frontage road

noun

1. a local road that runs parallel to an expressway, providing access to roadside stores and businesses; a service road.

Word History and Origins

Origin of frontage road¹

First recorded in 1945–50

Example Sentences

A long time they waited, sitting in a line dozens of cars long on a short frontage road in the heart of Kent.

From Seattle Times

California’s most adventurous wolf was found dead on the afternoon of Nov. 10 that year, near a frontage road running parallel to Interstate 5, about 50 miles north of Los Angeles.

From Los Angeles Times

This month, a 39-year-old man was fatally shot next to an encampment along the frontage road, which city officials have delayed removing until later this month because of the ongoing criminal investigation.

From Seattle Times

It was housed off a frontage road in San Rafael in a nondescript building “with a little sign in front that said ‘Kerner Optics’ or ‘optical division’ or something like that,” Poor tells me.

From Washington Post

Earlier this week, O’Rourke and marchers shut down the frontage road of Interstate 35 during the morning rush hour, funneled between restaurants and cut a path from Republican-controlled statehouse districts to Democratic ones.

From Seattle Times