Getting familiar with major streets in the city
limits will allow for a smooth drive throughout Austin. However,
newcomers and those unfamiliar with certain streets may face a
few obstacles when driving down a stretch of road that changes
its name, merges into another, or ends and begins again in a
different area of town. Here's a guide to help you conquer and
overcome those "road blocks" of street names.
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
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
With the exception of Congress Avenue, the
streets running north and south downtown parallel the order that
Texas 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. Likewise, the downtown streets,
running east to west, with the exception of First Street (aka
Cesar Chavez), carry names of trees. In numerical order (south
to north) the streets (and coinciding tree) are as follows:
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
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