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

In Europe, boulevards were originally circumferential roads following the line of former city walls.

In North American usage, boulevards may be wide, multi-lane thoroughfares divided with only a central median.

Etymology

The word boulevard is borrowed from French. In France, it originally meant the flat surface of a rampart, and later a promenade taking the place of a demolished fortification. It is a borrowing from the Dutch word 'bulwark'.

Notable examples

Asia

Azerbaijan

• Baku Boulevard

Bangladesh

• Manik Mia Avenue

Cambodia

• Norodom Boulevard

• Monivong Boulevard

• Sihanouk Boulevard

• Xi Jinping Boulevard

India

• M G Road

• Anna Salai

• Indira Gandhi Sarani

• Marine Drive

• Krishnaraja Boulevard

• Rajpath

• Necklace Road

• Mahatma Gandhi Road

• Foreshore Road

Indonesia

• Jalan Jenderal Sudirman

• Jalan M.H. Thamrin

• Jalan Jenderal Gatot Subroto

• Jalan H.R. Rasuna Said

• Jalan Gajah Mada/Jalan Hayam Wuruk

• Jalan Prof. Dr. Satrio

• Jalan Plaza Boulevard

Vietnam

• Thang Long Boulevard

Iran

• Keshavarz Boulevard

Philippines

• Roxas Boulevard

• Shaw Boulevard

• España Boulevard

• Quezon Boulevard

• Aurora Boulevard

• Osmeña Boulevard

Australia and Oceania

Australia

• St Kilda Road, Melbourne

• Royal Parade, Melbourne

• Victoria Parade, Melbourne

• Flemington Road, Melbourne

• Mount Alexander Road, Melbourne

• The Boulevard, Perth

New Zealand

• The Four Avenues, Christchurch

• Anzac Avenue, Dunedin

• Marine Parade, Napier

Europe

Austria

• Vienna Ring Road

Denmark

Boulevards in Copenhagen:

• Nørre Voldgade

• H. C. Andersens Boulevard

• Vesterbrogade

• Sønder Boulevard

• Dalgas Boulevard

• Strandboulevarden

• Frederiksberg Allé

France

• Boulevard Beaumarchais

• Boulevard du Temple

• Boulevard Montmartre

• Boulevard des Italiens

• Boulevard des Capucines

• Boulevard de la Madeleine

Germany

• Unter den Linden, Berlin

• Kurfürstendamm, Berlin

• Karl-Marx-Allee, Berlin

• Boulevard der Stars, Berlin

• Königsallee, Düsseldorf

• Goerdelerring, Leipzig

• Brienner Straße, Munich

• Leopoldstraße, Munich

• Maximilianstraße, Munich

• Prinzregentenstraße, Munich

Hungary

• Little Boulevard, Budapest

• Grand Boulevard, Budapest

• Hungária Boulevard, Budapest

Ireland

• O'Connell Street, Dublin

Italy

• Viali di Circonvallazione, Florence

• , Milan

• , Parma

• Via Merulana, Rome

Netherlands

• Lange Voorhout, The Hague

Spain

• Gran Via de les Corts Catalanes, Barcelona

• , Barcelona

• Avinguda Diagonal, Barcelona

• Alameda Principal, Málaga

Gran Vía de Madrid

Portugal

• Avenida da Liberdade, Lisbon

Russia

Boulevard Ring, Moscow

• Tverskoy Boulevard

• Garden Ring, Moscow

Ukraine

• Lesya Ukrainka Boulevard

• Sections of Small Ring Road, Kyiv

United Kingdom

• Avebury Boulevard, Milton Keynes

• Bradwell Common Boulevard, Milton Keynes

• Conniburrow Boulevard, Milton Keynes

• Midsummer Boulevard, Milton Keynes

• Silbury Boulevard, Milton Keynes

North America

Canada

• Lake Shore Boulevard, Toronto

• Pie-IX Boulevard, Montreal

• King George Boulevard, Surrey

Mexico

• Paseo de la Reforma, Mexico City

United States

• Ocean Parkway, Brooklyn

• Broadway, Manhattan

• West Side Highway, Manhattan

• FDR Drive, Manhattan (future project)

• Sunset Boulevard, Los Angeles

• Santa Monica Boulevard, Los Angeles

• Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles

• Hollywood Boulevard, Los Angeles

• Chicago Boulevard System

• Benjamin Franklin Parkway, Philadelphia

• Roosevelt Boulevard, Philadelphia

• Southern Boulevard Park, Philadelphia

• Boulevard, Atlanta

• Park Avenue, New York City

• Las Vegas Boulevard, Las Vegas

• Ohio River Boulevard, Pittsburgh

South America

Argentina

• , Buenos Aires

Uruguay

• Artigas Boulevard, Montevideo

Brazil

• Avenida Rio Branco, Rio de Janeiro

  Avenida São João, São Paulo

References

Books

External links

• Boulevards in Vietnam