Numbered Street Challenge

[Henry]

I don't think this has been done before, but I present to you the numbered street challenge! How many consecutive numbers can we get? The rules are pretty much the same: you must wait at least 5 posts before posting the next pic, and GSV is allowed here. Also, it doesn't have to have a St suffix; it can be Ave, Blvd, Pl, whatever, as long as it has a number before it. So let's kick it off with 1st Street:

[7/8]

I'm assuming it's okay if the number is written in words

Here's Second Ave (at Kingsway Dr) in Kitchener. Kitchener only goes up to Ninth Ave, so I'll have to start looking elsewhere once we pass that.

[SD Mapman]

3rd: GMSV

I know for sure we can get to 487 (because South Dakota statewide street grid (starting at 100))... the question is if pictorial evidence (or clear GMSV) can be found for some of those.

[7/8]

I have a couple questions:

1) Is there a 24 or 48-hour rule?

2)
a) Do the numbers have to be before the street suffix?
b) Do the numbers have to be in ordinal form (i.e. st, rd, or th)
- So would the following roads be acceptable? Concession Rd 4 in Puslinch, ON, 25 Side Rd in Milton, ON, or Line 86 in West Montrose, ON.

Thanks

[Eth]

N 4th Ave in Decatur, GA, the only one of its numbered streets to have a portion with a directional prefix:

[dgolub]

[Henry]

I have a couple questions:

1) Is there a 24 or 48-hour rule?

2)
a) Do the numbers have to be before the street suffix?
b) Do the numbers have to be in ordinal form (i.e. st, rd, or th)
- So would the following roads be acceptable? Concession Rd 4 in Puslinch, ON, 25 Side Rd in Milton, ON, or Line 86 in West Montrose, ON.

Thanks

Glad you asked: 1. I'm using the 24-hour rule here, and 2. Numbers don't need to be before the suffix, and they don't need ordinal form to qualify; it's also fine to have the number written out as a word. We just need to see how many consecutive numbers we can get. However, route numbers will not count, as there's already a thread covering that.

[paulthemapguy]

Hah!  I get to do 6th street.  As soon as I saw that 6th Street was next, I knew exactly what it had to be.  Definitely the 6th Street I've walked down more than any other...in Champaign, Illinois.

[national highway 1]

Seventh St, San Francisco

[Bruce]

8th Avenue in Seattle, which crosses over Interstate 5 at Freeway Park:

[7/8]

Ninth Ave at Kingsway Dr in Kitchener

[Mr. Matté]

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[dgolub]

[national highway 1]

I-495 in Delaware

[MVHighways]

https://www.google.com/maps/@42.6572742,-71.3034269,3a,15.9y,33.5h,89.13t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sRfObOPHh14P6Aj4vp7JnCg!2e0!7i13312!8i6656

[Henry]

[national highway 1]

I reckon that New York's Manhattan would be well-represented in this thread, given that it's the most famous example in the world of a numbered street grid. But many other cities across the States have numbered grids of their own so it will be interesting to see the variety between different cities' numbered streets.

[dgolub]

I reckon that New York's Manhattan would be well-represented in this thread, given that it's the most famous example in the world of a numbered street grid. But many other cities across the States have numbered grids of their own so it will be interesting to see the variety between different cities' numbered streets.

Also, considering that New York's numbered streets go up to 263 in the Bronx and 271 in Queens, it's got higher numbers than a lot of other places.

[paulthemapguy]

Widespread numbered streets in Chicago don't start until about 16 or 18, so it does make sense that we haven't seen any Chicago representation yet.  For some reason, the Chicago area is especially great for numbers that fit the scheme of 8n-1, where n is an integer (examples: 151, 159, 167, etc.).

[roadfro]

Widespread numbered streets in Chicago don't start until about 16 or 18, so it does make sense that we haven't seen any Chicago representation yet.  For some reason, the Chicago area is especially great for numbers that fit the scheme of 8n-1, where n is an integer (examples: 151, 159, 167, etc.).

Sounds almost as if the gridded streets are based on a PLSS survey. The base line would be street "0", and each 1/8-section line road is a numbered street in the grid. So the major streets that fall on major section lines would be 0, 7, 15, 23, 31, etc. (in the formula mentioned, n is an integer >= 1). Typically in the PLSS system, each section is one square mile (survey errors and alignment oddities not withstanding).

Such is the genesis of the Detroit area's "# Mile" streets. They all are the major arterial that many miles away from whatever the base line road is.

[Brandon]

Widespread numbered streets in Chicago don't start until about 16 or 18, so it does make sense that we haven't seen any Chicago representation yet.  For some reason, the Chicago area is especially great for numbers that fit the scheme of 8n-1, where n is an integer (examples: 151, 159, 167, etc.).

Sounds almost as if the gridded streets are based on a PLSS survey. The base line would be street "0", and each 1/8-section line road is a numbered street in the grid. So the major streets that fall on major section lines would be 0, 7, 15, 23, 31, etc. (in the formula mentioned, n is an integer >= 1). Typically in the PLSS system, each section is one square mile (survey errors and alignment oddities not withstanding).

Such is the genesis of the Detroit area's "# Mile" streets. They all are the major arterial that many miles away from whatever the base line road is.

Actually, Chicago's is a bit wonky between Madison and 31st Street.  The mile roads are Madison (0), Roosevelt (1200), and Cermak (2200).  It's 12 blocks from Madison to Roosevelt, 10 blocks from Roosevelt to Cermak (22nd Street), and 9 blocks from Cermak to 31st Street.  Then the 8 blocks to the mile takes over.

They are all based off the PLSS (3rd Principal Meridian to be exact).

[Bruce]

[paulthemapguy]

Widespread numbered streets in Chicago don't start until about 16 or 18, so it does make sense that we haven't seen any Chicago representation yet.  For some reason, the Chicago area is especially great for numbers that fit the scheme of 8n-1, where n is an integer (examples: 151, 159, 167, etc.).

Sounds almost as if the gridded streets are based on a PLSS survey. The base line would be street "0", and each 1/8-section line road is a numbered street in the grid. So the major streets that fall on major section lines would be 0, 7, 15, 23, 31, etc. (in the formula mentioned, n is an integer >= 1). Typically in the PLSS system, each section is one square mile (survey errors and alignment oddities not withstanding).

Such is the genesis of the Detroit area's "# Mile" streets. They all are the major arterial that many miles away from whatever the base line road is.

Actually, Chicago's is a bit wonky between Madison and 31st Street.  The mile roads are Madison (0), Roosevelt (1200), and Cermak (2200).  It's 12 blocks from Madison to Roosevelt, 10 blocks from Roosevelt to Cermak (22nd Street), and 9 blocks from Cermak to 31st Street.  Then the 8 blocks to the mile takes over.

They are all based off the PLSS (3rd Principal Meridian to be exact).

Yeah I know.  And actually the Third Principal Meridian is used to establish longitude, not latitude.  I never realized until recently that Centralia, IL is named such because it lies at the junction of the Baseline and 3rd Principal Meridian, from which Township and Range are measured.  I always thought it was kind of odd how the Baseline is so far south--it's hardly an Illinois "equator."  But that owes to how Illinois was more heavily settled toward the south in its early days.

[paulthemapguy]

Took this an hour ago. Lockport, Illinois

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17th St, Santa Ana, CA