A similar scheme exists in the Antelope Valley region (the
northernmost part of Los Angeles County, including the cities of
Lancaster and Palmdale).  Beginning at the Kern County line, where
Avenue A literally runs right along the border, the lettered avenues
are spaced exactly one mile apart.  In between are, as needed, names
such as Avenue J-6.  It works out that Avenue L is at the south end of
Lancaster and Avenue P runs through the middle of Palmdale (although
there are both a Lancaster Blvd. and a Palmdale Blvd., squeezed in
halfway between Avenues H and I and Avenues Q and R, respectively).
This continues logically through Avenue Z, which exists as unpaved
roads in a corner of the Valley near the San Bernardino County line,
adjacent to the Angeles National Forest; for all practical purposes
the last of these that is contiguous and paved is Avenue T east of
Pearblossom Highway out to about seven miles shy of the county line.

Then the east-west streets are based on one mile spacing from Division
St., which roughly marks where the railroad tracks come through the
Valley (although it is imprecise because the tracks actually are on a
slight northwest/southeast diagonal).  10th St. East -- note the
directional at the end, as in the Salt Lake example -- is one mile
east of Division St.  11th St. East is one-tenth of a mile east of
Division St., and so on.  This numbering scheme goes all the way east
to the San Bernardino County line at 240th St. East, and west to the
Ventura County line at 300th St. West.

ObTVorNotTV: The Antelope Valley is the only part of Los Angeles
County where the adjacent market (Bakersfield)'s full-power network-
affiliated signals can be received as well as the network O&Os for the
home market, without cable.

On Jan 24, 10:21 pm, David Bruggeman <[email protected]> wrote:
> There is also the numbering system used in towns around Salt Lake City and 
> into southern Idaho.  Some major streets close to the main temple (or the 
> first temple established) are named by their distance from the temple.  So 
> you can be at 540 West 400 South, with the second part of that being the 
> street name.  Way to easy to get turned about, at least for me.


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