Greenway

2025-04-14T15:09:43Z

Luin-galad:

[[Image:Matěj Čadil - Greenway.jpg|thumb|[[Matěj Čadil]] - ''Greenway'']]
The '''North Road''',<ref name=Sign>{{FR|Sign}}, p. 150</ref><ref>{{FR|South}}, p. 274</ref> also called the '''North-South-Road''',<ref>{{FR|Map}}, label "North-South-Road" left of the road in Enedwaith</ref> the '''Old South Road''',<ref>[[Christopher Tolkien]], [[General Map of Middle-earth]], label "Old South Road" right of the road in Enedwaith</ref><ref>{{SD|Shire}}, "old South Road" in a note pencilled by J.R.R. Tolkien in a copy of the first edition of The Lord of the Rings, p. 103</ref> or later the '''Greenway''' by the [[Bree-folk]],<ref name=Sign/> was the part of the '''[[Great Road]]'''<ref>{{UT|Eorl}}</ref><ref name=Index>{{UT|Index}}, entry ''Roads'' (2) (i)</ref> from [[Fornost Erain]] to the western shore of the [[Fords of Isen]].<ref>{{HM|UI}}, entry ''Greenway'', "originally running from Isengard to Fornost", p. 31</ref>

==Course==
The North Road ran from Fornost in the south of the [[North Downs]] southeast until it crossed the [[East Road]] just west of the village of [[Bree]] and then continued south through [[Andrath]] between the [[Barrow-downs]] and the [[South Downs]], met a a road in [[Minhiriath]] that ran from the [[White Downs]] over [[Sarn Ford]], then turned south-east and traversed the fens in the plains of [[Minhiriath]] on a long causewway until it crossed the river [[Gwathló]] at [[Tharbad]],<ref name=Glanduin>{{UT|6d}}, discussion of the name ''Glanduin''</ref> continued on a long<ref name=Glanduin/> raised<ref name=Isen>{{UT|11c}}</ref> causeway across the fens in the plains<ref name=Glanduin/> and then ascended to higher land in the centre and south-east of [[Enedwaith]]<ref name=Isen/> until it turned west close to the southern end of the [[Misty Mountains]] and ran west to the western shore of the Fords of Isen.<ref>{{FR|Map}}</ref>

The part of the Great Road that ran from the eastern shore of the Fords of Isen<ref name=Index/> to the [[Forannest|north gate]] of the [[Rammas Echor]]<ref>{{HM|UI}}, entry ''North-way'', p. 635</ref><ref>{{HM|UI}}, entry ''north gate'', p. 559</ref> was called the '''[[Great West Road]]''',<ref>{{RK|Map}}, label "Great West Road" above the road in the Eastfold</ref> the '''West Road'''<ref>{{RK|Debate}}, p. 882</ref> or the '''horse-road'''.<ref>{{UT|Isen}}, tenth paragraph</ref>

==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 the Greenway.<ref>{{FR|Sign}}</ref><ref>{{FR|South}}</ref><ref name=utindex>{{UT|Index}}</ref>

[[Boromir]] took this road, crossing Tharbad but losing his horse, on his way to [[Rivendell]]. It is possible that the road was restored after the end of the [[War of the Ring]].

==Portrayal in adaptations==
[[File:The Lord of the Rings Online - Greenway.jpg|thumb|250px|Greenway in ''[[The Lord of the Rings Online]]'']]
'''2007: ''[[The Lord of the Rings Online]]'':'''
:"Greenway" specifically refers to the portion of the road running through the [[Bree-land]], with the rest of it called the "North-South Road". Running south from [[Fornost]], the road crosses a large chasm called "Cirith Núr" that separates Bree-land from the [[North Downs]] through the wooden "Trestlespan" bridge in the town of "Trestlebridge". South of [[Andrath]], the Greenway passes through the mannish town of "Herne" where is turns east towards [[Tharbad]]. With the [[Bridge of Tharbad]] now broken, the road to the east of Tharbad is considered to be a separate [[Old South Road]].

==See also==
*[[North-South Road]]
*[[Great West Road]]

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[[Category:Arnor]]
[[Category:Eriador]]
[[Category:Roads and streets]]

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