cross street
Perpendicular route nearby
A cross street is a street that intersects another, used especially when giving directions or locations: The restaurant is on Main Street—the cross street is Oak Avenue.
When identifying where you are, the cross street helps pinpoint your position along a longer road: I'm on Fifth Avenue at the 42nd Street cross street.
- intersectionPoint where paths meet
- cornerMeeting point of edges
- four-way stopIntersection with universal halt
- blockSolid mass, or impede
- junctionPoint where things meet
sidewalk · traffic · traffic light · pedestrian · stoplight · city block · pavement · turn left · landmark · directions · navigate · neighborhood · urban · city grid · signal · curb · parallel · perpendicular
- junctionsjunction, intersection, crossroads, node, nexus
- street typesboulevard, cul-de-sac, dead-end, avenue, alley
- roadshighway, highways, road, freeway, roads
- urban planningcity planning, zoning map, master plans, zones, zoning reform