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Austin Streets
Wednesday, July 23, 2008Becoming familiar with major streets within the city limits can make your drive a bit smoother.
Here's a guide to help you become familiar with some of our most heavily used and name-changing streets plus a few other Austin street facts.
Flowing like a river
With the exception of Congress Avenue, streets running north and south through downtown follow the order in which rivers flow throughout the state. From east to west, the streets (and the rivers) are: Sabine, Red River, Neches, Trinity, San Jacinto, Brazos, Colorado, Lavaca, Guadalupe, San Antonio, Nueces and Rio Grande.
Name changers
Loop 1: MoPac Boulevard
East and West First Street: Cesar Chavez Street
Enfield Road: 15th Street
Windsor Road: 24th Street
Dean Keeton Street: 26th Street
19th Street: Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard
FM 1325: Louis Henna Boulevard, Burnet Road, MoPac Boulevard
Loop 360: Capital of Texas Highway
RM 620: Marshall Ford Road
U.S. 183: Bell Boulevard, Research Boulevard, Anderson Lane, Ed Bluestein Boulevard
RM 2222: Bull Creek Road, Northland Drive, Koenig Lane, U.S. 290
RM 2244: Bee Cave Road
Texas 71: Ben White Boulevard, U.S. 290
Loop 111: Airport Boulevard
Austin loves its trees
Most of the numbered streets downtown bore tree names until the late 1880s.
Second Street: Live Oak
Third Street:Cypress
Fourth Street: Cedar
Fifth Street: Pine
Sixth Street: Pecan
Seventh Street: Bois de Arc
Eighth Street: Hickory
Ninth Street: Ash
10th Street: Mulberry
11th Street: Mesquite
12th Street: Rose
13th Street:Peach
14th Street: Walnut
16th Street: Cherry
17th Street: Linden
18th Street: Chestnut
19th Street (Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard): Magnolia
Source: Austin History Center
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