parkway

A main road designed to give drivers pleasant views of trees and countryside.

• We drove along the parkway.
• The parkway offers beautiful mountain views.
• They stopped beside the parkway to photograph the autumn trees.

Similar words: scenic highway

Common phrases: scenic parkway, drive the parkway, along the parkway

A main road with separate lanes for opposite directions and a planted strip between them.

• Take the parkway into town.
• Trees grow between the lanes of the parkway.
• Traffic on the parkway was slow this morning.

Common phrases: divided parkway, parkway exit, on the parkway

A railway station outside a town with a large car park for people continuing their journey by train.

• A new parkway will open outside town.
• The parkway has space for hundreds of cars.
• Commuters leave their cars at the parkway and take the train.

Similar words: park-and-ride station

Common phrases: parkway station, new parkway, at the parkway

A strip of grass between the pavement where people walk and the road.

• A tree grows in the parkway.
• Please mow the parkway outside your house.
• The city planted flowers along the parkway.

Similar words: tree lawn, verge

Common phrases: grass parkway, mow the parkway, parkway trees