frontage road

noun

: a local street that parallels an expressway or through street and that provides access to property near the expressway

called also service road

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The law would also enable the creation of new freeway shoulders; a frontage road; a vehicle and pedestrian bridge over railroad tracks; broadband conduit; and a roundabout at intersection of U.S. 93 and State Route 89. —

Rey Covarrubias Jr., The Arizona Republic, 10 Dec. 2024 This new level of accuracy, Williams explained, could help better distinguish between a highway and a parallel rugged frontage road, a crucial detail for first responders trying to arrive on the scene as quickly as possible. —

Mack Degeurin, Popular Science, 13 Nov. 2024 Olmos Park police report he was arrested off Interstate 10 East on a frontage road in Kendall County early Wednesday morning. —

Alexis Simmerman, Austin American-Statesman, 25 Oct. 2024 Freeway traffic exiting at 19th Avenue will use the frontage road. —

Olivia Rose, The Arizona Republic, 25 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for frontage road

Word History

First Known Use

1863, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler

The first known use of frontage road was in 1863

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“Frontage road.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/frontage%20road. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.

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