access road

Way to highway

An access road is a road that provides entry to a place otherwise difficult to reach—a highway, a remote property, a restricted area.

Access roads connect local traffic to major routes or give vehicles a way into locations set back from main thoroughfares: The access road to the beach was unpaved.

infrastructure

highway

Major road for travel

lane · carriageway · roadbed · culvert · gravel · tarmac · shoulder · guardrail · grading · drainage

property

driveway

Private residential road

entry

gateway

Point of access

egress · threshold · checkpoint · turnoff · junction · intersection · on-ramp · off-ramp · feeder · frontage

remote

trail

Path through wilderness

jeep trail · four-wheel-drive · washboard · rutted

Categories
Opposites
road hierarchy/importance

access roadhighway

Major road for travel

interstate · motorway · freeway · expressway · main road

function/purpose

access roadbypass

Route that skirts obstacles

ring road · beltway · perimeter road

connectivity direction

access roadexit ramp

Road leaving a highway

off-ramp

Family

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Familiarity
Top 100,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G