Famous Streets and Roads

      9 de Julio Avenue – Argentina  (See Avenida Nueve de Julio)

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.

      Alaska Route 11 – United States  (See Dalton Highway)

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

      Big Gate Road – China  (See Tian Men Shan)

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.

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-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.

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.

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.

      California State Route 1 – United States  (See Pacific Coast Highway)

      Camino de las Yungas – Bolivia  (See Yungas Road)

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.

Canalasso  (The Grand Canal)
•  Italy – Venice
The major water-traffic corridor of the city. The S-shaped canal is about 2 miles long, and as the major throughfare of Venice, an exception of non-canal listings here.

Carnaby Street
•  England – London
Known for elite shopping. Fashionable pedestrian street in the heart of London, England.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

      Cristo Rendtor Road – Argentina and Chile  (See Paso Internacional Los Libertdores)

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

      El Camino de la Muerte – Bolivia  (See Yungas Road)

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.

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.

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.

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.

Fleet Street
•  England – London
Symbol for British journalism. In London, the home of the British press until the 1980s.

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."

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.

Graben
•  Austria – Vienna
One of the most famous streets in Vienna's city center and one of the most important promenades and shopping streets. The area traces its origin back to the old Roman encampment of Vindobona.

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.

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 Path – United States  (See Great Trail)

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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 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.

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-3 – United States  (See John A. Burns Freeway)

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.

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.

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.)

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.

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.

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.

La Rambla  (Las Ramblas)
•  Spain – Barcelona
Famous tourist destination and address of many historic buildings. The passage of La Rambla was originally a sewage-filled stream-bed.

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.

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.

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).

      Los Libertadores Pass – Argentina and Chile  (See Paso Internacional Los Libertdores)

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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 Heritage Route – United States  (See M-22)

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.

      Motorway of the Lakes – Italy  (See Autostrada dei Laghi)

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).

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.

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.

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.

      Newspaper Row – United States  (See Park Row)

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.

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.

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

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.)

Oxford Street
•  England – London
Europe's busiest shopping district. It is a major thoroughfare in London with over 300 shops and stores.

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.

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.

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.

      Paso do los Caracoles – Argentina and Chile  (See Paso Internacional Los Libertdores)

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.

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 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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

      Road of 52 Tunnels – Italy  (See Strada delle 52 Galleri)

      Road to Makkah – 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 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.

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.

      Route Transcanadienne – Canada  (See Trans-Canada Highway)

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
•  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 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 Sainte-Catherine – Canada  (See Saint Catherine Street)

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.

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.

Sesame Street
•  None – (TV show)
A children's TV program. An educational children's TV series known for its Muppets characters.

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

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 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.

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.

      South Pole Traverse – Antarctica  (See McMurdo Highway)

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.

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.

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.

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).

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.

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 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 Royal Road of the Interior Land – Mexico, United States  (See El Camino Real de Tierra Adentro)

      The Way of Suffering – Israel  (See Via Dolorosa)

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.

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.

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-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.

      Truong Son Road – Viet Nam  (See Ho Chi Minh trail)

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.

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.

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.

      Via Appia – Italy  (See Appian Way)

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 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 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 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 Vittorio Veneto – Italy  (See Via Veneto)

      Virgin Anne's Street – Denmark  (See Jomfru Ane Gade)

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Zaibunnisa Street  (originally Elphinstone Street)
•  Pakistan – Karachi
One of Karachi`s oldest and historic streets. Site of the city's most renowned shopping districts.