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means The strip of land and businesses alongside a road — motels, diners, attractions, and debris — built to catch the eye of passing traffic.

from A straightforward compound of 'road' and 'side,' formed in English once roads themselves became common enough to need a word for what sits next to them. It gained its full flavor of commerce and kitsch with the rise of the automobile age, when roadside came to mean everything built purely to snag a driver's attention for a few seconds — giant animals included.