"Roadway" means that portion of a highway improved, designed, or ordinarily used for vehicular travel, exclusive of the sidewalk or shoulder even though such sidewalk or shoulder is used by persons riding bicycles. In the event a highway includes two or more separated roadways, the term "roadway" shall refer to any such roadway separately but shall not refer to all such roadways collectively.
RCW 46.04.500
Roadway.
Applied in 10 court decisions — leading case Pudmaroff v. Allen (1999)
Most recently applied in State of Washington v. Erica C. Magallon Alvarez (December 2018)
1977 c 24 s 1; 1961 c 12 s 46.04.500
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