Famous Streets and Roads

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.

      South Pole Traverse – Antarctica  (See McMurdo Highway)

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.

      Los Libertadores Pass – 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.

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.)

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.

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).

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.

      Camino de las Yungas – Bolivia  (See Yungas Road)

      Death Road – Bolivia  (See Yungas Road)

      Grove's Road – Bolivia  (See Yungas Road)

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.

      Rio do Rasto Road – Brazil  (See Rodovia SC-438)

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.

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.

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.

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.

      Rue Crescent – Canada  (See Crescent 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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.)

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

      Turini Pass – France  (See Col de Turini)

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

      The Way of Suffering – Israel  (See Via Dolorosa)

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.

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.

      Passo dello Stelvio – Italy  (See Stelvio Pass)

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.

      The Grand Canal – Italy  (See Canalasso)

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 Sacra
•  Italy – Rome
The main street of ancient Rome. Runs from the top of the Capitoline Hill through the Forum to the Colosseum.

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.

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).

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

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.

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.

      Reform Promenade – Mexico  (See Paseo de la Reforma)

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

      The Way of the Sea – Middle East  (See Via Maris)

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

      Elphinstone Street – Pakistan  (See Zaibunnisa Street)

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.

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.

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.

      Ulitsa Varvarka – Russia  (See Varvarka 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.

      Road to Mecca – Saudi Arabia  (See Makkah Road)

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

      Pico de Veleta – Spain  (See Veleta Road)

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.

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".

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.

      Alaska Route 11 – United States  (See Dalton Highway)

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

      Cabrillo Highway – United States  (See Pacific Coast Highway)

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.

Capulin Volcano road
•  United States – New Mexico
The road spirals around the volcano. Capulin Volcano National Monument is a relatively young symmetrical cinder cone.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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."

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 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.

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.

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.

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.

      I-10 – United States  (See Katy Freeway)

      Interstate H-1 – United States  (See Lunalilo 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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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)

      Mother Road – United States  (See Route 66)

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 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.

      Newspaper Row – United States  (See Park Row)

      Ocean-to-Ocean Highway – United States  (See National Old Trails Road)

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.)

      Shoreline Highway – United States  (See Pacific Coast Highway)

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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