Going back up a few posts:

When I lived for a year near Tacoma, Washington, the houses didn't have garages. Instead there was a projection of roof from the side of the house, open on three sides and supported on the far side by a couple of posts. It covered the side door and the end of the driveway so as to shelter a car [sure does rain a lot in the Pacific Northwest] and permit passengers to go from house to car or the other way without getting wet.

That's what we called a "breezeway".