secondary road
Not the highway
A secondary road is a road of lesser importance than a primary or main road, typically carrying less traffic and connecting smaller communities to major routes.
Secondary roads are often narrower, may be unpaved in rural areas, and receive lower priority for maintenance: We took the secondary road to avoid highway traffic.
- backroadMinor rural thoroughfare
- bywayMinor secondary route
- side streetMinor road off thoroughfare
- rural routePostal path through farmland
- country laneNarrow rural thoroughfare
gravel · single lane · narrow bridge · no passing zone · winding · scenic · Sunday drive · off the beaten path · detour · shortcut · pavement · asphalt · turnoff · crossroad · junction · mile marker · shoulder · ditch
- road typesscenic route, scenic routes, narrow lanes, rural routes, state routes
- alternate routesbypass, detour, alternate route, reroute, diversion
- roadshighway, highways, freeway, freeways, motorway
- secondarybackup plan, plan B, alternate, substitute, reserve
road hierarchy/classification
secondary roadprimary road
Major designated route
main road · highway · interstate · freeway · arterial road
secondary, second, secondly, secondarily, road, roads, roadway, roadside