'Parkways' becoming part of landscape, popular word

WHY ARE THERE so many parkways?

Madison Parkway, Galleria Parkway/Parkway East, Highland Colony Parkway, Annandale/Reunion Parkway – the list goes on.

Maybe the word gets repetitive, but it turns out that most of these parkways in Madison actually meet the dictionary definition: “a broad thoroughfare with a dividing strip or side strips planted with grass, trees, etc.”