roadway vs shortcut

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. 

shortcut

noun
  • A path between two points that is faster than the commonly used paths. 

  • A keyboard shortcut: a combination of keystrokes that provides easier access to a command or operation. 

  • A method to accomplish something that omits one or more steps. 

  • A file that points to the location of another file and serves as a quick way to access it. 

verb
  • To take or use a shortcut 

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