canada) a wide road planted with trees, turf, etc

Word History and Origins

Origin of parkway¹

An Americanism dating back to 1885–90; park + way ¹

Example Sentences

Fairfax County police said a man — who was later identified as Syed-Humza Mahmood, of Annandale — was driving his Lexus “at a high rate of speed” southbound on the parkway when he hit two vehicles before his car flipped and he was ejected.

From Washington Post

It traveled three miles before exploding above the parkway, showering the pavement with debris.

From Washington Post

Best time to visit “We usually tell folks to expect peak leaf color in mid-October,” says Amy Ney, communications coordinator for the Blue Ridge Parkway Association, the marketing partner for the parkway.

From Washington Post

Operated by the National Park Service, the parkway is a planned landscape, unlike most national park areas.

From Washington Post

From the lowest portion of the parkway at the James River in Virginia, the elevation increases nearly 3,300 feet over a 13-mile distance to Thunder Ridge.

From Washington Post

If nothing else, the cop himself should have called 911 when the group decided to block the Henry Hudson Parkway.

From The Daily Beast

A week later, Lopez was dead at age 29—shot and killed with an illegal gun on the side of a Long Island parkway.

From The Daily Beast

Maueen's was one of the four bodies found in the bushes of Long Island's Ocean Parkway.

From The Daily Beast

A narrow parkway cuts through the beach here, with only sand dunes and brush on each side.

From The Daily Beast

Across from the county jail on the parkway there near the esplanade.

From Project Gutenberg

Telling the driver to follow him, he descended and crossed to where Cathedral Parkway switches off.

From Project Gutenberg

But when Victor left the parkway he saw in his mirror no flashing red light, somewhere he had lost the police.

From Project Gutenberg

A patrol car caught up with him on Grand Central Parkway and forced him off the road.

From Project Gutenberg

For the five mile ride along the parkway there was no need of observing the speed regulations.

From Project Gutenberg

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