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.

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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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