service road
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of service road
First recorded in 1935–40
Example Sentences
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A few months later, a dead lamb was discovered near a service road.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 1, 2026
There were also plans for an underground service road to separate VIP visitors from refuse collections, a new staff entrance, a cafe and "recreation facilities" in the basement.
From BBC ● Dec. 29, 2025
No evidence has been released by authorities detailing exactly what the 20-year-old man had planned when he entered the park via a private service road in the hours before it opened over the weekend.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 1, 2023
The plaza, once an underused service road near 103rd Street and Roosevelt Avenue, was redesigned in 2012 as a public square.
From New York Times ● Aug. 5, 2023
The service road cut through industrial wasteland and dead-ended at a strip mall.
From "Burning Blue" by Paul Griffin
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