A Road, a Street, and an Avenue
Tonight I was reading an article on the History of Burbank, California and I read that Burbank was built primarily around Olive Avenue.
So as I was reading I was wondering why certain streets are referred to as Roads, others being Streets, and finally major through-ways being Avenues. Does anyone else know????
Okay, here is what I found out.
A Road connects places (such as between two towns).
A Street connect people (areas where there are homes and businesses)
An Avenue is a Tree-Lined Street, usually wider than a regular street.
Not so useful, but interesting.
Here are my sources (primarily Wikipedia).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avenue
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Street
http://www.usingenglish.com/forum/ask-teacher/26412-avenue-vs-street.html
