Wright Street is an east-west street in downtown Pensacola. Its western terminus is at North V Street. Tts eastern terminus is usually considered to be at Ninth Avenue, although there is a short one-block span adjoining 17th Avenue that is signed Wright Street although it no longer connects to the main span.
Wright Street | |
West end: | North V Street |
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Major junctions: |
Palafox Street Tarragona Street Alcaniz Street |
East end: | 17th Avenue |
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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.