How are street addresses numbered?
The way street addresses are numbered varies greatly from one region to another. Though there is no single system for numbering buildings, some countries have common conventions that are followed in most of their communities.ConventionsIn some areas, each successive building is given a number 1 or 2 greater than the one before it on the street. In other areas, the number assigned is based on the building’s distance from the road’s beginning point.QuadrantsIn cities developed on a grid plan, addresses are typically divided into four quadrants based on a center point in the city. Address numbers rise according to their distance from that center point in each direction.Even and Odd NumbersIt is common for odd-numbered addresses to be on one side of a street, with evens on the other. The convention for this can differ even within a single area. For example, the Department of Transportation for the City of Tucson states that on eastern streets, odd house numbers are on the north side of the
