main drags
Towns' busiest roads
Main drags are the principal streets of a town or city—the central thoroughfares where commerce concentrates and traffic flows heaviest.
The term is informal and often nostalgic, evoking small-town America: cruising the main drag on a Saturday night, The old theater on the main drag closed years ago.
- boulevardBroad, tree-lined street
- crowdLarge public gathering
- busLarge passenger vehicle
- thoroughfareMain public road
- high streetTown's central shopping road
traffic · foot traffic · strip · downtown area · avenue · storefront · window shopping · roadway · arterial road · artery · sidewalk · pedestrian zone · marketplace · bustle · historic district · neon · bright lights · crosswalk
main dragsback alleys
Narrow urban passages
side streets · back streets · alleys · alleyways · backstreets
main dragsnarrow lanes
Constricted travel routes
footpaths · alleyways · walking paths · dirt roads · passageways