Biggest US cities without a street named “Broadway”

[-- US 175 --]

Dallas doesn't have a Broad/Broadway, neither does Fort Worth.

[JayhawkCO]

I don't believe Juneau has one. But Jacksonville does.

Well played!  I think Sitka also doesn't have a Broadway.

I kinda forgot that Sitka was larger than Juneau now.

Sitka, Juneau, Wrangell, and Anchorage are without Broadways. The largest city that does have one is Tribune, KS.

[Takumi]

Richmond and Virginia Beach both have Broad Street, but not Broadway. Norfolk has a Broadway Street.

[JustDrive]

In California, Riverside, the 12th-largest city by population, is the largest city without a Broadway, although the ones in San José, Bakersfield, and Stockton are very short residential streets.

[US 89]

There is a Broadway in Salt Lake City, but it's just another name for 300 South, a decidedly minor downtown street, dwarfed in historic and cultural significance by South Temple and to some degree 200 South, and in modern transportation significance by 400 South.

From my studies of the history of Salt Lake, I think that Broadway (3rd South) was a more important street back in the 1930s, 1940s, 1950s than it came to be later. Lined with office buildings, lots of shops and angled parking. Eventually, 400 South was expanded, which took away a lot of the traffic - followed by the conversion of 500 and 600 South streets to one-way thoroughfares connecting I-15 to the east side. And 300 South gradually withered away.  Worked at an older office building on that street for a time in 1987 or so. You could tell that the area was once a more important part of town.

I'm sure it was more important at one point, but even then it always seemed to me that most of the office buildings, banks, etc. and the culture/restaurants/nightlife were always up on 2nd South. Funny you mention angle parking because my one association with Broadway/3rd now is the angle parking in the median.

At any rate, 400 South has been a significant arterial since at least the mid 1930s, when it became SR 186 and then Alt US 40 a few years later. Probably got to be even bigger once Foothill was complete in its present form in the early 50s.

[kirbykart]

The largest city that does have one is Tribune, KS.

Did you mean smallest? Tribune is incredibly small.

[JayhawkCO]

The largest city that does have one is Tribune, KS.

Did you mean smallest? Tribune is incredibly small.

5th largest city in the U.S., since it annexed the whole county.

(I'm obviously talking about area, not population.)

[TheCatalyst31]

In Wisconsin, Kenosha is the largest city without a Broadway; Milwaukee, Madison, and Green Bay all have them (though the Madison one is mostly in neighboring Monona). You can probably count the number of non-numeric street names in Kenosha on one hand, though.

[kirbykart]

The largest city that does have one is Tribune, KS.

Did you mean smallest? Tribune is incredibly small.

5th largest city in the U.S., since it annexed the whole county.

(I'm obviously talking about area, not population.)

Dang, you shoulda specified that. Who cares about the area of a city?

Ah well, no use worrying about it now.

[Occidental Tourist]

The answer to OP's question in descending order by population is:
Dallas
Fort Worth
Jacksonville (if you're not counting the Broad Street variant)
San Jose
Columbus, OH (if you're not counting the Broad Street variant)
Charlotte (if you're not counting the Broad Street variant)
Oklahoma City
Las Vegas
Washington, DC
Louisville
Colorado Springs
Atlanta (if you're not counting the Broad Street variant)
Omaha
Raleigh (if you're not counting the Broad Street variant)
Virginia Beach
Miami
Bakersfield
Tulsa
Aurora, CO

[JayhawkCO]

The largest city that does have one is Tribune, KS.

Did you mean smallest? Tribune is incredibly small.

5th largest city in the U.S., since it annexed the whole county.

(I'm obviously talking about area, not population.)

Dang, you shoulda specified that. Who cares about the area of a city?

Ah well, no use worrying about it now.

I think most people were in on the joke.

[JayhawkCO]

The answer to OP's question in descending order by population is:
Dallas
Fort Worth
Jacksonville (if you're not counting the Broad Street variant)
San Jose
Columbus, OH (if you're not counting the Broad Street variant)
Charlotte (if you're not counting the Broad Street variant)
Oklahoma City
Las Vegas
Washington, DC
Louisville
Colorado Springs
Atlanta (if you're not counting the Broad Street variant)
Omaha
Raleigh (if you're not counting the Broad Street variant)
Virginia Beach
Miami
Bakersfield
Tulsa
Aurora, CO

Jacksonville has a Broadway Avenue on the Westside.

[Henry]

I just found a Broadway East in Seattle. It's a street in the Capitol Hill and Portage Bay neighborhoods that has several disconnected sections, and is not too well-known as a result.

[Scott5114]

The answer to OP's question in descending order by population is:
Dallas
Fort Worth
Jacksonville (if you're not counting the Broad Street variant)
San Jose
Columbus, OH (if you're not counting the Broad Street variant)
Charlotte (if you're not counting the Broad Street variant)
Oklahoma City
Las Vegas
Washington, DC
Louisville
Colorado Springs
Atlanta (if you're not counting the Broad Street variant)
Omaha
Raleigh (if you're not counting the Broad Street variant)
Virginia Beach
Miami
Bakersfield
Tulsa
Aurora, CO

OKC has a Broadway, and it's quite prominent. Much of it was the route of US-77 through the city, as well as US-62 and US-66. The US-77 freeway north of I-44 is called the Broadway Extension in local parlance.

This same Broadway has its southern terminus about a mile into Norman. This is the only Broadway that Norman has; our north-south dividing line was Front Street, a good chunk of which is now James Garner Avenue.

Neither Las Vegas proper nor the greater metro area in unincorporated Clark County have a Broadway, but the separately-incorporated city of North Las Vegas does have one.

[Hot Rod Hootenanny]

The answer to OP's question in descending order by population is:
Dallas
Fort Worth
Jacksonville (if you're not counting the Broad Street variant)
San Jose
Columbus, OH (if you're not counting the Broad Street variant)
Charlotte (if you're not counting the Broad Street variant)
Oklahoma City
Las Vegas
Washington, DC
Louisville
Colorado Springs
Atlanta (if you're not counting the Broad Street variant)
Omaha
Raleigh (if you're not counting the Broad Street variant)
Virginia Beach
Miami
Bakersfield
Tulsa
Aurora, CO

Besides 'Broad St,' Columbus has North Broadway (St) going from just west of Riverside Hospital to near Northern Lights Shopping Mall (Mifflin Twp).

[Occidental Tourist]

The answer to OP's question in descending order by population is:
Dallas
Fort Worth
Jacksonville (if you're not counting the Broad Street variant)
San Jose
Columbus, OH (if you're not counting the Broad Street variant)
Charlotte (if you're not counting the Broad Street variant)
Oklahoma City
Las Vegas
Washington, DC
Louisville
Colorado Springs
Atlanta (if you're not counting the Broad Street variant)
Omaha
Raleigh (if you're not counting the Broad Street variant)
Virginia Beach
Miami
Bakersfield
Tulsa
Aurora, CO

😬 whoops

[Great Lakes Roads]

Indiana's top 10

Indianapolis- yes
Fort Wayne- yes
Evansville- yes
South Bend- yes
Carmel- yes
Fishers- no
Bloomington- yes
Hammond- no
Gary- yes
Lafayette- yes

[JustDrive]

The answer to OP's question in descending order by population is:
Dallas
Fort Worth
Jacksonville (if you're not counting the Broad Street variant)
San Jose
Columbus, OH (if you're not counting the Broad Street variant)
Charlotte (if you're not counting the Broad Street variant)
Oklahoma City
Las Vegas
Washington, DC
Louisville
Colorado Springs
Atlanta (if you're not counting the Broad Street variant)
Omaha
Raleigh (if you're not counting the Broad Street variant)
Virginia Beach
Miami
Bakersfield
Tulsa
Aurora, CO

I pointed out that San José has a "Broadway Ave" and it's a residential street

[kendancy66]

The strange thing is that Broadway in Phoenix just another east/west street.  Central Avenue more or less fits the typical "Broadway" function in the city.  Philadelphia doesn't have a Broadway but "Broad Street" essentially fulfills the same role.

Locally in Fresno the Broadway here was US 99.  Broadway is also the most butchered and neutered street in the city as much of it has been sectioned up for development.

The Broadway Street in Phoenix was actually named for a person rather than being a main street.

"Broadway" Joe Namath ?

[Rothman]

But do any of these Broadways have neon lights?  Are they bright?

[Big John]

The strange thing is that Broadway in Phoenix just another east/west street.  Central Avenue more or less fits the typical "Broadway" function in the city.  Philadelphia doesn't have a Broadway but "Broad Street" essentially fulfills the same role.

Locally in Fresno the Broadway here was US 99.  Broadway is also the most butchered and neutered street in the city as much of it has been sectioned up for development.

The Broadway Street in Phoenix was actually named for a person rather than being a main street.

"Broadway" Joe Namath ?

He got that nickname because of New York's Broadway playing for the Jets.

[Flint1979]

The largest city that does have one is Tribune, KS.

Did you mean smallest? Tribune is incredibly small.

5th largest city in the U.S., since it annexed the whole county.

(I'm obviously talking about area, not population.)

They can do whatever they want, Tribune is still a tiny city.

[Rothman]

The strange thing is that Broadway in Phoenix just another east/west street.  Central Avenue more or less fits the typical "Broadway" function in the city.  Philadelphia doesn't have a Broadway but "Broad Street" essentially fulfills the same role.

Locally in Fresno the Broadway here was US 99.  Broadway is also the most butchered and neutered street in the city as much of it has been sectioned up for development.

The Broadway Street in Phoenix was actually named for a person rather than being a main street.

"Broadway" Joe Namath ?

He got that nickname because of New York's Broadway playing for the Jets.

He got that nickname because he was one of the first football celebrities with specific mass media exposure...

[JayhawkCO]

The largest city that does have one is Tribune, KS.

Did you mean smallest? Tribune is incredibly small.

5th largest city in the U.S., since it annexed the whole county.

(I'm obviously talking about area, not population.)

They can do whatever they want, Tribune is still a tiny city.

::high school bully voice:: Bigger than your city!

[Occidental Tourist]

The answer to OP's question in descending order by population is:
Dallas
Fort Worth
Jacksonville (if you're not counting the Broad Street variant)
San Jose
Columbus, OH (if you're not counting the Broad Street variant)
Charlotte (if you're not counting the Broad Street variant)
Oklahoma City
Las Vegas
Washington, DC
Louisville
Colorado Springs
Atlanta (if you're not counting the Broad Street variant)
Omaha
Raleigh (if you're not counting the Broad Street variant)
Virginia Beach
Miami
Bakersfield
Tulsa
Aurora, CO

😬😬 double whoops