frontage road

noun

plural frontage roads

: a road running parallel to an expressway or through (see through entry 3 sense 2a) street that drivers can use to access nearby locations : service road

Nestled in a small mall on a dusty frontage road that parallels U.S. Highway 67 in Santee, California …

—Sarah Boxer

Examples of frontage road in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Drivers will be directed to eastbound I-20 and northbound I-820 to get around the closure, while the I-30 frontage roads will remain open for local traffic. — Tiffani Jackson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 14 Aug. 2026

Once an intersection box is gridlocked, cross-traffic stops entirely, sending a ripple effect to nearby highway ramps, frontage roads, and commercial arteries. — Jason Phillips, Ascend Agency, 23 July 2026

The Waymo was clean and quiet, and avoided a congested highway by navigating through side streets and frontage roads. — Stephen Witt, New Yorker, 29 June 2026

Westbound drivers wanting to cross the interchange will have to exit onto the frontage roads and re-enter the highway at the next available entrance. — Ricardo Delgado, San Antonio Express-News, 8 May 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1863, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for frontage road

• photocathode
• photodiode
• abode
• anode
• barcode
• bestowed
• boatload
• borrowed
• carload
• caseload
• cathode
• commode