What is the longest street in the world?

Because 'the end of the street' is a mind-blowing 1178 miles away. Yonge Street is, in fact, the longest street in the world. Even for Canadians used to titanic distances, the concept of living on the same street as someone a quarter of a continent and time zone away is a bit hard to swallow.
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What country has the longest street in the world?

Yonge Street (/jʌŋ/; pronounced "young") is a major arterial route in the Canadian province of Ontario connecting the shores of Lake Ontario in Toronto to Lake Simcoe, a gateway to the Upper Great Lakes.
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What is the longest straight road in the world?

Built originally as a private road for King Fahd (SAU), the stretch of Highway 10 connecting Highway 75 in the Haradh area to Highway 95 in the west of Saudi Arabia is 240 km (149 mi) long. It cuts through the desert with no bends left or right, or any appreciable gradient up or down.
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What is the longest street in the UK?

Duke Street is Britain's longest street, running from Glasgow city centre through the heart of Glasgow's East End. Elegant Victorian tenement blocks line the road to the south of Duke Street.
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What is the longest city name in the US?

> Population: 2,995

Though the Census lists it as “Village of Grosse Pointe Shores city," the longest city name anywhere in America, the city's residents actually voted in 2009 to incorporate it as “Village of Grosse Pointe Shores, A Michigan City”. The shores referenced in the name are along Lake St.
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What is the most popular street name in America?

Most Common U.S. Street Names
  • Cedar (5,644)
  • Eighth (5,524)
  • Elm (5,233)
  • View (5,202)
  • Washington (4,974)
  • Ninth (4,908)
  • Lake (4,901)
  • Hill (4,877)
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What's the longest street in LA?

The longest street in Los Angeles County is Sepulveda Boulevard which runs 42.8 miles between Mission Hills in the San Fernando Valley and Long Beach (26.4 miles through the City of Los Angeles).
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What is the longest street in Europe?

Camino de Santiago – the longest street of Europe.
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What is the shortest street in California?

1. The Shortest Street (Powers Place, Pico-Union) If you find yourself between the Victorian mansions of the South Bonnie Brae Tract Historic District and Alvarado Terrace Historic District, don't blink – or you'll miss the 13-foot-long brick-paved streetscape known as Powers Place.
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What is the steepest street in LA?

Eldred Street has between a 33% grade and 33.3% grade over 400 feet, making it the steepest street in California and the third steepest in the United States. Eldred Street from the top. The longest steepest street in Los Angles.
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What city name is in the most states?

More recently, "Fairview" counted 288 and "Midway" 256. The name "Springfield" is often thought to be the only community name appearing in each of the 50 states, but at last count it was in only 34 states.
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How many streets are in USA?

All Streets consists of 240 million individual road segments.
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What is the longest word in the world?

Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis is the longest word entered in the most trusted English dictionaries.
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What is the world longest name?

The longest personal name is 747 characters long, and belongs to Hubert Blaine Wolfeschlegelsteinhausenbergerdorff Sr. (b. 4 August 1914, Germany) who passed away on 24 October 1997, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania USA, as verified on 1 January 2021.
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Why is there no M7?

The reason there is no M7 is that the A7, which runs from Carlisle to Edinburgh has no need for a motorway to relieve it. Answer: There is no M7. The way the roads are organised, the numbers were set up centred on London. The M1 and A1 start in London and head north.
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What is the oldest road in England?

The Ridgeway:

As part of the Icknield Way, which runs from east to west between Norfolk and Wiltshire in southern England, The Ridgeway has been identified as Britain's oldest road.
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What's the second longest street in Los Angeles?

LOS ANGELES' LONGEST STREETS
  • Sepulveda Boulevard: 25.4.
  • Mulholland Drive: 23.8.
  • Figueroa Street: 22.2.
  • Sunset Boulevard: 20.2.
  • Western Avenue: 20.0.
  • Vermont Avenue: 19.8.
  • Victory Boulevard: 17.9.
  • Vanowen Street: 17.0.
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Is La hilly?

Los Angeles is both flat and hilly. The highest point in the city proper is Mount Lukens at 5,074 ft (1,547 m), located at the northeastern end of the San Fernando Valley.
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