private road
Not public thoroughfare
A private road is a road owned and maintained by an individual, business, or group rather than the government.
Access is typically restricted to owners, residents, or authorized visitors.
Private roads serve driveways, gated communities, farms, and commercial properties: The sign warned that the private road was not a through street.
- drivewayPrivate residential road
- restricted accessEntry limited to authorized individuals
- no trespassingPosted boundary warning
- easementLimited land-use privilege
- signMark conveying information
dead end · lane · cul-de-sac · gated community · security gate · landowner rights · property line · hedgerow · manor · country estate · trespassing · secluded · gate · right-of-way · tree-lined · fence · boundary marker · mailbox
- roadshighway, highways, freeway, roads, freeways
- rural roadsgravel roads, dirt roads, country lane, dirt tracks, country roads
- streetsstreet, sidewalk, sidewalks, pavement, alley
- land accesseasement, right of way, ingress, egress, public access
- rights-of-wayeasement, passage, corridor, pathway, throughway
- backroadsbackroad, byroad, byway, lane, country lane
access and ownership
private roadpublic road
Common travel route
open road · city street · state highway · county road · interstate highway