What is the shortest through street/road you know of that meets the following criteria:
1) Publicly accessible for its entire length
2) Connects to publicly accessible streets/roads at both termini
3) Is named and signed
There is a 350 foot long street in Lansing, IL, named Bikeway, that connects Bernice Ave and 175th St via an underpass under the Borman Expwy. The underpass was previously for a railroad. When the tracks were removed the railroad right of way became a fairly long bike trail, but a street was installed for the 350 feet running underneath the Borman.
One off the top of my head: Brenner Ave...260 Feet long from stop line to stop line. Connects Tanyard Rd (CR 663) and Delsea Drive (NJ 47) to prevent a skewed intersection just to the north of it. https://goo.gl/maps/YBgvKuSD6cJo5nYUA
Manistee, MI has some short streets but the shortest is Daniels St, which runs 250 feet from 5th Ave to 6th Ave
Exit 19 on MA 128 (not I-95), between the two rotaries: about 300 feet, depending on how you count it.
Seal Street in the Oakley neighborhood of Cincinnati. Looks like about 250 ft between Mt Vernon Ave. and Isabella Ave. There are no houses with a Seal St address.
Grant Road in Kenosha, Wisconsin is 290 feet and connects 40th Avenue and 41st Avenue. This is the entirety of Grant Road in Kenosha. Since it runs SW/NE parallel to the railroad tracks I guess they felt it shouldn't follow the number grid, although they easily could have given those dozen or so houses a 41st Avenue address or even a 68th Place address if they wanted to follow the numbering scheme.
https://www.google.com/maps/dir/42.5712662,-87.8576468/42.5717096,-87.8567498/@42.5708094,-87.8571107,17z/data=!4m2!4m1!3e0?hl=en
Cheyenne Place in Denver: 262 feet of one-way road that acts as a short cut between (one-way) SB Broadway and WB Colfax Ave.
There's one I know in Connecticut that meets 2.5 of the criteria that's less than 140ft...don't think it's signed, though.
Ethelyn Ct in Eastpoint MI is fairly short and runs about 500 feet from Gratiot (M-3) to Virginia Ave. They may be some shorter streets, but they dead end.
Duluth has a couple at the north end of Park Point. 8th and 12th Sts both come in under 250 connecting Lake Ave to Minnesota Ave.
First thing I thought of is Line Drive (https://www.google.com/maps/@41.5804554,-93.6184055,17.5z), a ~300 foot connector between the one-way SW 2nd and 3rd Streets in Des Moines, allowing SW 3rd St traffic to get to Principal Park.
Library Lane in Granby, MA is pretty darned short.
Apparently Gardon St in Buffalo NY is ~250 ft.
https://www.google.com/maps/place/Gardon+St,+Buffalo,+NY+14206/@42.8821355,-78.8011082,17z/data=!4m2!3m1!1s0x89d30db13cf30261:0xef9059b3c0e5e571
Does it count if the "street" is defined by crossing jurisdictional boundaries? If so, I can't figure out the exact distance using Street View, and because there are no signs I can't go walk it off with a pedometer, but North Arizona Street in Arlington, Virginia, has to be one of the shortest. The county line corresponds with the City of Falls Church on either side, so the street goes from North Meridian Street (Falls Church) to North Arizona Street (Arlington) back to North Meridian, all within a smidgen of distance. The distance is minimal. Google Maps estimated 66 feet, but surely it can't be that short. Can it??!!!!!
My personal favorite is the aptly-named Short St (https://www.google.com/maps/place/300-398+Short+St,+St+Johns,+MI+48879/@42.9957017,-84.563051,18z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x8822f4584f04f021:0x8b442200975a29ce!8m2!3d42.995696!4d-84.5620464) in St. Johns, MI. I measure it at 240 feet.
Quote from: 1995hoo on August 27, 2019, 08:30:15 PM
Does it count if the "street" is defined by crossing jurisdictional boundaries? If so, I can't figure out the exact distance using Street View, and because there are no signs I can't go walk it off with a pedometer, but North Arizona Street in Arlington, Virginia, has to be one of the shortest. The county line corresponds with the City of Falls Church on either side, so the street goes from North Meridian Street (Falls Church) to North Arizona Street (Arlington) back to North Meridian, all within a smidgen of distance. The distance is minimal. Google Maps estimated 66 feet, but surely it can't be that short. Can it??!!!!!
Crazy geography...it sits at the far western apex of the original DC square (the "A" in "West Arlington") It's effectively a short line segment just east of the triple point between Arlington, Falls Church, and Fairfax County. https://www.google.com/maps/place/Arlington,+VA/@38.8953798,-77.1845547,14z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x89b7b69d7ba7a70f:0xf8cf6fc845f6b093!8m2!3d38.8799756!4d-77.1067715
Note that there's a boundary stone there... (https://www.google.com/maps/@38.8932352,-77.1718782,3a,15y,252.08h,69.04t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1scleFnjFlLbvBnoPvej2Hug!2e0!7i13312!8i6656)
Edgar Street (https://www.google.com/maps/@40.7070527,-74.0138799,98m/data=!3m1!1e3) in Lower Manhattan is about 105' long measured at the centerline.
Little St by Camp Randall Stadium in Madison WI:
https://www.google.com/maps/place/Madison,+WI/@43.0681999,-89.4131169,19z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x8806536d3a2019ff:0x4e0cfcb5ba484198!8m2!3d43.0730517!4d-89.4012302
Quote from: cabiness42 on August 27, 2019, 08:20:46 AM
What is the shortest through street/road you know of that meets the following criteria:
1) Publicly accessible for its entire length
2) Connects to publicly accessible streets/roads at both termini
3) Is named and signed
There is a 350 foot long street in Lansing, IL, named Bikeway, that connects Bernice Ave and 175th St via an underpass under the Borman Expwy. The underpass was previously for a railroad. When the tracks were removed the railroad right of way became a fairly long bike trail, but a street was installed for the 350 feet running underneath the Borman.
The public portion of South Lake Commons in Fremont, CA is around 25 m, big enough for three or four cars to wait at the stop signs at each end (maybe twice that, if you measure to the centerlines and slightly longer still, if you measure to the extreme sides of Auto Mall). It connects Eastbound Auto Mall Parkway to Westbound Auto Mall Parkway. It continues as a private road into the prefab park in which I live for another 500 m or so.
I have to think that in Old Town Sacramento and Downtown San Francisco that there are several alleys that meet all three criteria that are less than 50 m.
Quote from: cabiness42 on August 27, 2019, 08:20:46 AM
What is the shortest through street/road you know of that meets the following criteria:
1) Publicly accessible for its entire length
2) Connects to publicly accessible streets/roads at both termini
3) Is named and signed
The shortest street in Paris is the rue des Degrés, at about 19 feet in length. However, the street consists entirely of a staircase, so it might not count. In any case, here's a picture.
(https://i.imgur.com/9eSK15Y.jpg)
Quote from: 1 on August 27, 2019, 08:59:12 AMExit 19 on MA 128 (not I-95) northbound, between the two rotaries: about 300 feet, depending on how you count it.
FTFY. Personally, I would have listed the town (Beverly) in the above as a means of avoiding the use of the
(not I-95) term.
Until looking at the recent GSVs for that area, that short stretch is actually named, per the street-blade signage,
Connector Rd.. However, Google still refers it this stretch as a continuation of Sohier Road. Such (the naming) was probably the case prior to those two circles being retrofitted into that interchange.
Quote from: Rothman on August 27, 2019, 07:39:11 PM
Library Lane in Granby, MA is pretty darned short.
About 135 ft long.
Hospital Drive in Marquette, Michigan, is about 210 long by my measure. It runs between two roundabouts to connect Baraga Avenue to US 41/M-28 in front of the new hospital, and it's signed, so it meets all three criteria.
McKinley Street in Bellefontaine, Ohio is ~20 feet long. It's also signed as "Shortest Street in America."
Link: https://goo.gl/maps/PmGbn2yV6V2kqonj6
Malt St (https://www.google.com/maps/dir/43.0550815,-76.5587513/43.0549317,-76.5584833/@43.0550169,-76.5588814,86m/data=!3m1!1e3) in Weedsport, NY is 89 feet long. Ever since I first I saw it as a kid, I've wondered "What's the point?". I suppose it could be used as a bypass for the intersection just to the north, but there's no turn restriction there, and it looks like a tractor-trailer would have enough room to turn if they took it wide. I've never seen anyone use Malt St as a bypass.
East of Auburn, there's Page Rd (https://www.google.com/maps/dir/42.9962585,-76.5286464/42.9957987,-76.5278437/@42.996057,-76.5286964,172m/data=!3m1!1e3), which is 276 feet long. This one comes in handy, since I've used it to get to and from one of the houses on Turnpike Rd without backtracking.
Quote from: Michael on September 03, 2019, 07:33:41 PM
Malt St (https://www.google.com/maps/dir/43.0550815,-76.5587513/43.0549317,-76.5584833/@43.0550169,-76.5588814,86m/data=!3m1!1e3) in Weedsport, NY is 89 feet long. Ever since I first I saw it as a kid, I've wondered "What's the point?". I suppose it could be used as a bypass for the intersection just to the north, but there's no turn restriction there, and it looks like a tractor-trailer would have enough room to turn if they took it wide. I've never seen anyone use Malt St as a bypass.
I guess it's to let drivers heading northwest on Erie Dr access the Dunkin' Donuts?
Quote from: Mark68 on September 04, 2019, 02:08:30 PM
Quote from: Michael on September 03, 2019, 07:33:41 PM
Malt St (https://www.google.com/maps/dir/43.0550815,-76.5587513/43.0549317,-76.5584833/@43.0550169,-76.5588814,86m/data=!3m1!1e3) in Weedsport, NY is 89 feet long. Ever since I first I saw it as a kid, I've wondered "What's the point?". I suppose it could be used as a bypass for the intersection just to the north, but there's no turn restriction there, and it looks like a tractor-trailer would have enough room to turn if they took it wide. I've never seen anyone use Malt St as a bypass.
I guess it's to let drivers heading northwest on Erie Dr access the Dunkin' Donuts?
Actually, I wish that type of thing was done more often. Saves local traffic from having to make the sharp almost U-turn at the main intersection.
Powers Place in Los Angeles is only 13 feet. The entire street is basically a median cut-through, but the median separates two low traffic two-way streets, not a one-way pair.
http://www.laalmanac.com/transport/tr01r.php
https://www.google.com/maps/@34.0454974,-118.2805735,3a,75y,169.82h,72.57t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s0_MHPQKSHGTLAMmWdUAvOQ!2e0!7i13312!8i6656
Quote from: mrsman on November 20, 2019, 01:15:44 PM
Powers Place in Los Angeles is only 13 feet. The entire street is basically a median cut-through, but the median separates two low traffic two-way streets, not a one-way pair.
http://www.laalmanac.com/transport/tr01r.php
https://www.google.com/maps/@34.0454974,-118.2805735,3a,75y,169.82h,72.57t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s0_MHPQKSHGTLAMmWdUAvOQ!2e0!7i13312!8i6656
Looks like Powers Place is about 40 feet, not 13 feet.
Nelly Street in Wakefield (MA) is 360 feet long. Connects Broadway and Bartley Street.
Hemp Street and Racecourse Avenue in St. Louis.
Quote from: 1 on August 27, 2019, 08:59:12 AMExit 19 on MA 128 (not I-95), between the two rotaries: about 300 feet, depending on how you count it.
Such is signed as Connector Rd. (https://www.google.com/maps/@42.5745959,-70.8787847,3a,75y,199.41h,73t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sxTuLxe9iXX3HQWxf70CUjw!2e0!7i13312!8i6656); so it does count. Google Maps erroneous lists such as part of Sohier Rd. (from the pre-roundabout days). If such segment were still part of Sohier Rd.; it wouldn't count.
Hibbs Ave. in Glenolden, PA (Delaware County) is roughly 315 long and connects South Ave. to Glenfield Ave.
Greenlodge Street (https://goo.gl/maps/T6tnYHFu1jXEaF9y6) just south of the Detroit/Southfield border is 265 feet long. It's essentially a surface ramp from southbound Greenfield Road to the southbound Lodge Freeway service drive (hence its name), but it's officially designated and signed as a street.
Enid Street (https://www.google.com/maps/dir/35.205632,-97.4328523/35.2056624,-97.4324666/@35.2055339,-97.4326126,94m/data=!3m1!1e3) in Norman, Oklahoma is 110 feet long. Oklahoma Ave. used to connect through to Classen Blvd and Enid ended at a T intersection. Now, one can continue east of Oklahoma, but that's a driveway that probably shouldn't be counted as part of Enid's length.
I think the shortest one in Seattle to meet this definition would be Loretta Place (315 feet (https://www.google.com/maps/dir/47.6192372,-122.3253007/47.6192336,-122.3265748/@47.6191703,-122.3269342,370m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m2!4m1!3e2)).
The newest street in Seattle (Borealis Avenue) is also pretty short, at just under 400 feet.
Michigan is a very short street in North Bend OR. It is so short that no house addresses are on it. The street connects 101 (Sherman Avenue) with Union Avenue. My guess is that the street is 90 feet long.
Rick
I'm not entirely sure if this counts, but there's a short segment of 18th Ave NE (https://www.google.com/maps/@47.6989038,-122.3083214,3a,75y,184.67h,84.24t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sOXLW4o9d0piaH2qqcEN_wg!2e0!7i16384!8i8192?hl=en) between two different legs of NE 96th St that's about 150 feet long. It looks like it was introduced to allow the elementary school to take over part of the NE 96th St right of way, and given its own name for some reason. It really functions as just a part of 96th, though, and Google Maps shows it as such even though it's signed as its own thing. Seattle has a lot of weird little street segments due to grid weirdness, but this is the shortest one I could find that seems to meet the criteria of this thread.
I like how the 18th Ave sign has an arrow so there's no ambiguity about whether that driveway is also part of the street.
Sebrings Mill Rd, Green Brook, NJ?
https://www.google.com/maps/dir/40.5860828,-74.508827/40.5851956,-74.5081827/@40.585837,-74.5086765,18.83z/data=!4m2!4m1!3e0
Franklin Street in Monroe, LA is about 320 feet
https://www.google.com/maps/@32.5244035,-92.0798093,19.52z
Quote from: wanderer2575 on November 22, 2019, 11:42:27 PM
Greenlodge Street (https://goo.gl/maps/T6tnYHFu1jXEaF9y6) just south of the Detroit/Southfield border is 265 feet long. It's essentially a surface ramp from southbound Greenfield Road to the southbound Lodge Freeway service drive (hence its name), but it's officially designated and signed as a street.
In the same intersection, the very short Motor Drive is the ramp from EB Eight Mile Road (M-102) to SB M-10. The apartments just south of it have Motor Drive addresses.
https://goo.gl/maps/rgwJ84cwCoCQNNA78
https://goo.gl/maps/D74ao4FSrTCnJDDc7