town roads

Municipal paved routes

Town roads are roads owned and maintained by a local municipality rather than by county, state, or federal government.

They typically serve residential areas and connect to larger road networks.

The term appears most often in rural and semi-rural areas where road maintenance responsibilities are divided among levels of government: The town roads need plowing before the school buses run.

Related

alley · back road · sidewalk · pothole · avenue · boulevard · resurfacing · road crew · street sweeper · roundabout · stop sign · speed bump · street sign · hydrant · pedestrian · school zone · frontage road · guardrail

Opposites
road jurisdiction/scale

town roadsinterstate highways

Multi-state limited-access roads

federal highways · national highways · state highways · motorways · freeways

access type

town roadsprivate roads

Non-public thoroughfares

toll roads

Family

town, roads

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G