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This page is kind of a mess.
There isn't a page that just describes right-of-way on the road. It's split across a couple different pages, and those pages are in flux and might change. See Talk:Rules_of_the_road#"Serious_revamp" for more on that. If the anchors change those links are gonna fail.
In the UK rights-of-way are public access paths or dirt roads, but there's no one page that describe them. See Footpath (right of way), Bridleway, Byway (road). I can't find comparable for the US but Donald P. Hodel states "...that disused dirt roads and footpaths could be considered right-of-ways under RS 2477." I can't find much on RS 2477 but here's some info http://www.rs2477roads.com/
While I've been disambig'ing mostly I've seen right-of-way used interchangably with easement, but sometimes a distinction is made. Sometimes it refers to the easement, sometimes it refers to the road, sometimes it even seems to refer to the road bed (or railroad bed, e.g. "The Wuppertal monorail...is the only surviving monorail to actually use a single rail as the means of contact with its right-of-way.").
Easement says "Historically, it was limited to the right-of-way and rights over flowing waters, although this is no longer true." Many of the light rail pages use the phrase "...private right-of-way..." (e.g. Green Line "E" Branch) but I'm not sure how that's supposed to be different that a regular (non-private?) right-of-way.
Triborough Bridge has the confusing sentence "a complex of three bridges....using what were two islands...as intermediate right-of-way between the water crossings. "
Ewlyahoocom 21:32, 15 February 2006 (UTC)
In English law -- from which the term easement derives there are many forms of right of way which are not easements, for example highways, footpaths and so on. An easement can only exist to benefit another plot of land it cannot exist for the benefit of a group of people or the general public. It may be that that distinction has been lost in (eg) the US, but its still very real here. It is therefore wrong for this page to muddle the two as if they are really the same sort of thing actually. Francis Davey 14:16, 31 July 2007 (UTC)
There is a move discussion in progress on Talk:Right of way (public throughway) which affects this page. Please participate on that page and not in this talk page section. Thank you. โ RMCD bot 13:30, 3 July 2014 (UTC)
There is a move discussion in progress on Talk:Right of way which affects this page. Please participate on that page and not in this talk page section. Thank you. โ RMCD bot 17:06, 14 May 2024 (UTC)
Following on from the page move, there is a discussion at Talk:Right of way (public throughway)#Move 2024 about finding a more "worldwide view" name for that article. It can't be "public footpaths" because it also includes bridleways and does not include "sidewalks". Suggestions welcome. -- ๐๐๐ฝ ( talk) 19:29, 13 June 2024 (UTC)
Isn't there a dividing line be between public rights of access and private business rights (railroads, etc. Rwood128 ( talk) 20:40, 13 June 2024 (UTC)
I have opened a discussion at Talk:Right-of-way (property access)#Proposal to restructure and rename ''this'' article (to "Right of way (railroad)") since that is what comprises most of the article right now. Comments/advice/criticism welcome. -- ๐๐๐ฝ ( talk) 18:51, 14 June 2024 (UTC)
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![]() | On 14 May 2024, it was proposed that this article be moved from Right of way (disambiguation) to Right of way. The result of the discussion was moved. |
This page is kind of a mess.
There isn't a page that just describes right-of-way on the road. It's split across a couple different pages, and those pages are in flux and might change. See Talk:Rules_of_the_road#"Serious_revamp" for more on that. If the anchors change those links are gonna fail.
In the UK rights-of-way are public access paths or dirt roads, but there's no one page that describe them. See Footpath (right of way), Bridleway, Byway (road). I can't find comparable for the US but Donald P. Hodel states "...that disused dirt roads and footpaths could be considered right-of-ways under RS 2477." I can't find much on RS 2477 but here's some info http://www.rs2477roads.com/
While I've been disambig'ing mostly I've seen right-of-way used interchangably with easement, but sometimes a distinction is made. Sometimes it refers to the easement, sometimes it refers to the road, sometimes it even seems to refer to the road bed (or railroad bed, e.g. "The Wuppertal monorail...is the only surviving monorail to actually use a single rail as the means of contact with its right-of-way.").
Easement says "Historically, it was limited to the right-of-way and rights over flowing waters, although this is no longer true." Many of the light rail pages use the phrase "...private right-of-way..." (e.g. Green Line "E" Branch) but I'm not sure how that's supposed to be different that a regular (non-private?) right-of-way.
Triborough Bridge has the confusing sentence "a complex of three bridges....using what were two islands...as intermediate right-of-way between the water crossings. "
Ewlyahoocom 21:32, 15 February 2006 (UTC)
In English law -- from which the term easement derives there are many forms of right of way which are not easements, for example highways, footpaths and so on. An easement can only exist to benefit another plot of land it cannot exist for the benefit of a group of people or the general public. It may be that that distinction has been lost in (eg) the US, but its still very real here. It is therefore wrong for this page to muddle the two as if they are really the same sort of thing actually. Francis Davey 14:16, 31 July 2007 (UTC)
There is a move discussion in progress on Talk:Right of way (public throughway) which affects this page. Please participate on that page and not in this talk page section. Thank you. โ RMCD bot 13:30, 3 July 2014 (UTC)
There is a move discussion in progress on Talk:Right of way which affects this page. Please participate on that page and not in this talk page section. Thank you. โ RMCD bot 17:06, 14 May 2024 (UTC)
Following on from the page move, there is a discussion at Talk:Right of way (public throughway)#Move 2024 about finding a more "worldwide view" name for that article. It can't be "public footpaths" because it also includes bridleways and does not include "sidewalks". Suggestions welcome. -- ๐๐๐ฝ ( talk) 19:29, 13 June 2024 (UTC)
Isn't there a dividing line be between public rights of access and private business rights (railroads, etc. Rwood128 ( talk) 20:40, 13 June 2024 (UTC)
I have opened a discussion at Talk:Right-of-way (property access)#Proposal to restructure and rename ''this'' article (to "Right of way (railroad)") since that is what comprises most of the article right now. Comments/advice/criticism welcome. -- ๐๐๐ฝ ( talk) 18:51, 14 June 2024 (UTC)