ottawa roads, boulevards, avenues, and so on
Lifted from the typically-useless Ottawa Sun, here’s a neat-o chart that shows (sort of) how street names are, uh, named. For instance, I’m on a Road – a major through highway! Should probably petition for a overpass or foot bridge or something so that I can get across safely. Won’t someone please think about the children?
| Category | Description |
| Boulevard | A four lane divided highway separated by a median |
| Parkway | A four lane divided scenic highway characterized by extensive landscaping and controlled access |
| Drive | A two lane scenic highway characterized by extensive landscaping and controlled access |
| Driveway | A highway under Federal jurisdiction |
| Road | Major through highway |
| Street | Generally characterized as a straight collector or through highway |
| Avenue | Generally characterized as a straight or curvilinear collector or through highway |
| Way | Generally characterized by curvilinear collector or through highway |
| Circle | A loop highway, generally “P” shaped |
| Crescent | A loop highway which intersects with the same street at both ends |
| Bay | A short local highway including bulbs and cul-de-sacs |
| Court | A short local highway including bulbs and cul-de-sacs |
| Place | A short local highway including bulbs and cul-de-sacs |
| Grove | A short local highway including cul-de-sacs |
| Heights | A short local highway including cul-de-sacs |
| Ridge | A local collector highway |
| Terrace | A local collector highway |
| Walk | A local collector highway |
| Lane | A substandard highway under public ownership |
This is probably only interesting to me. Oh well.
ARGH! But they don’t define ‘highway’! How useless is that?