Boulevard

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This article is about type of road. For other uses, see Boulevard (disambiguation).

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The Champs lyses in Paris, France

The Strae des 17. Juni in Berlin, Germany

A Boulevard (French, from Dutch: Bolwerk bolwark, meaning bastion) (often abbreviated Blvd) is type of road, usually a wide, multi-lane arterial thoroughfare, divided with a median down the centre, and roadways along each side designed as slow travel and parking lanes and for bicycle and pedestrian usage, often with an

above-average quality oflandscaping and scenery. The division into peripheral roads for local use and a central main thoroughfare for regional traffic is a principal feature of the boulevard. Larger and busier boulevards usually feature a median. It was first introduced in the French language in 1435 as boloard and has since been altered into boulevard.

Avenue (landscape)
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An avenue at Alexandra Park, London

In landscaping, an avenue or alle is traditionally a straight route with a line oftrees or large shrubs running along each, which is used, as its French sourcevenir ("to come") indicates, to emphasize the "coming to," or arrival at a landscape or architectural feature. In most cases, the trees planted in an avenue will be all of the same species or cultivar, so as to give uniform appearance along the full length of the avenue. The French term alle is confined normally to avenues planted in parks and landscape gardens.

Boulevard

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This article is about type of road. For other uses, see Boulevard (disambiguation).

This article does not cite any references or sources. Please help improve this articleby adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged andremoved. (January 2008)

The Champs lyses in Paris, France

The Strae des 17. Juni in Berlin, Germany

A Boulevard (French, from Dutch: Bolwerk bolwark, meaning bastion) (often abbreviated Blvd) is type of road, usually a wide, multi-lane arterial thoroughfare, divided with a median down the centre, and roadways along each side designed as slow travel and parking lanes and for bicycle and pedestrian usage, often with an above-average quality oflandscaping and scenery. The division into peripheral roads for local use and a central

main thoroughfare for regional traffic is a principal feature of the boulevard. Larger and busier boulevards usually feature a median. It was first introduced in the French language in 1435 as boloard and has since been altered into boulevard.