Ridgeway

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A ridgeway is a road or path that follows the highest part of the landscape.

Contents 1 Roads and pathways 2 Towns and places 3 People 4 Other

[edit] Roads and pathways

• The Ridgeway National Trail, also known as The Ridgeway Path, which runs across southwestern England, along the chalk escarpment
• The Ridgeway, running through Enfield, a road along the southmost extent of the glaciers in the last ice age
• The Hærvejen, an ancient track from the tip of Jutland to the banks of the river Elbe in Denmark and Germany
• The Rennsteig, a path along the ridge of the Thuringian Forest in Germany
• The Kammweg, a path projected in 1904 to follow the mountains surrounding Bohemia
• The Rennweg (Arnsberger Wald), an old trade route along the Arnsberg Forest
• The Ridge Route, a highway in Los Angeles, California

[edit] Towns and places

There are several towns and other places named Ridgeway or Ridgway.

In England:

• Ridgeway, Derbyshire

In Canada:

• Ridgeway, Ontario

In the United States:

• Ridgeway, Alaska
• Ridgway, Colorado
• Ridgeway, Iowa
• Ridgeway, Ohio
• Ridgeway, Missouri
• Ridgeway, New York
• Ridgway, Pennsylvania
• Ridgeway, South Carolina
• Ridgeway, Virginia
• Ridgeway, Wisconsin
• Ridgeway (town), Wisconsin
• Ridgeway Township, Michigan

In South Africa:

• Ridgeway, South Africa

[edit] People

There are several people named Ridgeway or Ridgway.

• Aden Ridgeway, an Australian Democrat politician
• Matthew Ridgway, a United States Army general
• Stan Ridgway, singer for the Wall of Voodoo

[edit] Other

• Ridgeway Clocks, the oldest continuously produced line of longcase clocks in the United States