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Definition of Throughway

1. Noun. A broad highway designed for high-speed traffic.

Definition of Throughway

1. Noun. (American English) A broad highway fit for high-speed traffic. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

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Literary usage of Throughway

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Railway Engineer by Railway Division (1908)
"At its upper end the spindle b carries a valve plate or shutter d adapted to close the upper end of the throughway passage c. ..."

2. The Socius of Architecture: Amsterdam, Tokyo, New York by Arie Graafland (2000)
"The mooring places for the boats are just as important as the throughway cutting through the plan.The plan is characterized by its different speeds — those ..."

3. National tax journal (1916)
"Massachusetts itself is now building a 123 mile route which will connect the Boston area with the New York throughway noted below. ..."

4. The Creative City by Charles Landry, Franco Bianchini (1995)
"... to the fracturing that an urban throughway created in the city centre along the Rhine by putting it underground. This simple solution - which has been ..."

5. The Engines of the Human Body: Being the Substance of Christmas Lectures by Arthur Keith (1920)
"... the main throughway for the breath in the nose, throat, and neck. When we take a breath, the air, after passing the relatively narrow doorways formed by ..."

6. Architecture of Instruction and Delight: A Socio-historical Analysis of by Pieter van Wesemael (2001)
"... which would impede all throughway of the stronger sex.406 Furthermore, a sophisticated time schedule prevented the various classes mingling while on ..."

7. Sugar and the Sugar Cane: An Elementary Treatise on the Agriculture of the by Noël Deerr (1905)
"... throughway-bolt type. This pattern is referred to by many writers as the Rousselot mill.* In Figs. 25, 26, and 27 are shown sido and front elevations, ..."

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