Streets named for Martin Luther King

[NWI_Irish96]

Not a big city, but here in Jeffersonvile, there are three cul-de-sacs named Martin Cir, Luther Cir and King Cir, and they are located right by the largest public housing building in the city.

[theline]

South Bend currently designates a three-block section of Chapin Street as Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Drive. It's just been proposed to extend it along some significant routes for about 4.5 miles. http://www.southbendtribune.com/news/politics/should-streets-be-renamed-martin-luther-king-drive-in-south/article_dd9c608d-1282-50ab-b519-c054d7f8a2d2.html

I made a map: https://www.google.com/maps/dir/41.6817685,-86.2479894/41.6416059,-86.2971162/@41.6683743,-86.2839491,13.75z/data=!4m9!4m8!1m5!3m4!1m2!1d-86.2601114!2d41.6798526!3s0x881132ca73631c93:0x46a2ba5ada9f9bdf!1m0!3e0 The Google route takes a slight jog near the northern end because a short stretch of Marion is currently open only to emergency vehicles. That will change when the city replaces the current Michigan-Marion-Main alignment with a roundabout.

I'm in favor of the change because the current designation of just 3 blocks as MLK Drive is a joke.

[Greybear]

Here in Greenville, I-30 is named the "Martin Luther King Jr. Freeway" inside the city limits.

Also. several years ago, Little Rock renamed High St to "Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Dr."

[freebrickproductions]

Here in Huntsville, we don't have a street named after him (as far as I'm aware), but we do have an elementary school named after him.

I just remembered that here in Huntsville, AL that the road connecting Research Park Boulevard and Bob Wade Lane is called Martin Luther King Jr. Highway.
https://www.google.com/maps/@34.8051319,-86.6539768,14z/data=!3m1!1e3

[Vizier]

In Eugene and Springfield Oregon, we had roads relatively (last 12 or so years) renamed for Dr. King.

A road travels between the two cities (originally named Centennial Boulevard), originating in Eugene off of Coburg Rd, travelling east, passing a few auto dealerships, as well as the University of Oregon's football stadium and other athletic complexes. After passing student housing, it crosses over I-5 into Springfield, where it is mostly a residential thoroughfare.

Controversially, the towns couldn't both agree to rename the same street (Eugene's impact was smaller since fewer buildings lie on Centennial, whereas a lot of people would have to change addresses and the like in Springfield). Therefore, Eugene renamed Centennial Blvd. to MLK Jr. Blvd.

Springfield chose not to do the same, instead dedicating a newly upgraded road to him a few years later, when a new hospital was opened in North Springfield (now the biggest medical center in the  area) A new roundabout was built at the North end of Pioneer Parkway, and the road was continued north as Martin Luther King Jr. Parkway. The only addresses on the Parkway appear to be a few doctor's offices, as the road itself is a 4-lane thoroughfare without development.