surface road

noun

a road or street level with its surroundings: surface roads and elevated highways.

Origin of surface road

An Americanism dating back to 1900–05

Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

Navigating the surface roads to the park doesn’t go smoothly.
My Kids Navigated Our Road Trip—It Was an Adventure | thodgson | July 12, 2021 | Outside Online
When twilight was done, he'd crossed to another surface road and was headed back toward the city.
The Hate Disease | William Fitzgerald Jenkins
Monticello is open to the public and may be reached by a hard surface road leading out of Charlottesville.
Legends of the Skyline Drive and the Great Valley of Virginia | Carrie Hunter Willis
A mile or so, and there was another hard-surface road branching off.
Operation Terror | William Fitzgerald Jenkins
We five pedestrians faced some heavy traffic on a surface road.
Breaking Point | James E. Gunn

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