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side road
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
side road
noun
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ An escape route may be a back door, a side road or a low wall fronting a garden.
▪ He didn't see who was in the car and it went up a side road.
▪ I only know it was somewhere in a side road, where Highway i comes into Saigon.
▪ The Jaguar slowed down and he pulled off the main highway into a side road.
WordNet
side road

n. a minor road branching off of a main road

Wikipedia
Side road

A side road is a minor highway typically leading off a main road. A side road may be so minor as to be uncategorized with a road number.

In an urban area, a side road may be a narrow street leading off a more major street, especially in a residential area.

Usage examples of "side road".

More than two miles south of the plant, Clarence Stillman swerved to miss a car that suddenly pulled out from a side road.

As planned, Shakuntala and her companions had taken a side road before reaching Pataliputra.

He drove three kilometers before being told to pull off onto a side road.

By and by he found a side road that proved well-frequented, with a fair scattering of villages and farm stockades along the way.