Why is that some "streets" are referred to as "street", "road", "avenue" and or "drive".

Question

Why is that some "streets" are referred to as "street", "road", "avenue" and or "drive".

Answer 1

Streets run east to west. Avenues run north to south. A 'road' connects to another road. A 'drive' goes to a dwelling. A 'lane' is also a dead end usually at a dwelling.

Interstates that run East to West are 'even' numbers ... I-40 is a good example. If you don't believe me, start looking at maps with road numbers, Avenues, etc.

Answer 2

Any or all  those can be prefixed by the same name.

Example.

Houston, TX.

Post Oak Road

Post Oak Lane

Also S and N Post Oak.

Any telephone directory will show other examples.

Answer 3

Re Third Son, glad to see somewhere has it organized...CA is an exception...I grew up on North Maple Street in Burbank, CA...And the I-110 (Harbor Freeway) and the I-710 (Long Beach Fwy) parallel each other going - yep - north and south...The kicker is that each of those highways used to be I-71 and  I-11, so they used to conform to the national pattern..But this is CA and we gotta be different.

Answer 4

Third son is correct.  Streets are identified by the direction they run and what they are connected to.

Answer 5

Well don't know for sure, but I'm going to guess because maybe the City chooses to for their own reasons or there's another street name with the same name, so they need to have it end differntly.