What does "service area" mean?

A place built alongside a limited-access road where one can stop to buy fuel, refreshments, and so on.

Service area

Common synonyms include: administrative area, area of service, catchment area, populated area, postal service coverage, school district.

noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Noun

1
A place built alongside a limited-access road where one can stop to buy fuel, refreshments, and so on.
"The sign says that the next service area is 12 miles on."
2
place on a highway providing garage services and eating and toilet facilities wordnet

"The sign says that the next service area is 12 miles on."