roadway vs route

roadway and route both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
roadway	Yes	No	No	No
route	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, route is a hypernym of roadway; that is, route is a word with a broader meaning than roadway:

Other hypernyms of roadway include road.

roadway (noun)	route (noun)
a road (especially that part of a road) over which vehicles travel	an open way (generally public) for travel or transportation
	an established line of travel or access

roadway (verb)	route (verb)
	send via a specific route
	divert in a specified direction
	send documents or materials to appropriate destinations