How to say "roadway" in Japanese

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  • 車道しゃどうCommon
    nounThe roadway as the part of a road used by vehicles, the carriageway as opposed to the sidewalk. Typical of traffic rules, road signs, and descriptions of streets and driving.
    車道しゃどうの向こう側むこうがわにあるバリケードは、「入いれない」ということである。↗
    Barricades across driveways say "Keep Out."
  • 通路つうろJLPT N2approx.Common
    nounPrimarily a passage or pathway, a route through which people pass, as in a corridor or aisle. It matches 'roadway' only in that passage sense, not the vehicular carriageway.
    これが海うみへの通路つうろだ。↗
    This is the passage to the sea.

For the roadway as the part of a road where vehicles travel, use 車道; 通路 is really a passage or pathway, matching 'roadway' only in the sense of a route or passage through a place.

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