page_title: Prospekt (street)
hierarchical_section_title: Prospekt (street)
caption_attribution_description: English: Nevsky Prospect in St. Petersburg.
context_page_description: A prospekt is a broad, multi-lane and very long straight street in urban areas, which serves as an arterial road. The term "prospekt" as a road-type concept originated in the Russian Empire.
  As an urban area sprawls along transportation routes, the roads outside of city limits called chaussee often also become converted into prospekts.
context_section_description: A prospekt (Russian: проспе́кт, IPA: [prɐˈspʲɛkt] (listen)) is a broad, multi-lane and very long straight street in urban areas, which serves as an arterial road. The term "prospekt" as a road-type concept originated in the Russian Empire. 
  As an urban area sprawls along transportation routes, the roads outside of city limits called chaussee (French for road surface) often also become converted into prospekts.
caption: Looking up Nevsky Prospekt in Saint Petersburg at night
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