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  2. Street name - Wikipedia

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    A street name is an identifying name given to a street or road. ... etc. Names should relate to the history of the area or reflect the local landscape and population;

  3. Historic roads and trails - Wikipedia

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    Part of the road network was built by cultures that precede the Inca Empire, notably the Wari culture. During the Spanish colonial era, parts of the road system were given the status of Camino Real. In 2014 the road system became a UNESCO World Heritage Site. [71] In Peru part of the Inca road system crossed the Andes to connect areas of the ...

  4. Historic trails and roads in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Albany Post Road, in use by 1642, from Bowling Green (New York City) to Albany, called "Broadway" for long stretches Bozeman Trail from Virginia City, Montana , to central Wyoming California Road established 1849, from Fort Smith, Arkansas , to California

  5. Jones Sausage to Glascock: The history behind some of ... - AOL

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    Here’s a brief history of each of these places, helping us understand why we see these names on road signs today: • Glascock Street : “This one always elicits a little bit of a chuckle ...

  6. List of former Atlanta street names - Wikipedia

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    From its founding in 1847, Atlanta has had a penchant for frequent street renamings, even in the central business district, usually to honor the recently deceased.As early as 1903 (see section below), there were concerns about the confusion this caused, as "more than 225 streets of Atlanta have had from two to eight names" in the first decades of the city.

  7. History of road transport - Wikipedia

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    Greek street - 4th or 3rd century BC - The Porta Rosa was the main street of Elea. It connects the northern quarter with the southern quarter. The street is five meters wide and has an incline of 18% in the steepest part. It is paved with limestone blocks and on one side there is a small gutter for drainage.

  8. Odonymy in France - Wikipedia

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    Corner of rue de Turenne in the 3 th district of Paris: the plaque mentions the current street name, while its former name - Street Boucherat - is still visible, carved in stone of the building. It is possible to distinguish several eras where we observe a similar typology of street names on French territory:

  9. National Road - Wikipedia

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    The National Road (also known as the Cumberland Road) [1] was the first major improved highway in the United States built by the federal government.Built between 1811 and 1837, the 620-mile (1,000 km) road connected the Potomac and Ohio Rivers and was a main transport path to the West for thousands of settlers.