feeder road
Turnpike access route
A feeder road is a smaller road that channels traffic onto a larger highway or main route.
In some regions, particularly Texas, feeder road specifically means a frontage road running parallel to a highway: Take the feeder road to the next exit.
The term emphasizes the road's function—feeding vehicles into the primary artery rather than serving as a destination itself.
- connectorThing that joins others
- rampSloped connecting surface
- tributaryStream entering larger river
- arteryOxygen-rich blood conduit
- interchangeReciprocal transfer between parties
junction · onramp · offramp · rural · pavement · asphalt · commute · traffic · lane · merge · shoulder · gravel · backroad · spur · branch · detour · secondary · local
- roadshighway, highways, freeway, freeways, motorway
- access roadsdriveway, entrance, exit, ramp, approach
- service roadsservice lane, ramp access
- alternate routesbypass, detour, alternate route, reroute, diversion
- folk sayingsproverb, adage, maxim, folk saying, old saying
- highwayshighway, highways, freeway, freeways, expressway