Somehow hit road a bit (5)
I believe the answer is:
third
'a bit' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both man-made objects as well as being singular nouns.
Perhaps you can see a link between them that I can't see?
'somehow hit road' is the wordplay.
'somehow' indicates anagramming the letters.
'road' becomes 'rd' (abbreviation for road).
'hit' anagrammed gives 'thi'.
'thi'+'rd'='THIRD'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for third that I've seen before include "Ordinal number" , "Winning bronze medal" , "Bronze prize position" , "33 per cent" , "degree" .)