How High Do The Numbered Streets In Your City Go?

[Kacie Jane]

I wouldn't say that's generally the case in Washington.  Outside of King, Pierce, and Snohomish Counties, there isn't much in the way of large grids of numbered streets.  Thurston County has a few numbered streets outside of Olympia proper, but interestingly there, it's the avenues that run east-west.

In my home county of Whatcom, there's no numbered street grid, and while there is some use of compass directions, it isn't always used, and there are a number of different "zero" points.  There is one set of numbered streets in the Fairhaven area of Bellingham, ranging from 4th (presumably there used to be more streets at the waterfront) to 48th.

More interesting to me in Bellingham is that there are at least 4 different sets of streets that are named in alphabetical order. The lettered streets (A St, B St, C St, etc); Astor, Bancroft, Clinton... Nicklin; Cornwall, Dean, Ellis... Yew; and Forest, Garden, High... Pasco.

[Bickendan]

Clark County Washington makes major use of the numbered street grid. The avenues can almost be lined up with their Portland counterparts (164th Ave in Washington is about a quarter mile west of 162nd in Oregon). And a lot of the streets are numbered as well, making for potential 117th Ave at 117th St.

[bulldog1979]

Kent County, MI has mile roads that run north of downtown Grand Rapids up to the county line at 22 Mile Road. South of downtown though, there are numbered streets, 8 to a mile. The southern county line is 108th St. The "0 Mile Road" would appear to be Michigan Avenue in Grand Rapids, although 1 Mile and 2 Mile aren't numbered. Fulton Street appears to be the 0th St., leaving a gap of about a 1/2 mile not in either system. (North of 28th isn't numbered either.)

[Icodec]

Columbus only goes up to 26th Ave. and 23rd St., but those are just little fragments. We don't really use a standardized numbered street system. Cleveland, though, goes into the low 300s with their streets.

[kj3400]

I forgot that Brooklyn, MD has numbered streets, too. It only goes to 10, and there's no 1st St., though I think Hanover St. took the place of that street.

[MDOTFanFB]

Detroit goes from 1st to 52nd Street, but some numbers are skipped (for example Rosa Parks Boulevard would be 12th).

Ecorse, MI goes from 1st to 19th Street.

Wyandotte, MI goes from 1st to 23rd Street.

[Brandon]

Detroit goes from 1st to 52nd Street, but some numbers are skipped (for example Rosa Parks Boulevard would be 12th).

There's a good historical reason why 12th got removed from the numbering system.  It might be better to remember it, IMHO.

[Eth]

The highest numbered street in the City of Atlanta is, I think, 28th Street NW, which is right off of Peachtree Road NW (U.S. 19/S.R. 9).

Meanwhile, the lowest is 3rd Street.  Were North Avenue and Ponce de Leon ever 1st and 2nd Streets, or have those numbers always been missing?

[countysigns]

326th Street here in Toledo (Point Place - near the Ohio/Michigan border).

[MDOTFanFB]

Monroe, MI: Up to 14th Street.

[Bickendan]

SE 502nd Ave in metro Portland (beyond Sandy, Oregon, somewhere near US 26 in Clackamas County). High 300's/low 400's, IIRC, on the west end near Forest Grove.

The address grid itself, however, continues further east than 502nd. Along US 26 in Welches, on the base of Mt Hood, the addresses are up to 656xx; they theorectically go higher into Zigzag and Rhododendron, but the buildings aren't on necessarily on US 26 itself.

Along I-84/US 30, addresses are at the 625xx-650xx blocks in Dodson, beyond Multnomah Falls. The uppermost extremes are near Bonneville Dam at the 725xx range, just before the Multnomah/Hood River County Line.

And north, along US 30, the Portland address/block numbers go into the 500xx's through Scappoose and the southern end of St. Helens.

Addendum: US 30's highest address is around the environs of 750xx, near Rainier, just after US 30 turns the corner to go south.
Also, OR 47 north of US 26 follows the Portland street grid. The northern most addresses (around Mist, IIRC) are in the 750s. My guess is that the 0 is on the East-West axis (so, the Willamette River, go west on say the Sunset), then switches in Buxton at the northern end of the US 26/OR 47 duplex.

[hobsini2]

Birth City (Oshkosh, WI) up to 35th Ave
Princeton, WI (lived there) 4th St
Sheboygan, WI (lived there) 49th St
Bolingbrook IL (currently living there) I live on what used to be called 107th St. 127th St had been the highest, before it was renamed Reagan Blvd., which is carried from the Chicago grid. and 248th Ave is nearby also from the Chicago grid system.

[ftballfan]

Manistee, MI south of the Manistee River: 28th St
First St does not run directly on the river except near Lake Michigan. Also, 19th and 20th are skipped.
Manistee, MI north of the Manistee River: 6th Ave
6th Ave runs along the Manistee River, with 5th being north of 6th.

[Brandon]

Birth City (Oshkosh, WI) up to 35th Ave
Princeton, WI (lived there) 4th St
Sheboygan, WI (lived there) 49th St
Bolingbrook IL (currently living there) I live on what used to be called 107th St. 127th St had been the highest, before it was renamed Reagan Blvd., which is carried from the Chicago grid. and 248th Ave is nearby also from the Chicago grid system.

However, to the south, off the Chicago grid, the numbers keep going to the Kankakee County line.  As from what I see, you're on Lily Cache (lived in BBK from 91 to 2000).  When did 127th become Reagan Blvd?  I always thought it was Normantown Rd.  BTW, Bolingbrook extends down past 135th Street to IL-126 and Essington Rd.

Will County (rural and some municipalities like Plainfield) uses the Chicago grid for the addressing system.  It's a sight better than rural DuPage County's system (also based off State and Madison).  An address in Will: 19101 South Essington Rd.  The same type of address in DuPage: 16W251 Frontage Rd.  GPS and Mapquest tend to barf back the DuPage addressing system.

One fun fact about this part of Chicagoland to remember is that most roads have several names that get used often enough.  Renwick Rd is also known as 159th St is also known as IL-7 is also known as Thornton Av.  135th St is also known as Romeo Rd.  119th St is also known as Fergusson Rd and also by the idiotic Rodeo Dr bestowed on it by a certain mayor of Bolingbrook.  Etc, etc.

[Bigmikelakers]

Los Angeles also goes up to 263rd Street, but that's in Lomita actually.

Actually it goes up to 266th St. In the Harbor City section of Los Angeles.

http://maps.google.com/maps?ie=UTF8&hl=en&ll=33.780021,-118.305255&spn=0.004789,0.015407&z=17

[v35322]

Colorado Springs, Colorado goes up to 36th Street, but there's only a few numbered streets down in the southwestern corner of town. Except for 1st through 7th streets, for whatever reason; they're several miles to the northeast. The numbered streets in the southwest start at 8th Street.

[hobsini2]

Birth City (Oshkosh, WI) up to 35th Ave
Princeton, WI (lived there) 4th St
Sheboygan, WI (lived there) 49th St
Bolingbrook IL (currently living there) I live on what used to be called 107th St. 127th St had been the highest, before it was renamed Reagan Blvd., which is carried from the Chicago grid. and 248th Ave is nearby also from the Chicago grid system.

However, to the south, off the Chicago grid, the numbers keep going to the Kankakee County line.  As from what I see, you're on Lily Cache (lived in BBK from 91 to 2000).  When did 127th become Reagan Blvd?  I always thought it was Normantown Rd.  BTW, Bolingbrook extends down past 135th Street to IL-126 and Essington Rd.

Will County (rural and some municipalities like Plainfield) uses the Chicago grid for the addressing system.  It's a sight better than rural DuPage County's system (also based off State and Madison).  An address in Will: 19101 South Essington Rd.  The same type of address in DuPage: 16W251 Frontage Rd.  GPS and Mapquest tend to barf back the DuPage addressing system.

One fun fact about this part of Chicagoland to remember is that most roads have several names that get used often enough.  Renwick Rd is also known as 159th St is also known as IL-7 is also known as Thornton Av.  135th St is also known as Romeo Rd.  119th St is also known as Fergusson Rd and also by the idiotic Rodeo Dr bestowed on it by a certain mayor of Bolingbrook.  Etc, etc.

You are correct, Brandon. I do live on Lily Cache about 1 block east of Jane Addams.  I am also aware of the various names for the former numbered streets.  BTW, I believe that Mayor Roger has a phobia of numbered streets.  All of the name changes within Bolingbrook except for Lily Cache have taken place while he has been mayor.  But i also think he is saving 115th St for himself when he retires or loses a mayor election. Also, what is now Remington Blvd at Rt 53 used to be 111th St to where it used to end at Naperville Rd (now Veterans Pkwy).

[Chicagosuburban]

Birth City (Oshkosh, WI) up to 35th Ave
Princeton, WI (lived there) 4th St
Sheboygan, WI (lived there) 49th St
Bolingbrook IL (currently living there) I live on what used to be called 107th St. 127th St had been the highest, before it was renamed Reagan Blvd., which is carried from the Chicago grid. and 248th Ave is nearby also from the Chicago grid system.

However, to the south, off the Chicago grid, the numbers keep going to the Kankakee County line.  As from what I see, you're on Lily Cache (lived in BBK from 91 to 2000).  When did 127th become Reagan Blvd?  I always thought it was Normantown Rd.  BTW, Bolingbrook extends down past 135th Street to IL-126 and Essington Rd.

Will County (rural and some municipalities like Plainfield) uses the Chicago grid for the addressing system.  It's a sight better than rural DuPage County's system (also based off State and Madison).  An address in Will: 19101 South Essington Rd.  The same type of address in DuPage: 16W251 Frontage Rd.  GPS and Mapquest tend to barf back the DuPage addressing system.

One fun fact about this part of Chicagoland to remember is that most roads have several names that get used often enough.  Renwick Rd is also known as 159th St is also known as IL-7 is also known as Thornton Av.  135th St is also known as Romeo Rd.  119th St is also known as Fergusson Rd and also by the idiotic Rodeo Dr bestowed on it by a certain mayor of Bolingbrook.  Etc, etc.

In southeast Will County, there is Indiana Ave (303rd St), Corning Rd (311th St), Kentucky Rd (319th St), and Delite Inn Rd (323rd St)

[Chicagosuburban]

In St. Charles, IL, streets are numbered using avenues going east from the river and streets going west, and it goes up to 14th Ave and 19th St. But then there's the random 37th Ave and 38th Ave on the way east side of town without any numbers between 14th and 37th...

[apeman33]

Fort Scott (pop. 8,000-ish) goes up to 23rd in order, then skips to 25th, which is just entrances for two businesses. I don't know why there's not a 24th. There used to be a 30th St. on the map but it has since be renamed for what it is in the county grid, Jayhawk Road.

Pittsburg, KS, goes up to 32nd. But the streets higher than 29th aren't very long.

Garden City stops at Thirteenth and Dodge City goes to Sixteenth. Both cities insist on spelling out the numbers. So does Chanute with the exception of 36th Parkway, which is its highest-numbered street for now.

Wichita's street grid is extended to the extremes of the county, which makes the highest number in Sedgwick County the Kingman County line, which would be 407th St. West. But I don't know if that road actually carries the Sedgwick County name or the Kingman County name. Yahoo maps lists it as the Kingman County name, 170th Ave. There is a 391st West that has an exit at U.S. 54.

Of note about Wichita is that where 4th through 7th streets north are called other names. Central is what would be 4th. Elm is what would be 5th, Pine is what would be 6th and Murdock is what would be 7th. Numbered streets aren't called xxth North until you get to about 37th North and don't begin in any other direction until you are well out of downtown (even farther when it's xxth East or xxth West).

Kansas City, Mo's grid is extended through several counties, including ones in Kansas (except Wyandotte). I think the only other county the KCK grid goes into is Leavenworth County. The Miami-Linn county line is 407th St. Linn County briefly considered adopting the extended Kansas City, Mo. grid before deciding to use its own. Had Linn County used the KCMO grid, the Linn-Bourbon county line would probably have been 599th St.

[sandwalk]

In Rockford IL:

The numbered east-west avenues range from 1st to 23rd
The numbered north-south streets range from 1st to 35th (although 32nd, 33rd, and 34th are missing)

[brownpelican]

In New Orleans itself, I think 9th St is the highest numbered street.  In the suburbs it goes as high as 45th in the eastbank suburbs and 37th in the westbank suburbs. The suburbs on the westbank also has Avenue A-Avenue M with letters going east to west and numbers going north to south.

Speaking of the suburbs:

Covington goes from 1st Avenue to 35th Avenue, Franklinton goes from 7th Avenue to 21st Avenue and Bogalusa goes from 1st to 19th streets (they also use the alphabet).

[Fcexpress80]

Seattle (King County) uses a county wide grid system, for the most part.  The exceptions are in towns that have their own numbering systems, such as Renton.  The numbers start in Seattle and increase in each direction from Seattle to the limits of King County.  In general, the streets and avenues are divided into four main quadrants; NW, NE, SW, and S/SE and have these directional abbreviations attached to the street/avenue number.     

Highest northern numbered E/W Street in King County is NW/N/NE 205th street which is on the county line with Snohomish County. This street has two numbers.  The south side of the street is 205th while the north side is numbered 244th Street as part of the Snohomish County Street grid system.

The highest southern numbered E/W Street in King County is SE 487th Street near the town of Enumclaw in the SE part of the county.

The highest eastern numbered N/S Avenue in King County is 762nd Avenue NE near the town of Skykomish in the NE part of the county.

The highest western numbered N/S avenue in King County is 147th Avenue SW at the west end of Vashon Island in Puget Sound, north of Tacoma.

[Rick1962]

City of Tulsa: 65th West Ave., 65th Pl. North, 193rd East Ave., 121st St. South.
Tulsa County: 271st West Ave., 186th St. North, 193rd East ave., 211th St. South.
Osage, Rogers, Wagoner and Okmulgee counties continue the Tulsa County street numbering grid for a few miles, as the city continues to spread out, but Creek County continues the Tulsa County grid throughout the county to the south and west, with 561st West Ave. as the western county line, and 361st St. South as the southern.

[Chicagosuburban]

Kenosha County, Wisconsin is interesting, it has a county-wide numbering system but there's no N/S/E/W because 1st St is on the county line with Racine County and 1st Ave is on the lakeshore. Therefore, the highest number for east/west streets is 128th St on the WI/IL state line (which is called Russell Rd on the Illinois side and further west State Line Rd) and the highest north/south avenue is 408th Ave in Powers Lake on the county line with Walworth County.