frontage road

American  

noun

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

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Etymology

Origin of frontage road

First recorded in 1945–50

Example Sentences

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

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

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

Police blocked the interstate frontage road as the slow-moving crowd set off toward Austin.

From Seattle Times

The crash happened when the 9-year-old driver sideswiped one driver, then swerved into the path of the truck on a highway frontage road in the Salt Lake City suburb of West Valley City.

From Seattle Times