sand road
Loose granular thoroughfare
A sand road is an unpaved road with a surface of loose sand, common in coastal areas, deserts, and rural regions with sandy soil.
Sand roads require different driving techniques than paved surfaces—vehicles may bog down without sufficient momentum: We took the sand road out to the beach house.
The term sometimes describes any rough, poorly maintained rural road.
- dirtLoose dry earth
- gravelLoose small rock fragments
- dustFine settled particles
- trackPath or monitored route
- unpavedWithout permanent road covering
tire tracks · rural · country lane · bumpy · washboard · ruts · trail · country · backroad · back country · loose · tires · four wheel drive · pickup · muddy · dusty · remote · farm
sand roadpaved road
Hard-surfaced thoroughfare
asphalt road · blacktop · highway · motorway · hardtop
sand roadsuperhighway
Large high-speed roadway
freeway · expressway · motorway · interstate · autobahn
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