A thoroughfare is a public road that can get you from one place to another. ... The word is made up of thorough, Old English for basically, “through” and fare for “journey.” (Fare also now means a payment, but not in thoroughfare.)

What does thoroughfare name mean?

noun. a road, street, or the like, that leads at each end into another street. a major road or highway. a passage or way through: no thoroughfare.

What is a thoroughfare in geography?

noun. A course affording passage from one place to another: avenue, boulevard, drive, expressway, freeway, highway, path, road, roadway, route, street, superhighway, thruway, turnpike, way.