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access, wide right -of -way, prohibited adjacent to de- velopment, and with through- traffic preference. Lanes Indicate the direction and to some extent the loca- tion of minor dead -end streets lying between num- bered thoroughfares. Reduced rights -of -way branching from courts, places, or ways. Curving streets of less than 1,000 feet. An unin- terrupted street ending in a cul-de -sac and generally designated by,a name. Secondary roads connecting with each other. Loops and Circles Circles could be short streets that return to them- selves. Loops could be short drives that begin and end in the same street (as shown in Figure 3) Circular or semicircular roads. A circle is a secondary road that begins and circles back to terminate on the same road. Circles —loop streets. A street forming a closed loop, generally designated by a name. Parkway (See also boulevard) A special scenic route or park drive, generally designated by a name. Paths A minor local street running in a diagonal direction, usually between a north -south "avenue" and an east -west street; a path may also be a diagonal con - nector between offset portions of a north -south or east -west collector thoroughfare. Pike State primary- numbered roads. Place A cul-de -sac or permanent dead -end road. FIGURES. EXAMPLES OF STREETS THAT MIGHT HAVE LOOP OR CIRCLE DESIGNATIONS CIRC4F Of V3 Loop s rezwr Dead -end rights-of -way under LOW feet in length 31 running north and south. North -south streets less than 1,000 feet in length. Permanently closed dead -end streets. Short streets parallel to the grid pattern or in be- tween the regular grid streets. A short curvilinear or diagonal street generally designated by a name. Indicates the direction and to some extent the loca- tion of minor or dead -end streets lying between numbered thoroughfares. Roads Limited thoroughfares that are frequently used, have heavy traffic volume, and run in any direction. Thoroughfares running at oblique angles to the grid pattern. Secondary facilities connecting with a U.S. or state primary highway. Diagonals longer than 1.000 feet and designated by a name. Diagonal streets. Streets and Avenues' Streets run north and south and avenues run east and west, but this may be reversed. Streets are roads that generally run in an east -west direction, avenues are roads that basically have a north -south orientation. Avenue —a thoroughfare running principally in a north -south direction and usually terminating at an east -west street. Street —a thoroughfare running principally in an east -west direction and usually terminating at a north -south avenue. Avenues run east and west; roads run north and south. Street and avenue designations are reversed for use in incorporated places with a grid pattern. Streets are north -south roads longer than 1,000 feet-, avenues are east -west roads longer than 1,000 feet. Trails A diagonal local street serving as a collector for one or more local thoroughfares. All curvilinear streets. Ways Pdtvr, r _ ,._..-Dead-end xights -of -way under 1,000 feet running at - oblique angles to the four points of the compass. `- A minor street that changes direction or begins and ends on the-same thoroughfare-" Diagonal streets less than 1,000 feet in length. 7. According to "The science of Street Names" leditoriaL American City, November 1960, p. 7.L the unwritten rule when using the grid system was that streets ran east and west, avenues north and south. A basic principle is that streets and avenues run in different directions.