Help Me Settle Something Here...

**CosmicPal** · 02-25-2005, 10:16 AM

My co-worker and I are working on these maps at the office for future serviceability. We get to the point where I ask him about a particular address in Northern California that is only listed as Rockville Rd.

I ask him what is the cross-street. He says it doesn't have one. I'm saying it has to have one. All streets have a cross-street- even those that run along the shoreline will have a cross-street. Even those streets that run for miles into the desert will eventually have a cross-street. It's nearly impossible for one street not to meet another one.

Who's right? Is is possible for a street not to have a cross-street? I don't think so for it has to start somewhere and end somewhere, and in between- it must meet with another street. Thanks....

**Mr. Kotter** · 02-25-2005, 10:18 AM

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Originally Posted by CosmicPal

My co-worker and I are working on these maps at the office for future serviceability. We get to the point where I ask him about a particular address in Northern California that is only listed as Rockville Rd.

I ask him what is the cross-street. He says it doesn't have one. I'm saying it has to have one. All streets have a cross-street- even those that run along the shoreline will have a cross-street. Even those streets that run for miles into the desert will eventually have a cross-street. It's nearly impossible for one street not to meet another one.

Who's right? Is is possible for a street not to have a cross-street? I don't think so for it has to start somewhere and end somewhere, and in between- it must meet with another street. Thanks....

He's right, unless you consider the start and end points also as "cross streets"...I think.

**Rain Man** · 02-25-2005, 10:19 AM

If it doesn't have a cross street, it's a runway.

Every street has to intersect with another street. That's why streets work.

**CosmicPal** · 02-25-2005, 10:21 AM

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Originally Posted by Rain Man

Every street has to intersect with another street. That's why streets work.

Precisely....that's what I'm trying to say. I'm trying to tell him that they just didn't put a short stretch of road in the land without it somehow connecting to another road- otherwise nobody would be able to get to it.

02-25-2005, 10:23 AM

I think he's right. I also believe in the "Internets" concept.

patteeu · 02-25-2005, 10:48 AM

Some streets change names as they meander along. Usually, this would occur at a cross street, but it could also happen at a municipal boundary or anywhere else I suppose. For example, there is a road called Lindbergh Blvd. that loops around St. Louis county and as it passes through the municipality of Kirkwood it becomes Kirkwood Road. Now in that case, there are plenty of cross streets along Kirkwood Road and probably cross streets at the two endpoints as Lindbergh becomes Kirkwood and then reverts to Lindbergh again. But what if Kirkwood was a sparsely populated town in the desert that is made up of a couple of houses and a gas station? It's possible that there might not be a cross-street along that stretch of the road even if you could get in your car and take it out of town and eventually reach a cross street somewhere outside the city limits.

It seems unlikely that your friend is right, but I think it's possible. Have you looked at any aerial/satelite photography? www.terraserver.com

Kclee · 02-25-2005, 11:34 AM

I'm at the corner of 1st and 1st. How can the same street intersect with itself? I'm at the nexus of the universe!

**Rausch** · 02-25-2005, 11:36 AM

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Originally Posted by Rain Man

If it doesn't have a cross street, it's a runway.

Every street has to intersect with another street. That's why streets work.

seclark · 02-25-2005, 11:41 AM

You can run, you can run, tell my friend-boy willie brown.
You can run, you can run, tell my friend-boy willie brown.
And I’m standing at the crossroads, believe I’m sinking down.

**Bearcat** · 02-25-2005, 11:46 AM

He's wrong.

Over-Head · 02-25-2005, 11:51 AM

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Originally Posted by Rain Man

If it doesn't have a cross street, it's a runway.

Every street has to intersect with another street. That's why streets work.

just for future use try www.mapquest.com

StcChief · 02-25-2005, 12:52 PM

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Originally Posted by Over-Head

just for future use try www.mapquest.com

maps.google.com is better

02-25-2005, 10:16 AM
CosmicPal Learn it. Know it. Live it. Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: St. Petersburg, FL Casino cash: $10004900	Help Me Settle Something Here... My co-worker and I are working on these maps at the office for future serviceability. We get to the point where I ask him about a particular address in Northern California that is only listed as Rockville Rd. I ask him what is the cross-street. He says it doesn't have one. I'm saying it has to have one. All streets have a cross-street- even those that run along the shoreline will have a cross-street. Even those streets that run for miles into the desert will eventually have a cross-street. It's nearly impossible for one street not to meet another one. Who's right? Is is possible for a street not to have a cross-street? I don't think so for it has to start somewhere and end somewhere, and in between- it must meet with another street. Thanks....
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02-25-2005, 10:19 AM	#3
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02-25-2005, 10:23 AM	#5
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02-25-2005, 10:48 AM	#6
patteeu The 23rd Pillar Join Date: Sep 2002 Casino cash: $10019237	Some streets change names as they meander along. Usually, this would occur at a cross street, but it could also happen at a municipal boundary or anywhere else I suppose. For example, there is a road called Lindbergh Blvd. that loops around St. Louis county and as it passes through the municipality of Kirkwood it becomes Kirkwood Road. Now in that case, there are plenty of cross streets along Kirkwood Road and probably cross streets at the two endpoints as Lindbergh becomes Kirkwood and then reverts to Lindbergh again. But what if Kirkwood was a sparsely populated town in the desert that is made up of a couple of houses and a gas station? It's possible that there might not be a cross-street along that stretch of the road even if you could get in your car and take it out of town and eventually reach a cross street somewhere outside the city limits. It seems unlikely that your friend is right, but I think it's possible. Have you looked at any aerial/satelite photography? www.terraserver.com __________________ “Boy, you all want power. God, I hope you never get it.” - Lindsay Graham
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02-25-2005, 11:34 AM	#7
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02-25-2005, 11:41 AM	#9
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02-25-2005, 11:46 AM	#10
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