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A street suffix is the word that follows the name of a street to further describe that street. ==List== * ''Alley'' usually refers to a rear service road used as access to garages, service doors, Dumpsters, etc. Normally, they do not contain addresses themselves. * ''Annex'' would appear to be another road in addition to the main roadway. * ''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. * ''Bend'' usually designates a short street with at least one bend in it, used similar to ''crescent''. * ''Bay'' is usually a small residential street in a half-square shape that connects to the same road twice. * ''Brae'' a Scottish name for a steep hillside. * ''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. * ''Close'' refers to any dead-end street. Common in Great Britain. * ''Complex'' is similar to a plaza, containing a group of the same type of buildings. * ''Concession road'' (mainly written as ''Concession'', for example: "Tenth Concession") is commonly found in rural Ontario. * ''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 a very common suffix commonly used in suburban areas both for residential streets and major roadways. * ''Drung'' is used exclusively in the island of Newfoundland and refers to narrow lanes. * ''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". It refers to a newer portion of a pre-existing street. * ''Ferry'' is often used to describe a long street that connects two much larger ''Parkways''. Ferry is commonly used in the Southeast region of the United States. * ''Field'' is rarely used as a suffix itself outside of Newfoundland, and refers to residential streets that run through fields. * ''Freeway'' is usually used for limited-access highways where no toll is collected. * ''Garden'' or ''Gardens'' is usually used to designate a street populated by garden homes or rowhouses. * ''Gate'' is usually a short street that serves as an entrance to a subdivision or a shortcut between two larger streets. * ''Green'' is usually a small residential street, often with a park-like setting. * ''Grove'' is usually a small residential street, usually surrounded by woods. * ''Heights'' usually refers to a short residential street that travels uphill, or is on top of high ground compared to neighbouring streets. * ''High street'' the principal road in a British town. * ''Highway'' can designate a limited-access highway or a major national, state, or provincial route. * ''Hill'' usually refers to a street that travels upon a hill. * ''Lane'' is commonly used for dead-ends, usually referring to a small residential street. Lanes are often privately owned. * ''Line'' is sometimes used in Ontario as a synonym of concession road. * ''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. * "Nene" is exclusively used in Tallahassee, FL. It is the native Seminole word for trail. * ''Parade'' a British name for a road running by the seafront. * ''Park'' refers to short, residential streets, usually dead-ends. * ''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. * ''Plantation'' usually refers to a long residential dead-end street. for example: "Westover Plantation". * ''Plaza'' often refers to either a pedestrian-only street or a suburban shopping area's internal roadways. * ''Point(e)'' is usually a residential cul-de-sac. * ''Private'' is used as a mandatory sole suffix for all private streets in Ottawa (example: "Kelso Private"). In other jurisdictions, "Private" is usually not a suffix on its own and is placed after street * ''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 but is used extensively for other types of streets. * * ''Side road'' and ''Sideline'' are generally perpendicular to concession roads in England. * ''Route'' usually refers to highways, and typically includes a route number, for example, US Route 19. * ''Row'' usually refers to streets with townhouses or rowhouses, but is also commonly used for any residential street. * ''Run'' is common only in Halifax, Nova Scotia and refers to long, winding streets, which are often dead-ends. * ''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. In Europe, towns often have a large square at their centre, used for markets, gatherings, etc. * ''Stravenue'' is used to designate a diagonal roadway crossing a grid of north-south streets and east-west avenues (or vice versa). It is found only in Tucson, Arizona. * ''Street'' is a very common suffix that can describe small residential, intermediate and major arterial roadways. * ''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. * ''Townline'' is a primarily rural road in Ontario that marks township boundaries. * ''Viaduct'' usually indicates a street that serves as a connector between two other streets, as well as for bridges with several smaller spans. * ''Walk'' usually designates a pedestrian-only space. * ''Way'' and ''-way'': wide range of use, from an alley-like definition to a residential street to a major roadway in new developments. * ''Wood'' or ''Woods'' usually refers to short residential streets that are surrounded by trees, similar to the use of ''Grove''. * ''Wynd'' a Scottish name for a narrow lane, often linking two larger roads together. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Street suffix」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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