local roads
Not the highway
Local roads are streets designed to serve neighborhoods and provide direct access to homes and businesses, as opposed to highways or arterials meant for through traffic.
They typically have lower speed limits and connect to larger roads: Take local roads if you want to avoid the highway.
In transportation planning, local roads form the lowest tier of the road hierarchy.
- avenueBroad urban roadway
- streetPublic urban roadway
- access roadRoute providing entry
- gravel roadUnpaved way surfaced with stones
- laneDesignated travel strip
backroads · county road · farm road · frontage road · two lane road · cul-de-sac · dead end · dirt road · back road · bypass · countryside · walking trails · alley · pavement · stop signs · street sign · fire hydrant · pothole
- Township Featuresresidential areas, cemeteries, fire department
- Driving TermsGPS, maps, highways, backroads, side streets
- road typesdirt road, gravel road, paved road, country road, back road
- roadshighway, highways, road, freeway, freeways
- Back Roadscountry lanes, rural routes, scenic drives, narrow lanes, scenic byways
- UK governancedevolution, central government, Westminster, Whitehall, council tax
local roadsfreeways
Toll-absent highways
expressways · interstates · interstate highways · highways · motorways
local roadscross-country routes
Paths traversing wide territories
interstate system · national highways · federal highways · state highways · Route 66