Street suffix

A street suffix is the word that follows the name of a street to further describe that street.

Common American street suffixes

• Alley usually refers to a rear service road used as access to garages, service doors, Dumpsters, etc.
• Arcade usually has shops along it
• Arch usually refers to a curving street, often in the shape of an arch, used similar to crescent
• Avenue, one of the most common suffixes, can refer to a small residential street or a major roadway.
• Boardwalk is almost universally a pedestrian-only space along an ocean or other waterfront.
• Boulevard usually indicates a wide street, often tree-lined, that is of major importance.
• Bypass is usually used after another suffix, for example: "Tenth Street Bypass".
• Circle is usually a small residential street whose shape is circular.
• Court is usually a residential cul-de-sac.
• Cove is similar to court, and often named after the street it connects to. It is common in and around Memphis, Tennessee, where it is also commonly used as a synonym for "cul-de-sac."
• Crescent is usually a short curved street.
• Drive is usually used in suburban areas both for residential streets and major roadways.
• Esplanade usually designates a pedestrian-only space.
• Expressway is usually used for limited-access highways.
• Extension is usually used after another suffix, for example: "Robinson Street Extension".
• Freeway is usually used for limited-access highways where no toll is collected.
• Green is usually a small residential street, often with a parklike setting.
• Highway can designate a limited-access highway or a major US or state route.
• Lane is commonly used for dead-end streets, usually referring to a small residential street.
• Loop is usually used for streets whose shape is that of a half-circle.
• Mall usually designates a pedestrian-only space.
• Manor is usually a small residential street, often a cul-de-sac.
• Mews is usually a small urban residential street, similar to an alley behind a more prominent street.
• Parkway occasionally designates limited-access highways, but usually used in a way similar to boulevard.
• Path is usually a small residential street.
• Pike historically referred to a tolled roadway, but can also be used for a major road. Pikes are common in the Mid-Atlantic, Upper South, and Appalachia regions of the US.
• Place is usually a small residential street or a narrow street in a commercial district.
• Plaza often refers to either a pedestrian-only street or a suburban shopping area's internal roadways.
• Promenade usually designates a pedestrian-only space.
• Road is a very common suffix used to describe a main roadway in both residential and commercial areas.
• Route typically includes a route number, for example, US Route 19.
• Spur is a road that juts off another road and may or may not rejoin the main road.
• Square is often used for streets that form a square or rectangle, often with a center park or plaza.
• Stravenue is used to designate a diagonal roadway crossing a grid of north-south streets and east-west avenues (or vice-versa). It is not found outside of Tucson, Arizona.
• Street is a very common suffix that can describe from a small residential street up to a major arterial roadway.
• Terrace historically was a small residential street that was elevated above the surroundings, for example, on a hillside, but is now used in a more generic way to describe a residential street.
• Thruway is usually used for limited-access highways.
• Trace is usually a small residential street.
• Trail often designates a residential street but can also include major roadways.
• Turnpike is usually used for limited-access highways.
• Viaduct usually indicates a street that serves as a connector between two other streets.
• Walk usually designates a pedestrian-only space.
• Way: wide range of use, from an alley-like definition to a residential street to a major roadway in new developments.