Grid System (Phoenix, Glendale, Scottsdale: car, map of, venues)

[ELMJACK]

ELMJACK, Iguess I AM IN THE MINORITY AS I LIVED ALL BUT THE LAST 2 MONTHS OF MY LIFE IN NYC AND i find the address system extremely confusing in Phoenix

[ELMJACK]

BIUA is there an easy way to get the address system of Phoenix down ELMJACK

[rambrush]

Bascially just get out and about and drive, stop by mapworld on I-17 and Indian School. Check out there maps and it will help you out.
If you don't learn the back streets you could end up in gridlock for hours.

[Magnum Mike]

Originally Posted by CodyW

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Phoenix is based around Central Ave. This is the center North-South arterial. Every north-south route west of central is a numbered Avenue. They range from 1st to 411th.

I might add also that the center east-west arterial is Washington Street.

Originally Posted by CodyW

For every 8 numbered avenues/streets you pass, you will have traveled one mile. So every mile, you will hit a major arterial road.

In Phoenix there are a couple of exceptions to the 8 numbered avenue/streets rule, and that's the numbered streets/avenues between 19th Ave to 16th Street. For example, there is a mile between 7th and 19th Avenues, but the number of blocks is not 8, but 12.

Originally Posted by CodyW

The same applies for east-west routes, but they're never numbered. These are things like Camelback Rd, Indian School Rd, and such. No numbering system, but they still form to the grid.

And that's the beauty of a grid system. If somebody give you an address of 4500 East Camelback, you know it's in the vicinity of 45th Street and Camelback. If the address is on a numbered street of avenue, like 6000 N. 35th Avenue, then you'll have to know where the 6000 grid is (Bethany Home Road) but you'll know the grid number of each east/west named street in a short period of time.

[ScoutAZ]

I think Salome has something around 438th AV from Central AV. in Phoenix

[ArizonaBear]

Too; the odd number streets are west of Central and the even number streets (avenues) are east of Central.

Whenever a person says 44th/Camelback they are referring to 44th St.

[ScoutAZ]

Originally Posted by ArizonaBear

Too; the odd number streets are west of Central and the even number streets (avenues) are east of Central.

Whenever a person says 44th/Camelback they are referring to 44th St.

Help me on that one AZ Bear. I thought Avenues were west of Central and Streets were east of Central

[ArizonaBear]

Originally Posted by ScoutAZ

Help me on that one AZ Bear. I thought Avenues were west of Central and Streets were east of Central

You are correct; I 'crossed' a couple of words.

I meant say those odd numbered '1 mile' streets (avenues) west of Central and got things backwards.

My bad.

[RickieInPhx]

Wow, I've lived in the Phx Metro area my whole life and reading all these posts at once has me confused hahahaha

If you want to get a good look at the grid system and you don't have a paper map then just check out mapquest.com. Do a "map" search for Phoenix az.

I just tried it and the map plops you down at Central & Washington to start. Zoom in or out until you can read the street names. Then you can click and drag the map around.

You'll see the further left (west) you go the higher the avenues get. Then if you go back to the right (east) they get smaller. Once you hit Central ( which was where you started) and you go further to the right you'll see the streets going up and up. I always described Central as "0". To the west of Central is 1st Ave. to the east of Central is 1st St.

You can even try and locate some of the exception roads that were mentioned by others if you want. My advice though would be not to worry too much about the exceptions just yet since it might make things more confusing. I would say that if you know that street NAMES go east and west(almost all the time) and NUMBERS go north and south(almost all the time). Then the only other big thing to learn is that the Streets and Avenues both start at Central(0). Streets get higher as you go east and Avenues get higher going west.

Once you get here and you're used to that then grab a neighbor or coworker and make then explain or show you the exceptions.

[Jnvlv247]

Well, according to Google Map, The longest running road WITHOUT a break or interruption is Baseline Road running from Apache Junction/Mesa to Laveen area. Oh and Central Ave starts at Phoenix South Mountain Park and ends at Cave Buttes Recreational Area. It has many breaks and interruptions though.