Definitions

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  • noun A special road for the exclusive use of trucks.

Etymologies

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truck +‎ way

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Examples

  • He thought of and discarded one plan after another, then remembered something seen during his wanderings -- a pedestrian bridge crossing a high-speed truckway where the inter-city freighters were so numerous they ran almost bumper to bumper.

    Man of Many Minds 1925

  • Many more people are now aware of what would be lost if a four - to six-lane truckway were routed through this area, with a relocated four-lane 31st Street right beside it.

    LJWorld.com stories: News 2009

  • Geographically, is built on, as Campanella describes it, "Finely textured soils loaded with organic matter and prone to sinkage [which] make the grading and paving of streets and sidewalks that much more expensive." massively buttressed the separate truckway custom-built to serve the containerized Napoleon and mega-wharf, which also necessitated a re-engineering of Religious and Tchoupitoulas Streets.

    Latest news releases on Louisiana Politics, Business, Sports, Entertainment, Louisiana, USA and World News 2009

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