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frontage road

American  

noun

  1. a local road that runs parallel to an expressway, providing access to roadside stores and businesses; a service road.


Etymology

Origin of frontage road

First recorded in 1945–50

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A long time they waited, sitting in a line dozens of cars long on a short frontage road in the heart of Kent.

From Seattle Times Oct. 8, 2023

California’s most adventurous wolf was found dead on the afternoon of Nov. 10 that year, near a frontage road running parallel to Interstate 5, about 50 miles north of Los Angeles.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 30, 2023

It was housed off a frontage road in San Rafael in a nondescript building “with a little sign in front that said ‘Kerner Optics’ or ‘optical division’ or something like that,” Poor tells me.

From Washington Post Mar. 22, 2022

It turns out to be an unprepossessing white clapboard house on a frontage road off the freeway: authenticity!

From Salon Mar. 6, 2016

Eunice Farstad said the development and the Elk Drive frontage road along the bypass were named for the statues, which used to stretch throughout the hill area before later development sprang up.

From Washington Times Jan. 4, 2015

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