service road

noun

Examples of service road in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Dozens of people dressed in flame-resistant clothing—mustard-yellow shirts and pine-green pants—paused along a forest service road to adjust their hard hats, strap propane tanks onto their backs, and test the torches connected to them: long, thin metal rods with a stream of flaming gas at one end. Ferris Jabr, The Atlantic, 25 June 2024 Last November and December, there were two incidents in which people were fatally struck crossing Bronx highways and service roads. Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 4 June 2024 The man crossed the Bridge Street service road, jumped over the guardrail and ran into traffic on I-30 westbound, police said. Amy McDaniel, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 12 Apr. 2024 The new plan includes the construction of a snowmobile trail along portions of a service road, in addition to current hiking trails. Laura Schulte, Journal Sentinel, 1 Apr. 2024 See all Example Sentences for service road 

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Word History

First Known Use

1921, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of service road was in 1921

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“Service road.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/service%20road. Accessed 4 Jul. 2024.

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