USPS Street and Secondary Units Abbreviations Job Aid This job aid lists the United States Postal Service’s (USPS) approved standard street suffix and secondary unit abbreviations:

Commonly Used Street Suffix or Abbreviation ALLEE ALLEY ALLY ALY ANEX ANNEX ANNX ANX ARC ARCADE AV AVE AVEN AVENU AVENUE AVN AVNUE BAYOO BAYOU BCH …

Typically denotes an existing roadway built to a modified B section. The roadway may be offset, have a wider median to allow for future lanes, may not have a median island, may need …

Street Types & Abbreviations

Street names and addresses serve as everyday wayfinding devices in our surroundings, often unnoticed, while casually contributing to ambience and the symbolic meaning of a place. At …

This chapter provides a variety of sample diagrams that illustrate how Complete Street principles can be applied into the street classifica-tions and how a network assignment can influence the …

Enhance and improve the pedestrian safety and comfort by constructing landscape buffers (planter strips) between curbs and sidewalks on streets. Design streetscapes and …