1851 H. Mayhew II. 39/2 Other small non-thoroughfare courts, sometimes called blind alleys.
1910 C. Gilbert & F. L. Olmsted App. ii. 133 The appearance of a local or non-thoroughfare street which thus widens out after one enters it is apt to be very pleasing.
1979 (U.S. Federal Highway Admin.) 4f-6 Since this corridor is a major thoroughfare, the easing of traffic congestion within the area should decrease traffic pressure on nearby, non-thoroughfare streets.