secondary road
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of secondary road
First recorded in 1945–50
Example Sentences
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Maybe when the Roads for Prosperity projects are finished, Justice or whoever is governor at that time will turn his or her attention to the state’s secondary road system.
From Washington Times • Sep. 16, 2020
A car with local plates, packed with migrants, crashed into an oncoming truck and another car late Sunday on a secondary road.
From Washington Times • Jul. 13, 2020
Our column avoided the main road to Versailles and turned into a secondary road leading to the Grand National Highway running south of the city to Orleans.
From Seattle Times • Aug. 23, 2019
On the secondary road bordering the edge of Emas, Carly swung her spotlight in a wide arc.
From Scientific American • Feb. 22, 2013
This is only a secondary road and yours is the main—I should have slowed but I guess I was thinking of things.
From Tam o' the Scoots by Wallace, Edgar
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