What makes a road a road? What makes a Street a street? How do they decide? Is it just whatever they want to name it, or is it catorgorized?
2007-03-19 03:34:20 · 11 answers · asked by BOOTS! 6 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Polls & Surveys
I dont know why this posted in Polls so I dont want to hear it!
2007-03-19 03:38:02 · update #1
P&S is a great place for this because there is no good answer. I think there is no difference
I do not agree with Judas I live on an Ave and it runs east and west and the streets run north and south
2007-03-19 03:39:37 · answer #1 · answered by R♥bin 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
roads are the main roads thats why you dont hear people say the main lane or avenue.
streets come off roads and avenues and lanes and close come off streets. Avenues come off roads.
Or I could explane it better like this -
road; hard track for use of vehicles: a long surfaced route broad enough for vehicles to be driven on it (often used in placenames)
street; public road in town: a public road, especially in a town or city, usually lined with buildings
lane; narrow street: a narrow path, road or street, typically in older town areas or in the countryside, often enclosed by walls or hedges
Avenue; transport wide street: a wide street or road in a town
Encarta ® World English Dictionary © & (P) 1998-2004 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
Think of it this way, In a 50 square kilometer area of suberbia, there would be like 6 roads,20 avenues, 1000 streets and about 400 lanes.
2007-03-19 12:16:08 · answer #2 · answered by Tha Most Shady 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Lanes, streets and avenues are all roads. A street is usually a broad urban road whereas a lane is narrower. An avenue is lined with trees.
2007-03-19 10:38:32 · answer #3 · answered by Jim 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
not sure how they do it, but i live on Broadway, it has no street, ave, lane or road after it just Broadway. I get bugged every time i use my address because these folks insist there must be something after it. My guess is they would be the people to ask
2007-03-19 10:39:42 · answer #4 · answered by Grianagh 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I know in St Petersburg, FL the Streets go from North to South and Avenues go from East to West.
2007-03-19 10:42:37 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
road here means unpaved, enter at your own risk-street- pretty little houses all in a row-avenue-park ave. is the first place i think of, I live on a lane, so no red lights, at every stop corner and mail only delivered out in front of your home
2007-03-19 10:42:35 · answer #6 · answered by ? 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I don't know, but i hate when people ask me that when i order things over the phone. It's just my street name!
2007-03-19 10:36:54 · answer #7 · answered by Football Guy 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Avenues usually run north/south
Streets run east/west
Roads, lanes and Blvds can go any direction.
2007-03-19 10:38:50 · answer #8 · answered by Judas Rabbi 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I dont know Sorry
2007-03-19 10:38:02 · answer #9 · answered by redbirdred 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
They all have different limits of speed.
2007-03-19 10:40:51 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋