Ridgeway

Ridgeway literally means about ridge trail or Fastweg and is synonymous with the German designation trail. Such, often very old way is usually followed by watersheds or at least try in about one contour line to follow and waters close to their origin or to places where they are still small to cross. Known such paths are in the Ochsenweg Germany in Schleswig-Holstein, which leads up to the northern Jutland in Denmark and the Rennsteig on the crest of the Thuringian Forest.

Ridgeway is name of the following paths and routes:

Hærvejen along the Cimbrian peninsula
The Rennsteig on the crest of the Thuringian Forest
The Rennweg ( Arnsberg Forest ), an ancient trade route in the Arnsberg Forest
The 1904 projected ridge trail along the border mountains of Bohemia
In England, the Ridgeway National Trail, which was perhaps the origin of the term in English.
In California, is the Ridge Route, a more modern line, which does not always follow a ridge line.

Places in the United States:

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Ridgeway ( Anne Arundel County, Maryland)
Ridgeway (Baltimore County, Maryland)
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Ridgeway (Halifax County, Virginia)
Ridgeway (Henry County, Virginia)
Ridgeway ( Pittsylvania County, Virginia)
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Ridgeway (Wisconsin ), in Iowa County
Ridgeway ( Town), Town (ship) in Iowa County, Wisconsin

In the United Kingdom:

Ridgeway (Derbyshire )

In Canada:

Ridgeway (Ontario)

Person:

Cecilia L. Ridgeway ( born 1947 ), American sociologist
Joseph West Ridgeway (1844-1930), British officer, officials and managers