Right of way

Right of way or right-of-way may refer to:

Legal concept

Right of way is a legal term used in a variety of ways.

• Right-of-way (property access), an easement or grant to construct and maintain grid infrastructure over or under private land. Examples include pipelines, electricity grids, communication networks. This article also covers access to land without its own road frontage.
• Right of way (traffic), allowing priority use of traffic flow, "the legal right of a pedestrian, [equestrian, cyclist], vehicle, or ship to proceed with precedence over others in a particular situation or place"
• Right of way (shipping), set of sailing rules on water paths regarding priority and signaling
• Right of way (public throughway), a foot, cycle, or bridle path, trail, road, etc., that provides public access across private land
  • The designated route of a road, trail, and foot, cycle, or bridle path.
  • The right of transit across private land on a waterway.
• In US usage, a term for the route of a railway line
• A public highway

Film

• Right of Way (film), a 1983 television film drama
• The Right of Way (1915 film), a lost silent film
• The Right of Way (1920 film), an American film starring Bert Lytell
• The Right of Way (1931 film), an American film starring Conrad Nagel and Loretta Young

Other uses

• Right of way, priority of attacking in fencing
• Right of Way (album), a 2003 album by Ferry Corsten

See also

• All pages with titles containing rights of way
• All pages with titles containing right of way
• Visual flight rules
• Rights of way in England and Wales
• Rights of way in Scotland
• National broadband plan