Thoroughfare

A thoroughfare is a place of transportation intended to connect one location to another. Highways, roads, and trails are examples of thoroughfares used by a variety of general traffic. On land a thoroughfare may refer to anything from a rough trail to multi-lane highway with grade separated junctions; on water a thoroughfare may refer to a strait, channel or waterway. The term may also refer to the legal right to use a particular way as distinct from the way itself.

Types

Motorised ways

Including:

• Highways
• Roads
• And many other types of road

non-motorised ways

Including:

• bridle path For equistine use, and normally also by cyclists and pedestrians
• cycleway For use by cyclists and normally also by pedestrians
• footpath
• foreshoreway
• greenway, a wilderness area intended for "passive use"
• hiking trail
• long-distance trails
• right of way, an easement on a piece of land
• running course
• sidewalk, a path for people to walk along the side of a road
• snowshoe trail
• towpath, a path along a canal or river used for towing a boat
• Trail a rough path through more wild or remote territory

On water

• A heavily trafficked route through a strait or channel.

External links

• Answers.com
• Free dictionary
• Merriam Webster