A meeting place in the road (6)
I believe the answer is:
avenue
'road' is the definition.
(avenue is a kind of road)
'a meeting place' is the wordplay.
'meeting place' becomes 'venue' (place for a meeting).
'a'+'venue'='AVENUE'
'in the' is the link.
(Other definitions for avenue that I've seen before include "A broad wide street" , "Wide (tree-lined) street" , "A broad thoroughfare as in New York" , "Wide, straight road" , "Double row of trees" .)