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

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

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

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

From Washington Post

Unmarked police cars soon trapped the targeted car on an Arlington Boulevard service road.

From Washington Post

The newspaper reported that police were still searching for the driver of a car that had struck 22-year-old Tonya Dawn Hughes a week earlier on a service road near a major highway in Oklahoma City.

From Washington Post