skyway
Americannoun
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an elevated highway, especially one well above ground level and composed of a series of spans.
Etymology
Origin of skyway
Example Sentences
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The hotel is connected with a skyway to the Indiana Convention Center and Lucas Oil Stadium.
From Salon • Jan. 13, 2026
Wasserman called the skyway remodel a “zombie project,” left over from a paused terminal expansion that included plans for two new concourses, “still moving forward on its own inertia.”
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 15, 2025
To the left there’s a skyway that deposits you right in the main arcade, just north of City Fish.
From Seattle Times • Oct. 20, 2021
His sneakers, white platforms with light-up Lucite soles, flashed red as he led me up a flight of stairs and across a small skyway to a conference room.
From The New Yorker • Sep. 2, 2019
The school itself was striking and modern, like no school I'd ever seen—made up of three large, cube-shaped buildings, two of them connected by a fancy-looking glass skyway that crossed over the Jackson Boulevard thoroughfare.
From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama
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