Lanes

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Lane is: (used in street names) A road, street, or similar thoroughfare, A narrow passageway between fences, walls, hedges or trees, A narrow road, as in the country. A country lane, A lengthwise division of roadway intended for a single line of vehicles, A similar division of a racetrack to keep runners apart, A course designated for ships or aircraft, A passageway between fences or hedges which is not traveled as a highroad; an alley between buildings; a narrow way among trees, rocks, and other natural obstructions; hence, in a general sense, a narrow passageway; as, a lane between lines of men, or through a field of ice.

boulevard is: A boulevard is a type of broad avenue planted with rows of trees, or in parts of North America, any urban highway.

Boulevards were originally circumferential roads following the line of former city walls.

In American usage, boulevards may be wide, multi-lane arterial thoroughfares, often divided with a central median, and perhaps with side-streets along each side designed as slow travel and parking lanes and for bicycle and pedestrian usage, often with above-average quality of landscaping and scenery.

Avenue is: Also a public way that has buildings or trees on either side of it. They run perpendicular to streets.