county roads
Local government highways
County roads are roads maintained by a county government rather than a state or municipality.
They typically connect rural areas, small towns, and farms to larger highways.
In the U.S., county roads are often identified by number or letter: Take County Road 12 for about five miles.
The term implies secondary roads—functional but less traveled than state routes or interstates.
- bridgesStructures spanning obstacles
- culvertsTunnels for water flow
- asphaltPetroleum-based paving material
- scenic bywaysDesignated beautiful driving routes
- intersectionsPoints where things cross
two-lane blacktop · farmland · farm equipment · gravel · covered bridges · commuter routes · detours · grading · road maintenance · rural schools · roadside attractions · crossroads · tax levies · potholes · snowplows · signage · drainage systems · flood zones
- Jefferson County GeorgiaLouisville, Wrens, school district
- road typesdirt road, gravel road, paved road, country road, back road
- rural Midwestcornfields, grain elevators, farms, family farms, silos
- rural roadscountry road, dirt road, country lane, dirt tracks, gravel road
- Countycourthouse, sheriff, tax office, zoning board, local government
- county governmentboard of supervisors, commissioners, tax assessor, tax collector, assessor
county roadsinterstates
Highways between states
interstate highways · federal highways · national highways · motorways · freeways