# Highways Act 1980, Section 328: Meaning of “highway”.

Extent: E+W

(1) In this Act, except where the context otherwise requires, “highway” means the whole or a part of a highway other than a ferry or waterway.
(2) Where a highway passes over a bridge or through a tunnel, that bridge or tunnel is to be taken for the purposes of this Act to be a part of the highway.
(3) In this Act, “highway maintainable at the public expense” and any other expression defined by reference to a highway is to be construed in accordance with the foregoing provisions of this section.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1980/66/section/328 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/highways-act-1980/section-328
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