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Types of streets

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boulevard
A boulevard is a type of broad avenue planted with rows of trees, or in parts of North America, any urban highway or wide road in a commercial district.
promenade
thumb|upright=1.3|The Atlantic City, New Jersey|Atlantic City, [[New Jersey boardwalk esplanade, as seen from Caesars Atlantic City, opened in 1870, was America's first boardwalk. At long, it is also the world's longest and busiest boardwalk. New Jersey is home to the world's highest concentration of boardwalk esplanades.|alt=Many people walking on a boardwalk at the beach in Atlantic City, New Jersey]]
dead end street
dead-end street with only one inlet/outlet
avenue
wide, straight, usually tree-lined road or approach
alley
thumb|Alley in Sanaa, Yemen An alley or alleyway is a narrow lane, path, or passageway, often reserved for pedestrians, which usually runs between, behind, or within buildings in towns and cities. It is also a rear access or service road (back lane), or a path, walk, or avenue (French allée) in a park or garden.
living street
street designed as a social space for pedestrians and cyclists; motorized transport is permitted, but limited
main street
generic street name of the primary retail street of a location
shared space
urban design approach that minimises the segregation between modes of road user in order to induce a greater sense of uncertainty, reducing road casualty rates and improving safety for other road users
prospekt
broad, multi-lane and very long straight street
walkway
thumb|A canopy walkway at [[Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, London, England.]] thumb|upright|The SkyWalk main Arcade (architecture)|arcade facing east towards Union Station, [[Toronto, Ontario, Canada]] In American English, walkway is a composite or umbrella term for all engineered surfaces or structures which support the use of trails.
mews
thumb|Mews house. Third of three identical buildings, Bruton Place (formerly North Bruton Mews) off Berkeley Square, Mayfair, London W1. The [[winch for horse feed is visible in front of the attic door]] A mews is a row or courtyard of stables and carriage houses with living quarters above them, built behind large city houses before motor vehicles replaced horses in the early twentieth century. Mews are usually located in desirable residential areas, having been built to cater for the horses, coachmen and stable-servants of prosperous residents.
High Street
generic primary business street of towns or cities