service road

American  

noun

1. frontage road.

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service road British  

noun

1. a relatively narrow road running parallel to a main road and providing access to houses, shops, offices, factories, etc, situated along its length

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Etymology

Origin of service road

First recorded in 1935–40

Example Sentences

Law enforcement believe Mikkelson was killed in Wyoming before his body was dumped off a forest service road in Colorado in October 1987.

From Seattle Times

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

On a deserted service road not far from the Florida turnpike, Toole strangled Adam to death with the seatbelt, then decapitated him with a machete.

From Salon

Officers chased her, and she stopped on the service road at Richmond Highway and Arlington Boulevard, officials said.

From Washington Post

A farmer trying to clear a service road died after his snowplow was buried in the early hours of Sunday north of the town of Lienz, Austria.

From New York Times