gravel roads
Crunchy rural routes
Gravel roads are unpaved roads surfaced with loose gravel rather than asphalt or concrete.
Common in rural areas and developing regions, they're cheaper to build but rougher to drive on and require regular maintenance.
We took the gravel roads to avoid traffic.
The phrase often evokes countryside or rustic settings.
- backroadsSecondary rural routes
- country laneNarrow rural thoroughfare
- unpavedWithout permanent road covering
- potholesPavement depressions from wear
- dustyCoated with fine particles
dirt track · washboard · magnesium chloride · crushed stone · blading · pebbles · culverts · calcium chloride · dust clouds · surface · driveways · erosion control · country · ruts · mud · tire tracks · rural routes · mail route
- road typesscenic route, scenic routes, narrow lanes, rural routes, state routes
- driving hazardspotholes, black ice, debris, blind spots, sharp curves
- public worksstreets, sidewalks, sewers, traffic lights, stop sign
- roadshighway, highways, freeway, freeways, motorway
- Rural Americafarm, barns, heartland, countryside, Midwest
- rural Midwestcornfields, grain elevators, farms, family farms, silos
gravel roadspaved roads
Hard-surfaced thoroughfares
concrete roads · asphalt · concrete · blacktop · macadam
gravel roadshighways
Major intercity roads
freeways · interstates · motorways · expressways · interstate highways
road, railroad, gravel, roads, roadway, roadside, roadblock, gravelly, crossroads