Anatomy of a Highway OUTSIDE BANK SHOULDER/ INSIDE BANK HIGHWAY ROADWAY SHOULDER/ INSIDE BANK OUTSIDE BANK " Highway " shall mean the entire width between the boundary lines of any way or place when any part thereof is open to the use of the public, as a matter of right, for the purpose of vehicular traffic " Roadway " shall mean that portion of a highway improved, designed, or ordinarily used for vehicular travel, exclusive of the shoulder " Shoulder " shall mean that portion of a highway which lies outside the paved or unpaved roadway immediately adjacent to the portion of the roadway which may be used by motor vehicles " Bank " shall mean a mound, pile or ridge of snow on the edge of a highway accumulated from natural snowfall or by snowplowing operations " Inside bank " shall mean the portion of a snowbank immediately adjacent to the shoulder of the roadway " Outside bank " shall mean the portion of a snowbank outside the crest thereof and farthest removed from the roadway 54 BANK BANK