surface road

noun

1. a road or street level with its surroundings:

   surface roads and elevated highways.

Word History and Origins

Origin of surface road¹

An Americanism dating back to 1900–05

Example Sentences

Navigating the surface roads to the park doesn’t go smoothly.

From Outside Online

When twilight was done, he'd crossed to another surface road and was headed back toward the city.

From Project Gutenberg

Monticello is open to the public and may be reached by a hard surface road leading out of Charlottesville.

From Project Gutenberg

A mile or so, and there was another hard-surface road branching off.

From Project Gutenberg

We five pedestrians faced some heavy traffic on a surface road.

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