Thesaurus results for SECONDARY ROAD

secondary road

noun

Definition of secondary road

as in side road

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Recent Examples of secondary road Black ice is expected to form, especially on secondary roads and areas with runoff from melting snow. — Tom Rogers, Newsweek, 21 Feb. 2025 As of Tuesday morning, crews spread 1.8 million gallons of brine on hundreds of miles of interstates, highways and secondary roads, Stein said. — Joe Marusak and, Charlotte Observer, 20 Feb. 2025 On Saturday, officials in northern Alabama said schools could remain closed Monday if ice doesn't melt off secondary roads. — Sara Cline and Ben Finley The Associated Press, arkansasonline.com, 13 Jan. 2025 Although the current forecast is not expected to cause major travel impacts, secondary roads and overpasses will likely be impacted across Middle Tennessee Monday evening and into the night, said the weather service. — Diana Leyva, Nashville Tennessean, 6 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for secondary road

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Noun

Video from the scene showed investigators methodically walking across freeway lanes looking for evidence as a river of morning commuters moved around the closure on side roads before getting back on the freeway.

— Fedor Zarkhin, Los Angeles Times, 7 May 2026
Residents feared those small streets would become side roads for drivers looking to avoid traffic on Mallard Creek Road.

— Desiree Mathurin April 23, Charlotte Observer, 23 Apr. 2026

Definition of side road

Noun

The size of the frozen zone in which crews are working to stabilize a building in Midtown Manhattan was decreased late Tuesday, but some roads remain blocked.

— Kelly McCleary, CNN Money, 8 July 2026
This can cause loss of control in extreme circumstances, especially when the road conditions aren’t prime.

— Keith Laing, USA Today, 8 July 2026

Definition of road

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Since Independence Day is a federal holiday, most branches of national banks such as Bank of America, Wells Fargo and CitiBank, among others, will be closed on July 4.

— Gabe Hauari, USA Today, 2 July 2026
Each branch was designed to check the power of the others because the Founders did not want to rely only on the voters to check government power.

— Steve H. Hanke, Fortune, 1 July 2026

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Several northbound lanes of I-5 were closed north of Templin Highway as fire vehicles staged on the highway and multiple firefighting helicopters performed water drops from above, according to social media posts from the Angeles National Forest.

— Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 7 July 2026
Drivers traveling south from Ouray to Silverton, will be on the steep outer side of the highway, while those driving north from Silverton to Ouray will hug the inside of the cliff face.

— Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 7 July 2026