service road
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service road
noun service roads
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A relatively narrow road which runs alongside a major transportation route, such as a canal, a railway line, or a controlled-access highway.
[I]t can only pinpoint phones to within a few hundred feet. That makes it difficult to tell if a signal is coming from a vehicle on the highway or from one on a parallel service road.
Similar: frontage road, parallel road
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A route which enters or circulates through an institution, compound, land area, etc. for purposes of private access, maintenance, or security.
From the day-use area behind Longmire Lodge, we walked up the service road behind the ranger station and employee housing.
Similar: access road, driveway
Talk about this word "service road." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/service%20road. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. service road. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/service%20road "service road." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/service%20road.Cite this
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title = {service road},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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