Western Australian Current Acts Western Australian Current Acts Throughout this Act,
the word road means a public highway, whether carriage-way, bridle-path, or
footpath, and unless repugnant to the context, includes all roads which have
been or may hereafter be set apart, defined, proclaimed, or declared roads
under any law or authority for the time being in force, and all bridges,
culverts, drains, ferries, fords, gates, buildings, and other things thereto
belonging, upon, and within the limits of the road, and includes arable soil
of every road.