Western Avenue (other)
Western Avenue may refer to: United Kingdom *Western Avenue (London) United States * Western Avenue (Albany, New York) *Western Avenue (Chicago) *Western Avenue (Los Angeles) *Western Avenue (Washington, D.C.) * Western Avenue (Metra Milwaukee District/North Line) on the Milwaukee District/North Line, Milwaukee District/West Line, and North Central Service *Western Avenue (Metra BNSF Railway Line) Western Avenue (also known as Western Avenue & 18th Place) is a station on Metra's BNSF Line located in Pilsen neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois. The station consists of one side platform and one island platform for outbound and inbound trains. ...

Western Avenue (London)
Western Avenue is part of the A40, a major road running in a north-westerly direction out of London. Western Avenue is approximately long from its junction with Old Oak Common Lane in East Acton. A notable landmark on Western Avenue at Perivale, near Greenford, is the Art Deco Hoover Building, now a Tesco supermarket and 66 homes. History The road was first proposed in 1912 as a bypass of Uxbridge Road, part of the historic coaching road from London to Oxford. Construction began in 1921 and continued throughout the 1920s and 30s. It was completed to Denham in 1943. When first constructed, all intersections with other roads were flat junctions with roundabouts, resulting in significant congestion at busy periods. In the early 1960s, the Hanger Lane junction was improved, with an underpass built to take Western Avenue under the A406.The Automobile Association, ''Illustrated Road Book of England and Wales (Fourth Edition)'' (1966). Then, during the 1980s and early 1990s, the ...
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Western Avenue (Albany, New York)
The streets of Albany, New York have had a long history going back almost 400 years. Many of the streets have changed names over the course of time, some have changed names many times. Some streets no longer exist, others have changed course. Some roads existed only on paper. The oldest streets were haphazardly laid out with no overall plan until Simeon De Witt's 1794 street grid plan. The plan had two grids, one west of Eagle Street and the old stockade, and another for the Pastures District south of the old stockade. Early colonial streets These streets had their starts during the Dutch colonial era in the 17th century, some such as Broadway, State, and Pearl streets grew and continued to stretch out into the countryside, while some such as Van Tromp are short stubby streets one block long. Others are so narrow that today they are blocked off to vehicular traffic. State Street Albany's original " main street". The original name was Yonker Street, it and Broadway are the two ...
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Western Avenue (Chicago)
Western Avenue is a street within the city of Chicago. Western Avenue extends south as a continuous road to the Dixie Highway at Sibley Boulevard (Illinois Route 83) in Dixmoor, giving the road a total length of . Western Avenue, after turning into Asbury Ave, runs out on the north side at Green Bay Road in Evanston and on the south side at Crete-Monee Road in Crete. However, Western Avenue extends intermittently through the Southland to the Will/ Kankakee county border in unincorporated Will Township. Within Chicago's grid street system, Western Avenue is 2400 West, three miles west of State Street (0 East/West). Western Avenue becomes Asbury Avenue at Howard Street at the Chicago/ Evanston border and continues north to Isabella Street on the Evanston/Wilmette border. Unlike Pulaski Road, which was originally Crawford Avenue in both the city and suburbs, Western was always the name in the city. Asbury is only used in Evanston. In the suburbs, Western Avenue constitutes th ...
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Western Avenue (Los Angeles)
Western Avenue is a major four-lane street in the city of Los Angeles (west of Downtown) and through the center portion of Los Angeles County, California. It is one of the longest north–south streets in Los Angeles city and county, apart from Sepulveda Boulevard. It is about long. Description Western Avenue passes through a large diversity of residential neighborhoods in Los Angeles County. From the south, where it transitions into Paseo Del Mar near White Point and the Pacific Ocean, it begins in San Pedro, then passes through Rancho Palos Verdes, Harbor City, Gardena and South Los Angeles. It is also the easternmost border of Torrance. Around the Pico Boulevard, Olympic Boulevard, and Wilshire Boulevard intersections, Western Avenue passes through Koreatown. Further north, Western Avenue passes through the East Hollywood district. Around the Santa Monica Boulevard, Sunset Boulevard, and Hollywood Boulevard intersections, it passes through the East Hollywood neighborho ...
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Western Avenue (Washington, D
Western Avenue may refer to: United Kingdom *Western Avenue (London) United States *Western Avenue (Albany, New York) *Western Avenue (Chicago) *Western Avenue (Los Angeles) *Western Avenue (Washington, D.C.) * Western Avenue (Metra Milwaukee District/North Line) on the Milwaukee District/North Line, Milwaukee District/West Line, and North Central Service *Western Avenue (Metra BNSF Railway Line) Western Avenue (also known as Western Avenue & 18th Place) is a station on Metra's BNSF Line located in Pilsen neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois. The station consists of one side platform and one island platform for outbound and inbound trains. ...

Western Avenue (Metra Milwaukee District/North Line)
Western Avenue is the name of a railroad station owned by Metra, located in the West Town community area of Chicago, Illinois near Western Avenue. The station is away from Union Station, the inbound terminus of the line. Western Avenue station serves the Milwaukee District West Line, North Central Service, and Milwaukee District North Line, and is the last inbound stop for these three lines before the terminus at Union Station. Although it is not a station stop, Amtrak ''Hiawatha Service'' trains and the ''Empire Builder'' also pass through here. The station was previously used by the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad. Located near the station are the California Coach Yard, and the Western Avenue Rail Yard, the latter of which host to Metra's final EMD F40Cs. Just southeast of the station platforms is a diamond where the Milwaukee Road Metra routes cross the tracks of the Union Pacific West Line to Ogilvie Transportation Center The Richard B. Ogilvie Transportat ...
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