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'.Wiktionnaire,
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
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Boulevards in Vietnam