The longest streets in the world - a title for which several dozens of applicants can compete. The intrigue is added by the fact that it is very difficult to determine unambiguously what a street is and to indicate the criteria for selecting participants in the rating. That is why such a section has disappeared even from the Guinness Book of Records. However, having analyzed the available information, it is possible to compile the Top-10 list, which does not pretend to be true in the last resort, but it will certainly be useful to people who are interested in this issue.
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Rivadavia Avenue in Buenos Aires( Argentina) 14.6 km
The , which is 14.6 kilometers long, is located on the 10th place. This longest street in Argentina is located in the city of Buenos Aires. It is named after the first president of the country - Bernardino Rivadavia. On this street there are as many as 83 bus routes, there are 13 metro stations on it, 106 traffic lights are regulated by a lively traffic.
It is interesting that the street of Revadavia has its own record - it houses the largest number of numbered houses in the world. They are 11800.
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Moscow Avenue in Kharkov( Ukraine) 18 km
9th place in the ranking of the longest streets in the world belongs to Moscow Avenue , which Kharkov boasts. Its length is 18 kilometers. This street has a long history, its construction began in the XVII century. Then it was a road to Moscow, so the modern avenue was named accordingly. In the people it was dubbed "the alley of giants" - a large number of large industrial enterprises were erected along it in Soviet times.
Noteworthy fact - Moscow Avenue is considered the longest street in Europe. He took the first place in 2008 at the Ukrainian Lenin Avenue( Zaporozhye).
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St. Sophia Street in St. Petersburg( Russia) 18.3 km
8th place - Sofia street , St. Petersburg. With its 18.3 kilometers of length, it is considered the largest in the city. According to the resolution of the Government, it is planned to extend it, so it is quite possible that over time it will take a higher place in the rating. At the same time, Sofia Street also has its own record - it is considered the longest in Russia among those who have the word "street" in the name.
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Broadway Street in New York( USA) 25 km
7th place among the longest streets in the world is the famous New York Broadway .It passes through the whole of Manhattan and ends at Albany, the administrative center of the state. Broadway is a favorite of tourists and locals. Life here does not freeze for a minute, even at night and in the early morning the street is full of pedestrians and cars. Bright advertising and billboards have already become a visiting card of Broadway, which hosts a huge number of cultural sites, theaters alone - more than 40.
Broadway Street is the oldest in New York. The name was given to her in those days when the territory of Manhattan belonged to the Netherlands. The English did not change it, only they translated it into their own language. So "the wide way" to them and remained.
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Dinmukhamed Kunaev Street in Tekeli( Kazakhstan) 35 km
The 6th most longest one was Dinmukhamed Kunaeva .It is located in Kazakhstan in the city of Tekeli. Despite the fact that only a little more than 20 thousand people live in this settlement, the street of the name of a prominent Soviet statesman stretches as much as 35 kilometers.
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Second Longitudinal highway in Volgograd( Russia) 50 km
The length of the of the Second Longitudinal highway in Volgograd is 50 kilometers. This allows her to open the top five of the longest streets in the world. The construction of the highway ended in the 70s of the XX century. Its name is due to the fact that it connects the most remote parts of Volgograd, while passing the city along.
It is interesting that the official status does not have a street, its different sections have their own names. In total, 16 avenues and streets can be counted on its length. If not for this fact, it is the Second longitudinal trunk that would be the longest in Russia.
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MKAD in Moscow( Russia) 109 km
4th place belongs to Moscow ring road , it is also MKAD.This 109-kilometer-long street in the early 1980s was a kind of border of Moscow, but since then its city has already significantly grown, and the road itself has become a part of it, which gives it the right to figure in the ranking of the longest streets in the world.
MKAD was born in 1962.This would have happened much earlier, because the construction project was ready in 1940.But the Great Patriotic War confused plans. Since then, the street has undergone a number of reconstructions. In its modern form it represents futuristic interchanges and an endless stream of cars that rush along ten lanes in both directions.
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Primorskoye shosse in St. Petersburg( Russia) 170 km
Primorskoye shosse is another street in St. Petersburg, which ranked as the longest in the world and took 3rd place. The length of the highway is 170 kilometers, it is the longest in the city, despite the fact that it was built in the 60s of the XX century. Then the individual streets and sections of the road were tied together.
Along the Primorsky highway you can see a large number of wooden and stone cottages erected in the late XIX century. Many of them belonged to famous people. For example, Repin's homestead or the house of the composer Shostakovich. And this is not surprising, because the local landscapes simply fascinate the view.
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Sukhumvit Street in Bangkok( Thailand) 491 km
The 2nd place among the longest streets in the world is Sukhumvit. It begins in Bangkok, the capital of Thailand. Further, for 491 kilometers the main road crosses many provinces and cities, ending in Trat, the capital of the province of the same name. The name of the street was given in honor of Phra Bisal Sukhumvit, the head of the road department.
Sukhumvit is the main shopping street in Bangkok. Accordingly, it is difficult to find a more lively place. There is an incalculable number of various shops, hotels for every taste and wallet, cafes and restaurants. After sunset, life does not abate. Night clubs, go-go bars, massage parlors open their doors. Sukhumvit within Bangkok is like a bright hive. At the same time, a walk along this street will give an idea of what a huge contrast exists in the country between the richness and poverty of poor regions.
Sukhumvit - a kind of tourist route in Thailand, from which you can not get off.
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Street of Young Street in Toronto( Canada) 1896 km
The first place in the ranking is Street, Young Street .It is located in Canada in the city of Toronto. The length of it is truly record. This is 1896 kilometers! Certainly, only Toronto street is not limited, here, in the heart of Lake Ontario, it is just beginning. Dividing the city in half, Young Street rushes to the north, near the city of Cochrane, then turns to the west and after many kilometers rests on the border with the state of Minnesota.
Historians say that most of Yang Street repeats the old Indian path, along which European pioneers once settled. In 1793, the owners of the surrounding lands were given an order to clear the way so that travel was possible. In those same years, the street was named after Sir George Young - the minister of England and old friend John Simcoe, who was the founder of both Toronto and Young Street.
Modern Young Street is the pride of Canada, which is known all over the world.