Editing Street layout of Seattle (section)

==Directionals==
[[File:Seattle WA Directional Zones v10-14-16.svg|thumb|Map of directionals in Seattle]]
Seattle and King County make systematic use of directionals (such as '''N''' for north or '''NE''' for northeast) in street names, although residents often omit the directionals when describing addresses in their own neighborhoods. To a lesser degree, street types such as ''[[wiktionary:avenue|avenue]]'' and ''[[wiktionary:street|street]]'' are also used systematically. As a rule, "streets" run east–west (or, in and near downtown, northeast–southwest), and "avenues" run north–south (or, in and near downtown, northwest–southeast).  A ''[[road]]'', ''[[wiktionary:boulevard|boulevard]]'', ''way'', or thoroughfare with any other type designation may run in any direction. The land boundaries of the district laid out according to the Denny and Boren plats that follow the shoreline are all "Ways" (Denny Way, Yesler Way, Broadway<!-- and arguably Alaskan Way -->).

Furthermore:
* "Streets" and other east–west thoroughfares ''prefix'' the directional; for example ''NE 45th Street''.
* "Avenues" and other north–south thoroughfares ''suffix'' the directional; for example ''15th Avenue NE'', ''[[The Ave|University Way NE]]''.
* A [[mnemonic]] for directionals is that the general direction of a thoroughfare is the direction nearer its name or number; for example N'''E'''&nbsp;45th Street runs generally east (and west), while University Way&nbsp;'''N'''E runs generally north (and south).
* "Places" are usually [[cul-de-sac]]s or dead-ends and run in any direction.
* In most sections of the city, the same directional is used for both of these purposes; the exceptions are immediately east and north of the downtown area, and the lack of any directionals in the downtown area itself.

Seattle is divided into ten sections, each with a different combination of directionals.<ref name="Seattle Street Directional Designations">{{cite web|url=http://clerk.ci.seattle.wa.us/~public/street_desig.htm|title=Seattle Street Directional Designations|access-date=May 25, 2011}}</ref>

North of the [[Lake Washington Ship Canal]] are the following sections: west of 1st Avenue NW, the '''NW''' section; between 1st Avenue NW and 1st Avenue NE, the '''N''' section; east of 1st Avenue NE, the '''NE''' section.

South of the canal but north of Denny Way are the following sections: west of Queen Anne Avenue N, the '''W''' section; between Queen Anne Avenue N and a border defined by Eastlake Avenue&nbsp;E (south of E&nbsp;Nelson Place) and [[Lake Union]] (north of E&nbsp;Nelson Place),<ref>{{Harvnb|Google Maps}} (Map view is centered on Eastlake Avenue&nbsp;E and E&nbsp;Nelson Place. South of this point, the boundary between the '''Avenue&nbsp;N''' and '''E''' sections, the boundary is defined by Eastlake Avenue&nbsp;E. From there north to the Lake Washington Ship Canal all points east of Lake Union are in the '''E''' section.)</ref> the '''Avenue&nbsp;N''' section, in which avenues are suffixed '''N''' and in which streets have no prefix; east of the Eastlake Avenue&nbsp;E–Lake Union border, the '''E''' section.

South of Denny Way but north of Yesler Way are two sections: east of Broadway from Yesler Way north to Union Street, east of Minor Avenue from Union Street north to Pike Street, and east of Melrose Avenue from Pike Street north to Denny Way, the '''E&nbsp;Street''' section, streets are prefixed '''E''' and avenues have no suffix; to the west of this border, the '''downtown''' section, no directionals are used.

South of Yesler Way are two sections: east of the waterfront and (south of the [[Duwamish River|Duwamish Waterway]]) east of 1st Avenue S, the '''S''' section; and west of 1st Avenue S, the '''SW''' section. Within the Seattle city limits there is no '''SE''' section; however, the non-Seattle '''SE''' section contains all of the southeastern suburbs and the rest of southern King County, including [[Mercer Island, Washington|Mercer Island]], parts of [[Renton, Washington|Renton]],<ref>{{Harvnb|Phelps|1978|pp=227–232}} for street layout by compass direction; {{Harvnb|Phelps|1978|pp=233–235}} for current grid.</ref> and [[Bellevue, Washington|Bellevue]] south of Main Street, [[Sammamish, Washington|Sammamish]] south of E&nbsp;Main Street, and other locations within the county.<!-- {{tl|Citation needed}} -->
<!-- This draft table has the same information as the paragraphs above, but it's a bit ugly so I'm commenting it out for now.
{| class="wikitable"
|-
| '''NW'''
| 1st Avenue NW
| '''N'''
| 1st Avenue NE
| '''NE'''
|-
| align="center" colspan="5" | [[Lake Washington Ship Canal]] (east of Seattle: [[Bellevue, Washington|Bellevue]]'s Main Street)
|-
| '''W'''
| Queen Anne Avenue N
| '''Avenue N''' <br> streets with no prefix
| [[Lake Union]] (north of E Nelson Place) <br> Eastlake Avenue E (south of E Nelson Place)
| '''E'''
|-
| align="center" colspan="5" | Denny Way
|-
| colspan="2" | &nbsp;
| '''downtown''' <br> no directionals
| Melrose Avenue (Pike Street to Denny Way) <br> Minor Avenue (Union Street to Pike Street) <br> Broadway (Yesler Way to Union Street)
| '''E Street''' <br> avenues with no suffix
|-
| align="center" colspan="5" | Yesler Way (east of Seattle: [[Bellevue, Washington|Bellevue]]'s Main Street)
|-
| '''SW''' 
| [[Duwamish River|Duwamish Waterway]] (Yesler Way to First Avenue S bridge) <br> 1st Avenue S (south of the First Avenue S bridge)
| '''S'''
| east of Seattle <br> east from 100th Avenue SE (south of [[Renton, Washington|Renton]])
| '''SE'''
|}
-->