avenue vs desire line

avenue

noun
  • The principal walk or approach to a house which is withdrawn from the road, especially, such approach bordered on each side by trees; any broad passageway thus bordered. 

  • A method or means by which something may be accomplished. 

  • A broad street, especially one bordered by trees or, in cities laid out in a grid pattern, one that is on a particular side of the city or that runs in a particular direction. 

  • A way or opening for entrance into a place; a passage by which a place may be reached; a way of approach or of exit. 

desire line

noun
  • A path that pedestrians or vehicles take informally rather than taking a sidewalk or set route, for example, a well-worn ribbon of dirt cutting across a patch of grass, or a path in the snow. 

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