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These are the general road way abbreviations used in US postal address. To sound
professional while reconfirming the address, we must be aware of what these letters stand
for and what those are.

Examples:
Ave, Rd, St, Ln, Dr, Way, Pl, Blvd,

5138 UTSA Blvd,

San Antonio, Texas 78249

7 N 155 Nancy Ln
Chicago, Il 60175

99 E DRAGRAM SUITE 5A
TUCSON AZ 85705

200 E MAIN ST
PHOENIX AZ 85123

300 BOYLSTON AVE E

SEATTLE WA 98102

 Road (Rd.)  Parkway (Pkwy.)

 Street (St.)  Causeway (Cswy.)
 Avenue (Ave.)  Circuit and Speedway
 Boulevard (Blvd.)  Row (Row)
 Lane (Ln.)  Beltway (Bltway.)
 Drive (Dr.)  Crossing (Xing.)
 Way (Way)  Alley (Aly.)
 Court (Ct.)  Point (Pt.)
 Plaza (Plz)  Pike (Pike)
 Terrace (Ter.)  Square (Sq.)
 Runs (Run)  Landing (Lndg)
 Place (Pl.)  Driveway (Drwy.)
 Bay (Bay)  Circle (Cir.)
 Crescent (Cres.)  Park (Park)
 Trail (Trl.)  Bypass (Byp.)
 Highway (Hwy)  Drive (Dr.)
 Interstate (I)  Chase (Ch.)
 Turnpike (Tpke.)  Freeway (Fwy.)
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Definition:
1. A road has no special qualifiers. It connects point a to point b.
2. A street connects buildings together, usually in a city, usually east to west, opposite of
avenue.
3. An avenue runs north south. Avenues and streets may be used interchangeably for
directions, usually has median
4. A boulevard is a street with trees down the middle or on both sides
5. A lane is a narrow street usually lacking a median.
6. A drive is a private, winding road
7. A way is a small out of the way road
8. A court usually ends in a cul de sac or similar little loop
9. A plaza or square is usually a wide open space, but in modern definitions, one of the above
probably fits better for a plaza as a road.
10. A terrace is a raised flat area around a building. When used for a road it probably better
fits one of the above.
11. A close is similar to a court, a short road serving a few houses, may have cul de sac
12. A run is usually located near a stream or other small body of water
13. A place is similar to a court, or close, usually a short skinny dead end road, with or without
cul de sac, sometimes p shaped.
14. A bay is a small road where both ends link to the same connecting road
15. A crescent is a windy s like shape, or just a crescent shape, for the record, above
definition of bay was also given to me for crescent
16. A trail is usually in or near a wooded area
17. A mews is an old British way of saying row of stables, more modernly separate houses
surrounding a courtyard
18. A highway is a major public road, usually connecting multiple cities
19. A motorway is similar to a highway, with the term more common in New Zealand, the UK,
and Austrailia, no stopping, no pedestrian or animal traffic allowed
20. An interstate is a highway system connecting usually connecting multiple states, although
some exist with no connections
21. A turnpike is part of a highway, and usually has a toll, often located close to a city or
commercial are
22. A freeway is part of a highway with 2 or more lanes on each side, no tolls, sometimes
termed expressway, no intersections or cross streets.
23. A parkway is a major public road, usually decorated, sometimes part of a highway, has
traffic lights.
24. A causeway combines roads and bridges, usually to cross a body of water
25. A circuit and speedway are used interchangeably, usually refers to a racing course,
practically probably something above.
26. As the name implies, garden is usually a well decorated small road, but probably better fits
an above
27. A view is usually on a raised area of land, a hill or something similar.
28. A byway is a minor road, usually a bit out of the way and not following main roads.
29. A cove is a narrow road, can be sheltered, usually near a larger body of water or
mountains
30. A row is a street with a continuous line of close together houses on one or both sides,
usually serving a specific function like a frat
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31. A beltway is a highway surrounding an urban area
32. A quay is a concrete platform running along water
33. A crossing is where two roads meet
34. A alley a narrow path or road between buildings, sometimes connects streets, not always
driveable
35. A point usually dead ends at a hill
36. A pike usually a toll road
37. A esplanade long open, level area, usually a walking path near the ocean
38. A square open area where multiple streets meet, guess how its usually shaped.
39. A landing usually near a dock or port, historically where boats drop goods.
40. A walk historically a walking path or sidewalk, probably became a road later in its history
41. A grove thickly sheltered by trees
42. A copse a small grove
43. A driveway almost always private, short, leading to a single residence or a few related
ones
44. A laneway uncommon, usually down a country road, itself a public road leading to multiple
private driveways.
45. A trace beaten path
46. A circle usually circles around an area, but sometimes is like a "square", an open place
intersected by multiple roads.
47. A channel usually near a water channel, the water itself connecting two larger bodies of
water,
48. A grange historically would have been a farmhouse or collection of houses on a farm, the
road probably runs through what used to be a farm
49. A park originally meaning an enclosed space came to refer to an enclosed area of nature in
a city, usually a well decorated road.
50. A mill probably near an old flour mill or other mill.
51. A spur similar to a byway, a smaller road branching off from a major road.
52. A bypass passes around a populated area to divert traffic
53. A roundabout or traffic circle circle around a traffic island with multiple connecting routes,
a roundabout is usually smaller, with less room for crossing and passing, and safer
54. A wynd a narrow lane between houses, similar to an alley, more common in UK
55. A drive shortened form of driveway, not a driveway itself, usually in a neighborhood,
connects several houses
56. A parade wider than average road historically used as a parade ground.
57. A terrace more common in uk, a row of houses.
58. A chase on land historically used as private hunting grounds.
59. A branch divides a road or area into multiple subdivisions.

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