ROADS, HIGHWAY, and RELATED TERMS.

Question 1

A ‘ROAD’

Answer 1

A ‘road is any (length’ of highway to which the public has access, and includes bridges over which a road passes.The limits of a road are the hedgerows, walls, fences, or building lines on each side, so a public footpath alongside a road is part of the road.

Question 2

A ‘HIGHWAY’

Answer 2

A ‘highway’ (s 5 of the Highways Act 1835) is a road , bridge, carraigeway, cart-way, horse-way, bridleway, footway, causeway, church way, or pavement

Question 3

A ‘PUBLIC ROAD’

Answer 3

A ‘public road’ is a road maintained at the public’s expense (for the purpose of vehicle excise duty legislation), as defined in s 62 of the Vehicle Excise and Registration Act 1994. Not all roads to which the public have access (e.g not gated or blocked) are ‘public roads’

Question 4

‘OTHER PUBLIC PLACE’

Answer 4

is a place that any member of the general public can has access to, without needing specific permission. It is likely to include car parks, turning areas and parks.

Question 5

A ‘CARRAIGWAY’

Answer 5

is a ‘way’ that is marked or arranged in a highway, over which the public have right of way for the passage of vehicles, but does not include cycle tracks (s 329 of the Highways Act 1980)

Question 6

A ‘BRIDLEWAY’

Answer 6

is a highway on which the public have right of way on foot, on horseback or leading a horse (s 329 of the highways Act 1980)

Question 7

A ‘FOOTPATH’

Answer 7

a a highway that is not adjacent to a road, over which the public have a right of way, but only on foot (s 329 of the Highways Act 1980)

Question 8

A ‘FOOTWAY’

Answer 8

is a highway adjacent to a road and to which the public have right of way on foot only

Question 9

A ‘STREET’

Answer 9

a ‘street’ includes roads, lanes, alleys, subways, squares, and other similar places open to the public. It also includes doorways, entrances to premises and any ground adjoining a street.