How to read road names?

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<p>I still don’t understand how to navigate the roads and read those road names. How do they work? People usually say “it’s on X street” or “Turn right from X”. I only drive to places by know by remembering which roads to take and where to turn. I have no idea how to use road names at all.</p>

<p>Can someone explain this to me? :(</p>

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<p>Umm…I’m not completely sure what the dilemma is, but I’ll try to explain anyway. Oh, and I’ve never heard someone say “Turn right from X.” I’m not sure what that would mean. I have heard “Turn right onto X,” but not “from.”</p>

<p>I attached a little map (see the link below) for the example I’ll give you. Let’s say I’m parked in the Wood Street Parking Garage, which “is on Wood Street” (meaning that to enter it you must be driving on Wood street, but it also looks like I could get inside from Grant Street). I need to go to the Client and Staff Parking Lot, which is on Steely Street (meaning to get into the parking lot I have to be driving on Steely St.) Here are the steps I would take:</p>

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<li>I would leave the parking garage and turn right onto Wood Street (if the garage exit is there).</li>
<li>I would make an immediate left onto Grant Street (right after I turn onto Wood street I will have to turn left onto grant Street at the intersection).</li>
<li>I would turn right onto Steely Street (when Steely St. and Grant St. intersect)</li>
<li>The Client and Staff Parking Lot is on the right off of Steely Street.</li>
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<p>I hope that helped! I’m sorry if that isn’t what you don’t understand. The road names come from the maps (the names written next to the roads on the map) and there are also street signs. The street signs have the street names on them. If there is more than one street sign in a spot, the name that is written parallel to a street goes with it. Here’s a picture:
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<p>Like I said, I’m sorry if I didn’t actually answer your question. If you clarify, maybe I can help more. :)</p>

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<p>When I lived in Chicago, where a lot of street names are numbers, and that helps a lot. On the north side, where numbers are not used as much, people tend to memorize the address numbers of major cross streets, like Western Avenue and Fullerton. That way, when you’re given an address with numbers, you can find it fairly easily, even when it’s between major cross streets.</p>

<p>I grew up in a town that sprawls quite randomly. Numbers that mean something in one part of town mean something different in another part of town. Street names are no help at all unless you’ve memorized where they are.</p>

<p>Either way, your best friend is Google Maps.</p>