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

Examples of frontage road in a Sentence

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Eastbound and westbound Loop 101 frontage roads will also be closed between 27th and 35th avenues, according to ADOT. Olivia Rose, AZCentral.com, 26 July 2025 Westbound Loop 101 traffic exiting at 27th Avenue could detour along the Beardsley frontage road. Olivia Rose, AZCentral.com, 11 July 2025 The suspect's car exited the parking lot and proceeded northbound on the frontage road, where officers stopped the driver, according to the statement. Marley Malenfant, Austin American Statesman, 28 Jan. 2025 Authorities received multiple 911 calls reporting two men chasing each other and one man stabbing another on the Interstate 35 frontage road after 10 a.m. Bianca Moreno-Paz, Austin American-Statesman, 4 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 2 Aug. 2025.

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