The 311 Mile Long Street (500 km)

Update:

Someone pointed out that the map says 500, not 800 km. It is actually 500 km (I just measured it on Google Maps),. But either way, it's impressive.

There is a road in central Brazil that is 311 miles long. Big deal you say? We are talking about a street, one street, that stretches the equivalent of New York City to Albany, and back, or from San Diego to Las Vegas. That's a huge freaking road. What makes it a road, and not a highway? Notice that there are streets branching off of it the whole way. There are also houses all along it. This isn't a road from point a to b, it is a residential street.













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8 comments:

  1. it's called Route 66 ... among other roads. Interstate 10, Interstate 40, Interstate 70, Interstate 80, and Interstate 90 for instance. that's just for starters.

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  2. Route 66 is a highway, as are the others you listed. This is a street.

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  3. this is a dirt road, big deal!

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  4. How's aboot this street:

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yonge_Street

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    1. It's attributed to be the longest street in the world, but it's not. The same link you provided specifies why!

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  5. "this is a dirt road, big deal!"

    Pavement snob.

    "How's aboot this street:"

    Crap, that is big, thanks for sharing.

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  6. Forget about those snobs. What is the NAME of the street. I can see whole new catchphrases...

    "take a stroll on calle X"

    "I'll be back quicker than you can walk down X calle"

    What else?

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  7. This is not central Brazil. This is the North of the country. It looks like a bit central if you consider the whole south america... Anyway, nice one.

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