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n. (alternative spelling of back road English)
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A backroad is a secondary type of road, usually found in rural areas.
In North Carolina, where they are also referred to as "blue roads", the roads are often constructed of gravel, and are one or two-laned roads off of larger roads such as parkways.
In Vermont, the Natural Resources Conservation Service has established a Better Backroads program to help towns and organizations deal with road-related soil erosion problems through grants. Both paved and unpaved backroads are eligible for these grants, which seek to protect water quality from sediment accumulation caused by road and ditch erosion.
Backroad is a secondary type of road.
Backroad or Backroads may refer to:
- Backroads (film), a 1977 Australian film directed by Phillip Noyce
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Backroads (album), a 1992 album by Ricky Van Shelton
- Backroads (song), this album's title track
Usage examples of "backroad".
He stiffened suddenly, spotting the dimly marked junction ahead, and swerved onto the narrow backroad without slowing his speed.
The day was glowing softer now as they ran down the gentle curve of a backroad and landed in a field of dead grass that stood waist high.
Seattle, and there had been an eternity of murky hell down every winding backroad between New Orleans and the haven of the Pacific Northwest.
Recalling those long-distance conversations from truckstop diners and backroad gas stations, her thoughts turned to the labor that had consumed Grillo in the half-decade since Palomo Grove: the Reef.
After traveling scrubby backroads for two thousand miles, Adrienne de Simone could find her way anywhere.
I can still see him now, wandering the endless backroads of India, the happiest fellow I ever had the good fortune to hook up with.
The other access route is about fifty miles shorter, but it is a maze of switch-offs and half-paved backroads through the mountains.