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Recent Examples of byway
Transportation planners can improve roadway safety and increase habitat connectivity for wildlife by creating special critter byways—for mammals, birds, insects and other creatures—to pass over, under and across roads away from vehicles.
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Noël Fletcher, Forbes, 29 Oct. 2024
As such, these byways are typically only open from late May through October, depending on the weather.
—Emily Pennington, Condé Nast Traveler, 1 May 2023
Surrounded by the Ocala National Forest, the byway highlights the importance of preserving nature and the value of public lands.
—Orlando Sentinel Staff, Orlando Sentinel, 14 Nov. 2024
The man allegedly claimed he was injured and partially submerged in water, per police, and a call led police to the Charles Hall Bridge on a mountain byway.
—Samira Asma-Sadeque, People.com, 28 Oct. 2024
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Noël Fletcher, Forbes, 29 Oct. 2024
As such, these byways are typically only open from late May through October, depending on the weather.
—Emily Pennington, Condé Nast Traveler, 1 May 2023
Surrounded by the Ocala National Forest, the byway highlights the importance of preserving nature and the value of public lands.
—Orlando Sentinel Staff, Orlando Sentinel, 14 Nov. 2024
The man allegedly claimed he was injured and partially submerged in water, per police, and a call led police to the Charles Hall Bridge on a mountain byway.
—Samira Asma-Sadeque, People.com, 28 Oct. 2024
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The administration has noted that heavy trucks do significant damage to the state’s highways and this fee enables Connecticut to force businesses based out-of-state to contribute toward infrastructure repair costs.Keith M. Phaneuf, Hartford Courant, 7 Jan. 2025
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The highway was open by Sunday morning, with the department warning drivers of travel delays after avalanche mitigation and road operations were complete.Amaris Encinas, USA TODAY, 7 Jan. 2025
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The report from the New York Post outlines how the LADWP project aimed to replace wooden power poles with fire-proof steel poles, widen fire-access lanes, and install power lines more resistant to wind and fire.Kenneth Schrupp | The Center Square, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 17 Jan. 2025
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The result allowed Ravens blockers to get to the second level, and for the center to take out the free linebacker to give an unencumbered rushing lane on multiple reps.Joe Buscaglia, The Athletic, 17 Jan. 2025
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The agency then returned on Thursday, Jan. 16 and discovered the home had split and slid onto the road.Charna Flam, People.com, 18 Jan. 2025
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Everything, whether success or failure, becomes critical fodder for the road ahead.Doug Sundheim, Forbes, 18 Jan. 2025
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The once-leafy thoroughfares known as the Alphabet Streets now look like a nuclear bomb detonated at the Chase bank in the nearby shopping village.Will Carless, USA TODAY, 12 Jan. 2025
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That triggered a new mandatory evacuation order for an area from Sunset Boulevard to Encino Reservoir, and from the 405 Freeway west to Mandeville Canyon, with sections of the thoroughfare remaining closed to ward off excess traffic in the West Los Angeles area.Natalie Oganesyan, Deadline, 12 Jan. 2025
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Since Week 8, Stafford has targeted Nacua on nearly 40 percent of his routes, the most of any receiver in that span, according to Next Gen Stats.Jon Krawczynski, The Athletic, 10 Jan. 2025
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Shorter runs, like one-star and zero-star, demand constant perfection amid routes that have been hyper optimized over time by others.Patricia Hernandez, Rolling Stone, 10 Jan. 2025
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In the landscape of a story, fact checkers’ trails can often be followed along a path of hedges and denials, but an elegant fix may render the footwork behind it invisible.Fergus McIntosh, The New Yorker, 11 Jan. 2025
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Major fires are still burning across Los Angeles County, leaving behind a path of utter devastation, including the destruction of several iconic LA landmarks.Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 10 Jan. 2025
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There are street lights and sidewalks; a park and a half-dozen schools lie within walking distance.Mary McNamara, Los Angeles Times, 14 Jan. 2025
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If there’s a higher-than-normal amount of street stylers sporting Tabis in Florence this season, there’s a good reason.Acielle / Style Du Monde, Vogue, 14 Jan. 2025
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Officers arrived to find the motorcyclist unconscious in the roadway.Jason Green, The Mercury News, 8 Jan. 2025
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Video along the Pacific Coast Highway showed widespread destruction of homes and businesses along the famed roadway.Jaimie Ding, TIME, 8 Jan. 2025
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“Byway.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/byway. Accessed 21 Jan. 2025.
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