Longest Continuous Street?

[brownpelican]

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.

[kphoger]

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.

[silverback1065]

What is the longest continuous road in the world with a single name?  The wikipedia article said Yonge St. used to be the longest.

[Alps]

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?

[KEK Inc.]

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.

[TheStranger]

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).

[pianocello]

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.

[ftballfan]

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!)

[Duke87]

Nope, there are four TOTSOs in that stretch. One. Two. Three. Four.

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...

[Road Hog]

Preston Road goes straight north from Uptown Dallas to the Preston Peninsula on Lake Texoma, a distance of 76.0 miles.

[ftballfan]

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)

[leroys73]

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.

[silverback1065]

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.   

[TheStranger]

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)