Ordinal numbers are often used to name streets or avenues in cities or towns, especially on grid-based street layouts.
This practice helps to easily identify and locate streets based on their position within the grid.
For instance, if you're on Third Street and need to get to Fifth Street, you know that you have to move two streets over in the direction of increasing numbers.
Examples:
- First Avenue (1st Avenue)
- Second Avenue (2nd Avenue)
- Third Avenue (3rd Avenue)
- Fourth Avenue (4th Avenue)
- 11th Street – Eleventh Street
- 22nd Street – Twenty-second Street
- 33rd Street – Thirty-third Street
- 144th Street – One hundred forty fourth Street