surface street

noun

A street that is not a freeway and has at-grade intersections with other surface streets.

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Meanings

nounsurface street (plural surface streets)

plural surface streets

  1. A street that is not a freeway and has at-grade intersections with other surface streets.
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APA

surface street. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/surface%20street

MLA

“surface street.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/surface%20street. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “surface street,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/surface%20street.

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