Definitions for "Carrier Route"
Keywords:  rural, highway, route, city, zipcode
Zip codes are typically subdivided into ten to thirty routes that the letter-carriers actually cover. In addressing, the carrier route is shown with a "C" followed by a three-digit number, such as "C012". Highly concentrated mail that is prepared down to the carrier-route level is subject to steep discounts in postage rates. Back
A presort level in which all pieces are presorted for delivery on the same city route, rural route, highway contract route, post office box section, or general delivery unit. The mail requires no primary or secondary distribution.
The specific addresses to which a postal carrier delivers mail. The carrier performing delivery breaks down the bundle at the post office. For example, all pieces going to City Route #3, Wilmington, NC, would go directly to the mail carrier assigned to that route