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Since the 1960s, street hierarchy has been the dominant network configuration of [[suburb]]s and [[exurb]]s in the [[United States]], [[Canada]], [[Australia]], and the [[UK]]. It is less popular in [[Latin America]], [[Western Europe]], and [[China]].

Large subdivisions may have three- or even four-tiered hierarchies, feeding into one or two wide arterials, which can be as wide as the ten lane [[Champs-Élysées]] with ten lanes or [[Wilshire Boulevard]]. Arterials at this level of traffic volume generally require no fewer than four lanes in width; and in large contemporary suburbs, such as [[Naperville, Illinois]], or [[Irvine, California]], are often eight or ten lanes wide. Adjacent street hierarchies are rarely connected to one another.

==History==