Uncommon Street Name Suffixes

[Rothman]

Irvine, CA have streets with no suffixes

Is this actually true, or is it like San Francisco, where the suffixes are there, but left off signage?

[mgk920]

Irvine, CA have streets with no suffixes

Does the City of Detroit, MI show any suffices on their blades?

Mike

[Avalanchez71]

Nash's Nook is pretty uncommon suffix.  It didn't even make the USPS list of suffixes.
This one is in Columbia, TN.

[SeriesE]

Irvine, CA have streets with no suffixes

Is this actually true, or is it like San Francisco, where the suffixes are there, but left off signage?

It's true, though limited to the streets within residential communities. Major arterials still have street suffixes.

[kphoger]

Irvine, CA have streets with no suffixes

Is this actually true, or is it like San Francisco, where the suffixes are there, but left off signage?

It's true, though limited to the streets within residential communities. Major arterials still have street suffixes.

Confirmed.  I just tested two random addresses on the USPS lookup tool, and they came back with no generic.

[mgk920]

https://goo.gl/maps/ft2dFqh3odx7opcY6

A one block long combination of a back alley and pubic parking lot here in downtown Appleton, WI.  It has no mailing addresses.  That is a US Civil War Union Army memorial monument on the right.

Mike

[kirbykart]

https://goo.gl/maps/ft2dFqh3odx7opcY6

A one block long combination of a back alley and pubic parking lot here in downtown Appleton, WI.  It has no mailing addresses.  That is a US Civil War Union Army memorial monument on the right.

Mike

"Sq" stands for Square and is not uncommon, often found in the center of medium-sized cities (like Appleton).

[Bruce]

A fairly major connector in Bellingham, WA is just named "Boulevard". It was leftover from the truncation/reroute of SR 11 in 1972.

[mgk920]

https://goo.gl/maps/ft2dFqh3odx7opcY6

A one block long combination of a back alley and pubic parking lot here in downtown Appleton, WI.  It has no mailing addresses.  That is a US Civil War Union Army memorial monument on the right.

Mike

"Sq" stands for Square and is not uncommon, often found in the center of medium-sized cities (like Appleton).

I don't know of any other places in Wisconsin with an official street name with the suffix of 'Square'.

Mike

[Big John]

A fairly major connector in Bellingham, WA is just named "Boulevard". It was leftover from the truncation/reroute of SR 11 in 1972.

Boulevard in Atlanta had some history attached to it: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boulevard_(Atlanta)#History

[therocket]

Irvine, CA have streets with no suffixes

Irvine also has a fairly-decent sized road named "Yale Loop", and has a neighborhood with names such as "New Season", "Trailing Vine", and "Night Bloom".

[kkt]

A fairly major connector in Bellingham, WA is just named "Boulevard". It was leftover from the truncation/reroute of SR 11 in 1972.

My mom used to live on Boulevard.  Tiny house, one wood stove the only heat, easy walk to WWU, great view of the bay from the upper (loft) bedroom.  I'm not sure if it's still there, it might be condos now.

[SEWIGuy]

https://goo.gl/maps/ft2dFqh3odx7opcY6

A one block long combination of a back alley and pubic parking lot here in downtown Appleton, WI.  It has no mailing addresses.  That is a US Civil War Union Army memorial monument on the right.

Mike

"Sq" stands for Square and is not uncommon, often found in the center of medium-sized cities (like Appleton).

I don't know of any other places in Wisconsin with an official street name with the suffix of 'Square'.

Mike

I just did a search of Brown County land records and found this. I'm sure there are more.

https://www.google.com/maps/place/Crescent+Square,+Suamico,+WI+54313/@44.6048497,-88.0976297,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x8802f6af38308db7:0x893cba6f3c79c16c!8m2!3d44.6048497!4d-88.0976297

[Dirt Roads]

In both Putnam and Kanawha counties in West Virginia, many of the streets have the same name as their subdivision, ending with the suffix "Estates".

In my hometown of Scott Depot  - the original ones: Beechwood Estates, Oakwood Estates, Maplewood Estates, East Maplewood Estates, Meadowood Estates
                                              - and newer ones: Apple Estates, Bent Tree Estates, Country Cove Estates, Countryside Estates, Hidden Valley Estates, Sun Valley Estates.

With a Hurricane address:  Valley View Estates
With a Winfield address:  County View Estates, Courtyard Estates, Riverdale Estates, Shady Lane Estates, Shawnee Estates
With a Poca address:  Poplar Point Estates, Thornhill Estates
With a St. Albans address:  Dakota Estates, Kincaid Estates, Lower Falls Estates, Rolling Oaks Estates
With a Charleston address:  Montana Estates, Pritt Ford Estates, Saddlecrest Estates, Seneca Valley Estates, Stone Mountain Estates, Villa Estates

[kphoger]

In Rogers, AR...

There is a road called Dutchmans Drive.
Branching off from that, there is a road called Old Dutch Drive.
And branching off from that, there is a road with the unusual name of Old Dutch Elbow.

[mgk920]

https://goo.gl/maps/ft2dFqh3odx7opcY6

A one block long combination of a back alley and pubic parking lot here in downtown Appleton, WI.  It has no mailing addresses.  That is a US Civil War Union Army memorial monument on the right.

Mike

"Sq" stands for Square and is not uncommon, often found in the center of medium-sized cities (like Appleton).

I don't know of any other places in Wisconsin with an official street name with the suffix of 'Square'.

Mike

I just did a search of Brown County land records and found this. I'm sure there are more.

https://www.google.com/maps/place/Crescent+Square,+Suamico,+WI+54313/@44.6048497,-88.0976297,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x8802f6af38308db7:0x893cba6f3c79c16c!8m2!3d44.6048497!4d-88.0976297

There is actually one USPS mailing address on Soldier's Sq in Appleton, WI (54911), It is Josef's Gyros, a real hole in the wall lunch place at 118 E Soldier's Sq (not a bad place for food, too).

Mike

[KCRoadFan]

I don't know if this has ever been changed, but when I was younger, I remember seeing some street name blades in the City of Milwaukee,WI that used 'BD' to abbreviate the suffix 'Boulevard' in a street name.

They still do.  see: https://goo.gl/maps/dGEQN9XyfxRQfngz7 (Highland Bd (US 18) at 33rd St).

Mike

Delaware does street blades for public roads, except for certain municipalities.  They used to use "BL" for Boulevard.

I've seen "Bd" commonly used for addresses on boulevards in Paris, for example "24 Bd Saint-Michel".

As for "Bl", I saw that abbreviation a bunch when I went to LA back in July, and also at some traffic lights in St. Louis (at least on older signage, anyway; the newer ones use the usual "Blvd" abbreviation).

[Rothman]

Found this fun street blade in Hinesville, Georgia:

[Streetman]

Berlin, CT has a Scarborough Fare (with some Rosemary and Thyme, but no parsley or sage).
Perhaps it's short for Thoroughfare, which isn't on the USPS list either.
It's a half mile north on US 5 from Bishops Curve, a rather unusual suffix, but on the list.
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.611675,-72.7446899,17z

[CovalenceSTU]

In Astoria, we have "Niagara Stub" off of Niagara Ave, Waldorf Circle, Commercial Alley (not sure if it's signed), "Alameda Ave" twice (on that subject), and (combined with Warrenton) countless places and courts.

There's also a Woodland Terrace in St. Helens.