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Title: Longest Continuous Street?
Post by: Bigmikelakers on December 25, 2012, 11:47:53 PM
What is the longest continuous street in the United States? It can be more than one name. I mean the longest you can drive on a given roadway until it ends. No turning off of it, etc. I was browsing google maps right now to see how long CA 66 Foothill Bl goes. If you start from Miles Ave in Huntington Park all the way to Garnet Ave east of Redlands, that is about 75 miles of one long road. Using the names of Miles Ave, Soto St, Hungtington Dr, Foothill Bl, 5th St, Greenspot Rd, and Garnet Ave.

https://maps.google.com/maps?saddr=E+Florence+Ave&daddr=34.00774,-118.2196628+to:34.0814294,-118.1921516+to:34.1084046,-117.239747+to:Garnet+Ave&hl=en&ll=34.068036,-117.097371&spn=0.006337,0.011362&sll=34.080069,-118.193096&sspn=0.0063,0.011362&geocode=FTZlBgIdFh_0-A%3BFbzqBgIdchz0-CmjtA13xsjCgDEqpjxRmO7S2Q%3BFZUKCAId6Yf0-CljhXLJMsTCgDE33n8PSGsjlQ%3BFfRzCAIdPRAD-Sn5fvE7y1TDgDGXf39-_Yxgig%3BFeXWBwIdRTUF-Q&t=m&dirflg=h&mra=dpe&mrsp=2&sz=17&via=1,2,3&z=17

Are there any other roads that are longer?
Title: Re: Longest Continuous Street?
Post by: Scott5114 on December 25, 2012, 11:51:45 PM
How long can you go on I-90 without a TOTSO? :P
Title: Re: Longest Continuous Street?
Post by: KEK Inc. on December 25, 2012, 11:55:42 PM
Technically, Infinite Loop in Cupertino would count (yeah, Mariana Ave technically makes it not a loop).  :sombrero:

But there's countless numbers of looped roads.  There's a pretty big circle in Santa Clara County starting with Hillsdale Ave and looping all the way up to Sunnyvale at Tasman Dr.  Any old US highway also is pretty long.  El Camino Real/The Alameda/Monterey Rd is at least 80 miles long.  Some of the western US routes paralleled by their replacing Interstates are also long.
Title: Re: Longest Continuous Street?
Post by: Hot Rod Hootenanny on December 25, 2012, 11:56:05 PM
Quote from: Scott5114 on December 25, 2012, 11:51:45 PM
How long can you go on I-90 without a TOTSO? :P
WB, from Boston to the Indiana/Illinois state line.
EB, from Seatle to just east of Billings, Mt.
Title: Re: Longest Continuous Street?
Post by: Quillz on December 26, 2012, 01:28:31 AM
I always thought it was Yonge Street.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yonge_Street#Yonge_Street_as_the_.22longest_street_in_the_world.22
Title: Re: Longest Continuous Street?
Post by: Mark68 on December 26, 2012, 02:28:40 AM
Quote from: Bigmikelakers on December 25, 2012, 11:47:53 PM
What is the longest continuous street in the United States? It can be more than one name. I mean the longest you can drive on a given roadway until it ends. No turning off of it, etc. I was browsing google maps right now to see how long CA 66 Foothill Bl goes. If you start from Miles Ave in Huntington Park all the way to Garnet Ave east of Redlands, that is about 75 miles of one long road. Using the names of Miles Ave, Soto St, Hungtington Dr, Foothill Bl, 5th St, Greenspot Rd, and Garnet Ave.

https://maps.google.com/maps?saddr=E+Florence+Ave&daddr=34.00774,-118.2196628+to:34.0814294,-118.1921516+to:34.1084046,-117.239747+to:Garnet+Ave&hl=en&ll=34.068036,-117.097371&spn=0.006337,0.011362&sll=34.080069,-118.193096&sspn=0.0063,0.011362&geocode=FTZlBgIdFh_0-A%3BFbzqBgIdchz0-CmjtA13xsjCgDEqpjxRmO7S2Q%3BFZUKCAId6Yf0-CljhXLJMsTCgDE33n8PSGsjlQ%3BFfRzCAIdPRAD-Sn5fvE7y1TDgDGXf39-_Yxgig%3BFeXWBwIdRTUF-Q&t=m&dirflg=h&mra=dpe&mrsp=2&sz=17&via=1,2,3&z=17

Are there any other roads that are longer?

150 miles. From north of Cheyenne to Henderson, CO, much of its length as US 85.

Beginning at Laramie County Rd 237/Hirsig Rd & Laramie Co Rd 241, if you follow Co Rd 241, the thru route then becomes Co Rd 116, Co Rd 242/Chalk Hill Rd, Co Rd 118, Co Rd 244/Gillaspie Rd, Co Rd 123/Little Bear Rd, I-25 Service Rd West, WY 219/Co Rd 124/Old Yellowstone Rd, WY 219/Yellowstone Rd (into Cheyenne), US 85/Central Ave, the one-way couplet of Central Ave (US 85 SB) & Warren Ave (US 85 NB), I-180/US 85/Central Ave, US 85/Greeley Hwy.

In Colorado, it's just known as US 85, except Oak Ave in Eaton, 8th Ave/Business 85 in Greeley, & 2nd St in La Salle.

The long road finally ends at an interchange at I-76 in Henderson, northeast of Denver, south of Brighton.

http://maps.google.com/maps?saddr=Co+Rd+237%2FHirsig+Rd&daddr=41.554395,-105.1603152+to:41.6389647,-104.8465363+to:41.5343261,-104.8955623+to:41.472522,-104.892607+to:41.403463,-104.8733124+to:41.234315,-104.8282749+to:41.1911951,-104.8283426+to:41.172784,-104.8286095+to:41.1576758,-104.8252483+to:41.135817,-104.8159212+to:41.108702,-104.8006164+to:41.085232,-104.8002695+to:41.0495538,-104.7913046+to:40.894784,-104.7954872+to:40.437903,-104.6915729+to:Unknown+road&hl=en&ll=39.907267,-104.859524&spn=0.017579,0.042272&sll=39.880597,-104.878407&sspn=0.017454,0.042272&geocode=FU8LegIdqmW7-Q%3BFdsRegIdhWG7-SmhOfQhaQJmhzGE2E9w8upHqQ%3BFTRcewIdOCvA-Slb92gO3_llhzFl2TfCywEcTQ%3BFXbDeQIdtmu_-Snl5lZfVVZvhzEvRfawgW8QMA%3BFQrSeAIdQXe_-SnH0Z6MHVFvhzFjSSahVAu5mw%3BFUfEdwIdoMK_-SlFIcFnv09vhzGhrN9V9EYI8w%3BFYsvdQIdjnLA-Sn7pvsJNDhvhzF71pv-ag84ww%3BFRuHdAIdSnLA-SkrNq7QHTpvhzGVRf3m5VAlbQ%3BFTA_dAIdP3HA-SmFpTulbDpvhzE7h_yWhxSX8Q%3BFSsEdAIdYH7A-Snf2Qs5YTpvhzHjbNpYTdKiuQ%3BFcmucwIdz6LA-Sl9FWz_6TpvhzFrwcyVDdAK4w%3BFd5EcwIdmN7A-Sl76v1xKCVvhzFGAAB8OVBJNg%3BFTDpcgId89_A-SkB9NM_AiVvhzGqrzklmgrifg%3BFdFdcgId-ALB-SlT-gEZLiRvhzF3-lbTel0sUw%3BFUABcAIdofLA-Skft-75dtluhzFV97S0j0O4sg%3BFY8IaQIdjIjC-Sk7GsG9R6JuhzE4C_IynbsBug%3BFQeGYAIdM4C_-Q&oq=County+Road+241&t=h&mra=dme&mrsp=16&sz=15&via=1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15&z=15
Title: Re: Longest Continuous Street?
Post by: TheStranger on December 26, 2012, 02:55:44 AM
Quote from: KEK Inc. on December 25, 2012, 11:55:42 PM
El Camino Real/The Alameda/Monterey Rd is at least 80 miles long.

Due to the turns Route 82 (and previously, US 101) has to take in downtown San Jose (originally at Market Street, but since the 1980s or so at Montgomery, I think as a consequence of Route 87 being built in the area)...the long continuous street that includes the Peninsula's El Camino Real has never been the road that heads out to Gilroy.

If we consider San Jose Avenue/Route 82 as the north continuation into SF, and not Mission Street (which requires a TOTSO configuration southbound at Flournoy Street in Daly City, dating back to the 1980s)...and we also consider Laguna as the continuation of Guerrero (and Marina Boulevard as the continuation of Laguna) on the north end...

This is the longest one can go without having to turn off to continue - 58.4 miles, from Richardson Avenue (US 101) and Marina Boulevard in San Francisco to Canon Vista Avenue and Alum Rock Avenue in eastern San Jose:

https://maps.google.com/maps?saddr=Marina+Blvd+%26+Richardson+Ave,+San+Francisco&daddr=37.796385,-122.4302667+to:37.7885789,-122.4287314+to:37.7815694,-122.427307+to:37.77481,-122.4259693+to:37.770378,-122.4247503+to:37.756091,-122.4233328+to:37.7442229,-122.4226397+to:37.7302565,-122.4376752+to:37.7081088,-122.4592778+to:37.6915674,-122.4654783+to:37.6224759,-122.4123762+to:37.5770886,-122.3526646+to:37.525983,-122.2826771+to:37.5086742,-122.2620837+to:37.4711411,-122.2145828+to:37.4337611,-122.1561629+to:37.3872814,-122.0871647+to:37.3694259,-122.038642+to:37.3522866,-121.978197+to:37.3318029,-121.9038006+to:37.341191,-121.8799918+to:37.3558256,-121.8491687+to:Canon+Vista+Ave&hl=en&ll=37.744657,-122.426834&spn=0.158816,0.220757&sll=37.392055,-121.816755&sspn=0.000882,0.000862&geocode=FSDWQAIdiY6z-ClV59NP1IaFgDGKfGsAXr9m3A%3BFSG6QAIdxtyz-Cn1xgCjxICFgDEpICJh9eT2Tw%3BFaKbQAIdxeKz-CmHWLC7wICFgDEzeCDDlY3UqA%3BFUGAQAIdVeiz-CkrV5VWvICFgDFuBz3MUtsK5w%3BFdplQAIdj-2z-ClnbeeJoYCFgDGYi1jr36w0Lg%3BFYpUQAIdUvKz-ClZKQIIoICFgDGtw19IxcmBXA%3BFbscQAId3Pez-Cm380EQPn6PgDETnbuBwSp8cw%3BFV7uPwIdkfqz-ClzmaTyQn6PgDGKpI_QUlElJA%3BFdC3PwId1b-z-ClNVD0GfX6PgDGn3z_y7DUmJQ%3BFUxhPwIdc2uz-ClNpX5DO3yPgDFfntAERhBFlA%3BFa8gPwIdOlOz-CnhuOxtEnyPgDFgWbn53aUQfw%3BFcsSPgIdqCK0-Cm7e5Lw13mPgDFeTy2T-szFtQ%3BFYBhPQId6Au1-ClDIOvZ9Z2PgDHLylLXKKoHww%3BFd-ZPAIdSx22-CmX8NApR5-PgDFsGHz9mCaA6Q%3BFUJWPAIdvW22-Cmdmd_LA6KPgDGHEzBp-Gso_A%3BFaXDOwIdSie3-CnTuVKpdKOPgDG6EViFr42qAg%3BFaExOwIdfgu4-CnbK4rnILuPgDEoToBUk9h85w%3BFRF8OgIdBBm5-ClNzsJKzLCPgDHcWgeDyFmtVA%3BFVE2OgIdjta5-Cml0seUiraPgDFzPtqWcs4RkQ%3BFV7zOQIdq8K6-CkZ5OohE8qPgDEnHc7_CS7uIg%3BFVqjOQIdSOW7-CnRgMcaX8uPgDHjYEVaT30JEQ%3BFQfIOQIdSUK8-Cm1Ugnrv8yPgDHqAwfyTKb7LA%3BFTEBOgIdsLq8-CkVUpNcGc2PgDGkoiAD4QmLbg%3BFZ-OOgIdtzi9-A&t=m&mra=dme&mrsp=23&sz=20&via=1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16,17,18,19,20,21,22&z=12

Streets involved: Marina Boulevard, Laguna Street, Guerrero Street, San Jose Avenue, Mission Street, El Camino Real, The Alameda, Santa Clara Street, Alum Rock Avenue.

I suspect that the only competitor for "longest street in the Bay Area" would be Route 1 south of Daly City:

https://maps.google.com/maps?saddr=CA-1+S&daddr=37.5854583,-122.5050047+to:Poplar+Ave&hl=en&ll=36.978078,-122.012959&spn=0.040112,0.055189&sll=36.979912,-122.01313&sspn=0.010028,0.013797&geocode=FTv3PgIdHDqz-A%3BFTKCPQId1Liy-CkrS8VKd3CPgDGSqyLPKwBgaA%3BFTtKNAIddE26-A&mra=dme&mrsp=2&sz=16&via=1&t=m&z=14

Including the freeway section from I-280 to Pacifica, this would be 68.9 miles of road from Daly City to Water Street/Soquel Avenue in Santa Cruz, utilizing Cabrillo Highway, Mission Street, and Water Street.  Excluding the freeway, this is only 63.9 miles long (and it's debatable if Santa Cruz County is part of the Bay Area).
Title: Re: Longest Continuous Street?
Post by: jp the roadgeek on December 26, 2012, 07:53:23 AM
Quote from: Hot Rod Hootenanny on December 25, 2012, 11:56:05 PM
Quote from: Scott5114 on December 25, 2012, 11:51:45 PM
How long can you go on I-90 without a TOTSO? :P
WB, from Boston to the Indiana/Illinois state line.
EB, from Seatle to just east of Billings, Mt.

WB:  Columbia County, NY Exit B-1 off the Berkshire Spur to get onto the "free 90" around Albany
Title: Re: Longest Continuous Street?
Post by: TheStranger on December 26, 2012, 12:03:43 PM
A candidate for one of the longest single stretches of road in (mostly) California without a TOTSO: US 395 + NV 529's run from Hesperia to Carson City between I-15 and I-580, at...395 miles.
Title: Re: Longest Continuous Street?
Post by: agentsteel53 on December 26, 2012, 12:23:19 PM
historically, Golden State Highway (old US-99) might have had the same name all the way from Sacramento to Los Angeles.  even more historically, I believe the original Boston Post Road (later the Upper Post Road) was fully in service not too long after the 1683 initial surveying.
Title: Re: Longest Continuous Street?
Post by: TheStranger on December 26, 2012, 12:31:24 PM
Quote from: agentsteel53 on December 26, 2012, 12:23:19 PM
historically, Golden State Highway (old US-99) might have had the same name all the way from Sacramento to Los Angeles.

Strangely enough I feel like the longest extent of a continuous Golden State Highway was...in the 1950s when the Golden State Freeway was finished!

This is because of the multiple names of the LA stretch (San Fernando Road et al.) and the usage of Stockton Boulevard for the original 99 corridor throughout Galt, Elk Grove, and Sacramento.

The northernmost street on the 99 corridor to still use the Golden State name is in Keyes (just past Turlock).
Title: Re: Longest Continuous Street?
Post by: agentsteel53 on December 26, 2012, 12:37:48 PM
so maybe just between Stockton and the foot of the grapevine?  (maybe the 99-6 junction or not too far north of it? 99-7?)
Title: Re: Longest Continuous Street?
Post by: TheStranger on December 26, 2012, 12:41:21 PM
Quote from: agentsteel53 on December 26, 2012, 12:37:48 PM
so maybe just between Stockton and the foot of the grapevine?  (maybe the 99-6 junction or not too far north of it? 99-7?)

I feel like that probably might be it though there are spots of sporadic other street names in use.  (Even if the GSH extended north, I don't recall it being noted as such in 1930s maps of Sacramento.)

The furthest extent thus might have been from about Turlock or Modesto to the East Los Angeles Interchange (but only briefly).
Title: Re: Longest Continuous Street?
Post by: DTComposer on December 26, 2012, 01:17:12 PM
It seems like there needs to be a qualifier: longest street within one urban area, or longest street which is not a freeway or expressway, or something. From the OP's submission, I would then submit Sepulveda/PCH/Camino Las Ramblas from Mission Hills to San Clemente, 91 miles:

http://goo.gl/maps/r1aXM

I was surprised there aren't more candidates in the L.A. area, given its breadth, but many of the promising routes have been cut off/subsumed by freeway alignments.
Title: Re: Longest Continuous Street?
Post by: TheStranger on December 26, 2012, 01:32:55 PM
In the East Bay, this looks to be the longest street:

International Boulevard/East 14th Street/Mission Boulevard from Lake Merritt Boulevard in Oakland to Warm Springs Boulevard in Fremont, incorporating portions of Route 185, Route 238 and Route 262 - 36 miles
https://maps.google.com/maps?saddr=Mission+Blvd&daddr=37.522961,-121.919144+to:37.6405742,-122.0584569+to:37.7092667,-122.134247+to:37.7559056,-122.1799747+to:37.7752416,-122.2208449+to:37.7854839,-122.2393491+to:International+Blvd&hl=en&ll=37.800222,-122.258542&spn=0.010834,0.017831&sll=37.795746,-122.25337&sspn=0.010835,0.017831&geocode=FRQNPAIdSYG7-A%3BFRGOPAIdWKm7-CmzY0oFvsaPgDH8f2tuUFO5yg%3BFX5ZPgIdKIm5-Cl1yeb1bJSPgDFmXj4lRotQ-Q%3BFdJlPwIdGWG4-CnBKNoy1I-PgDGfbiYCMkTQ-g%3BFQEcQAIdeq63-Cn3FyS39oWPgDFHY6SgnTLALg%3BFYlnQAId1A63-ClV_Q2lioaPgDEuCLIN5LWfeA%3BFYuPQAIdi8a2-CmFUKcY4YaPgDGUI7r0XPxlQg%3BFbnCQAIdjoG2-A&t=h&mra=dme&mrsp=7&sz=16&via=1,2,3,4,5,6&z=16

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Metro Sacramento has a few candidates.

- Watt Avenue/South Watt Avenue/Elk Grove-Florin Road, from Baseline Road in Roseville to East Stockton Boulevard in Elk Grove.  25.7 miles

https://maps.google.com/maps?saddr=Watt+Ave+%26+Baseline+Road&daddr=38.5266977,-121.3702239+to:Elk+Grove-Florin+Road+%26+E+Stockton+Boulevard,+Elk+Grove,+CA&hl=en&sll=38.569155,-121.423075&sspn=0.686093,1.141205&geocode=Fe9NTwId8LHD-CnrL6I9jCabgDEiNBHi_7bwfw%3BFeneSwIdkQnE-CkBVwfyvcSagDFZ59Zu0_FF1g%3BFZC7SQIdPATE-CmFNjGBo7iagDEok2ythLYc-g&t=h&mra=dpe&mrsp=1&sz=10&via=1&z=10

- Star Street/North Thornton Road/West Walnut Grove Road/River Road/Freeport Boulevard/21st Street from north Lodi to midtown Sacramento at Grant Park, 43.4 miles:
https://maps.google.com/maps?saddr=Star+St&daddr=38.125638,-121.3984075+to:38.18244,-121.3996241+to:38.2077675,-121.4096937+to:38.2221844,-121.4998631+to:38.2822699,-121.5483191+to:38.410887,-121.517227+to:38.5257573,-121.4967892+to:21st+St&hl=en&ll=38.370732,-121.641998&spn=0.687989,1.141205&sll=38.58412,-121.474864&sspn=0.010718,0.017831&geocode=FSGORQIdsLDD-A%3BFUbARQIdeZvD-CnbtnKi-aaagDGidZd12bioeg%3BFSieRgIduJbD-CkHIoYgs6WagDFPa1FT9Z_A_g%3BFRcBRwIdY2_D-CmflSInGqWagDEPg5ufoUpYbw%3BFWg5RwIdKQ_C-ClVPgbttbGagDHDROYj-fuZJw%3BFR0kSAId4VHB-Cn3UNZwObSagDEAAsne_qXxWw%3BFYcaSgIdVcvB-CkDjDyORsmagDEu-k4SMbgnGQ%3BFT3bSwIdKxvC-Ckrb4SHydGagDEzqpTL7XNOYw%3BFULCTAIdE3HC-A&t=h&mra=dme&mrsp=8&sz=16&via=1,2,3,4,5,6,7&z=10
Title: Re: Longest Continuous Street?
Post by: kphoger on December 26, 2012, 01:49:19 PM
I'm interested to see Chicago-area examples.

Lehigh Ave/Harlem Ave, from Glenview to Frankfort:  44.3 miles
Title: Re: Longest Continuous Street?
Post by: vdeane on December 26, 2012, 01:59:36 PM
Quote from: Hot Rod Hootenanny on December 25, 2012, 11:56:05 PM
Quote from: Scott5114 on December 25, 2012, 11:51:45 PM
How long can you go on I-90 without a TOTSO? :P
WB, from Boston to the Indiana/Illinois state line.
EB, from Seatle to just east of Billings, Mt.
Between Indiana/Illinois there are TOTSO situations in Cleveland and Albany (though Thruway exit 24 is a gray area, exit B1 is not).
Title: Re: Longest Continuous Street?
Post by: 1995hoo on December 26, 2012, 09:16:02 PM
Quote from: Quillz on December 26, 2012, 01:28:31 AM
I always thought it was Yonge Street.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yonge_Street#Yonge_Street_as_the_.22longest_street_in_the_world.22

Except the OP limited the query to the United States.
Title: Re: Longest Continuous Street?
Post by: leroys73 on December 26, 2012, 10:26:18 PM
Is this street or highway we are talking about?  I understand that US 83 is the longest "non broken" US route. 
Title: Re: Longest Continuous Street?
Post by: ftballfan on December 26, 2012, 10:26:51 PM
Quote from: KEK Inc. on December 25, 2012, 11:55:42 PM
Technically, Infinite Loop in Cupertino would count (yeah, Mariana Ave technically makes it not a loop).  :sombrero:

But there's countless numbers of looped roads.  There's a pretty big circle in Santa Clara County starting with Hillsdale Ave and looping all the way up to Sunnyvale at Tasman Dr.  Any old US highway also is pretty long.  El Camino Real/The Alameda/Monterey Rd is at least 80 miles long.  Some of the western US routes paralleled by their replacing Interstates are also long.
The Tasman/Hillsdale loop is very long, starting from Tasman Dr at Morse Ave in Sunnyvale and using Tasman Dr, Great Mall Dr, Capitol Ave (some of which is expressway), Hillsdale Ave, Camden Ave, San Tomas Expy, Montague Expy (including an intersection with Great Mall/Capitol), and Landess Ave before ending at Piedmont Rd in San Jose.
Title: Re: Longest Continuous Street?
Post by: TheStranger on December 26, 2012, 11:53:36 PM
Quote from: ftballfan on December 26, 2012, 10:26:51 PM
The Tasman/Hillsdale loop is very long, starting from Tasman Dr at Morse Ave in Sunnyvale and using Tasman Dr, Great Mall Dr, Capitol Ave (some of which is expressway), Hillsdale Ave, Camden Ave, San Tomas Expy, Montague Expy (including an intersection with Great Mall/Capitol), and Landess Ave before ending at Piedmont Rd in San Jose.

Not quite continuous though as Capitol Avenue intersects Capitol Expressway and becomes Excalibur Drive there.
Title: Re: Longest Continuous Street?
Post by: CNGL-Leudimin on December 27, 2012, 11:41:58 AM
From west of Palm Beach to Miami. Most of it is US-441:
https://maps.google.es/maps?saddr=Persimmon+Blvd&daddr=25.9268211,-80.2089541+to:Burlington+St&hl=en&ll=26.320498,-80.046387&spn=1.363834,2.469177&sll=25.809782,-79.95575&sspn=0.684906,1.234589&geocode=FdosmAEd6EY3-w%3BFaWciwEdxhs4-ymvQnISaq7ZiDFrBc6EhHybgA%3BFaEsiwEdjWc3-w&dirflg=h&mra=luc&via=1&t=m&z=9 (https://maps.google.es/maps?saddr=Persimmon+Blvd&daddr=25.9268211,-80.2089541+to:Burlington+St&hl=en&ll=26.320498,-80.046387&spn=1.363834,2.469177&sll=25.809782,-79.95575&sspn=0.684906,1.234589&geocode=FdosmAEd6EY3-w%3BFaWciwEdxhs4-ymvQnISaq7ZiDFrBc6EhHybgA%3BFaEsiwEdjWc3-w&dirflg=h&mra=luc&via=1&t=m&z=9)

However, this is debatable, as this route runs thru the I-95/FL turnpike/Palmetto expwy interchange and may be cut to there, resulting in a 60.5 mile drive without a TOTSO.
Title: Re: Longest Continuous Street?
Post by: agentsteel53 on December 27, 2012, 01:08:25 PM
Quote from: leroys73 on December 26, 2012, 10:26:18 PM
Is this street or highway we are talking about?  I understand that US 83 is the longest "non broken" US route.

define "non-broken"?  US-20 is broken, but US-6 is not.  or does US-6 no longer count because it has been truncated?  that eliminates US-50, US-40, several others... but (just as an example) US-1 is longer than US-83 and that is fundamentally unchanged from its 1938 extension to Key West.

not multiplexed with an interstate?  US-83 is the same road as I-35 heading out of Laredo briefly, just as one example.

so that leads to the question - what is the longest US route which is not multiplexed with an interstate along any of its length?  US-281 almost qualifies, getting all the way from Canada to I-44 without multiplexing with an interstate.
Title: Re: Longest Continuous Street?
Post by: NWI_Irish96 on December 27, 2012, 01:37:46 PM
I'm wondering how the I-65/I-70 junctions in Indy are classified with regards to TOTSO? 
Title: Re: Longest Continuous Street?
Post by: Kacie Jane on December 27, 2012, 03:13:08 PM
Quote from: agentsteel53 on December 27, 2012, 01:08:25 PM
so that leads to the question - what is the longest US route which is not multiplexed with an interstate along any of its length?  US-281 almost qualifies, getting all the way from Canada to I-44 without multiplexing with an interstate.

My gut says 101 would be pretty high on the list if not #1.  Can't think of any multiplexes off the top of my head.
Title: Re: Longest Continuous Street?
Post by: agentsteel53 on December 27, 2012, 03:17:59 PM
Quote from: Kacie Jane on December 27, 2012, 03:13:08 PM

My gut says 101 would be pretty high on the list if not #1.  Can't think of any multiplexes off the top of my head.

I think there is something wacky going on at the East LA Interchange that results in a 101/5 multiplex, at least on paper.

something similarly goofy at 80 in San Francisco.
Title: Re: Longest Continuous Street?
Post by: cpzilliacus on December 27, 2012, 03:34:40 PM
U.S. 301 and Md. 3 is Crain Highway from the Virginia end of the Gov. Nice Bridge to the intersection of Md. 3 and Md. 175 in Millersville. That is slightly over 58 miles (pretty long for a small state).
Title: Re: Longest Continuous Street?
Post by: roadman65 on December 27, 2012, 03:50:39 PM
How about Lee Highway in VA? It goes from Bristol to Arlington.
Then you have the JEB Stuart Highway name for US 58.

Then Jefferson Davis Highway for US 1.  It is named that in Arlington and in between RIchmond and Petersburg over 100 miles away. although it is broken in Richmond (Chamberlayne Avenue/ Belvidere Street), but after Ashland it stays continuous right through Fredericksburg and all the way up to Alexandria before getting broken up with Richmond Highway and the one way pair of Patrick Street and Henry Street in Alexandria only to regain itself for a bit and even continue on VA 110.

By the way how many miles is Broadway in New York?  It goes from the tip of the Battery all the way up to past Tarrytown.  It must be up over 30 miles or so.
Title: Re: Longest Continuous Street?
Post by: TheStranger on December 27, 2012, 04:23:58 PM
Quote from: agentsteel53 on December 27, 2012, 03:17:59 PM
Quote from: Kacie Jane on December 27, 2012, 03:13:08 PM

My gut says 101 would be pretty high on the list if not #1.  Can't think of any multiplexes off the top of my head.

I think there is something wacky going on at the East LA Interchange that results in a 101/5 multiplex, at least on paper.

something similarly goofy at 80 in San Francisco.

101/5 signage now is the lazy CalTrans implied TO, going southbound on the Santa Ana Freeway.  (To some extent, a vestige of the former 101/5 co-signings on the Santa Ana, San Diego, and Montgomery Freeways)

101/80 DID have a concurrency from 1956-1968 on the Central Freeway, and westbound signage on the Skyway into the 1980s reflected this (101/80 Civic Center, now switched to [implied TO] 101).

Other than that, all concurrencies on 101 now are with state highways (or with US 26, though not sure that one is in existence anymore).
Title: Re: Longest Continuous Street?
Post by: agentsteel53 on December 27, 2012, 04:30:28 PM
gotta be 101, then.

funny how my mind works - I immediately dismissed 101 as a candidate for this question, thinking "concurrent with 5 in San Diego".
Title: Re: Longest Continuous Street?
Post by: TheStranger on December 27, 2012, 04:47:20 PM
Quote from: roadman65 on December 27, 2012, 03:50:39 PM
How about Lee Highway in VA? It goes from Bristol to Arlington.
Then you have the JEB Stuart Highway name for US 58.

In terms of being able to stay on the same road without having to turn off, the combination of US 11W, US 11, and US 58 from Bean Station, TN to the East Third Street dead-end in Damascus, VA is a good 96 miles long!

https://maps.google.com/maps?saddr=Unknown+road&daddr=36.6040579,-82.1881389+to:36.6292326,-82.148821+to:36.6579459,-82.077714+to:36.702315,-82.00254+to:E+3rd+St&hl=en&ll=36.315678,-83.379364&spn=0.353542,0.567169&sll=36.33186,-83.302288&sspn=0.088367,0.141792&geocode=FUduKgIdQyUJ-w%3BFZmILgIdlugZ-yk3XO40cnZQiDHD7NXtUMPxug%3BFfDqLgIdK4Ia-ykv2tRiFXRQiDGNp7cstrB9Lw%3BFRlbLwId7pcb-ymJGGZF-3JQiDFp2rUJm_FhJA%3BFWsIMAIdlL0c-ylPZ9oI3BJQiDG18Pd2ft3IFA%3BFSD-LgIdDBog-w&t=h&mra=dme&mrsp=0&sz=13&via=1,2,3,4&z=11

Quote from: agentsteel53gotta be 101, then.

funny how my mind works - I immediately dismissed 101 as a candidate for this question, thinking "concurrent with 5 in San Diego".

Interestingly, in the 1960s, 101 was slated to have THREE Interstate concurrencies (105 in east Los Angeles, 80 in the Hayes Valley of SF, and 480 through the Presidio) in its first 450 miles...but due to the removal of a redundant designation for the first example and route cancellations in the latter two, it now has none.
Title: Re: Longest Continuous Street?
Post by: leroys73 on December 27, 2012, 04:58:12 PM
Quote from: agentsteel53 on December 27, 2012, 01:08:25 PM
Quote from: leroys73 on December 26, 2012, 10:26:18 PM
Is this street or highway we are talking about?  I understand that US 83 is the longest "non broken" US route.

define "non-broken"?  US-20 is broken, but US-6 is not.  or does US-6 no longer count because it has been truncated?  that eliminates US-50, US-40, several others... but (just as an example) US-1 is longer than US-83 and that is fundamentally unchanged from its 1938 extension to Key West.

not multiplexed with an interstate?  US-83 is the same road as I-35 heading out of Laredo briefly, just as one example.

Agentsteel53,
I understand non-broken is continuous signage.  Yes 83 and 35 run together for a short distance south into Laredo but signage is still there for US 83.  This was originally US 83 roadway.  It runs from the Mexican border at Brownsville to the Canadian border where it becomes Manitoba Highway 83.  None of it has ever been decommissioned. 

Your question below is very interesting.  US 281 is a good start.
Quote
so that leads to the question - what is the longest US route which is not multiplexed with an interstate along any of its length?  US-281 almost qualifies, getting all the way from Canada to I-44 without multiplexing with an interstate.
Title: Re: Longest Continuous Street?
Post by: cpzilliacus on December 27, 2012, 06:23:35 PM
Quote from: roadman65 on December 27, 2012, 03:50:39 PM
How about Lee Highway in VA? It goes from Bristol to Arlington.

But Lee Highway "turns off" of itself at least three times.

In Arlington County, U.S. 29 "leaves" Lee Highway for Old Dominion Drive for a relatively short distance (less than 1 mile).  I believe all of that section of Lee Highway is Va. 309.

When U.S. 29 leaves Arlington County, it enters the City of Falls Church, where Lee Highway is entirely forgotten in favor of Washington Street.  Lee Highway returns on the other side of Falls Church (with Fairfax County owning the northbound side of the street as Lee Highway, while Falls Church owns the southbound side, as was discussed some months ago in this thread (https://www.aaroads.com/forum/index.php?topic=7396.0)).

One could argue that it turns off itself in Warrenton, where "thru" traffic follows U.S. 29/U.S. 15 south toward Opal and Culpeper, and Lee Highway bears right to follow U.S. 211 west across the Blue Ridge. 

Lee Highway absolutely has to "turn" south where U.S. 211 meets U.S. 11 in New Market.

Quote from: roadman65 on December 27, 2012, 03:50:39 PM
Then you have the JEB Stuart Highway name for US 58.

I have only  driven relatively short sections of U.S. 58, so I cannot comment.

Quote from: roadman65 on December 27, 2012, 03:50:39 PM
Then Jefferson Davis Highway for US 1.  It is named that in Arlington and in between RIchmond and Petersburg over 100 miles away. although it is broken in Richmond (Chamberlayne Avenue/ Belvidere Street), but after Ashland it stays continuous right through Fredericksburg and all the way up to Alexandria before getting broken up with Richmond Highway and the one way pair of Patrick Street and Henry Street in Alexandria only to regain itself for a bit and even continue on VA 110.

Jefferson Davis Highway (U.S. 1) is also "broken" through and near the Town of Dumfries (https://maps.google.com/maps?q=dumfries+va&hl=en&ll=38.560516,-77.321348&spn=0.037517,0.077162&safe=off&hnear=Dumfries,+Prince+William,+Virginia&gl=us&t=h&z=14) in Prince William County.  The northbound side is Fraley Boulevard, and the southbound side is Main Street.

Good catch regarding Va. 110.
Title: Re: Longest Continuous Street?
Post by: pianocello on December 27, 2012, 07:27:18 PM
Quote from: kphoger on December 26, 2012, 01:49:19 PM
I'm interested to see Chicago-area examples.

Lehigh Ave/Harlem Ave, from Glenview to Frankfort:  44.3 miles


Thinking about Chicagoland, the road that is mostly known as US-30 runs from Glenwood, IL to Ft. Wayne, IN.
Title: Re: Longest Continuous Street?
Post by: theline on December 27, 2012, 08:05:18 PM
^ 137 miles, starting at the Glenwood-Dyer Rd. intersection and ending at the Goshen Ave. & State Blvd. intersection in Ft. Wayne.
Title: Re: Longest Continuous Street?
Post by: Duke87 on December 27, 2012, 09:03:57 PM
For a question like this, don't neglect Alaska! 859 miles (https://maps.google.com/maps?saddr=N+Slope+Haul+Rd&daddr=Egan+Dr&hl=en&ll=65.632205,-147.963725&spn=19.110727,63.105469&sll=70.201244,-148.420401&sspn=0.015176,0.061626&geocode=FSNELwQdkfsm9w%3BFQ_cpAMdckVG9w&mra=mift&mrsp=0&sz=14&t=m&z=4).

There's one place in there where the directions say to make a right turn, but if you look at it on Street View it's clearly straight through.
Title: Re: Longest Continuous Street?
Post by: theline on December 27, 2012, 09:26:40 PM
Quote from: Duke87 on December 27, 2012, 09:03:57 PM
For a question like this, don't neglect Alaska! 859 miles (https://maps.google.com/maps?saddr=N+Slope+Haul+Rd&daddr=Egan+Dr&hl=en&ll=65.632205,-147.963725&spn=19.110727,63.105469&sll=70.201244,-148.420401&sspn=0.015176,0.061626&geocode=FSNELwQdkfsm9w%3BFQ_cpAMdckVG9w&mra=mift&mrsp=0&sz=14&t=m&z=4).

There's one place in there where the directions say to make a right turn, but if you look at it on Street View it's clearly straight through.

If we're talking about a single state, I'm sure that's the winner. Take that, Texas! (And the other 48.)
Title: Re: Longest Continuous Street?
Post by: huskeroadgeek on December 27, 2012, 10:33:10 PM
Before it was common to name rural stretches of road, O Street in Lincoln, NE was considered to be the longest street in the US. The same continuous road had the name "O Street"(or West O Street in the western half of Lancaster County) from where US 6 turns to the east north of Milford, NE to where US 34 meets US 75 in Union, NE-a length of 60 miles. Now the designation as "O Street" continues further west to the Seward-York County line where the same road continues as "Road 9" another 4 miles west before there is a slight jog in the road(the same road also continues east under the name Union Rd. another 3 miles east past US 75 before it dead ends near the Missouri River). That's 77 continuous miles of the same road(without any turns) designated with the same name. While it may not still have the title of the "longest street in the US" anymore, it is still one of the longest continuous stretches of the same road designated with the same name.
Title: Re: Longest Continuous Street?
Post by: mgk920 on December 28, 2012, 12:32:28 AM
I'm not sure for Wisconsin, but an interesting candidate begins at the Capitol Square in Madison - E Washington St becomes US 151 (freeway and expressway), continuing northeastward around Fond du Lac to continue northward as WI 55 into Sherwood (US 151 turns off about halfway between FdL and Sherwood).  At Sherwood, the straightest course is Military Rd, which continues northeastward as local township and county roads into far eastern Outagamie County.  There is a shallow-angle intersection at County 'GG'/County 'ZZ' a bit southwest of Wrightstown that could now be considered its 'end', but the original routing was this corridor to continue through.  Assuming that it continues through at this intersection, it then continues through Wrightstown as County 'ZZ' to ultimately end one section east of WI 32/57 at Eiler Rd/Big Valley Rd, a very short distance south of De Pere, WI.

OTOH, others may consider this corridor to end where WI 55 meets WI 114 at the south edge of Sherwood, so YMMV.

:spin:

There are very likely longer continuous corridors elsewhere in the state, though.

Mike
Title: Re: Longest Continuous Street?
Post by: national highway 1 on December 28, 2012, 02:20:09 AM
Quote from: roadman65 on December 27, 2012, 03:50:39 PM

By the way how many miles is Broadway in New York?  It goes from the tip of the Battery all the way up to past Tarrytown.  It must be up over 30 miles or so.
Isn't Broadway interrupted at Times Square where it meets Seventh Avenue?
Title: Re: Longest Continuous Street?
Post by: CNGL-Leudimin on December 28, 2012, 07:33:37 AM
Yes, and then is interrupted at Columbus circle and then at Amsterdam Avenue. But then, it leaves a 30.5 mile drive all the way up to where US-9 meets NY-9A North of Ossining without TOTSOs.

And it's possible to go from downtown Baltimore to downtown Washington without turning off: https://maps.google.es/maps?saddr=Washington+Blvd&daddr=39.28293,-76.6301083+to:39.224168,-76.6985019+to:Rhode+Island+Ave+NW&hl=en&ll=39.093831,-76.850739&spn=0.590469,1.234589&sll=39.277049,-76.635303&sspn=0.036808,0.077162&geocode=FcBzVwId5NZu-w%3BFfJoVwIdpLdu-ykL6tqdUAPIiTFTA2izQBEOQQ%3BFWiDVgIde6xt-ylNkbN6hR3IiTEZJWflRBq2CQ%3BFQ-4UQIdtaFo-w&dirflg=h&mra=dpe&mrsp=1&sz=14&via=1,2&t=m&z=10 (https://maps.google.es/maps?saddr=Washington+Blvd&daddr=39.28293,-76.6301083+to:39.224168,-76.6985019+to:Rhode+Island+Ave+NW&hl=en&ll=39.093831,-76.850739&spn=0.590469,1.234589&sll=39.277049,-76.635303&sspn=0.036808,0.077162&geocode=FcBzVwId5NZu-w%3BFfJoVwIdpLdu-ykL6tqdUAPIiTFTA2izQBEOQQ%3BFWiDVgIde6xt-ylNkbN6hR3IiTEZJWflRBq2CQ%3BFQ-4UQIdtaFo-w&dirflg=h&mra=dpe&mrsp=1&sz=14&via=1,2&t=m&z=10)
Title: Re: Longest Continuous Street?
Post by: kphoger on December 28, 2012, 02:03:37 PM
Quote from: pianocello on December 27, 2012, 07:27:18 PM
Quote from: kphoger on December 26, 2012, 01:49:19 PM
I'm interested to see Chicago-area examples.

Lehigh Ave/Harlem Ave, from Glenview to Frankfort:  44.3 miles


Thinking about Chicagoland, the road that is mostly known as US-30 runs from Glenwood, IL to Ft. Wayne, IN.

I was assuming an urban/suburban area, since the topic uses the word 'street' rather than 'road'.
Title: Re: Longest Continuous Street?
Post by: cpzilliacus on December 28, 2012, 02:50:09 PM
This is from the AASHTO (http://www.transportation.org/Pages/default.aspx) Facebook page, but relevant to this thread, even though it is about a (long) street in Ontario.  Emphasis added.

QuoteToday in Transportation History: December 28, 1795

Major construction on the Canada-based Yonge Street, which was formally recognized at one time as the longest street in the world, began in the town of York (now the city of Toronto). Yonge Street — pronounced "Young" — owes its name to John Graves Simcoe, who served as the first lieutenant governor of Upper Canada (an area, mostly comprised of what is now southern Ontario, that was set up in 1791 as both the governing center for a lot of what remained of the British Empire's North American holdings and a refuge for Loyalists who fled the U.S. after the American Revolution). Simcoe named the street after Sir George Yonge, who had served as British Secretary at War and was also an authority on Ancient Roman roads. Simcoe sought to build the new road over long-established native trails between York and the upper lakes region. While some construction on Yonge Street had already started as far back as the summer of 1794, that road-building effort actually began in earnest that Monday after Christmas the following year when a military unit called the Queen's Rangers took over the job. Yonge Street ultimately attained a length of approximately 1178 miles. The Guinness Book of World Records listed the route as the longest street in the world as recently as 1999, but now instead highlights the Pan-American Highway as being the longest "motorable road."
Title: Re: Longest Continuous Street?
Post by: hobsini2 on December 28, 2012, 04:43:39 PM
The 4 examples of a regular street I can think of the actually do go into Chicago are the following:

North Ave/IL 64 - from just shy of Lake Shore Dr in Chicago to IL 26 west of Mt Morris is 104 mi.

Roosevelt Rd/IL 38/Jones/Lincoln Hwy/9th St - from Lake Shore Dr in Chicago to the corner of 9th St and Ave B in Rochelle is 77.3 mi. Jones/Lincoln/9th are all in Rochelle.

Northwest Hwy/US 12 (Rand Rd)/Tryon Grove Rd/Vanderkarr Rd/O'Brien Rd - Milwaukee Ave in Chicago to IL 173 east of Harvard.  Yes this is not a misspeak. Rand Rd, which is US 12 through the Northwest Suburbs, does indeed become Northwest Hwy near the Tri-State Tollway (I-294).

Milwaukee Ave/IL 21 - Halsted St/Kinzie St in Chicago to US 41 in Gurnee is 40.5 mi.
Title: Re: Longest Continuous Street?
Post by: Duke87 on December 28, 2012, 05:17:47 PM
Quote from: national highway 1 on December 28, 2012, 02:20:09 AM
Quote from: roadman65 on December 27, 2012, 03:50:39 PM
By the way how many miles is Broadway in New York?  It goes from the tip of the Battery all the way up to past Tarrytown.  It must be up over 30 miles or so.
Isn't Broadway interrupted at Times Square where it meets Seventh Avenue?
Quote from: CNGL-Leudimin on December 28, 2012, 07:33:37 AM
Yes, and then is interrupted at Columbus circle and then at Amsterdam Avenue. But then, it leaves a 30.5 mile drive all the way up to where US-9 meets NY-9A North of Ossining without TOTSOs.

Nope, there are four TOTSOs in that stretch. One (http://goo.gl/maps/tNhqL). Two (http://goo.gl/maps/AwRT4). Three (http://goo.gl/maps/ddvfc). Four (http://goo.gl/maps/kqx06).

Title: Re: Longest Continuous Street?
Post by: vtk on December 28, 2012, 08:19:52 PM
WTF is a TOTSO?

If we're limiting this to stretches of conventional roads which can be travelled without "turning", I think the longest near my home is probably US 23 / High St / US 23 from north of Chillicothe to south of Waldo, about 60 miles I think.  Unless the stretch through Circleville counts as expressway...

Maybe National Rd / US 40 / OH 16 / (local street whose name I forget) from a point NE of Dayton to somewhere in Granville?  Not sure how long that is...
Title: Re: Longest Continuous Street?
Post by: DTComposer on December 29, 2012, 01:20:36 AM
Quote from: vtk on December 28, 2012, 08:19:52 PM
WTF is a TOTSO?

Turn Off To Stay On

(took me a while too)
Title: Re: Longest Continuous Street?
Post by: CNGL-Leudimin on December 29, 2012, 05:00:48 AM
Quote from: Duke87 on December 28, 2012, 05:17:47 PM
Nope, there are four TOTSOs in that stretch. One (http://goo.gl/maps/tNhqL). Two (http://goo.gl/maps/AwRT4). Three (http://goo.gl/maps/ddvfc). Four (http://goo.gl/maps/kqx06).

I don't think 1st and last are TOTSOs, look at road marks in Street View. But yes, the other two are, so no 49 km drive all straight.

BTW, I like that sign with only "9" in it in the last one :)
Title: Re: Longest Continuous Street?
Post by: kphoger on December 29, 2012, 02:46:33 PM
Quote from: vtk on December 28, 2012, 08:19:52 PM
WTF is a TOTSO?

WTBB does WTF mean?

(What the blue blazes)
Title: Re: Longest Continuous Street?
Post by: CNGL-Leudimin on December 29, 2012, 04:33:37 PM
What The Freak. (I don't want to come up with that F-word, so I used "freak" instead)

Anyway, I was messing around the Twin Cities and I got a 119 mile one: MN-65 from MN-210 near McGregor to its end (Including Central Avenue, then 3rd Avenue until it hooks to 2nd Avenue S. And that part ends in E 26th St. The route is roughly parallel to I-35.
And I've found a 152 mile one: Starting at 3rd Avenue S, this follows 5th Street (Before the light rail it may have been longer...), then turns into 6th Avenue N which in turn becomes Olson Memorial Highway and MN-55. The route then continues all the way to Elbow Lake (With US-59 from Barrett) where it ends at MN-79. This one roughly parallels I-94.
Title: Re: Longest Continuous Street?
Post by: brownpelican on December 29, 2012, 04:58:28 PM
Here in my state, starting in New Orleans, there's a candidate that starts at Tchoupitoulas Street and runs continuously to Harris Road south of Iowa.

From Iowa northward/eastward:

* Thompson St (starts at Harris Road)
* In Iowa, La. 383 joins the road (Thompson Street ends upon leaving Iowa city limits).
* In Kinder, La. 383 ends and US 190 takes over.
* At the Jeff Davis/Evangeline parish line, 190 becomes Basil-Eunice Highway. The name drops at the Evangeline/Saint Landry parish line.
* In Eunice, 190 becomes Laurel Street.
* In Opelousas, 190 becomes Landry and Vine streets.
* No name from Opelousas to East Baton Rouge Parish.
* From East Baton Rouge Parish to the Saint Charles/Jefferson parish line, US 190 (later US 61) is named Airline Highway.
* Airline Drive in Jefferson Parish
* Tulane Avenue and Common Street in New Orleans.

Google distance: 210.1 miles.
Title: Re: Longest Continuous Street?
Post by: kphoger on December 29, 2012, 09:35:29 PM
Quote from: CNGL-Leudimin on December 29, 2012, 04:33:37 PM
What The Freak. (I don't want to come up with that F-word, so I used "freak" instead)

Anyway, I was messing around the Twin Cities and I got a 119 mile one: MN-65 from MN-210 near McGregor to its end (Including Central Avenue, then 3rd Avenue until it hooks to 2nd Avenue S. And that part ends in E 26th St. The route is roughly parallel to I-35.
And I've found a 152 mile one: Starting at 3rd Avenue S, this follows 5th Street (Before the light rail it may have been longer...), then turns into 6th Avenue N which in turn becomes Olson Memorial Highway and MN-55. The route then continues all the way to Elbow Lake (With US-59 from Barrett) where it ends at MN-79. This one roughly parallels I-94.

Hablas inglés muy bien, vato.  Bienvenido al foro.
Title: Re: Longest Continuous Street?
Post by: silverback1065 on December 29, 2012, 09:55:01 PM
What is the longest continuous road in the world with a single name?  The wikipedia article said Yonge St. used to be the longest.
Title: Re: Longest Continuous Street?
Post by: Alps on December 30, 2012, 12:56:52 AM
Quote from: silverback1065 on December 29, 2012, 09:55:01 PM
What is the longest continuous road in the world with a single name?  The wikipedia article said Yonge St. used to be the longest.
How long does the Pacific Coast Highway go between turns or name changes?
Title: Re: Longest Continuous Street?
Post by: KEK Inc. on December 30, 2012, 01:22:51 AM
Quote from: Steve on December 30, 2012, 12:56:52 AM
Quote from: silverback1065 on December 29, 2012, 09:55:01 PM
What is the longest continuous road in the world with a single name?  The wikipedia article said Yonge St. used to be the longest.
How long does the Pacific Coast Highway go between turns or name changes?
Technically, CA-1 is the Cabrillo Hwy through the Monterey Bay.  And of course in San Francisco, there's the Great Highway (CA-35), but no PCH.  Just 19th Ave/Park Presidio Blvd/Veterans Blvd and Presidio Pkwy (former Doyle Dr.). I'm not sure if Washington calls US-101 the PCH.
Title: Re: Longest Continuous Street?
Post by: TheStranger on December 30, 2012, 04:05:42 AM
Quote from: KEK Inc. on December 30, 2012, 01:22:51 AM
Quote from: Steve on December 30, 2012, 12:56:52 AM
Quote from: silverback1065 on December 29, 2012, 09:55:01 PM
What is the longest continuous road in the world with a single name?  The wikipedia article said Yonge St. used to be the longest.
How long does the Pacific Coast Highway go between turns or name changes?
Technically, CA-1 is the Cabrillo Hwy through the Monterey Bay.  And of course in San Francisco, there's the Great Highway (CA-35), but no PCH.  Just 19th Ave/Park Presidio Blvd/Veterans Blvd and Presidio Pkwy (former Doyle Dr.). I'm not sure if Washington calls US-101 the PCH.

I think PCH only applies to two segments of Route 1:

- the former Roosevelt Highway/1934 Route 3/1936-1964 Alternate US 101 between San Juan Capistrano and Ventura
- former US 101 near Ventura

For the longer segment, there are interruptions in the name (Lincoln Boulevard, Sepulveda Boulevard).

Great Highway BTW is not part of Route 35 at any point; Route 35 is Skyline Boulevard save for the short segment on Sloat Boulevard in SF (though with I-280 replacing the original alignment in spots, Skyline is no longer continuous in San Mateo County).
Title: Re: Longest Continuous Street?
Post by: pianocello on December 30, 2012, 05:18:37 PM
Quote from: silverback1065 on December 29, 2012, 09:55:01 PM
What is the longest continuous road in the world with a single name?  The wikipedia article said Yonge St. used to be the longest.

I thought it was Western Ave in Chicago. I'm not really sure at what point Western turns into Dixie Highway, but it's somewhere between 26 and 27 miles south of Howard.
Title: Re: Longest Continuous Street?
Post by: ftballfan on December 30, 2012, 09:51:25 PM
Here are some long ones in Michigan:
Benzonia (US-31) to Saginaw (M-46) via M-115, Pere Marquette Rd (old US-10), Saginaw Rd (old US-10), Midland Rd (old US-10), and Midland Rd (M-47) - 137 miles
Lakeview (Hillman Rd) to Auburn (Hotchkiss Rd) via Lake Montcalm Rd, Lincoln Rd, Superior St, Lincoln Rd, Swan Creek Rd, Center Rd, and Fraser Rd - 72 miles (most of that being county roads!)
Title: Re: Longest Continuous Street?
Post by: Duke87 on December 30, 2012, 10:29:30 PM
Quote from: CNGL-Leudimin on December 29, 2012, 05:00:48 AM
Quote from: Duke87 on December 28, 2012, 05:17:47 PM
Nope, there are four TOTSOs in that stretch. One (http://goo.gl/maps/tNhqL). Two (http://goo.gl/maps/AwRT4). Three (http://goo.gl/maps/ddvfc). Four (http://goo.gl/maps/kqx06).
I don't think 1st and last are TOTSOs, look at road marks in Street View.

The one in Sleepy Hollow is debatable, yes.

As for the bump with St Nicholas Ave, I see your point but based on the fact that there is a prevailing grid in the area and going "straight" (geometrically speaking) puts you on a different street, I would say it qualifies as a TOTSO. Though, I suppose the fact that I am more familiar with that area from the perspective of a pedestrian than of a motorist also helps this perception...
Title: Re: Longest Continuous Street?
Post by: Road Hog on December 31, 2012, 09:52:58 AM
Preston Road goes straight north from Uptown Dallas to the Preston Peninsula on Lake Texoma, a distance of 76.0 miles.
Title: Re: Longest Continuous Street?
Post by: ftballfan on December 31, 2012, 02:09:40 PM
Found another long one in MI.

Grand Rapids (Fulton St) to Lansing (Cedar St) via Cascade Rd, Grand River Ave, and North St - 59 miles (all of it was US-16)
Title: Re: Longest Continuous Street?
Post by: leroys73 on December 31, 2012, 06:28:56 PM
Quote from: Road Hog on December 31, 2012, 09:52:58 AM
Preston Road goes straight north from Uptown Dallas to the Preston Peninsula on Lake Texoma, a distance of 76.0 miles.

Good one I forgot about Preston.
Title: Re: Longest Continuous Street?
Post by: silverback1065 on January 01, 2013, 01:26:45 PM
A lot of Detroit's main roads seem to go on forever once they leave the city, no idea how long they are:  Gratroit St. Woodward Ave. Michigan ave.
Also the old Michigan road in Indiana is pretty long it was once all in one piece.   
Title: Re: Longest Continuous Street?
Post by: TheStranger on January 01, 2013, 06:49:34 PM
Quote from: silverback1065 on January 01, 2013, 01:26:45 PM
A lot of Detroit's main roads seem to go on forever once they leave the city, no idea how long they are:  Gratroit St. Woodward Ave. Michigan ave.
Also the old Michigan road in Indiana is pretty long it was once all in one piece.   

Michigan Avenue now requires a turnoff in Willow Run due to the Willow Run Expressway.  Ignoring that, the long continuous 157 mile run was as follows:
http://maps.google.com/maps?saddr=Woodward+Ave&daddr=State+Route+15+S&hl=en&ll=42.257492,-83.458843&spn=0.098338,0.239639&sll=41.72969,-85.82571&sspn=0.099157,0.239639&geocode=FSXuhQIdc80M-w%3BFdCefAIdtpji-g&dirflg=ht&doflg=ptm&mra=ls&t=m&z=13

Indiana SR 15 from SR 120 in Bristol north to the state line
M-103 from the stateline to Mottville
US 12 (Chicago Road, Michigan Avenue) to Campus Maritus Park

Going only up to the Willow Run Expressway/Michigan Avenue split, the continuous road now extends 131 miles.

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The northbound Gratiot Avenue corridor begins as the Detroit-Windsor Tunnel, then continues up Gratiot (both M-3 and M-19 segments and non-highway portions) to Military Street in Port Huron, then up M-25 to Port Austin.  144 miles!
https://maps.google.com/maps?saddr=Detroit+Windsor+Tunnel,+Windsor,+ON,+Canada&daddr=42.4762639,-82.9501389+to:Port+Huron,+MI+to:Grindstone+Rd&hl=en&ll=42.979786,-82.512817&spn=0.194408,0.479279&sll=42.487796,-82.915878&sspn=0.195956,0.479279&geocode=FaC9hQId5e4M-ykt0k6SHy07iDEtvUdnVJixgw%3BFeciiAIdBkgO-ynhnM_-ddckiDH-lLKJR1W-FQ%3BFe-ujwIdrksW-ykhKsdtYpwliDFsTzJN5I9DBQ%3BFbMJoAIdJnwO-ymNchS5O_gmiDGOoRIuxjEY2w&oq=Detroit-Windsor+Tunnel&dirflg=h&doflg=ptm&mra=dpe&mrsp=1&sz=12&via=1&t=m&z=12

(However, southbound, there are several TOTSO situations that interrupt the sequence)