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1. Robert2715
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   If you go up Admiral Way, you'll notice there are street signs for both Lander and Stevens even though there is NO STREET there. (I think they even may be on both sides of the street) There has to be a reason for this - anyone got one?

   Posted 3 years ago #         

2. roundthesound
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   I think it has something to do with the bus stops or the foot paths. If you notice under the WS bridge there is a sign for 26th street; I know that is specifically there for the bus stop.

   Posted 3 years ago #         

3. alki_2008
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   The street signs do align with Lander/Stevens on the other side of the hill...so yeah, good idea roundthesound.

   Posted 3 years ago #         

4. Zenguy
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   I used to live next to a street that did no go through and even though it does not now, that does not mean the city could not down the road...pun intended.

   Posted 3 years ago #         

5. mellaw6565
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   I think it's so you can tell where you are not.

   Posted 3 years ago #         

6. roundthesound
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   In most of these cases I believe the grade is to steep to build a functional road so the footpath or stairs are labeled as the street. I can't remember where but I've seen abbreviations used on these signs like FTP or STRS instead of AVE or ST.

   I didn't have an atlas or computer access the first week I moved here so I had to figure that out the hard way.

   Posted 3 years ago #         

7. Robert2715
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   There are no footpaths that correspond to either of these locations as far as I've ever could tell.

   Posted 3 years ago #         

8. PDieter
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   there are streets there, they just never got plowed after the first winter.

   but I've got a call into DOT so it's on their list

   Posted 3 years ago #         

9. MrJT
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   With all those intersecting streets, Admiral can be classifed as a "residental" street, and wadda ya know, justify a 30 MPH speed limit.

   Wadda ya think Mellaw ?

   Posted 3 years ago #         

10. WSB
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    There's official right-of-way where those signs point. Sometimes it's utilized - for example, the Thistle megastaircase near WSB HQ, which parallels utility lines. Sometimes it's not. But if you looked closely at city docs somewhere, the spot marked by those signs is technically either a street end or a right-of-way connection. Drove us crazy when we moved to Seattle in 1991 and stayed on Queen Anne for the first couple weeks - maps (in the pre-Google days) showed these connections as uninterrupted streets, and we were forever getting lost.

    Posted 3 years ago #         

11. mellaw6565
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    Hell Mr. JT - with that many "pedestrian" streets we might as well just shut the whole hill down for any kind of motorized traffic. Then the idiots with their snowboards and x-country skis can run into each other as much as they want!

    Posted 3 years ago #         

12. KatherineL
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    There are a number of streets next to greenbelts where the cross streets don't go through. But if you call 911, do you want to tell them, "I'm somewhere on Admiral," or "somewhere on Sylvan Way, or give them a cross street name they can locate?

    Posted 3 years ago #         

13. miws
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    As far as the 26th Ave sign, under the Fauntleroy Expressway, (Spokane St) there actually used to be a "26th Ave" that ran northbound from there.

    It was taken away by the expansion of Terminal 5 several years ago. The old Blew Eagle Restaurant used to be on the northeast corner.

    Mike

    Posted 3 years ago #         

14. waterworld
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    If you get on google maps, and enter as an address just admiral & lander in Seattle, and then click on the satellite view, you'll get a view of the street right-of-ways overlaid on the satellite imagery. You can scroll over and see stevens, too. It's very cool and easy to see how the streets and paths line up.

    Posted 3 years ago #         

15. Ken
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    For the real details of the hundreds of right -of Ways that are neither paved, nor actual streets, go to the king county GIS IMAP/ parcel view page.

    http://www.kingcounty.gov/operations/GIS/PropResearch/ParcelViewer.aspx

    Many of these "streets" have lots plotted on them and are owned by people and corporations. Most of those that have actual street signs and are covered with woods, are indeed too steep to build on or are owned by the conservancy foundations or organizations.
    some are old streets and roads where the right-of-way and easement were retained by city or county departments long after the street was removed. Take a look around the vicinity of camp long and the WS golf course. Follow Puget Blvd

    Posted 3 years ago #         

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