side roads
Off the highway
Side roads are smaller roads that branch off from main highways or thoroughfares, typically serving local traffic rather than through travelers.
They tend to be narrower, less maintained, and carry lighter traffic than the primary routes they connect to.
Taking the side roads often suggests a slower, more scenic approach to travel, or a deliberate avoidance of busy highways.
We got off the interstate and took side roads through the countryside.
- laneDesignated travel strip
- country laneNarrow rural thoroughfare
- back roadsMinor rural thoroughfares
- backstreetsMinor urban routes
- alleywayNarrow urban passage
shunpike · byway · turnoff · cul-de-sac · junctions · bypasses · rural routes · two-lane blacktop · scenic byways · off the beaten path · detours · path · shoulders · shortcuts · narrow · dead end street · overgrown · quiet
side roadshighways
Major intercity roads
main roads · interstates · freeways · motorways · expressways