Sentence:  The <WSD>highway</WSD> to the East Coast which ran through the borough of Ebbfield had always been a main road and even now, despite the vast garages, the pylons and the gaily painted factory glasshouses which had sprung up beside it, there still remained an occasional trace of past cultures. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  A main, direct public road, especially a multi-lane, high speed thoroughfare connecting major population centers.