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|junction=[[Palafox Street]]<br/>[[Tarragona Street]]<br/>[[Alcaniz Street]] | |junction=[[Palafox Street]]<br/>[[Tarragona Street]]<br/>[[Alcaniz Street]] | ||
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− | '''Wright Street''' is an east-west street in downtown Pensacola. Its western terminus is at North [[V Street]] | + | '''Wright Street''' is an east-west street in downtown Pensacola. Its western terminus is at North [[V Street]], and its eastern terminus is at [[17th Avenue]], though it is interrupted between [[10th Avenue]] and [[16th Avenue]]. |
Wright Street is named for [[Benjamin Drake Wright]]. | Wright Street is named for [[Benjamin Drake Wright]]. | ||
− | [[ | + | Prior to the renaming of streets in [[1906]], Wright Street in the western part of the City was called '''Simpson Street'''. |
==Notable places on Wright Street== | ==Notable places on Wright Street== | ||
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Latest revision as of 01:19, 16 June 2019
Wright Street | |
Former names: | Simpson Street |
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West end: | North V Street |
Major junctions: |
Palafox Street Tarragona Street Alcaniz Street |
East end: | 17th Avenue |
Namesake: | Benjamin Drake Wright |
Wright Street is an east-west street in downtown Pensacola. Its western terminus is at North V Street, and its eastern terminus is at 17th Avenue, though it is interrupted between 10th Avenue and 16th Avenue.
Wright Street is named for Benjamin Drake Wright.
Prior to the renaming of streets in 1906, Wright Street in the western part of the City was called Simpson Street.