Highest street numbers (e.g., 108th St)

[skluth]

I drove to the coast yesterday because - like Tolkien's elves - I'm drawn to the sea. While driving, I spotted a sign for 250th Street. A quick check of Google Maps shows the highest street name in the area is around 266th St. There may be a higher number in the area, but I didn't see any.

I've seen plenty of numbered streets before, but I remember being surprised by 108th St as a kid when we drove around Milwaukee before I-794 was built. I had never heard of a numbered street that high/large; Green Bay only reached 10th St (E-W) and 15th Av (N-S). I searched and couldn't find this topic discussed anywhere on AARoads, so I apologize if this isn't original. In any case, I'm curious where others might have seen high street numbers.

[Kniwt]

Lengthy discussion here: https://www.aaroads.com/forum/index.php?topic=1431.0

Short answer: There is no short answer. It depends on your definition: city, county, state. Note, in particular, states/counties that use a numbering grid over a very large area. There is, for example, "North 3000th Avenue" near Loraine, Illinois:
https://goo.gl/maps/Gdiz6Crn6fjMLLTg9

[pianocello]

Lengthy discussion here: https://www.aaroads.com/forum/index.php?topic=1431.0

Short answer: There is no short answer. It depends on your definition: city, county, state. Note, in particular, states/counties that use a numbering grid over a very large area. There is, for example, "North 3000th Avenue" near Loraine, Illinois:
https://goo.gl/maps/Gdiz6Crn6fjMLLTg9

Based on this, and the previous discussion, it's going to be hard to find an actual answer. Plus, comparing rural areas' street numbering systems is apples to oranges (I've seen places that do 1 address "block" per mile, and it looks like the Illinois example above does 100 per mile), so the real answer is likely to be in some really obscure location.

I've got a spin-off question that might be closer to the spirit of what the OP was asking: What's the highest-numbered street in an urban area, where it's plausible that all the lower numbers are used?

The Miami area has a 308th St in Homestead, and it appears that most, if not all, numbers lower than 308 are also used for a street. Further south, the grid goes to at least 400th St.

[US 89]

There is a 47000 West in Duchesne County, Utah, which would more or less be the equivalent of "470th St".

[ErmineNotyours]

I was disappointed when King County replaced Edgewick Road with 468th Avenue.  You can still see a greenout descender under the "8" to cover up the "g".

[Avalanchez71]

Lengthy discussion here: https://www.aaroads.com/forum/index.php?topic=1431.0

Short answer: There is no short answer. It depends on your definition: city, county, state. Note, in particular, states/counties that use a numbering grid over a very large area. There is, for example, "North 3000th Avenue" near Loraine, Illinois:
https://goo.gl/maps/Gdiz6Crn6fjMLLTg9

Based on this, and the previous discussion, it's going to be hard to find an actual answer. Plus, comparing rural areas' street numbering systems is apples to oranges (I've seen places that do 1 address "block" per mile, and it looks like the Illinois example above does 100 per mile), so the real answer is likely to be in some really obscure location.

I've got a spin-off question that might be closer to the spirit of what the OP was asking: What's the highest-numbered street in an urban area, where it's plausible that all the lower numbers are used?

The Miami area has a 308th St in Homestead, and it appears that most, if not all, numbers lower than 308 are also used for a street. Further south, the grid goes to at least 400th St.

I see a 424st St. down past Florida City which travels to the Dade Juvenile Residential Detention facility.

[kphoger]

Plus, comparing rural areas' street numbering systems is apples to oranges (I've seen places that do 1 address "block" per mile, and it looks like the Illinois example above does 100 per mile), so the real answer is likely to be in some really obscure location.

Street numbers aren't exactly apples to apples anyway, considering that not every city block is the same length, and that some cities use other cities' numbering grids.

I've got a spin-off question that might be closer to the spirit of what the OP was asking: What's the highest-numbered street in an urban area, where it's plausible that all the lower numbers are used?

It still gets fuzzy even then.  What counts as urban?  Also, in many areas, the city numbering system extends into the rural areas (local example), so it's going to be tough to determine at exactly what point a number gets "skipped".

[hotdogPi]

I would say that if 573, 574, and 575 are skipped, but 572 and 576 are as far apart as they should be (not the distance that two consecutive numbers would be), and this is true all the way from the beginning to 576, it should count.

[M3100]

A quick check of Google Maps shows the highest street name in the area is around 266th St. There may be a higher number in the area, but I didn't see any.

Yep, you found the 'Harbor Pines' section of Harbor City, which is itself part of L.A.  That is the highest numbered street in that area; the series starts with 1st Street in downtown L.A. (two blocks south of US 101).  There is a street for most, if not all, numbers in between; some even have a 'Street' and a parallel 'Place' for that number.