what's the difference between a street and a boulevard?

Question

I mean difference. Like one has trees and the other not or maybe a side walk .

Answer 1

a street is a street normal street
but a boulevard is a big street very wide whith trees and flowers
and u have cars going on one side and coming on the other
and it usually croses the town or city

Answer 2

Generally a boulevard has a divided median that seperates the two opposite flowing lanes where the median has landscaping of some fashion. This is not to be confused with a 'divided street' that has a concrete or some other nondescript median. This is a hard rule to follow as lots of roads get modified as progress continues and what once was a boulevard in the nature could have been modifed to use the median for more lanes of traffic and yet kept the original name that included the boulevard designation.

Hope this helps!

Answer 3

STREET - A public way or thoroughfare in a city or town, usually with a sidewalk or sidewalks.

A street is a public parcel of land adjoining buildings in an urban context, on which people may freely assemble, interact, and move about. A street can be as simple as a level patch of dirt, but is more often paved with a hard, durable surface such as cobblestone or brick. Portions may also be smoothed with asphalt, embedded with rails, or otherwise prepared to accommodate non-pedestrian traffic.



BOULEVARD- A broad city street, often tree-lined and landscaped

Broad landscaped avenue that typically permits several lanes of vehicular traffic as well as pedestrian walkways. The earliest boulevards originally followed the city walls (the word originally meant “bulwark”) and were built in the ancient Middle East, especially at Antioch. In Paris, straight and geometrically precise boulevards were incorporated into design principles taught at the École des Beaux-Arts, and they form a prominent feature of the city. Similar boulevards are found in other cities such as Washington, D.C. Formal curving boulevards are a feature of such cities as Vienna and Prague.

Answer 4

The name.

Answer 5

A street is a public parcel of land adjoining buildings in an urban context, on which people may freely assemble, interact, and move about. A street can be as simple as a level patch of dirt, but is more often paved with a hard, durable surface such as cobblestone or brick. Portions may also be smoothed with asphalt, embedded with rails, or otherwise prepared to accommodate non-pedestrian traffic.

A boulevard is usually a wide, multi-lane arterial divided thoroughfare, often with an above-average quality of landscaping and scenery.

Answer 6

Actually, I believe in the beginning boulevards were when the two sides of the street were seperated by a grassy area, trees, etc. I still see them now and then, but I think it is just a matter of what you what to call them today...

Answer 7

Basically the same, but I think of boulevards as fancier. Here are their technical classifications from the dictionary:

Street:
A public way or thoroughfare in a city or town, usually with a sidewalk or sidewalks.

Boulevard:
A broad city street, often tree-lined and landscaped.

Answer 8

Merriam Webster on line (http://m-w.com/) says that boulevard is a french word for a broad often landscaped thoroughfare. While a street is a thoroughfare especially in a city, town, or village that is wider than an alley or lane and that usually includes sidewalks. Also a thoroughfare with abutting property.

Answer 9

Roads are generally just what they are named by the local council when they're built, although they are occasionally changed.
Older street names often refer to a landmark on the street, like Church Street, An avenue is traditionally tree-lined, and a road tends to go to the place - eg London Road goes to (or used to go to) London. Crescents are curved and a Close is a dead end.

Answer 10

Well, around here the boulevard runs on the coast and is where the fisherman statue and the fishermans wife statue is located.