Greenway (Middle-earth)
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The Greenway is a road in J. R. R. Tolkien's fiction of Middle-earth, a section of the North-South Road which connects Arnor and Gondor.
The section of road known as The Greenway pertains to the area between the North-South Road's junction with the Great East Road in the north and the southern end of Andrath in the south. The name The Greenway is derived from the fact that the road between Bree and Andrath was little used and had become covered with grass.
The Greenway is a smaller portion of the North-South Road, which runs from Fornost Erain, ancient capital of Arnor to Minas Tirith, capital of Gondor. Principal points on the road include Tharbad, the ruined bridge-town where the road crosses the Gwathló, and the Fords of Isen near Isengard. After crossing the Isen, the road passes through the Gap of Rohan and bends eastward for Gondor and ultimately, its end (then known as The Great West Road at Minas Morgul and the gates of Mordor.
