Seattle street grid

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The Seattle street grid is the organized network of streets and avenues that structures the layout and navigation of Seattle’s urban core and surrounding neighborhoods.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Seattle street grid canonical 11

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (69)

Predicate Object
instanceOf street grid ⓘ
urban planning feature ⓘ
constrainedBy Elliott Bay ⓘ
Lake Union ⓘ
Lake Washington ⓘ
Ship Canal ⓘ
hills and ridges ⓘ
ravines and greenbelts ⓘ
follows Elliott Bay shoreline in downtown ⓘ
Lake Washington shoreline in some neighborhoods ⓘ
Puget Sound shoreline in some neighborhoods ⓘ
hasBenefit fine-grained block structure in many areas ⓘ
multiple route options ⓘ
walkable block sizes in older neighborhoods ⓘ
hasCharacteristic avenues running north–south in most areas ⓘ
cardinal directional suffixes ⓘ
curvilinear streets in some residential areas ⓘ
diagonal intersections ⓘ
frequent five-way intersections ⓘ
frequent reorientation between districts ⓘ
frequent six-way intersections ⓘ
hilly terrain adaptations ⓘ
irregular layout ⓘ
multiple misaligned grids ⓘ
named streets ⓘ
non-continuous street segments in some neighborhoods ⓘ
non-orthogonal junctions ⓘ
numbered streets ⓘ
offset grids between downtown and adjacent neighborhoods ⓘ
stairway streets in very steep areas ⓘ
steep grades on some streets ⓘ
streets running east–west in most areas ⓘ
topography-constrained layout ⓘ
use of arterial corridors ⓘ
use of one-way couplets in downtown ⓘ
waterfront-constrained layout ⓘ
hasIssue confusing intersections for drivers ⓘ
discontinuous arterial connections ⓘ
inconsistent orientation between districts ⓘ
historicallyDerivedFrom independent plats in West Seattle ⓘ
later orthogonal plats in north Seattle ⓘ
multiple early town plats ⓘ
waterfront-oriented plats in downtown ⓘ
influences bicycle route planning ⓘ
land subdivision patterns ⓘ
neighborhood boundaries ⓘ
pedestrian movement patterns ⓘ
zoning and land use patterns ⓘ
locatedIn Seattle ⓘ
United States ⓘ
Washington State ⓘ
linked to: Washington
organizedAround Ballard neighborhood ⓘ
Belltown area ⓘ
linked to: Belltown

Capitol Hill neighborhood ⓘ
Northgate area ⓘ
Pioneer Square area ⓘ
linked to: Pioneer Square

Rainier Valley ⓘ
University District ⓘ
West Seattle ⓘ
downtown Seattle ⓘ
partOf Seattle transportation network ⓘ
Seattle urban form ⓘ
serves Seattle neighborhoods ⓘ
Seattle urban core ⓘ
downtown Seattle ⓘ
usedFor addressing system in Seattle ⓘ
navigation in Seattle ⓘ
public transit routing ⓘ
traffic circulation ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (11)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

First Avenue (Seattle) → partOf → Seattle street grid ⓘ
subject linked to: First Avenue
2nd Avenue (Seattle) → partOf → Seattle street grid ⓘ
subject linked to: 2nd Avenue
5th Avenue (Seattle) → partOf → Seattle street grid ⓘ
subject linked to: 5th Avenue
3rd Avenue (Seattle) → partOf → Seattle street grid ⓘ
subject linked to: 3rd Avenue
NE 45th Street → partOf → Seattle street grid ⓘ
Aurora Avenue North → partOf → Seattle street grid ⓘ
4th Avenue (Seattle) → partOf → Seattle street grid ⓘ
subject linked to: 4th Avenue
6th Avenue (Seattle) → partOf → Seattle street grid ⓘ
subject linked to: 6th Avenue
82nd Street → usedIn → Seattle street grid ⓘ
Madison Street (Seattle) → isPartOf → Seattle street grid ⓘ
subject linked to: Madison Street