Meaning of service road | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A relatively narrow road which runs alongside a major transportation route, such as a canal, a railway line, or a controlled-access highway.
2. A route which enters or circulates through an institution, compound, land area, etc. for purposes of private access, maintenance, or security.

Examples

“[I]t can only pinpoint phones to within a few hundred feet. That makes it difficult to tell if a signal is coming from a vehicle on the highway or from one on a parallel service road.”

“RCMP issued a news release reporting that a passing motorist had found a woman's body in a ditch next to a service road adjacent to Highway 16.”

“From the day-use area behind Longmire Lodge, we walked up the service road behind the ranger station and employee housing.”

“Large steel columns from the fallen World Trade Center have been found beneath a service road being excavated at Ground Zero.”

“We walk the service road, past the stables, up the slope, to where the watermill stands.”

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