narrow lanes
Slim throughways between buildings
Narrow lanes are roads or pathways with limited width, typically found in older towns, rural areas, or historic districts where streets predate modern traffic standards.
The phrase often evokes quaint settings—cobblestone passages, village byways, or winding country roads bordered by hedgerows: We drove through narrow lanes barely wide enough for one car.
In bowling, narrow lanes refers to oil patterns that require precise targeting.
- alleywaysNarrow urban passages
- cobblestonesRounded paving stones
- cobblestone streetsRoads surfaced with rounded rocks
- windingCurving repeatedly, sinuous
- crampedUncomfortably lacking space
passageways · backstreets · old town · medieval · squeeze · shadows · footsteps · walls · twisting · hidden · stone · echoes · church bells · shortcuts · Venice · maze · pedestrian · motor scooters
- Storybook Villagescobblestone streets, thatched roofs, church steeples, stone cottages, village square
- driving hazardspotholes, black ice, debris, road debris, icy roads
- road typesdirt road, gravel road, paved road, country road, back road
- rural roadscountry road, gravel roads, dirt road, dirt roads, dirt tracks
- streetscapestreet lamp, street trees, streetlight, street furniture, street light
- Back Roadsback roads, country roads, dirt roads, gravel roads, rural routes
narrow lanessuperhighways
Large multi-lane expressways
freeways · motorways · expressways · interstate highways · arterial roads
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