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[[Image:Matěj Čadil - Greenway.jpg|thumb|''Greenway'' by [[Matěj Čadil]]]]
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The '''Greenway''' was the road which connected [[Arnor]] and [[Gondor]].
The '''North Road''', also called the '''Greenway''', was the part of the '''[[North-South Road]]''' in [[Eriador]], which connected [[Arnor]] with [[Gondor]] far in the south.
==Route==
The portion of the road, which the [[Bree-folk]] called Greenway<ref name=utindex/> began at [[Fornost Erain]] in northern [[Eriador]], it met with the [[East Road]] near [[Bree]], and then continued south through [[Andrath]] between the [[Barrow-downs]] and the [[South Downs]]. After traversing [[Minhiriath]], it reached [[Tharbad]] on the [[Gwathló]], where it crossed the river.<ref>{{FR|Map}}</ref> Then it was known as the '''[[Old South Road]]'''.<ref>[[General Map of Middle-earth]]</ref>


Beginning at [[Fornost Erain]] in northern [[Eriador]], it met with the [[Great East Road]] at [[Bree]], and then continued south to [[Tharbad]] on the [[Gwathló]], where it crossed the river and became known as the '''Old South Road'''. From there it lead into [[Dunland]], arching slightly towards the [[Misty Mountains]] to the [[Fords of Isen]]. After it crossed the [[Isen]] it was called the '''Great West Road''', and ran along the [[Ered Nimrais]] through [[Anórien]], then going south past [[Minas Tirith]] and [[Osgiliath]] as the '''South Road''' and ending at [[Pelargir]].
==History==
 
In the later [[Third Age]] after the division of [[Arnor]] [[Arthedain|into]] [[Cardolan|three]] [[Rhudaur|realms]] it became lesser used. Use of the road virtually ended after the [[Great Plague]] and the [[Long Winter]] when Tharbad was abandoned and its bridge ruined, and the Old South Road to [[Dunland]] was mostly lost. The patch of the road around [[Bree-land]] became overgrown with grass because of disuse and so was called Greenway.<ref>{{FR|Sign}}</ref><ref>{{FR|South}}</ref><ref name=utindex>{{UT|Index}}</ref>
Other roads which met up with it were the King's Highway from Minas Tirith past Osgiliath to [[Minas Ithil]], and at Pelargir the road which eventually ended at [[Erech]] as well as the '''Harad Road''' which lead into South Harad.
 
The Greenway was long the main path of traffic between Gondor and Arnor, but in the later [[Third Age]] after the division of Arnor in three realms it became lesser used. Use of the road virtually ended after the [[Great Plague]] and [[Long Winter]] when Tharbad was abandoned and its bridge ruined, and the road in Dunland was mostly lost.


[[Boromir]] took this road, crossing Tharbad but losing his horse, on his way to [[Rivendell]]. In the Reunited Kingdom of [[Aragorn|King Elessar]] the road was restored and became important again.
[[Boromir]] took this road, crossing Tharbad but losing his horse, on his way to [[Rivendell]]. In the Reunited Kingdom of [[Aragorn|King Elessar]] the road was restored and became important again.


==See also==
*[[North-South Road]]
*[[Great West Road]]
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Revision as of 11:29, 8 November 2020

Matěj Čadil - Greenway

The North Road, also called the Greenway, was the part of the North-South Road in Eriador, which connected Arnor with Gondor far in the south.

Route

The portion of the road, which the Bree-folk called Greenway[1] began at Fornost Erain in northern Eriador, it met with the East Road near Bree, and then continued south through Andrath between the Barrow-downs and the South Downs. After traversing Minhiriath, it reached Tharbad on the Gwathló, where it crossed the river.[2] Then it was known as the Old South Road.[3]

History

In the later Third Age after the division of Arnor into three realms it became lesser used. Use of the road virtually ended after the Great Plague and the Long Winter when Tharbad was abandoned and its bridge ruined, and the Old South Road to Dunland was mostly lost. The patch of the road around Bree-land became overgrown with grass because of disuse and so was called Greenway.[4][5][1]

Boromir took this road, crossing Tharbad but losing his horse, on his way to Rivendell. In the Reunited Kingdom of King Elessar the road was restored and became important again.

See also

References