Street suffix
A street suffix is the word that follows the name of a street to further describe that street. Sometimes it would be used just for naming, not for description, like for example, Street is the most common, Avenue being second.
United Kingdom
In the United Kingdom, councils maintain lists of locally approved suffixes for new roads. For example, Haringey Council[1] in London provides this guidance:
Allowed
- Road for any thoroughfare
- Street for any thoroughfare
- Way for major roads
- Avenue for residential roads
- Drive for residential roads
- Lane for residential roads
- Grove for residential roads, usually a cul-de-sac
- Gardens subject to there being no confusion with any local open space
- Place subject to there being no confusion with any local open space
- Circus for a Circus or for a large roundabout
- Crescent for a crescent-shaped road
- Bypass for a dual carriageway or motorway that bypasses a nearby village, city or town
- Close for a cul-de-sac only
- Square for a square only
- Hill for a hillside road only
- Mews provided it does not repeat the name of the road from which access is gained
- Vale for residential roads (only for exceptional circumstances)
- Rise/Row for residential roads (only for exceptional circumstances)
- Mead/Wharf for residential roads (only for exceptional circumstances)
Disallowed
- End
- Court
- Cross
- Side
- View
- Walk
- Park
- Meadow
United States
This list is composed of 211 suffixes[2] recognized by the United States Postal Service. Commonly used street abbreviations within parentheses.
- Alley (Allee, Ally, or Aly)
- Annex (Anex, Annx, or Anx)
- Apartment
- Approach
- Arcade (or Arc)
- Avenue (Av, Ave, Aven, Avenu, Avn, or Avnue)
- Barrel
- Bay
- Bayou (or Bayoo)
- Beach (or Bch)
- Bend (or Bnd)
- Bluff (Blf or Bluf)
- Bottom
- Boulevard (Boule, Blvrd, Blvd, or Bvrd)
- Box
- Bow
- Branch
- Bridge
- Brook
- Burg
- Bypass
- Camp
- Can
- Canoe
- Canyon
- Cape
- Cartway
- Causeway
- Center
- Chain
- Circle
- Cliff
- Club
- Cobble
- Common
- Condos
- Corns
- Corner
- Cottage
- Course
- Court (Ct)
- Cove
- Creek
- Crescent
- Crest
- Crosscut
- Crossing
- Crossroad
- Curve
- Dale
- Dam
- Divide
- Drive(Dr)
- Driveway(Dwy)
- East
- Edge
- Estate
- Expressway
- Extension
- Fall
- Fence
- Ferry
- Field
- Flat
- Ford
- Forest
- Forge
- Fork
- Fort
- Freeway
- Front
- Garden
- Gate
- Gateway
- Glass
- Glen
- Green
- Grove
- Harbor
- Haven
- Heights
- Highlands
- Highway
- Hill
- Hollow
- Horn
- Inlet
- Island
- Isle
- Joist
- Jump
- Junction
- Kame
- Key
- Knoll
- Lake
- Land
- Landing
- Lane (Ln)
- Lanterns
- Lawn
- Latch
- Leaf
- Light
- Loaf
- Lock
- Lodge
- Loop
- Mall
- Manor
- Meadow
- Meadows
- Mews
- Mill
- Mission
- Motorway
- Mount
- Mountain
- Neck
- Nene
- Nook
- North
- Northeast
- Northwest
- Nvnohi (Nvno)
- Orchard
- Oval
- Overpass
- Park
- Parkway
- Pass
- Passage
- Passway
- Pasture
- Path
- Perch
- Pike
- Pine
- Pipes
- Place
- Plain
- Plate
- Plaza
- Point
- Pointe
- Port
- Post
- Prairie
- Radial
- Ramp
- Ranch
- Rapid
- Reach
- Rear
- Rest
- Ridge
- Rise
- River
- Road (Rd)
- Rock
- Route
- Row
- Rue
- Ruelle
- Run
- Shale
- Shoal
- Shore
- Skies
- Skyway
- Sorrel
- South
- Southeast
- Southwest
- Sprig
- Spring
- Spur
- Square
- Station
- Stick
- Stone
- Stravenue
- Stream
- Street (St)
- Stroll
- Summit
- Terrace
- Trellis
- Throughway
- Throw
- Trace
- Track
- Trafficway
- Trail
- Trailer
- Tunnel
- Turnpike
- Underpass
- Union
- Vale
- Valley
- Viaduct
- View
- Villa
- Village
- Ville
- Vista
- Walk
- Wall
- Way
- Waye
- Well
- Wells
- West
- Wind
- Wood
- Wharf
- Yard
References
- Guidelines for street and building naming and numbering
- C1 Street Suffix Abbreviations for the 146 suffixes
Guidelines for street and building naming and numbering
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