How to Use right-of-way in a Sentence

right-of-way

noun
  • The right-of-way for the line is 150 feet wide, according to PSEG.
    — Christine Condon, Baltimore Sun, 21 Nov. 2024
  • The agreement calls for cost-sharing on some right-of-way work.
    — Amy Wilde, Twin Cities, 7 Feb. 2025
  • The pear trees aren’t just in right-of-ways or lining neighborhood streets.
    — Karl Schneider, The Indianapolis Star, 20 Apr. 2023
  • The most likely route suggested in the past has been along the Interstate 5 right-of-way.
    — Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 June 2023
  • The public right-of-way includes the medians, sidewalks and the grassy area between the curb line and the sidewalk.
    — Cathy Kozlowicz, Journal Sentinel, 23 June 2023
  • The site is along the railroad right-of-way, Wood said, an area that the city wants to make into a pedestrian pathway.
    — Corina Vanek, Arizona Republic, 3 Dec. 2024
  • His death led to the creation of a state law that mandates that bicyclists have the same right-of-way rights as motorists.
    — Mike Danahey, Chicago Tribune, 12 July 2025
  • Drivers wanting to get into the Keys or leave the Keys have been stranded and parking along the rights-of-way and road shoulders.
    — Milena Malaver, Miami Herald, 21 Mar. 2025
  • The project would also require overland travel along the project right-of-way, along the access roads and in work areas.
    — Jake Frederico, The Arizona Republic, 29 Mar. 2023
  • The victim had the right-of-way, and Pena blasted through a steady red light, prosecutors say.
    — Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 28 Mar. 2025
  • That will be followed by the design, right-of-way and construction phases.
    — Elena Gastaldo, Idaho Statesman, 24 June 2024
  • That route was the right-of-way set up in the 1920s for an above-ground section of Cincinnati’s subway that was never completed.
    — Jeff Suess, The Enquirer, 2 July 2025
  • Trains travel on a narrow right-of-way along a cliff more than 60 feet above the beach in the small seaside community.
    — Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Mar. 2023
  • Reality check: The city does not allow signage in the public right-of-way.
    — Arika Herron, Axios, 9 July 2024
  • Add to that operation and maintenance costs and right-of-way usage fees that must be paid to Brightline and the FEC.
    — Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 5 Apr. 2025
  • The new rules also allow for more types of businesses to expand into the public right-of-way.
    — Courtney Astolfi, cleveland, 12 July 2023
  • Officials say the driver went through a fence alongside the Walmart parking lot and across the grassy right-of-way before striking the valve.
    — Juan A. Lozano and Sean Murphy, Los Angeles Times, 17 Sep. 2024
  • Running through its length was the four-track bed of the New York Central, which lay in a right-of-way that had been turned over to the railroad by the city half a century before.
    — Sammy Roth, Los Angeles Times, 1 Feb. 2024
  • All serious rail advocates want a dedicated right-of-way for the high-speed rail that much of the rest of the world enjoys.
    — Bruce Finley, Denver Post, 11 May 2025
  • The organizers provided a map showing where to stand to remain safe and in the public right-of-way.
    — Doug Ross, Chicago Tribune, 4 Apr. 2025
  • The city does not charge restaurants a fee to use the city right-of-way areas as dining spots, but may want to consider doing so, the staff report states.
    — Barbara Henry, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Dec. 2023
  • Numerous cliff failures have occurred in Del Mar in recent years, where the tracks follow a narrow right-of-way as high as 60 feet above the beach.
    — Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Apr. 2023
  • Beach replenishment also is planned, but the narrow right-of-way through San Clemente includes no room for a second set of tracks.
    — Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 June 2025
  • Billboard companies have little stake in protecting the land around the signs, since the public right-of-ways are managed by the state, Longest said.
    — Nora O’Neill, Charlotte Observer, 4 Mar. 2025
  • Context: The fee is a charge cities can assess on utilities that use public property like street rights-of-way.
    — Jason Clayworth, Axios, 21 Feb. 2025
  • Today, the depot is a museum, and the old railroad right-of-way is the popular Iron Horse Regional Trail.
    — John Metcalfe, The Mercury News, 15 July 2024
  • Sheehy said the city’s right-of-way, upon which sidewalks would be installed, can extend up to 29 feet from the road and onto residents’ lawns.
    — cleveland, 20 July 2023
  • Materials should be placed within three feet of the right-of-way and separated by type of debris.
    — Hope Karnopp, jsonline.com, 11 Aug. 2025
  • The projects are within city right-of-way, and were suggested by residents or businesses.
    — Steve Lord, Chicago Tribune, 20 Apr. 2023
  • And only the property owner, or someone with their permission, can plant flowers in the public right-of-way that's directly in front of their home.
    — Quinn Clark, jsonline.com, 29 July 2025

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