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 2nd Ring Road • China – Beijing Runs close to where Beijing's city walls once stood and mostly follows the former moat that surrounded the city wall. The new road is simply an extension of the western and eastern parts of the original 2nd Ring Road. |
9 de Julio Avenue – Argentina (See Avenida Nueve de Julio) |
 42nd Street • United States – New York City, New York The name of the city's theater district. A successful 1933 musical and 1980s broadway stage musical about the depression in New York City; includes a song titled 42nd Street. |
 Abbey Road • England – (music album) Famous title of a 1969 album by The Beatles. Album cover shows the Beatles crossing Abbey Road in central London, England. |
 Acorn Street • United States – Boston Often mentioned as the "most frequently photographed street in the United States." It is reminiscent of colonial Boston and now considered to be a prestigious address in Beacon Hill. |
Alaska Route 11 – United States (See Dalton Highway) |
 Albert Cuypstraat • Netherlands – Amsterdam On this street is the largest daytime market in Europe. On this street is the Albert Cuyp Market which is completely closed off to traffic during market hours. |
 Amber Road • Europe – several countries An ancient trade route for the shipping of amber from coastal areas of the Baltic Sea to the Mediterranean Sea. Other commodities such as animal fur, honey, and wax were exported to the Romans in exchange for glass, brass, gold, tin and copper to the Baltic region. |
 Andrássy Street (Andrássy út) • Hungary – Budapest Recognised as a World Heritage Site in 2002, the street is one of the city's main shopping streets with fine cafes, restaurants, theatres and luxury boutiques. Address of spectacular Neo-renaissance mansions and townhouses featuring fine facades and interiors. |
 Appalachian Trail • United States – (eastern states) The Trail is famous for its many hikers, some of whom, called thru-hikers, attempt to hike it in its entirety in a single season. Approximately 2,184 miles long, the trail passes through several states from Georgia to Maine. |
 Appian Way (Via Appia) • Italy – Rome Known as regina viarum, ("The Queen of Roads"). One of the earliest (312 BC) and strategically most important roads for ancient Rome. |
 Atlanterhavsveien ((Atlantic Ocean Road)) • Norway Norway's second most visited scenic road after Trollstigen. Views from the road are so spectacular that it quickly became a popular tourist attraction. |
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Atlantic Ocean Road – Norway (See Atlanterhavsveien) |
 Autostrada dei Laghi ((Motorway of the Lakes)) • Italy First automobile highway in the world. Begun in 1925, it is part of Italy's Milano-Laghi set of expressways, from Milan to Como on the border with Switzerland. |
 Avenida Nueve de Julio (9 de Julio Avenue) • Argentina – Buenos Aires The avenue's width spans an entire city block. Started in 1888, it honors Argentina's Independence Day, July 9, 1816. |
 Avenue of the Americas (Sixth Avenue) • United States – New York City, New York A major avenue in the borough of Manhattan, New York. Although Sixth Avenue was officially changed to Avenue of the Americas in 1945, New Yorkers use the old name. |
 Avenue Q • None – (stage musical) A stage musical with mostly puppet characters. The show is largely inspired by Sesame Street with most of the characters in the show puppets operated by actors onstage. |
 Aviles Street • United States – St. Augustine, Florida The oldest street in the United States. The city was founded in 1565 by the Spanish conquistador, Pedro Menéndez de Avilés. |
 Baldwin Street • New Zealand – Dunedin The world's steepest residential street. At its maximum, about 70 metres (230 ft) below the top, the slope of Baldwin Street is about 1:2.86 (19º or 35%). |
 Beale Street • United States – Memphis, Tennessee Home of the Blues music. From the 1920s to the 1940s, many blues and jazz legends played here developing the Memphis Blues style. |
Beaver Meadow Road – United States (See Trail Ridge Road) |
Big Gate Road – China (See Tian Men Shan) |
 Bleeker Street • United States – New York City, New York Famous street in Greenwich Village in Manhattan. Today popular for music venues and comedy, but was once a major center for American bohemia. |
 Blue Ridge Parkway • United States – Appalachian Mountains A byway noted for its scenic beauty. Runs for 469 miles, mostly along the famous Blue Ridge of the Appalachian Mountains in the eastern United States. |
 Boston Post Road • United States – Boston, Massachusetts Early mail delivery routes between New York City and Boston, Massachusetts. The road was trail-blazed in 1673 and, over the years, widened and smoothed for horse-drawn wagons or stagecoaches. |
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 Boulevard Ring • Russia – Moscow One of two roads half encircling the city. The Ring replaced the medieval walls of the White City in the 1820s. The wall itself was razed in 1760. |
 Boulevard Saint-Germain • France – Paris Famous east-west street in the city of lights. One of the two major streets in the Latin Quarter of Paris, crossing the Boulevard Saint-Michel. |
 Boulevard Saint-Michel • France – Paris Famous north-south street in the city. One of the two major streets in the Latin Quarter of Paris, crossing the Boulevard Saint-Germain. |
 Bourbon Street • United States – New Orleans, Louisiana An icon of festive times, Mardi Gras, night life. An historic street in the French Quarter. |
 Bozeman Trail • United States – (Montana to Wyoming) Overland route from the gold rush territory of Montana to the Oregon Trail. Named after John Bozeman who scouted the route in 1863, the Trail followed many north-south paths used by American Indians. |
 Broadway • United States – New York, New York City Pinnacle of American theater. An avenue in the borough of Manhattan in New York City with many theaters. |
 Burma Road • Burma A famous road linking Burma (Myanmar) with China. At the start of World War II, the British used the road to transport war materiel to China before Japan overran Burma in 1942. |
Cabrillo Highway – United States (See Pacific Coast Highway) |
California State Route 1 – United States (See Pacific Coast Highway) |
 Calle Estafeta • Spain – Pamplona Major path for Running of the Bulls. Bulls round the dangerous corner from Mercaderes to Calle Estafeta, a long and narrow street lined with shops and bars. |
Camino de las Yungas – Bolivia (See Yungas Road) |
 Camino de Santiago (Way of Saint James) • Spain A pilgrimage route leading to the shrine of the apostle Saint James the Great in the cathedral of Santiago de Compostela in Galicia. Many tourists walk its length for spiritual reasons or as part of a tour groups while others are biking and hiking enthusiasts. |
 Canal Street (Manhattan) • United States – New York City, New York Main road through the city's Chinatown. Borders Little Italy, the Tribeca neighborhood and the southern boundary of SoHo. |
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 Canal Street (New Orleans) • United States – New Orleans, Louisiana The popular street is the dividing line between the older French/Spanish Colonial-era city and the newer American Sector. With three lanes of traffic in both directions and streetcar tracks in the center, it is said to be the widest roadway in America to be classified as a street. |
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 Capulin Volcano road • United States – New Mexico The road spirals around the volcano. Capulin Volcano National Monument is a relatively young symmetrical cinder cone. |
 Carnaby Street • England – London Known for elite shopping. Fashionable pedestrian street in the heart of London, England. |
 Castro Street • United States – San Francisco, California Famous locale of lesbian and gay activisim. Commonly known as The Castro. |
 Champs-Élysées • France – Paris Known as "The most beautiful avenue in the world." A prestigious avenue in Paris, France with cinemas, cafés, luxury specialty shops. |
 Chandni Chowk • India – New Delhi Famous street in the walled city of Old Delhi. The street is still choked with congestion, but it retains its historical character. Originally a canal ran through the middle of the street. |
 Charing Cross Road • England – London Renowned for its specialist and second-hand bookshops. Correspondence between a New York based author and the staff of a bookstore on the street was the inspiration for the book and movie 84 Charing Cross Road. |
 Chisholm Trail • United States – (Texas to Kansas) Used in the late 19th century to drive cattle overland from ranches in Texas to Kansas railheads. Named for Jesse Chisholm, who had built several trading posts in what is now western Oklahoma. |
 Cinta Costera Viaduct • Panama City – Panama A 2.5-kilometer-long marine viaduct encircling Panama City's historic and governmental district of the Casco Antiguo. The viaduct surrounds the World Heritage Site-Archaeological Site of Casco Viejo. |
 Col de Turini (Turini Pass) • France Part of the Monte Carlo Rally which is held on the tight road with its many hairpin turns. The pass has been featured three times in the Tour de France. |
 Colonial Parkway • United States – Virginia Scenic parkway linking the three points of Virginia's Historic Triangle, Jamestown, Williamsburg, and Yorktown. The Colonial Parkway took over 25 years to create from concept to completion. |
Coroico Road – Bolivia (See Yungas Road) |
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 Creek Street • United States – Ketchikan, Alaska Infamous as the town's red light district in the first half of the 20th century. Some of its attractions now are commemorations of its past. The street is a boardwalk mounted in stilts on a high slope on the east side of Ketchikan Creek. |
 Crescent Street (Rue Crescent) • Canada – Montreal The street was originally in the form of a crescent. A popular attraction for both tourists and locals alike, street merchants hold an annual street fair during Formula One week. |
Cristo Rendtor Road – Argentina and Chile (See Paso Internacional Los Libertdores) |
Cumberland Road – United States (See National Road) |
 Dalal Street • India – Mumbai A figure of speech for the Indian financial sector. The busiest street in Mumbai and home of the Bombay Stock Exchange and other related financial institutions. |
 Dalton Highway (Alaska Route 11) • United States – Alaska Parallels much of the Alaskan pipeline. One of the most isolated roads in the United States, but is traveled by hundreds of trucks per day. |
 Davison Freeway • United States – Detroit, Michigan The first urban freeway below street level with overpasses. At 5.5 miles long, the freeway cuts across Highland Park, a city in the middle of Detroit, Michigan. |
Death Road – Bolivia (See Yungas Road) |
 Der Graben • Austria – Vienna One of the most famous streets in the city center. Literally "the trench," Der Graben traces its origin back to the old Roman encampment of Vindobona. |
 Devil's Slide ((image by Jitze Couperus)) • American – California The roadway has steep, eroded slopes with natural gradients ranging between 30 and 50%. Devil's Slide was the location of a military triangulation station and observation site used during World War II as part of the harbor defense of San Francisco. |
 Dixie Highway • United States – (Michigan to Florida) Old north-south highway in the United States Midwest. Inspired by the earlier Lincoln Highway in 1914, it ran from Michigan to Florida. |
 Donner Pass • United States – Sierra Nevada, California A high mountain pass through the northern Sierra Nevada mountains in California. November 1846, the Donner Party was forced to spend the winter on the eastern side of the mountains because of snow and only 45 of 81 travellers survived to reach California. |
 Downing Street • England – London The address is the residence of England's Prime Minister. Located in Whitehall in central London not far from the Houses of Parliament. |
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 Easy Street • None – (idiom) Metaphor for wealth. A film, TV series and book title as well as several song titles (see Easy Street). |
El Camino de la Muerte – Bolivia (See Yungas Road) |
 El Camino Real • United States – (California) Historic road along the western part of California established by the Spanish beginning in the 17th century. Many streets throughout the American Southwest today bear the name of this famous road, often with little historical basis. |
 El Camino Real de Tierra Adentro (The Royal Road of the Interior Land) • Mexico, United States A 1,600 mile (2560 kilometer) long trade route between Mexico City and San Juan Pueblo, New Mexico, from 1598 to 1882. The drivable route, mostly part of former U.S. Route 85, has been designated as a National Scenic Byway called El Camino Real. The trail was used for trade among native tribes since the earliest of times. |
 Electric Avenue • England – London One of the first streets in the city to have electric lighting. Also a popular song by Eddy Grant released in January 1983. |
 Elm Street • United States – (symbolic) A typical American street, now associated with horror. The film A Nightmare on Elm Street led to a series of horror films, TV shows, novels, and comic books. Also the street in Dallas, Texas, where President Kennedy was shot. |
Elphinstone Street – Pakistan (See Zaibunnisa Street) |
 Ermine Street (Old North Road) • England A major Roman road in England that ran from London (Londinium) to Lincoln (Lindum Colonia) and York (Eboracum). It is also known as the "Old North Road" from London to where it joins the A1 Great North Road near Godmanchester. |
 Falls Road (The Falls Road) • Ireland – Belfast The name is synonymous with the Catholic and republican communities in the city. The road was originally a country lane leading from the city center, but the population expanded rapidly in the 19th century with the construction of several large linen mills. |
 Fifth Avenue • United States – New York City, New York Symbol of the wealthy part of New York City. Also the name of a department store, Saks Fifth Avenue. The term also is a street, candy bar, and used as part of many other kinds of names. |
 Flamingo Road • United States – (southern state) A 1949 movie about a poor woman making good; starring Joan Crawford. Also a main thoroughfare in Las Vegas, Nevada and a TV series, 1980-1982. |
 Fleet Street • England – London Symbol for British journalism. In London, the home of the British press until the 1980s. |
 Fosse Way • England An old Roman road in England. Also called The Fosse Way, many sections of the old road form parts of modern roads and many geographical boundaries. |
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 Fremont Street • United States – Las Vegas, Nevada Once the main street in the city, now a pedestrian mall covered by lights, known as The Fremont Street Experience. The abundance of neon signs, like cowboy Vegas Vic, earned the street the nickname of "Glitter Gulch." |
 Friedrichstraße • Germany – Berlin Checkpoint Charlie during the Cold War. From 1961 to 1989 the Berlin Wall crossed it at Zimmerstrasse. Today, a major culture and shopping street in central Berlin. |
 Gasoline Alley • None – (comic strip) A comic strip first published on 1918. Created by Frank King, it is the first comic whose characters age as the years pass. |
 Going to the Sun Road (Sun Road) • United States – Montana Only road to span the width of Glacier National Park, crossing the Continental Divide at 6,646-foot-high Logan Pass. Snow makes the road impassable in the winter with up to 80 feet of snow at Logan Pass. |
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 Grand Avenue • United States – Wisconsin, Milwaukee An urban shopping plaza that spans three city blocks. Also a comic strip by Steve Breen. Also a major street in several American cities. |
 Grand-Trunk Road • Asia One of South Asia's oldest and longest major roads. It has linked the eastern and western regions of the Indian subcontinent, running from Bengal, across north India, into Peshawar in Pakistan. |
 Great North Road • Australia – New South Wales An historic road that was built to link early colony of Sydney with the fertile Hunter Valley to the north. Built by convicts between 1825-1836, it crosses over 161 miles (260 km) of rugged terrain. |
 Great Ocean Road • Australia The world's largest war memorial dedicated to soldiers killed during World War I. It runs through varying terrain along the coast and provides access to several prominent landmarks, including the Twelve Apostles limestone stack formations. |
Great Path – United States (See Great Trail) |
 Great St. Bernard Pass • Switzerland The most ancient pass through the Western Alps. The historic road winding over the pass, a few hundred metres from the Swiss-Italian border, is only passable June to September. |
 Great Trail (Great Path) • United States – New England A network of footpaths created by Algonquian and Iroquoian-speaking peoples. Connecting the Great Lakes region of Canada to New England and the mid-Atlantic, many modern highways in the Northeastern United States follow the routes. |
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 Great Wagon Road • United States – Great Appalachian Valley One of the first interstate highways in the early United States, Pennsylvania to North Carolina, and the last muscle-powered freeway. In the early 1700s, Scotch-Irish were the first people using the road headed south. By the mid-1700s, Pennsylvania Germans joined the migration. |
 Greenwood Street (Black Wall Street) • United States – Tulsa, Oklahoma One of the most prominent concentrations of African-American businesses in the United States during the early 20th century. It was popularly known as America's "Black Wall Street" until the Tulsa race riot of 1921. |
Grove's Road – Bolivia (See Yungas Road) |
 Guoliang Tunnel Road • China – Taihang Mountains A road carved along the side of and through a mountain. Before the tunnel was constructed, access to the nearby Guoliang village was limited to a difficult path carved into the mountainside. |
 Hãna Highway (Hana Belt Road) • United States – Maui, Hawaii Scenic road with hundreds of curves, virtually all of it through lush, tropical rainforest. Hawaii State Routes 36 and 360 which connects Kahului with the town of Hana in east Maui. |
 Haight-Ashbury • United States – San Francisco, California Origin of 1960s American counterculture. A district of city named for the intersection of Haight and Ashbury streets. |
Hana Belt Road – United States (See Hãna Highway) |
 Harley Street • England – London Known since the 19th century for its large number of private specialists in medicine and surgery. Today more than 3,000 people are employed in the Harley Street area. |
 Henry Street • United States – (song) A song in the musical Funny Girl as well as a famous street in Manhattan, New York. In 1893, nurses Lillian Wald and Mary Maud Brewster founded the Henry Street Settlement in New York City. |
 Hester Street • United States – New York City, New York Historically a center for Ashkenazi Jewish immigrant culture in New York City. Also a movie. More recently, it has been absorbed by Chinatown, although some kosher and Jewish-owned stores can be found. |
 High Street • England Like "Main Street" in America, the generic name of the primary business street of towns. This road is usually a focal point for shops and retailers in city centres. There are 5,410 High Streets in the United Kingdom. |
 Highway 1 • Australia A network of highways that circumnavigate the entire Australian continent. At a length of more than 15,000 miles, it is one of the longest national highways in the world. |
Highway to Heaven – China (See Tian Men Shan) |
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 Ho Chi Minh trail (Truong Son Road) • Viet Nam During the Viet Nam War, used by enemy infiltrators from the north. A complex maze of roads and paths for truck, bicycle and foot traffic, as well as river transportation ran mostly through Laos. |
 Hollywood & Vine • United States – Los Angeles, California Iconic label for movie production. Became famous in the 1920s for its concentration of radio and movie-related businesses. |
 Hollywood Boulevard • United States – Los Angeles, California Home of the Hollywood Walk of Fame,a tribute to artists working in the entertainment industry. The eastern end of Hollywood Boulevard passes through Little Armenia and Thai Town. |
I-10 – United States (See Katy Freeway) |
 Interstate 70 • United States – Colorado One of the final pieces of the Interstate Highway System and one of the most expensive rural highways per mile built in the U.S. Through a significant portion of the canyon, the eastbound lanes extend cantilevered over the Colorado River. |
Interstate H-1 – United States (See Lunalilo Freeway) |
Interstate H-3 – United States (See John A. Burns Freeway) |
 J Street • United States – (political) An advocacy group named for the missing road between I and K Streets in the Washington D.C. grid. The organisation promotes American leadership to end the Arab-Israeli and Palestinian-Israel conflicts peacefully and diplomatically. |
 Jebel Hafeet Mountain Road • United Arab Emirates – Abu Dhabi Called the greatest driving road in the world by Edmunds.com. The road scales the mountain and ends at a parking lot with only a hotel and a palace. The road is a challenge for cyclists who attempt to climb the 8% average ascent of the mountain. |
 John A. Burns Freeway (Interstate H-3) • United States – O'ahu At its completion, it was the most expensive Interstate Highway ever built on a cost per mile basis ($80 million per mile). Due to much controversy, it took 37 years to complete; 1960 - 1997. |
 Jomfru Ane Gade (Virgin Anne's Street) • Denmark – Aalborg Denmark's most famous street, popular with both locals and tourists. The street dates back to at least the end of the 16th century, apparently named after Ane Viffert who in 1568 lived in nearby Skavegade. |
 K street • United States – (political) A common metonym for Washington's lobbying industry. Also a 2003 HBO series. Also, "K-Road" is a nickname for Karangahape Road, a street in the central business district of Auckland, New Zealand. |
 Karakoram Highway • Asia – (China and Pakistan) The highest paved international road in the world. It connects China and Pakistan across the Karakoram mountain range, through the Khunjerab Pass, at an altitude of 4,693 meters (15,397 ft.) |
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 Karl Johans Gate • Norway – Oslo Built in the 1840s, the main street of the city of Oslo. The gate is a composite of several older streets that used to be separate thoroughfares. |
 Katy Freeway (I-10) • United States – Houston, Texas Has up to 20 lanes of traffic; 12 main lanes (six in each direction) and eight feeder lanes. Expansion of the freeway took 5 years and $2.8 billion. |
 Khaoson Road (Khao San Road) • Thailand – Bangkok World famous "backpacker ghetto" where tourist discuss their travels at its many pubs and bars. Once described as "...a short road that has the longest dream in the world". |
 Khyber Pass • Pakistan, Afghanistan A mountain pass that links Pakistan and Afghanistan. During the war in Afghanistan, the Khyber Pass has been a major route for resupplying NATO forces in the Afghan theater of conflict. |
 King's Highway • Middle East A important trade route to the ancient Middle East. During the Roman period, the Highway was rebuilt by Trajan and called the Via Traiana Nova. |
 Krakowskie Przedmiescie • Poland – Warsaw A most impressive and prestigious street in the Polish capital. Established in the 1400s as a road to Krakow, it is one of the oldest avenues in Warsaw and the first part of the Royal Route. |
 Lærdal Tunnel • Norway The longest automobile tunnel in the world. Completed in 2000, the auto tunnel is a part of the E16 main route between Oslo and Bergen, Norway. |
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 Lan Kwai Fong • China – Central, Hong Kong A popular expatriate haunt for drinking, clubbing and dining. The area was home to hawkers before the Second World War. Also a movie. |
 Las Vegas Boulevard • United States – Las Vegas, Nevada Known as the Las Vegas Strip. Many of the largest hotel, casino and resort properties in the world are located on this boulevard. |
 Ledo Road (Stilwell Road) • Burma Built during World War II so that the Allies could supply the Chinese as an alternative to the Burma Road. Built by 15,000 American soldiers and 35,000 local workers. 1,100 Americans and many locals died during the construction. |
 Les Grands Goulets (Grands Goulets in the Vercors Massif) • France – Drôme Built between 1843 and 1854, the legendary route is carved out of the cliffs of Vercors, a massif of mountains in the Rhône Alps region of France. Because of rock slides, the road was closed to traffic in 2005. |
 Lime Street • England – London Home of the world's largest insurance market, including Lloyd's of London, named for the nearby production of lime during mediaeval times. Lime Street is also the name of one of the 25 ancient wards in the City of London. (See Lime Street Ward.) |
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 Lincoln Highway (Coast to Coast Rock Highway) • United States – (New York City to San Francisco) The first road across the United States of America from coast to coast. Dedicated October 31, 1913, the Highway was the first national memorial to President Abraham Lincoln and originally stretched 3,389 miles (5,454 km). |
 Lombard Street • United States – San Francisco, California Crookedest street in the world. It is famous for having a steep, one-block section of tight hairpin turns intended to reduce the hill's natural 27% grade which was too steep for most vehicles. |
 Long Trail • American – Vermont A hiking trail running the length of the state; the oldest long-distance trail in the United States. It was constructed between 1910 and 1930 by the Green Mountain Club. |
Los Libertadores Pass – Argentina and Chile (See Paso Internacional Los Libertdores) |
 Lover's Lane • None – (idiom) Poetic term for a romantic location. Not necessarily a street, any secluded area where people kiss or make out. |
 Lunalilo Freeway (Interstate H-1) • United States – O'ahu, Hawai'i Hawaii's first and busiest freeway. It is the westernmost and southernmost Interstate Highway in the United States. |
 M-22 (Michigan Heritage Route) • United States – Michigan A scenice and historic route in northwest part of lower Michigan. The road passes through the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore. |
 Madison Avenue • United States – New York City, New York Synonymous with American advertising. The avenue in the borough of Manhattan where many advertising agencies were located. |
 Magic Roundabout • England – Swindon In 2009 it was voted the fourth scariest junction in Britain, in a poll by a British motor service.The roundabout is built over a section of the old Wilts and Berks Canal. Also the name of several other roundabouts and a 1963 children's TV show. |
 Main Street • United States – (symbolic) Emblematic of middle America, as presented at Disney World in Florida. The primary or central street of many American towns typically in place of First Street. |
 Makkah Road (Road to Makkah or Road to Mecca) • Saudi Arabia – Mecca One of the main roads leading to the holy city Makkah, i.e. Mecca. Also Road to Makkah, a book by Muhammad Asad; Road to Mecca, a play by South Africa's Athol Fugard. |
 Market Street • England and U.S. – (symbolic) A major street in many cities. An important street in San Francisco, CA; Philadelphia, PA; Cambridge, Manchester, Oxford in England; Melbourne, Australia; among others. |
 Marsimik La • India – (Chang-Chemno Range ) An extremely dangerous unpaved road; the highest drivable pass in the world. The pass is on the shortest route from the northwest tip of Pangong Lake to the contested Kongka Pass. |
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 McMurdo Highway (South Pole Traverse) • Antarctica – South Pole A compacted snow road in Antarctica linking the US McMurdo Station to the Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station; about 995 miles or 1,601 kms. The road is not paved; flags mark its route. |
 Melrose Place • United States – (TV show) An American TV series. A fictional street in a posh part of Los Angeles, CA in a TV drama first appearing in 1992. |
 Merritt Parkway • United States – Fairfield County, Connecticut Known for its scenic layout, its uniquely styled signage, and the architecturally elaborate overpasses. The Merritt Parkway is one of the oldest parkways in the United States, opening June 29, 1938. |
 Michigan Avenue • United States – Chicago, Illinois The major downtown street in the windy city. Sites include the Chicago Water Tower, the Art Institute of Chicago, Millennium Park, and the Magnificent Mile. |
Michigan Heritage Route – United States (See M-22) |
 Minhocão (Via Elevada Presidente João Goulart) • Brazil – São Paulo Because of traffic noise disturbing residents living within 5 metres of the elevated highway, in 1976 the road was closed to motor vehicles on Sundays and holidays and from 9:30pm and 6:30am. During off-hours the roadway becomes a park for pedestrians. The highway has often been featured in Brazilian cinema. |
 Mohawk Trail • United States – New York, Upstate The Trail began as a Native American trade route connecting Atlantic tribes with Upstate New York tribes. Today the Trail is part of Massachusetts Route 2, which was created as one of the first scenic highways in the U.S. |
Mother Road – United States (See Route 66) |
Motorway of the Lakes – Italy (See Autostrada dei Laghi) |
 Mulholland Drive • United States – Los Angeles, California A winding road along the ridge of the Santa Monica Mountains and the Hollywood Hills in southern California. Also a 2001 neo-noir movie. |
 Nakasendo (also called the Kisokaido) • Japan One of the two routes that connected Edo (modern-day Tokyo) to Kyoto. There were 69 staging-posts between Edo and Kyoto with a total distance of about 534 km (332 mi). |
 Nanjing Road • China – Shanghai The main shopping street of the city and one of the world's busiest streets. The entire length of the road has been a center of commerce in Shanghai for more than a century. |
 Natchez Trace • United States An historical path that extended roughly 440 miles from Natchez, MS to Nashville, TN. It was a traditional Native American trail and was later also used by early European explorers as both a trade and transit route in the late 1700s and early 1800s. |
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 Nathan Road (The Golden Mile) • Hong Kong – Kowloon This main thoroughfare in Kowloon, Hong Kong is lined with shops, restaurants and is the destination of many tourists. It was the very first road built in Kowloon. Known in the post-World War II years as The Golden Mile, a name that is now rarely used. |
 National Old Trails Road (Ocean-to-Ocean Highway) • United States – (coast to coast) Coast to coast United States highway established in 1912. At 3,096 miles (4,983 km) long, it follows the old National Road and the Santa Fe Trail from Baltimore, MD to San Francisco, CA. |
 National Road (Cumberland Road) • United States First major highway in the United States. Begun in 1811, the highway connects Vandalia, IL to Cumberland, MD. When rebuilt in the 1830s, the road became the first in the country to use the new macadam road surfacing. |
 Nevsky Prospekt • Russia – St. Petersburg The major and oldest avenue in the old Imperial capital of Russia. Planned by Peter the Great, the road has been immortalized by such Russian authors Nikolai Gogol and Alexandeer Pushkin. |
 Newbury Street • United States – Boston, Massachusetts Emblematic of high style. Located in the Back Bay area, it is lined with historic 19th-century brownstones that contain hundreds of shops and restaurants. |
Newspaper Row – United States (See Park Row) |
 O'Connell Street • Ireland – Dublin Historic and main thoroughfare in the capital city. One of Europe's widest streets and site of The Spire of Dublin. |
 Ocean Drive • United States – Miami, Florida Known for its Art Deco hotels. The street is the center of the Art Deco District and home to about 800 preserved buildings including one of the most photographed houses in North America, the famed mansion of Gianni Versace. |
Ocean-to-Ocean Highway – United States (See National Old Trails Road) |
 Old Pali Road • United States – O'ahu, Hawai'i An old Hawaiian road on O'ahu, the settings for many ghost stories. Hawaii Route 61 replaced the old road, but portions still exist, although closed to traffic. |
 Old Plank Road • United States – Arizona Historic road in California built in 1915. Once connecting San Diego, CA with Yuma, AZ, only fragments remain today. |
 Omotesando • Japan – Tokyo One of the foremost architectural showcase streets in the world with many famous flagship stores neighboring along its route. Along its side streets, known as Ura-Harajuku, visitors can find many small cafes, bars, restaurants, and boutique stores |
 Orchard Road • Singapore Popular place for shopping and entertainment in Singapore. Begun in the 1830s, the road was named for the orchards that formerly lined the road. |
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 Oregon Trail • United States – Oregon 19th century route to the American Northwest Territory. Travellers journeyed 4-6 months by land and river routes to reach the Oregon Territory. (Painting by William Henry Jackson.) |
 Overseas Highway • United States – Florida Keys The part of U.S. Route 1 over the coral cay archipelago in the southeast United States. Large parts of 127.5 mile long road were built on the former Overseas Railroad, the Key West Extension of the Florida East Coast Railway. |
 Oxford Street • England – London Europe's busiest shopping district. It is a major thoroughfare in London with over 300 shops and stores. |
 Pacific Coast Highway (California State Rte 1, Cabrillo Hwy, Shoreline Hwy) • United States – California pacific coast Runs along some of the most beautiful coastlines in the USA and designated as an All-American Road. Frequent landslides and roadway erosion have caused segments to be either closed for repairs or re-routed. |
 Pall Mall • England – London A major thoroughfare in the St James's area of the capital. The name of the street is derived from "pall mall", a mallet-and-ball game that was played there during the 17th century. |
 Pan-American Highway • North and South America Inter-continental highway spanning 48,000 km (about 30,000 miles), from Alaska, in North America to Chile and Argentina in South America. The highway is interrupted between Panama and Colombia by a 100 km (60 mi) stretch of marshland known as the Darién Gap. |
 Park Avenue • United States – New York City, New York A boulevard in New York City borough of Manhattan, emblematic of high style. Also a Buick car model and the name of many other things. |
 Park Row (Newspaper Row) • United States – New York City, New York During the late 19th century the street was known as "Newspaper Row" because most of New York City's newspapers were located on the street near City Hall. Also the name of a movie by Samuel Fuller. |
 Parliament Street • England – Exeter The narrowest street in the world. It is about 64 centimetres (25 inches) at its narrowest and approximately 1.22 metres (48 inches) at its widest. |
 Paseo de la Reforma (Reform Promenade) • Mexico – Mexico City Major wide boulevard in capital. The road was built during the Second Mexican Empire by the Austrian military officer and engineer Ferdinand von Rosenzweig. |
Paso do los Caracoles – Argentina and Chile (See Paso Internacional Los Libertdores) |
 Paso Internacional Los Libertdoresl (Cristo Rendtor Road, Paso do los Caracoles, Los Libertadores Pass) • Argentina and Chile Major twisting mountain road between Argentina and Chile. Its name comes from the 4 ton Christ the Redeemer of the Andes. It is the main transport route from the Chilean capital city Santiago into Argentina's Mendoza city. |
 Passeig de Gràcia • Spain – Barcelona One of the city's most important shopping and business areas and address of several of the city's most celebrated pieces of architecture. Regarded as the most expensive street in the country. |
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Passo dello Stelvio – Italy (See Stelvio Pass) |
 Pennine Way • England A National Trail stretching north 268 miles (431 km) from upper-middle England to the south of Scotland. The path was the idea of the journalist Tom Stephenson, inspired by similar trails in the United States such as the Appalachian Trail. |
 Pennsylvania Avenue • United States – Washington D.C. Called "America's Main Street." A major street in city joining the White House and the United States Capitol. |
 Pennsylvania Turnpike • United States – Pennsylvania First long-distance limited-access highway in the United States. During initial construction, the turnpike used 7 tunnels abandoned by the South Pennsylvania Railroad during the 1880s. |
 Penny Lane • England – (song) A song by The Beatles. Release in February 1967, the title comes from the name of a street in the band's hometown, Liverpool, England. |
 Petticoat Lane • England – London A center for manufacturing clothes in the city. By 1608, the area had become a commercial district where second hand clothes and bric-a-brac were sold and exchanged. |
Pico de Veleta – Spain (See Veleta Road) |
 Pilgrims' Way • England The historic route supposed to have been taken by pilgrims in England. Much of the traditional route of the Pilgrims' Way is now part of the modern road network. |
 Pony Express Trail • United States During its 18 months of operation, it reduced mail delivery time across the United States from months to about 10 days. The Pony Express eventually folded in October 1861 when Western Union completed the transcontinental telegraph line at Salt Lake City. |
 Primrose Path • None – (idiom) Symbolic of living a life of luxury. The title of a song by Jerry Wallace, an 1875 novel by Bram Stoker, and a 1940 movie starring Ginger Rogers. |
 Promenade des Anglais • France – Nice A celebrated road along the Mediterranean coast. The Promenade was first called the Camin deis Anglés (the English Way) by the Niçois in their native dialect Nissart. |
 Red Rock Scenic Byway (State Route 179) • United States – Arizona Passes through spectacular red rock and sandstone formations. Designated The All-American Road by the U.S. Dept. of Transportation in 2006. |
Reform Promenade – Mexico (See Paseo de la Reforma) |
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 Rheinhöhenweg Trail • Germany – Rhine Valley A popular hiking trail on the mountains of the Valley. The trails, following the course of the Rhine, passes a vast number of famous castles and are probably the oldest known walking routes in Germany. |
 Ridgeway, The • England and Wales – Britian's oldest road. One of fifteen long-distance National Trails in England and Wales. The Ridgeway passes near many Neolithic, Iron Age, and Bronze Age sites. |
 Ridley Road (also known as Dalston Market) • British – London Borough of Hackney A British TV drama based on the Jewish opposition to British Fascism in the 1960s and set in the East End of London at Ridley Road Market known locally simply as Ridley Road. The actual Ridley Road is closed to traffic and is famous for the wide range of commodities sold in the street, particularly fruit and vegetables, usually from various carts and barrows. |
Rio do Rasto Road – Brazil (See Rodovia SC-438) |
Road of 52 Tunnels – Italy (See Strada delle 52 Galleri) |
Road of Death – Bolivia (See Yungas Road) |
Road to Makkah – Saudi Arabia (See Makkah Road) |
Road to Mecca – Saudi Arabia (See Makkah Road) |
 Rodeo Drive • United States – Beverly Hills, California Famous shopping district in the city. Pronounced Roh-DAY-oh, the name generally refers to a three-block long stretch of boutiques and shops. |
 Rodovia dos Imigrantes (SP-160) • Brazil The highway connects the city of Säo Paulo to the Atlantic coast. The two carriageways are fully reversible and traffic can flow either bidirectionally or in the same direction, depending on demand. |
 Rodovia SC-438 (Rio do Rasto Road) • Brazil – Sata Catarina A sharply winding and steep ascent in the Serra do Rio do Rastro mountain range. At the highest elevation, 1,460 meters (4,790 feet) above sea level, the Atlantic Ocean can be seen on clear days, some 100 km (62 mi) away. |
 Rose Street • Scotland – Edinburgh A narrow street with many pubs and bars. Famed for Rose Street Challenge, having a drink in every bar, pub, and restaurant on the way. |
 Rottenrow • Scotland – Glasgow A famous street in the Scottish city. Dates back to the city's medieval beginnings, and once connected the historic High Street to the Cowcaddens area. Also a common street name in towns and villages throughout England and Scotland. |
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Route Transcanadienne – Canada (See Trans-Canada Highway) |
 Royal Mile (The name given to a succession of streets) • Scotland – Edinburgh Busiest tourist street in the Old Town. Passes between two significant locations in the history of Scotland; Edinburgh Castle and Holyrood Palace. |
 Royal Road • Greece – Crete First built road, a 50 km paved road from Knossos in north Crete through the mountains. Consturcted by the Minoans in about 2000 B.C. |
 Royal Road • Iraq An ancient Persian highway. Rebuilt by the Persian king Darius I of the Achaemenid Empire in the 5th century BC. |
 Royal Road • Poland – Kraków Passes some of the most prominent historic landmarks of Poland's royal capital. The Royal Road starts outside the northern flank of the old city walls in the medieval suburb of Kleparz, now a central district of Kraków. |
Rue Crescent – Canada (See Crescent Street) |
 Rue de Rivoli • France – Paris A commercial street whose shops include the most fashionable names in the world. The Paris street was created by Napoleon Bonaparte and named for his victory at the Battle of Rivoli. |
 Rue Morgue • France – ((fiction)) Fame from the 1841 short story by Edgar Allen Poe's The Murders in the Rue Morgue, a story about the baffling double murder on a fictional street in Paris. Also a 1932 movie, a 1971 movie, and a Canadian magazine devoted to coverage of horror fiction. |
Rue Sainte-Catherine – Canada (See Saint Catherine Street) |
 Saint Catherine Street (Rue Sainte-Catherine) • Canada – Montreal The primary commercial artery of downtown Montreal. A Gay village extends along the street in the east end of downtown. |
 Sani Pass • South Africa – KwaZulu Natal The most impressive of all South African mountain passes features high altitude, winding inclines and terrific scenery. The pass was developed in 1913 primarily as a trade route between Lesotho and KwaZulu-Natal and KwaZulu-Natal. It is now being upgraded with pavement and opened to tourists. |
 Santa Fe Trail • United States – (Missouri to New Mexico) 19th century transportation route through central North America. First used in 1821, it served as a commercial and military highway until about 1880 with the coming of railroads. (Painting by Wayne Cooper.) |
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 Second Avenue (Second Street) • United States Most common street name in the United States. Since the primary road in many towns was named "Main" or "Front" or something else, "First" is third most common street name. "Second Avenue" or "Second Street" is also part of many business. |
 Serangoon Road • Singapore – Singapore The road is now part of the conserved Little India area and features old terrace shophouses with highly decorative facades from the early 1840s to 1960s. On the road is one of Singapore's earliest Hindu temples, the Sri Srinivasa Perumal Temple, built in 1885. The road’s name was used as the title of a local 2013 TV series, Serangoon Road. |
 Sesame Street • None – (TV show) A children's TV program. An educational children's TV series known for its Muppets characters. |
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 Shibuya Crossing • Japan – Tokyo Famous for its scramble crossing which stops vehicles in all directions to allow pedestrians to flood the entire intersection. Often featured in movies and television shows which take place in Tokyo |
Shoreline Highway – United States (See Pacific Coast Highway) |
 Shuto Expressway • Japan – Tokyo A network of toll expressways in the Greater Tokyo Area of Japan. The roadway network has many long bridges over water, tunnels, and sharp curves. |
 Silk Alley (now Silk Street) • China – Beijing Old shopping alley in the city where many stalls sold mostly knock-off luxury items. In 2005, the new street replaced the old alley-based Xiushui Market, and has more diversified businesses. |
 Silk Road • Eurasian continent An appellation for trade routes across the Eurasian continent. The interconnected routes cover over 5,000 miles enabling the transportion of silk and other fine fabrics as well as other sought-after goods. |
Sixth Avenue – United States (See Avenue of the Americas) |
 Skid Road (Skid Row) • United States – (emblematic) A run-down or dilapidated urban area with a large, impoverished population. The term dates back to the 17th century when it referred to a log road, used to skid or drag logs through woods and bog. |
 Snake Alley • United States – Burlington, Iowa In the 1940s, writer Robert L. Ripley add it to his Ripley's Believe It, Or Not! column, calling it "The Crookedest Street in the World" The street is the site of an annual uphill bike race, the Snake Alley Criterium. |
South Pole Traverse – Antarctica (See McMurdo Highway) |
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SP-160 – Brazil (See Rodovia dos Imigrantes) |
 St. Charles Avenue • United States – New Orleans, Louisiana Famous for the dozens of mansions that adorn the tree-lined boulevard for much of the uptown section of the boulevard and one of the chief Mardi Gras parade routes. Home of the St. Charles Streetcar Line, it is also famous for the many mansions on much of the uptown part of the boulevard. |
State Route 179 – United States (See Red Rock Scenic Byway) |
 Stelvio Pass (Passo dello Stelvio) • Italy – Alps The "greatest driving road in the world" is the highest paved mountain pass in the Eastern Alps. The original road was built in 1820-25 by the Austrian Empire to connect the former Austrian province of Lombardia with the rest of Austria. |
Stilwell Road – Burma (See Ledo Road) |
 Strada delle 52 Galleri • Italy – Veneto An impressive military mule road built in 1917 during World War I on the Pasubio mountains (also Cima Palon) helping the Italian army to defeat the Austro-Hungarians at the Battle of Asiago. It is 6.55 kms long with 52 tunnels excavated from the rock. |
 Strand (The) • England – London An old and famous street in the city. Many famous buildings, churches, and historic places can be found along this street. |
 Stuart Highway (The Track) • Australia Principal north-south route through the central interior of the mainland. Sight of the World Solar Challenge, a biennial solar-powered car race covering 3,021 km (1,877 mi). |
 Sunset Boulevard • United States – Los Angeles, California Once a synonym for the glamor of Hollywood. A street in western Los Angeles County, California, a 1950 film, a TV series, a song and musical title. |
 Sweet Track • England – Somerset Levels One of the oldest engineered roads known. An ancient causeway in the sparsely populated coastal plain and wetland area of south west England, probably built in 3806 BC. |
 Takeshita Dori • Japan – Tokyo One of the busiest and fashionable shopping streets in Tokyo with stores offering a vast array of articles. In the 1990s, the street was the place to go to purchase fake Japanese and American brand goods. |
 Tea Horse Road ((Southern Silk Road)) • China – Southwest China A network of caravan paths winding through the mountains of Sichuan, Yunnan and Tibet in Southwest China. There are numerous surviving archaeological and monumental elements, including trails, bridges, way stations, market towns, palaces, staging posts, shrines and temples along the route. |
The Bayshore Route – Japan (See Wangan) |
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 The Bowery • United States – New York City, New York The oldest thoroughfare on Manhattan Island and at one time synonymous with dereliction and poverty. In early 1900s, it was home to America's earliest street gangs, the Bowery Boys. |
The Grand Canal – Italy (See Canalasso) |
The Royal Road of the Interior Land – Mexico, United States (See El Camino Real de Tierra Adentro) |
The Track – Australia (See Stuart Highway) |
The Way of Suffering – Israel (See Via Dolorosa) |
The Way of the Sea – Middle East (See Via Maris) |
 Thunder Road • United States – (Kentucky and Tennessee) Title of a 1958 based-on-fact film film with Robert Mitchum. Also the name of other things, including a coffee brand. |
 Tian Men Shan (Big Gate Road or Highway to Heaven or Dragon Road) • China – Hunan Has 99 hair-pin turns up the Tianmen Mountain. (In Chinese culture, 9 is considered a lucky number.) The road extends from 200 meters below sea level to 1300 meters above sea level. The Tianmenshan Temple is located on the summit. |
 Tin Pan Alley • United States – (idiom) Any city's musical district. A name given to New York City music publishers and songwriters beginning in the late 1880s. |
 Tobacco Road • United States – North Carolina The tobacco-producing area of the state and often used when referring to sports teams among North Carolina universities. Also a novel by Erskine Caldwell, a film, and a song title. |
 Trail Ridge Road (Beaver Meadow Road) • United States – Colorado The highest continuous paved road in the United States crossing the Continental Divide and reaching an elevation of 12,183. feet. The road is closed during the winter, and often remains closed until late spring or early summer. |
 Trans-Canada Highway (Route Transcanadienne) • Canada One of the longest national highways in the world. The system that joins the ten provinces of Canada, the main route spanning 8,030 kilometers (4,990 miles). |
 Trans-Labrador Highway • Canada – Newfoundland and Labrador The only through highway of any kind in Labrador. Most of the road is a well-packed asphalt/gravel surface that is re-graded annually. |
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 Trans-Siberian Highway • Russia The unofficial name for a network of highways in Russia. Spans the width of Russia from the, Baltic Sea of the Atlantic Ocean to the Japan Sea of the Pacific Ocean. |
Truong Son Road – Viet Nam (See Ho Chi Minh trail) |
Turini Pass – France (See Col de Turini) |
 Tverskaya Street • Russia – Moscow Route of the Tsars' procession on official visits to Moscow. Moscow's main street, on the north end of Red Square, was originally the main road out of the medieval city. |
Ulitsa Varvarka – Russia (See Varvarka Street) |
 Unter den Linden • Germany – Berlin Famous boulevard that runs from the site of the royal palace at the Lustgarten park to Pariser Platz. The heart of the historic section of Berlin dating from the 17th and 18th centuries. |
 Váci Street (Váci Utca) • Hungary – Budapest The most famous street of central Budapest. It features a large number of restaurants and shops catering primarily to the tourist market. |
 Varvarka Street (Ulitsa Varvarka) • Russia – Moscow The oldest street in Moscow flanking Zarydye, the oldest trading settlement outside the Kremlin walls. Though a short street, it has the most churches of any street in Moscow as well as many interesting sights that characterize medieval times. |
 Veleta Road ((Pico de Veleta or A-395) • Spain – Province of Granada Highest paved road in Europe. Asphalt ends at about 3300 meters (10826 feet) but the road continues unpaved until reaching about 3380 meters (11089 feet). |
Via Appia – Italy (See Appian Way) |
 Via Augusta (Via Herculea or Via Exterior) • Spain – Cádiz An old Roman road crossing all of Hispania Province, from Câdiz in Spain, to where it crossed the Pyrenees. It forms part of the European Union "Roman Roads in the Mediterranean" initiative. |
 Via dei Fori Imperiali • Italy – Rome The road in the center of Rome running from the Piazza Venezia to the Colosseum. The road, original named "Via Triumphale," was built during the dictatorship of Benito Mussolini and courses through much of the ruins of ancient Rome. |
 Via Dolorosa (The Way of Suffering) • Israel – Jerusalem The path Jesus walked carrying his cross on the way to crucifixion. The remnant of a main east-west route through Aelia Capitolina, an ancient city once on the site of Jerusalem. |
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 Via Egnatia • Europe A road constructed by the Romans in the 2nd century BC. It crossed the Roman provinces of Illyricum, Macedonia, and Thrace, running through territory that is now part of modern Albania, the Republic of Macedonia, Greece, and European Turkey. |
 Via Maris (The Way of the Sea) • Middle East An ancient trade route dating from the early Bronze Age. Linking Egypt with the northern empires of Syria, Anatolia and Mesopotamia, its earlier name was Way of the Philistines. |
 Via Monte Napoleone • Italy – Milan Upscale shopping street famous for its ready-to-wear fashion and jewelry shops. The street traces the Roman city walls erected by Emperor Maximian. |
 Via Sacra • Italy – Rome The main street of ancient Rome. Runs from the top of the Capitoline Hill through the Forum to the Colosseum. |
 Via Tornabuoni ((Via de' Tornabuoni)) • Italy – Florence Features high fashion boutiques, belonging to designer brands such as Gucci, Salvatore Ferragamo, Enrico Coveri, Emilio Pucci and many others. In the 12th century, it had different names, including Via Larga dei Legnaiuoli and Via dei Belli Sporti. |
 Via Veneto (Via Vittorio Veneto) • Italy – Rome One of the most famous streets in the Italian capital. The street was made famous by Federico Fellini’s classic 1960 film La Dolce Vita and turned it into a center for upmarket cafes and shops. |
Via Vittorio Veneto – Italy (See Via Veneto) |
 Victory Highway • United States – (coast to coast) An early auto trail across the United States. Begun in 1921 and dedicated to American forces who died in World War I, it is roughly equivalent to the present U.S. Route 40. |
Virgin Anne's Street – Denmark (See Jomfru Ane Gade) |
 Voie Sacrée • France – Verdun The road played a vital role for the Battle of Verdun in France during World War I. Along the 72 km of the road, day and night during the war years, 3,500 trucks were on the move, ferrying men, armaments, and supplies to the beleaguered city of Verdun. |
 Wall Street • United States – New York City, New York An American stock market moniker. Street in Lower Manhattan where the New York Stock Exchange is located. |
 Wangan (The Bayshore Route) • Japan – Tokyo A Japanese manga series and a stretch of expressway. The series has been adapted into live action films, video games, and TV series. The name derives from the actual street racing that occurs on part of the expressway, the longest, straightest road in the entire country. |
 Wangfujing • China – Beijing One of the most famous shopping streets in China. In the Qing Dynasty, aristocratic estates and princess residence were built here. The street was previously known as Morrison Street in English. |
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 Watling Street • England Old Roman road parts of which are still in use with varying names, between the modern cities of Canterbury and St. Albans. Part of the route was the site of the Roman victory at the Battle of Watling Street in 61 AD. |
 Wilderness Road • United States – Kentucky Principal route used by early settlers to reach Kentucky from the East. Daniel Boone blazed a trail in 1775, but by 1840 the road was abandoned. Modern highways follow much of its route. |
 Wilshire Boulevard • United States – Los Angeles, California Symbolic spine of Los Angeles, crossing three cities, includes the most dense and ethnically diverse neighborhoods in Los Angeles. For nearly a century Wilshire has been a boulevard of new ideas about architecture, commerce, transportation and urbanism in Southern California. |
 Woodward Avenue • United States – Detroit, Michigan The first mile of road in the world to be paved with concrete and an historical and important street. The annual Woodward Dream Cruise takes place in suburban Detroit during the summer attracting thousands of classic car owners and admirers from the entire country. |
 Yellow Brick Road • None – (symbolic) A path to some goal. In the movie, Dorothy's path to Emerald City. In the 1939 film The Wizard of Oz, based on the novel by L. Frank Baum. |
 Yonge Street • Canada – Toronto, Ontario The longest street in the world at 1,896 km. Referred to as "Main Street Ontario", a large part of the route follows an ancient well-established Aboriginal trail. |
 Yungas Road (Grove's Road, Coroico Road, Camino de las Yungas, El Camino de la Muerte, Road of Death, Death Road) • Bolivia It is estimated that 200 to 300 travellers are killed yearly along the road. The North Yungas Road is a 61-kilometre (38 mi) or 69-kilometre road leading from La Paz to Coroico. |
 Zaibunnisa Street (originally Elphinstone Street) • Pakistan – Karachi One of Karachi`s oldest and historic streets. Site of the city's most renowned shopping districts. |
 Zeil • German – Frankfurt, Germany One of the most famous and busiest shopping streets in Germany. The western part is a pedestrian zone. The name is derived from the German word Zeile meaning "row" and originally referred to a row of houses there in the 14th century. |
Railways, canals and most bridges are not included with the exception of The Grand Canal of Venice. |
First road name on each page | |
| 1 | 2nd Ring Road (China, Beijing) |
| 2 | Atlantic Ocean Road (Norway) |
| 3 | Boulevard Ring (Russia, Moscow) |
| 4 | Canal Street (New Orleans) (United States, New Orleans, Louisiana) |
| 5 | Creek Street (United States, Ketchikan, Alaska) |
| 6 | Easy Street (None, idiom) |
| 7 | Fremont Street (United States, Las Vegas, Nevada) |
| 8 | Great Wagon Road (United States, Great Appalachian Valley) |
| 9 | Ho Chi Minh trail (Viet Nam) |
| 10 | Karl Johans Gate (Norway, Oslo) |
| 11 | Lincoln Highway (United States, New York City to San Francisco) |
| 12 | McMurdo Highway (Antarctica, South Pole) |
| 13 | Nathan Road (Hong Kong, Kowloon) |
| 14 | Oregon Trail (United States, Oregon) |
| 15 | Passo dello Stelvio (Italy) |
| 16 | Rheinhöhenweg Trail (Germany, Rhine Valley) |
| 17 | Route 66 (United States) |
| 18 | Second Avenue (United States) |
| 19 | SP-160 (Brazil) |
| 20 | The Bowery (United States, New York City, New York) |
| 21 | Trans-Siberian Highway (Russia) |
| 22 | Via Egnatia (Europe) |
| 23 | Watling Street (England) |
road name (Country) | |
| 1. | 2nd Ring Road (China, Beijing) |
| 2. | 9 de Julio Avenue (Argentina) |
| 3. | 42nd Street (United States, New York City, New York) |
| 4. | Abbey Road (England, music album) |
| 5. | Acorn Street (United States, Boston) |
| 6. | Alaska Route 11 (United States) |
| 7. | Albert Cuypstraat (Netherlands, Amsterdam) |
| 8. | Amber Road (Europe, several countries) |
| 9. | Andrássy Street (Hungary, Budapest) |
| 10. | Appalachian Trail (United States, eastern states) |
| 11. | Appian Way (Italy, Rome) |
| 12. | Atlanterhavsveien (Norway) |
| 13. | Atlantic Ocean Road (Norway) |
| 14. | Autostrada dei Laghi (Italy) |
| 15. | Avenida Nueve de Julio (Argentina, Buenos Aires) |
| 16. | Avenue of the Americas (United States, New York City, New York) |
| 17. | Avenue Q (None, stage musical) |
| 18. | Aviles Street (United States, St. Augustine, Florida) |
| 19. | Baldwin Street (New Zealand, Dunedin) |
| 20. | Beale Street (United States, Memphis, Tennessee) |
| 21. | Beaver Meadow Road (United States) |
| 22. | Big Gate Road (China) |
| 23. | Bleeker Street (United States, New York City, New York) |
| 24. | Blue Ridge Parkway (United States, Appalachian Mountains) |
| 25. | Boston Post Road (United States, Boston, Massachusetts) |
| 26. | Boulevard Ring (Russia, Moscow) |
| 27. | Boulevard Saint-Germain (France, Paris) |
| 28. | Boulevard Saint-Michel (France, Paris) |
| 29. | Bourbon Street (United States, New Orleans, Louisiana) |
| 30. | Bozeman Trail (United States, Montana to Wyoming) |
| 31. | Broadway (United States, New York, New York City) |
| 32. | Burma Road (Burma) |
| 33. | Cabrillo Highway (United States) |
| 34. | California State Route 1 (United States) |
| 35. | Calle Estafeta (Spain, Pamplona) |
| 36. | Camino de las Yungas (Bolivia) |
| 37. | Camino de Santiago (Spain) |
| 38. | Canal Street (Manhattan) (United States, New York City, New York) |
| 39. | Canal Street (New Orleans) (United States, New Orleans, Louisiana) |
| 40. | Canalasso (Italy, Venice) |
| 41. | Capulin Volcano road (United States, New Mexico) |
| 42. | Carnaby Street (England, London) |
| 43. | Castro Street (United States, San Francisco, California) |
| 44. | Champs-Élysées (France, Paris) |
| 45. | Chandni Chowk (India, New Delhi) |
| 46. | Charing Cross Road (England, London) |
| 47. | Chisholm Trail (United States, Texas to Kansas) |
| 48. | Cinta Costera Viaduct (Panama City, Panama) |
| 49. | Col de Turini (France) |
| 50. | Colonial Parkway (United States, Virginia) |
| 51. | Coroico Road (Bolivia) |
| 52. | Creek Street (United States, Ketchikan, Alaska) |
| 53. | Crescent Street (Canada, Montreal) |
| 54. | Cristo Rendtor Road (Argentina and Chile) |
| 55. | Cumberland Road (United States) |
| 56. | Dalal Street (India, Mumbai) |
| 57. | Dalton Highway (United States, Alaska) |
| 58. | Davison Freeway (United States, Detroit, Michigan) |
| 59. | Death Road (Bolivia) |
| 60. | Der Graben (Austria, Vienna) |
| 61. | Devil's Slide (American, California) |
| 62. | Dixie Highway (United States, Michigan to Florida) |
| 63. | Donner Pass (United States, Sierra Nevada, California) |
| 64. | Downing Street (England, London) |
| 65. | Easy Street (None, idiom) |
| 66. | El Camino de la Muerte (Bolivia) |
| 67. | El Camino Real (United States, California) |
| 68. | El Camino Real de Tierra Adentro (Mexico, United States) |
| 69. | Electric Avenue (England, London) |
| 70. | Elm Street (United States, symbolic) |
| 71. | Elphinstone Street (Pakistan) |
| 72. | Ermine Street (England) |
| 73. | Falls Road (Ireland, Belfast) |
| 74. | Fifth Avenue (United States, New York City, New York) |
| 75. | Flamingo Road (United States, southern state) |
| 76. | Fleet Street (England, London) |
| 77. | Fosse Way (England) |
| 78. | Fremont Street (United States, Las Vegas, Nevada) |
| 79. | Friedrichstraße (Germany, Berlin) |
| 80. | Gasoline Alley (None, comic strip) |
| 81. | Going to the Sun Road (United States, Montana) |
| 82. | Graben (Austria, Vienna) |
| 83. | Gran Via (Spain, Madrid) |
| 84. | Grand Avenue (United States, Wisconsin, Milwaukee) |
| 85. | Grand-Trunk Road (Asia) |
| 86. | Great North Road (Australia, New South Wales) |
| 87. | Great Ocean Road (Australia) |
| 88. | Great Path (United States) |
| 89. | Great St. Bernard Pass (Switzerland) |
| 90. | Great Trail (United States, New England) |
| 91. | Great Wagon Road (United States, Great Appalachian Valley) |
| 92. | Greenwood Street (United States, Tulsa, Oklahoma) |
| 93. | Grove's Road (Bolivia) |
| 94. | Guoliang Tunnel Road (China, Taihang Mountains) |
| 95. | Hãna Highway (United States, Maui, Hawaii) |
| 96. | Haight-Ashbury (United States, San Francisco, California) |
| 97. | Hana Belt Road (United States) |
| 98. | Harley Street (England, London) |
| 99. | Henry Street (United States, song) |
| 100. | Hester Street (United States, New York City, New York) |
| 101. | High Street (England) |
| 102. | Highway 1 (Australia) |
| 103. | Highway to Heaven (China) |
| 104. | Ho Chi Minh trail (Viet Nam) |
| 105. | Hollywood & Vine (United States, Los Angeles, California) |
| 106. | Hollywood Boulevard (United States, Los Angeles, California) |
| 107. | I-10 (United States) |
| 108. | Interstate 70 (United States, Colorado) |
| 109. | Interstate H-1 (United States) |
| 110. | Interstate H-3 (United States) |
| 111. | J Street (United States, political) |
| 112. | Jebel Hafeet Mountain Road (United Arab Emirates, Abu Dhabi) |
| 113. | John A. Burns Freeway (United States, O'ahu) |
| 114. | Jomfru Ane Gade (Denmark, Aalborg) |
| 115. | K street (United States, political) |
| 116. | Karakoram Highway (Asia, China and Pakistan) |
| 117. | Karl Johans Gate (Norway, Oslo) |
| 118. | Katy Freeway (United States, Houston, Texas) |
| 119. | Khaoson Road (Thailand, Bangkok) |
| 120. | Khyber Pass (Pakistan, Afghanistan) |
| 121. | King's Highway (Middle East) |
| 122. | Krakowskie Przedmiescie (Poland, Warsaw) |
| 123. | Lærdal Tunnel (Norway) |
| 124. | La Rambla (Spain, Barcelona) |
| 125. | Lan Kwai Fong (China, Central, Hong Kong) |
| 126. | Las Vegas Boulevard (United States, Las Vegas, Nevada) |
| 127. | Ledo Road (Burma) |
| 128. | Les Grands Goulets (France, Drôme) |
| 129. | Lime Street (England, London) |
| 130. | Lincoln Highway (United States, New York City to San Francisco) |
| 131. | Lombard Street (United States, San Francisco, California) |
| 132. | Long Trail (American, Vermont) |
| 133. | Los Libertadores Pass (Argentina and Chile) |
| 134. | Lover's Lane (None, idiom) |
| 135. | Lunalilo Freeway (United States, O'ahu, Hawai'i) |
| 136. | M-22 (United States, Michigan) |
| 137. | Madison Avenue (United States, New York City, New York) |
| 138. | Magic Roundabout (England, Swindon) |
| 139. | Main Street (United States, symbolic) |
| 140. | Makkah Road (Saudi Arabia, Mecca) |
| 141. | Market Street (England and U.S., symbolic) |
| 142. | Marsimik La (India, Chang-Chemno Range ) |
| 143. | McMurdo Highway (Antarctica, South Pole) |
| 144. | Melrose Place (United States, TV show) |
| 145. | Merritt Parkway (United States, Fairfield County, Connecticut) |
| 146. | Michigan Avenue (United States, Chicago, Illinois) |
| 147. | Michigan Heritage Route (United States) |
| 148. | Minhocão (Brazil, São Paulo) |
| 149. | Mohawk Trail (United States, New York, Upstate) |
| 150. | Mother Road (United States) |
| 151. | Motorway of the Lakes (Italy) |
| 152. | Mulholland Drive (United States, Los Angeles, California) |
| 153. | Nakasendo (Japan) |
| 154. | Nanjing Road (China, Shanghai) |
| 155. | Natchez Trace (United States) |
| 156. | Nathan Road (Hong Kong, Kowloon) |
| 157. | National Old Trails Road (United States, coast to coast) |
| 158. | National Road (United States) |
| 159. | Nevsky Prospekt (Russia, St. Petersburg) |
| 160. | Newbury Street (United States, Boston, Massachusetts) |
| 161. | Newspaper Row (United States) |
| 162. | O'Connell Street (Ireland, Dublin) |
| 163. | Ocean Drive (United States, Miami, Florida) |
| 164. | Ocean-to-Ocean Highway (United States) |
| 165. | Old Pali Road (United States, O'ahu, Hawai'i) |
| 166. | Old Plank Road (United States, Arizona) |
| 167. | Omotesando (Japan, Tokyo) |
| 168. | Orchard Road (Singapore) |
| 169. | Oregon Trail (United States, Oregon) |
| 170. | Overseas Highway (United States, Florida Keys) |
| 171. | Oxford Street (England, London) |
| 172. | Pacific Coast Highway (United States, California pacific coast) |
| 173. | Pall Mall (England, London) |
| 174. | Pan-American Highway (North and South America) |
| 175. | Park Avenue (United States, New York City, New York) |
| 176. | Park Row (United States, New York City, New York ) |
| 177. | Parliament Street (England, Exeter) |
| 178. | Paseo de la Reforma (Mexico, Mexico City) |
| 179. | Paso do los Caracoles (Argentina and Chile) |
| 180. | Paso Internacional Los Libertdoresl (Argentina and Chile) |
| 181. | Passeig de Gràcia (Spain, Barcelona) |
| 182. | Passo dello Stelvio (Italy) |
| 183. | Pennine Way (England) |
| 184. | Pennsylvania Avenue (United States, Washington D.C.) |
| 185. | Pennsylvania Turnpike (United States, Pennsylvania) |
| 186. | Penny Lane (England, song) |
| 187. | Petticoat Lane (England, London) |
| 188. | Pico de Veleta (Spain) |
| 189. | Pilgrims' Way (England) |
| 190. | Pony Express Trail (United States) |
| 191. | Primrose Path (None, idiom) |
| 192. | Promenade des Anglais (France, Nice) |
| 193. | Red Rock Scenic Byway (United States, Arizona) |
| 194. | Reform Promenade (Mexico) |
| 195. | Rheinhöhenweg Trail (Germany, Rhine Valley) |
| 196. | Ridgeway, The (England and Wales) |
| 197. | Ridley Road (British, London Borough of Hackney) |
| 198. | Rio do Rasto Road (Brazil) |
| 199. | Road of 52 Tunnels (Italy) |
| 200. | Road of Death (Bolivia) |
| 201. | Road to Makkah (Saudi Arabia) |
| 202. | Road to Mecca (Saudi Arabia) |
| 203. | Rodeo Drive (United States, Beverly Hills, California) |
| 204. | Rodovia dos Imigrantes (Brazil) |
| 205. | Rodovia SC-438 (Brazil, Sata Catarina) |
| 206. | Rose Street (Scotland, Edinburgh) |
| 207. | Rottenrow (Scotland, Glasgow) |
| 208. | Route 66 (United States) |
| 209. | Route Transcanadienne (Canada) |
| 210. | Royal Mile (Scotland, Edinburgh) |
| 211. | Royal Road (Greece, Crete) |
| 212. | Royal Road (Iraq) |
| 213. | Royal Road (Poland, Kraków) |
| 214. | Rue Crescent (Canada) |
| 215. | Rue de Rivoli (France, Paris) |
| 216. | Rue Morgue (France, (fiction)) |
| 217. | Rue Sainte-Catherine (Canada) |
| 218. | Saint Catherine Street (Canada, Montreal) |
| 219. | Sani Pass (South Africa, KwaZulu Natal) |
| 220. | Santa Fe Trail (United States, Missouri to New Mexico) |
| 221. | Second Avenue (United States) |
| 222. | Serangoon Road (Singapore, Singapore) |
| 223. | Sesame Street (None, TV show) |
| 224. | Shambles (England, York) |
| 225. | Shibuya Crossing (Japan, Tokyo) |
| 226. | Shoreline Highway (United States) |
| 227. | Shuto Expressway (Japan, Tokyo) |
| 228. | Silk Alley (China, Beijing) |
| 229. | Silk Road (Eurasian continent) |
| 230. | Sixth Avenue (United States) |
| 231. | Skid Road (United States, emblematic) |
| 232. | Snake Alley (United States, Burlington, Iowa) |
| 233. | South Pole Traverse (Antarctica) |
| 234. | SP-160 (Brazil) |
| 235. | St. Charles Avenue (United States, New Orleans, Louisiana) |
| 236. | State Route 179 (United States) |
| 237. | Stelvio Pass (Italy, Alps) |
| 238. | Stilwell Road (Burma) |
| 239. | Strada delle 52 Galleri (Italy, Veneto) |
| 240. | Strand (The) (England, London) |
| 241. | Stuart Highway (Australia) |
| 242. | Sunset Boulevard (United States, Los Angeles, California) |
| 243. | Sweet Track (England, Somerset Levels) |
| 244. | Takeshita Dori (Japan, Tokyo) |
| 245. | Tea Horse Road (China, Southwest China) |
| 246. | The Bayshore Route (Japan) |
| 247. | The Bowery (United States, New York City, New York) |
| 248. | The Grand Canal (Italy) |
| 249. | The Royal Road of the Interior Land (Mexico, United States) |
| 250. | The Track (Australia) |
| 251. | The Way of Suffering (Israel) |
| 252. | The Way of the Sea (Middle East) |
| 253. | Thunder Road (United States, Kentucky and Tennessee) |
| 254. | Tian Men Shan (China, Hunan) |
| 255. | Tin Pan Alley (United States, idiom) |
| 256. | Tobacco Road (United States, North Carolina) |
| 257. | Trail Ridge Road (United States, Colorado) |
| 258. | Trans-Canada Highway (Canada) |
| 259. | Trans-Labrador Highway (Canada, Newfoundland and Labrador) |
| 260. | Trans-Siberian Highway (Russia) |
| 261. | Truong Son Road (Viet Nam) |
| 262. | Turini Pass (France) |
| 263. | Tverskaya Street (Russia, Moscow) |
| 264. | Ulitsa Varvarka (Russia) |
| 265. | Unter den Linden (Germany, Berlin) |
| 266. | Váci Street (Hungary, Budapest) |
| 267. | Varvarka Street (Russia, Moscow) |
| 268. | Veleta Road (Spain, Province of Granada) |
| 269. | Via Appia (Italy) |
| 270. | Via Augusta (Spain, Cádiz) |
| 271. | Via dei Fori Imperiali (Italy, Rome) |
| 272. | Via Dolorosa (Israel, Jerusalem) |
| 273. | Via Egnatia (Europe) |
| 274. | Via Maris (Middle East) |
| 275. | Via Monte Napoleone (Italy, Milan) |
| 276. | Via Sacra (Italy, Rome) |
| 277. | Via Tornabuoni (Italy, Florence) |
| 278. | Via Veneto (Italy, Rome) |
| 279. | Via Vittorio Veneto (Italy) |
| 280. | Victory Highway (United States, coast to coast) |
| 281. | Virgin Anne's Street (Denmark) |
| 282. | Voie Sacrée (France, Verdun) |
| 283. | Wall Street (United States, New York City, New York ) |
| 284. | Wangan (Japan, Tokyo) |
| 285. | Wangfujing (China, Beijing) |
| 286. | Watling Street (England) |
| 287. | Wilderness Road (United States, Kentucky) |
| 288. | Wilshire Boulevard (United States, Los Angeles, California) |
| 289. | Woodward Avenue (United States, Detroit, Michigan) |
| 290. | Yellow Brick Road (None, symbolic) |
| 291. | Yonge Street (Canada, Toronto, Ontario) |
| 292. | Yungas Road (Bolivia) |
| 293. | Zaibunnisa Street (Pakistan, Karachi) |
| 294. | Zeil (German, Frankfurt, Germany) |
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