secondary roads
Minor travel paths
Secondary roads are routes of lesser importance than main highways or primary roads, typically connecting smaller communities or serving as alternatives to major thoroughfares.
They tend to be narrower, less maintained, and carry lighter traffic: We took secondary roads to avoid the interstate.
The designation varies by jurisdiction but generally indicates roads that aren't primary arteries.
- rural routesPostal paths through farmland
- country lanesNarrow rural thoroughfares
- state routesRoads maintained by states
- scenic bywaysDesignated beautiful driving routes
- scenic drivesRoutes prized for beauty
residential streets · side streets · delivery routes · tourist routes · off the beaten path · bypasses · mountain passes · forest trails · cobblestone streets
- road typesscenic route, scenic routes, narrow lanes, rural routes, state routes
- Back Roadscountry lanes, rural routes, scenic drives, narrow lanes, scenic byways
secondary roadshighways
Major intercity roads
interstates · main roads · freeways · expressways · motorways
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