access roads

Ways to enter

Access roads are roads that provide entry to a place otherwise difficult to reach—a construction site, remote property, or restricted area.

They connect isolated locations to main routes: The access road to the lake was unpaved and rutted.

Highway access roads allow vehicles to enter and exit the main roadway.

Opposites
road hierarchy/function

access roadsmain roads

Principal streets for traffic

highways · arterial roads · expressways · freeways · motorways

connectivity direction

access roadsexit ramps

Highway departure routes

off-ramps

Family

road, access

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