frontage road

Frequency: 4.00.5 per million words

Used to describe a road running parallel to a main highway, providing access to local properties.

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Examples (10)

  • Take the frontage road to reach the small businesses along the highway.
  • Our hotel sits on a frontage road parallel to I-35.
  • During rush hour, I prefer the frontage road because the main lanes are jammed.
  • The city plans to resurface the frontage road next summer.
  • Deliveries were rerouted via the frontage road while the overpass was closed.
  • Could you exit here and loop back on the frontage road?
  • Several restaurants have entrances only from the frontage road.
  • New zoning rules restrict driveway access from the frontage road.
  • We got lost until a local guided us onto the frontage road.
  • If the highway is blocked, take the frontage road as a detour.