What's the difference between a street and an avenue?

Question

Any distinction would be great- especially if you could throw in things like drive, boulevard, road and-my personal favourite- mews.

I get cul-de-sac, but after that it's a write off.

Answer 1

A street is the part of a thoroughfare between the pavements; the part of the thoroughfare on which vehicles travel.

and

An Avenue is a wide street or thoroughfare with trees on both sides. or a Boulevard-

Answer 2

Street:

A thoroughfare especially in a city, town, or village that is wider than an alley or lane and that usually includes sidewalks and usually reserved for use by cars.

Avenue:

The principal walk or driveway to a house situated off a main road or a broad passageway bordered by trees.

Answer 3

It depends on the city but streets all run in one direction and avenues run in the opposite direction. In Tampa for example streets all run North-South while avenues all run East-West. Once you get into the suburbs its a crap-shoot. The names don't mean anything its just whatever sounds best.

Answer 4

an avenue is a roadway that leads to something important such as a park usually lined w/ trees while a street is a road built on low density housing where traffic is minimal

Answer 5

An avenue shuold be tree lined - down each side normally

Answer 6

a street has lamposts an avenue is lined with trees

Answer 7

see the below for everything you really didn't need to know about street names and how they came about have fun i skimmed it first

Answer 8

Alot of money invloved.

Answer 9

$100,000.00