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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After trying and failing to lobby for the creation of a new frontage road to serve his store, Wagner said Scott County presented him with an offer: swap the land for a new, much larger parcel less than a mile away near the Jordan Taproom. — Noah Mitchell, Twin Cities, 23 Apr. 2024 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 See All Example Sentences for frontage road

Word History

First Known Use

1863, in the meaning defined above

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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 1 Mar. 2025.

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