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The '''Greenway''' was the road which connected [[Arnor]] and [[Gondor]].
The '''North Road''' also '''Greenway''' was the part of the '''[[North-South Road]]''' in [[Eriador]].
 
==Route==
Beginning at [[Fornost Erain]] in northern [[Eriador]], it met with the [[East Road|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 led 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]].
Beginning at [[Fornost Erain]] in northern [[Eriador]], it met with the [[East Road|Great East Road]] at [[Bree]], and then continued south through [[Andrath]] between the [[Barrow-downs]] and the [[South Downs]] and crossed [[Minhiriath]]. It reached [[Tharbad]] on the [[Gwathló]], where it crossed the river.<ref>{{FR|Map}}</ref>
 
==History==
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 led into South Harad.
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. The patch of the road around the [[Bree-land]] became grass-grown because of disuse and so was called Greenway.<ref>{{FR|Pony}}</ref><ref>{{FR|South}}</ref><ref>{{UT|Isen}}</ref>
 
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.
 
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Matěj Čadil - Greenway

The North Road also Greenway was the part of the North-South Road in Eriador.

Route

Beginning at Fornost Erain in northern Eriador, it met with the Great East Road at Bree, and then continued south through Andrath between the Barrow-downs and the South Downs and crossed Minhiriath. It reached Tharbad on the Gwathló, where it crossed the river.[1]

History

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. The patch of the road around the Bree-land became grass-grown because of disuse and so was called Greenway.[2][3][4]

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.

References

  1. ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, "The West of Middle-earth at the End of the Third Age" [map]
  2. ↑
  3. ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, The Fellowship of the Ring, "The Ring Goes South"
  4. ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), Unfinished Tales, "The Battles of the Fords of Isen"
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