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Title: W 111th St? Post by: BKDotCom on October 12, 2010, 05:25:48 pm Where's W 111th St?
Heading south on US-75, I encounter the following street signs 41st ST S 61st ST S 71st ST S 81st ST Main Street Jenks W 111th ST 121st St S 141st St etc... So what's up with 111th ? Call me crazy, but W 111th St is a N/S Street that runs through Sand Springs and Sapulpa The sign is confusing.. Do they mean Westbound 111th? because the exit is for both eastbound and westbound traffic. Title: Re: W 111th St? Post by: custosnox on October 12, 2010, 06:02:09 pm The North South street would be 111th W, not W111th. W before the designation would mean that it is an East West street, West of Main, where the W after the number would indicate a North South running at a parrallel of Main and West of it
Title: Re: W 111th St? Post by: cynical on October 12, 2010, 06:23:47 pm Actually, the N-S "street" out by Sand Springs is 111th West AVENUE. The E-W street is West 111th Street, sometimes referred to as West 111th Street South. Under the Tulsa grid system, "streets" run E-W, "avenues" N-S. Not to be confused with Courts, Places, Boulevards, and Heavy Traffic Way.
The North South street would be 111th W, not W111th. W before the designation would mean that it is an East West street, West of Main, where the W after the number would indicate a North South running at a parrallel of Main and West of it Title: Re: W 111th St? Post by: BKDotCom on October 12, 2010, 07:02:42 pm If they labeled them consistently, it wouldn't be confusing..
111th is the only one with the W prefix (which leads one to think the exit is for westbound traffic... in part because the new exit configuration is similar to 71st's Eastbound/Westbound exit... ) 81st St has neither a W prefix or a S Suffix I was thinking it was "West 33rd St"... But apparently it's W 33rd Ave, as Cynical pointed out.. I could be raising a stink over nothing. Title: Re: W 111th St? Post by: swake on October 12, 2010, 07:08:08 pm If they labeled them consistently, it wouldn't be confusing.. 111th is the only one with the W prefix (which leads one to think the exit is for westbound traffic... in part because the new exit configuration is similar to 71st's Eastbound/Westbound exit... ) 81st St has neither a W prefix or a S Suffix I was thinking it was "West 33rd St"... But apparently it's W 33rd Ave, as Cynical pointed out.. I could be raising a stink over nothing. It's actually S 33rd W Ave Title: Re: W 111th St? Post by: custosnox on October 12, 2010, 07:28:23 pm Actually, the N-S "street" out by Sand Springs is 111th West AVENUE. The E-W street is West 111th Street, sometimes referred to as West 111th Street South. Under the Tulsa grid system, "streets" run E-W, "avenues" N-S. Not to be confused with Courts, Places, Boulevards, and Heavy Traffic Way. I was simply refering to the E W designations, and their placement within the the street name itself, not refering to the designation of Street, which as you said would run E-W. To include with Ave, Roads and Boulavards run N-S, where Pl, Ct and one more that I can't recall at this moment denote subsets of a specific street in any direction (21st Pl would fall between 21st and 22nd). There is a method to the street system, it's just that most people are completly unaware of it.Title: Re: W 111th St? Post by: tulsa1603 on October 13, 2010, 07:08:17 pm It's confused me twice now. I have a need to go EAST on W. 111th St. about two times a week, and since they opened the bridge and ramp, the arrow sign that says "W. 111th st." and points at the exit ramp has implied to me that it's the exit for WESTBOUND 111th. Only when I get right up on the bridge do I realize how it works. Kinda confusing the first few times, but hopefully tomorrow I'll have the hang of it. :)
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