ELI5- Why do streets have different labels like Ave, Blvd, Rd, etc.? Are there certain qualifications for what determines them?

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ELI5- Why do streets have different labels like Ave, Blvd, Rd, etc.? Are there certain qualifications for what determines them?

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Where I’m at streets run north south in the county, and avenues run east west. But the adjacent town does it the opposite. I live up the hill from a road that is on the city county line, so it has a sign saying it is xxx street on one side of the road, and yyy avenue on the other.

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