through street

through street  {n.}

1. A street on which cars can move without stopping at intersections, but cars on streets crossing it have to stop at the intersection.

You have to be especially careful crossing a through street.

Mr. Jones stopped his car when he came to the through street. He waited until there were no cars on it, and drove across it.

Contrast: STOP STREET.

2. A street that is open to other streets at both ends; a street that has a passage through it, so that it is not necessary to come back to get out of it.