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 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
- Rise/Row for residential roads
- Mead/Wharf for residential roads
- End
- Court
- Cross
- Side
- View
- Walk
- Park
- Meadow
United States
- Alley
- Annex
- Arcade
- Avenue
- Bayou
- Beach
- Bend
- Bluff
- Bluffs
- Bottom
- Boulevard
- Branch
- Bridge
- Brook
- Brooks
- Burg
- Burgs
- Bypass
- Camp
- Canyon
- Cape
- Causeway
- Center
- Centers
- Circle
- Circle
- Cliff
- Cliffs
- Club
- Common
- Commons
- Corner
- Corners
- Course
- Court
- Courts
- Cove
- Coves
- Creek
- Crescent
- Crest
- Crossing
- Crossroad
- Curve
- Dale
- Dam
- Divide
- Drive
- Drives
- Estate
- Estates
- Expressway
- Extension
- Extensions
- Fall
- Falls
- Ferry
- Field
- Fields
- Flat
- Flats
- Ford
- Fords
- Forest
- Forge
- Forges
- Fork
- Forks
- Fort
- Freeway
- Garden
- Gardens
- Gateway
- Glen
- Glens
- Green
- Greens
- Grove
- Groves
- Harbor
- Harbors
- Haven
- Heights
- Highway
- Hill
- Hills
- Hollow
- Inlet
- Island
- Islands
- Isle
- Junction
- Junctions
- Key
- Keys
- Knoll
- Knolls
- Lake
- Lakes
- Land
- Landing
- Lane
- Light
- Lights
- Loaf
- Lock
- Locks
- Lodge
- Loop
- Mall
- Manor
- Manors
- Meadow
- Meadows
- Mews
- Mill
- Mills
- Mission
- Motorway
- Mount
- Mountain
- Mountains
- Neck
- Orchard
- Oval
- Overpass
- Park
- Parks
- Parkway
- Parkways
- Pass
- Passage
- Path
- Pike
- Pine
- Pines
- Place
- Plain
- Plains
- Plaza
- Point
- Points
- Port
- Ports
- Prairie
- Radial
- Ramp
- Ranch
- Rapid
- Rapids
- Rest
- Ridge
- Ridges
- River
- Road
- Roads
- Route
- Row
- Rue
- Run
- Shoal
- Shoals
- Shore
- Shores
- Skyway
- Spring
- Springs
- Spur
- Square
- Squares
- Station
- Stravenue
- Stream
- Street
- Streets
- Summit
- Terrace
- Throughway
- Trace
- Track
- Trafficway
- Trail
- Trailer
- Tunnel
- Turnpike
- Underpass
- Union
- Unions
- Valley
- Valley
- Viaduct
- View
- Views
- Village
- Villages
- Ville
- Vista
- Walk
- Wall
- Way
- Well
- Wells
Australia
- Alley Usually narrow roadway in cities or towns, often through city block or squares.
- Approach Roadway leading to an area of community interest
- Arcade Passage having an arched roof, or any covered passageway, especially one with shops along the sides.
- Avenue Broad roadway, usually planted on each side with trees.
- Boardwalk Promenade or path, especially of wooden planks, for pedestrians and sometimes vehicles, along or overlooking a beach or waterfront.
- Boulevard Wide roadway, well paved, usually ornamented with trees and grass plots.
- Break Vehicular access on a formed or unformed surface, which was originally prepared as a firebreak.
- Bypass Alternative roadway constructed to enable through traffic to avoid congested areas or other obstructions to movement.
- Chase Roadway leading down to a valley.
- Circuit Roadway enclosing an area.
- Close Short, enclosed roadway.
- Concourse Roadway that runs around a central area.
- Court Short, enclosed roadway.
- Crescent Crescent-shaped thoroughfare, especially where both ends join the same thoroughfare.
- Crest Roadway running along the top or summit of a hill.
- Drive Wide thoroughfare allowing a steady flow of traffic without many cross-streets.
- Entrance Roadway connecting other roads.
- Esplanade Level roadway, often along the seaside, lake or a river.
- Firetrail Vehicular access on a formed or unformed surface, which was originally prepared as a firebreak.
- Freeway Express, multi-lane highway, with limited or controlled access.
- Glade Roadway usually in a valley of trees.
- Grange Roadway leading to a country estate, or focal point, public open space, shopping area etc.
- Grove Roadway that features a group of trees standing together.
- Highway Main road or thoroughfare, a main route. Specifically reserved for roads associated with state arterial road networks, restricted to roads of strategic importance constructed to a high standard.
- Lane Narrow way between walls, buildings or a narrow country or city roadway.
- Loop Roadway that diverges from and re-joins the main thoroughfare.
- Mall Sheltered walk, promenade or shopping precinct.
- Mews Roadway in a group of houses.
- Parade Public promenade or roadway that has good pedestrian facilities along the side.
- Parkway Roadway through parklands or an open grassland area.
- Passage Narrow street for pedestrians.
- Path Roadway used only for pedestrian traffic.
- Place Short, sometimes narrow, enclosed roadway.
- Plaza Roadway enclosing the four sides of an area forming a market place or open space.
- Promenade Roadway like an avenue with plenty of facilities for the public to take a leisurely walk, a public place for walking.
- Quays Roadway leading to a landing place alongside or projecting into water.
- Ramp Access road to and from highways and freeways.
- Retreat Roadway forming a place of seclusion.
- Ridge Roadway along the top of a hill.
- Rise Roadway going to a higher place or position.
- Road Open way or public passage primarily for vehicles.
- Square Roadway bounding the four sides of an area to be used as an open space or a group of buildings.
- Steps Route consisting mainly of steps.
- Street Public roadway in a town, city or urban area, especially a paved thoroughfare with footpaths and buildings along one or both sides.
- Subway Underground passage or tunnel that pedestrians use for crossing under a road, railway, river etc.
- Terrace Roadway usually with houses on either side raised above the road level.
- Track Roadway with a single carriageway. A roadway through a natural bushland region. The interpretation for both Track and Trail is limited to roadways, whereas in many areas these are often associated with walking rather than vehicular movement.
- Trail See ‘Track’.
- View Roadway commanding a wide panoramic view across surrounding areas.
- Vista Roadway with a view or outlook.
- Walk Thoroughfare with restricted access used mainly by pedestrians.
- Way Roadway affording passage from one place to another. Usually not as straight as an avenue or street.
- Wharf A roadway on a wharf or pier.