main/major road

noun

: a road that is commonly used and that goes through the main part of a city, town, etc.

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According to the Missouri Department of Transportation, every major road in and out of Kansas City as far south as Nevada, Missouri, was covered in snow and was not considered to have clear driving conditions even if not formally shut down. —

Ilana Arougheti, Kansas City Star, 5 Jan. 2025 Those performances are tourist events geared toward the public, as villagers march during the daytime along the town’s main road. —

Jennie Rothenberg Gritz, Smithsonian Magazine, 31 Dec. 2024 The 60-bed mental health facility, which opened in 2020, is in a low-risk area, but the main road leading in and out of the hospital lies in a high-risk flood area. —

Lauren Sausser and Holly K. Hacker, The Tennessean, 30 Dec. 2024 Determined to incorporate four Ukrainian regions into Russia, Moscow's forces have taken village after village in the east and are now threatening strategically important cities such as Pokrovsk, a major road and rail hub. —

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