footway Definition
foot·way (fo̵ot′wā′)
noun
footway Usage Examples
Converse of object
- obstruct: Please do not obstruct the footway or the road.
- widen: Solution: Widen footway to provide for shared use.
- cross: Cyclists and horseriders can of course cross a footway to reach a route which leads off the road.
- share: The Cycle Lane will be segregated from vehicles and will share the existing footway.
- provide: The works area has been fenced off and a pedestrian footway provided around the site.
- include: The term street includes footways, car parks, public house forecourts and generally any area where the public have access without payment.
Preposition: on
side: There is a footway on the far side of the road.
Adjective modifier
- paved: The bridge is linked by paved footway with tactile dropped kerbs to town center.
- pedestrian: The works area has been fenced off and a pedestrian footway provided around the site.
- narrow: Combe Hay Fosse Way; Combe Hay Stay on the right side of the road; there is a narrow footway.
- existing: York stone paving was selected to match with the existing footway along the King's Road thus providing visual continuity of pedestrian surfaces.
- public: They should not be left on the public footway.
- wide: Where the bay is alongside a 1.2m wide footway, this will satisfy the transfer bay requirement.
Modifies a noun
- width: Posts, poles, bollards etc should be positioned to leave at least the minimum footway widths given in Section 3.1.
- lighting: Grants for upgrading footway lighting will normally be for 50 % of the cost.
- parking: Parking on any part of the footway contravenes a London-wide footway parking ban.
- repair: A lot of the materials which are removed during footway repairs can be recycled.
- maintenance: Footways Maintenance Guide The footways maintenance guide has been prepared by the TRL Publishing unit.
- improvement: The first phase of the footway improvement, from the Eastern Way roundabout to Norman Road, was completed last year.
Noun used with modifier
shared-use: You might ask why a cycle lane was not put on this side of the road as well, instead of a shared-use footway.

