SHARED-USE PATH means a bikeway outside the traveled way and physically separated from motorized vehicular traffic by an open space or barrier and either within the highway right-of-way or within an independent alignment. A SHARED-USE PATH also may be used by pedestrians, including skaters, joggers, users of manual and motorized wheelchairs and other authorized motorized and non-motorized users.
(ORC 4511.01(PPP))