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Dirt road is a common term for an unpaved road. It can refer to soft-surfaced or stony tracks. Dirt roads are common in rural areas the United States and other countries, although they are also found in many neighborhoods in the core of an urban city and in metropolitan areas with low-budget maintence of their streets. Urban area is a term used to define an area where there is an increased density of man-made structures in comparison to the areas surrounding it. ... A metropolitan area is a large population center consisting of a large city and its adjacent zone of influence, or of several neighboring cities or towns and adjoining areas, with one or more large cities serving as its hub or hubs. ...


Dirt roads vary in width; ones that link heavy industry are typically wide, while private roads are typically so narrow that 2 vehicles side by side might not fit


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Dirt road - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (119 words)
Dirt road is a common term for a type of unpaved road.
Dirt roads are common in rural areas of many countries, although they are also found in some metropolitan areas.
Dirt roads vary in width; ones that link heavy industry are typically wide, while private roads are typically so narrow that two vehicles side by side might not fit.
Dirt Roads (508 words)
Dirt Roads were environmentally friendly, you didn't hop in your car for a quart of milk you walked to the barn for your milk.
At the end of a Dirt Road, there was always extra springtime income, from when city dudes would get stuck, you'd have to hitch up a team and pull them out.
Note from GranGran: When I was a child, it wasn't referred to as a dirt road, but my grandparents lived on a "lane"....it was dirt, it was muddy so I guess it was a dirt road.
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