Canal Street

Border between the French Quarter and Central Business District in New Orleans
New Orleans Louisiana

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Canal Street in New Orleans in December of 2005.
Photo: Matt Butts

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Canal Street is a major thoroughfare in the city of New Orleans, Louisiana. It is the dividing line between the older French and Spanish Colonial era city and the newer Central Business District.

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Landmark Trivia

Canal Street is often said to be the widest roadway in America to be given the term street instead of a more prominent title of avenue or boulevard.
One end of Canal Street is at the Mississippi River. The other end is in Mid-City at a collection of cemeteries.
The name of the avenue comes from a planned canal which was to connect the Mississippi River to Lake Pontchartrain, but it was never constructed.

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Canal Street

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