service road Meaning of "service road"

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Definition(s):

  • (n) a local road that runs parallel to an expressway and allows local traffic to gain access to property

Usage(s):

  1. For one thing, building such a pipeline and its service road would open up to development the country's vast potential reserves of Arctic oil and proven reserves of natural gas.
  2. A private security guard checking IDs on a service road inside the airport seemed unsure which documents she was supposed to be examining and for what.
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