dead-end vs roadway

dead-end

noun
  • A road with no exit. 

  • A position that offers no hope of progress. 

verb
  • To come to a dead-end. 

adj
  • Going nowhere; blocked. 

roadway

noun
  • A way used as a road. 

  • The main or central portion of a road, used by the vehicles. 

  • The portion of a bridge or railway used by traffic. 

How often have the words dead-end and roadway occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )