What is the difference between a dead end and no outlet street?

Answer 1

Dead-end and no outlet streets are the same thing, and they are both very similar to no exit streets and cul-de-sacs except that cul-de-sacs have a turnaround circle at the dead end.

*A Dead End is an actual street which has no exit; No Outlet means that you can not exit from the street in question. No Outlet can be the same as a Dead End, it can lead you to a Dead End, or it can lead you to a one-way street with oncoming traffic.

Example: If Street A and Street B are perpendicular and BOTH ends of Street A are blocked by buildings, then the intersecting point in the middle, where streets A and B intersect, should indicate that whether you turn right or left, you are heading toward a brick wall... A Dead End.

Street B is NOT a Dead End as it intersects with another street. Street B should indicate that there is Not Outlet because if you choose to go down this street, you will not be met with a brick wall, but with another street.

Rule of thumb: If you look down the street and it's visibly blocked, the sign should read Dead End. If you look down and it intersects another street, or enters a neighborhood, then it should read No Outlet.