Road Verge - Terminology

Terminology

This term has many synonyms and dialectical differences, with some dialects and idiolects without a term for this area and instead using a circumlocution.

Terms used include:

  • Berm: North Dakota, Indiana.
  • Boulevard: Bismarck, North Dakota; Minnesota; Michigan; United States Upper Midwest; Winnipeg, and western Canada; Markham, Ontario.
  • Boulevard strip: U.S. Upper Midwest.
  • Curb lawn: Kalamazoo, Michigan; Elyria, Ohio; Miami County, Ohio; Greenville, South Carolina.
  • Curb strip: New Jersey.
  • Devil's strip or devilstrip: Akron, Ohio; Northeast Ohio.
  • Easement.
  • Furniture zone, also planter/furniture zone or landscape/furniture zone: a term used by urban planners, indicating its suitability for "street furniture" such as utility poles and fire hydrants, as well as trees or planters.
  • Grass bay: New Jersey.
  • Grassplot: U.S. Eastern Seaboard.
  • Nature strip: Australia.
  • Neutral ground: U.S. Gulf States.
  • Park strip: Ohio.
  • Parking: Omaha, Oklahoma, Midwestern United States, Western United States.
  • Parking strip: Washington state, Oregon, much of California.
  • Parkway: Greater Los Angeles, San Francisco Bay Area, West Coast of the United States, Midwestern United States, and Chicago, Illinois region.
  • Parkway strip: Austin, Texas; Fort Collins, Colorado.
  • Planter zone: SmartCode/New Urbanist terminology.
  • Road Allowance: Ottawa, Canada
  • Road Verge: Australia.
  • Roadside: Australia
  • Snow shelf: Connecticut
  • Street allowances: Toronto.
  • Street easement.
  • Street lawn: Ohio.
  • Swale: South Florida.
  • Terrace: Wisconsin, U.S. Great Lakes region, Midwestern United States.
  • Tree belt: suburbs and residential urban Detroit, Michigan; Massachusetts.
  • Tree lawn: Cleveland, Ohio; Terre Haute, Indiana; and other areas. (This is the standard, dictionary-defined term in American English; other terms are also valid.)
  • Verge: England, New Zealand, Australia.

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