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East 8th Street

JasonAller — 2009-02-23 18:43:53

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- Before East 8th St. was built, Cemetery Road extended from ["G Street"] east across the ["railroad tracks"] to the ["Davis Cemetery"]. ["Sweetbriar Lane"] and ["Pennsylvania Place"] are remnants of Cemetery Road, and the section from J Street to the cemetery is now part of 8th Street. Part of old Cemetery Road can be seen if you walk into the bushes from the corner of Sweetbriar and ["H Street"] -- there is some concrete and a yellow center line on an abandoned piece of street where it once crossed the railroad tracks. 8th Street ended just east of the cemetery until the mid 1990s when it was connected to ["Tulip Lane"].	+ Before East 8th St. was built, Cemetery Road extended from ["G Street"] east across the ["railroad tracks"] to the ["Davis Cemetery"]. ["Sweet Briar Road"] and ["Pennsylvania Place"] are remnants of Cemetery Road, and the section from J Street to the cemetery is now part of 8th Street. Part of old Cemetery Road can be seen if you walk into the bushes from the corner of Sweet Briar and ["H Street"] -- there is some concrete and a yellow center line on an abandoned piece of street where it once crossed the railroad tracks. 8th Street ended just east of the cemetery until the mid 1990s when it was connected to ["Tulip Lane"].

East 8th Street

JasonAller — 2009-02-23 18:42:27

Differences for East 8th Street

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- * ["H Street"] & ["Sweetbriar Lane"]	+ * ["H Street"] & ["Sweet Briar Road"] -- Sweet Briar Road may not reach all the way to 8th, it may already be H by then.

East 8th Street

JasonAller — 2009-02-22 10:55:03

(quick edit)

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- * ["H Street"] & ["Sweetbriar Road"]	+ * ["H Street"] & ["Sweetbriar Lane"]

East 8th Street

JasonAller — 2009-02-22 10:45:21

(quick edit)

Differences for East 8th Street

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- Before East 8th St. was built, Cemetery Road extended from ["G Street"] east across the ["railroad tracks"] to the ["Davis Cemetery"]. ["Sweetbriar Lane"] and ["Pennsylvania Avenue"] are remnants of Cemetery Road, and the section from J Street to the cemetery is now part of 8th Street. Part of old Cemetery Road can be seen if you walk into the bushes from the corner of Sweetbriar and ["H Street"] -- there is some concrete and a yellow center line on an abandoned piece of street where it once crossed the railroad tracks. 8th Street ended just east of the cemetery until the mid 1990s when it was connected to ["Tulip Lane"].	+ Before East 8th St. was built, Cemetery Road extended from ["G Street"] east across the ["railroad tracks"] to the ["Davis Cemetery"]. ["Sweetbriar Lane"] and ["Pennsylvania Place"] are remnants of Cemetery Road, and the section from J Street to the cemetery is now part of 8th Street. Part of old Cemetery Road can be seen if you walk into the bushes from the corner of Sweetbriar and ["H Street"] -- there is some concrete and a yellow center line on an abandoned piece of street where it once crossed the railroad tracks. 8th Street ended just east of the cemetery until the mid 1990s when it was connected to ["Tulip Lane"].

East 8th Street

JasonAller — 2009-02-22 10:44:24

Starting to split out East and West 8th Street.

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- #redirect 8th Street	+ '''[[Address(East 8th Street)]]''' is one half of ["8th Street"] which changes names and address numbers at ["A Street"]. At its eastern end East 8th Street curves / turns into ["Tulip Lane"]. + + The addresses are not continuous which is a bane to new ["Pizza" pizza] delivery drivers. So if you live on 8th and are ordering a ["delivery"], be very specific about which part of 8th you live on. 8th is also a good road to avoid police as most ["police"] concentrate on ["Russell Boulevard"] + + While the ["Speed limits" speed limit] is only 25mph for the length of 8th St, the traffic lights are timed quite well, making it an (often quicker) alternate to ["Russell Boulevard" Russell Blvd]. + + ["West 8th Street"], with ["Sycamore Lane"], was added in ["1967"] as one of the few new post-WWII streets with ["bike lanes"]. Then ["UCD"] Professor ["Bob Sommer"] brought the idea to city planners in the mid 60s. The initial design was a success, and became the standard bike lane design for the rest of Davis, California. At first, bike lanes only went from ["Sycamore Lane"] to ["B Street"], then later from ["J Street"] to ["Pole Line Road"]. The gap from B Street to L Street was too narrow for bike lanes and parking. Eventually, daytime parking was banned, then parking was permanently banned, and now 8th Street is easily the best street to go across town. Had the parkers won a victory in 1970, it would be much more dangerous for bicyclists. 8th Street now has bike lines for its entire length, and specific bicyclist-operated traffic signals at the intersections with ["L Street"] and ["B Street"]. + + Be careful bicycling through the ["F Street"] intersection on 8th Street. There are no left turn lanes for cars, so a bicyclist can be hidden behind a same-direction-car while approaching the light, and then hit by a left turner in the opposite direction after the same-direction car has passed. Or, if you are passing a car that is waiting to turn left, you are hidden from view and may have opposing left turners turn in front of you or hit you. Several serious, nearly fatal accidents have occurred this way in recent years. + + Before East 8th St. was built, Cemetery Road extended from ["G Street"] east across the ["railroad tracks"] to the ["Davis Cemetery"]. ["Sweetbriar Lane"] and ["Pennsylvania Avenue"] are remnants of Cemetery Road, and the section from J Street to the cemetery is now part of 8th Street. Part of old Cemetery Road can be seen if you walk into the bushes from the corner of Sweetbriar and ["H Street"] -- there is some concrete and a yellow center line on an abandoned piece of street where it once crossed the railroad tracks. 8th Street ended just east of the cemetery until the mid 1990s when it was connected to ["Tulip Lane"]. + + Notable Locations along 8th Street from include: + + == Food and Shopping == + * ["Davis Manor Center"] + * ["Quick Shop Market"] + + == Landmarks == + * ["Davis Cemetery"] + * ["Train Tracks" Railroad Tracks] + * ["Davis Fire Crew"] parking + * ["Sunrise Farm"] + + == Services == + * ["A Fair Go"] + * ["Davis Lutheran Church"] at the corner of 8th and ["B Street"] + * ["Valley Oak Elementary School"] + * ["Pole Line Road Baptist Church"] + + == Businesses == + * ["Sherman Homes"] + + == Neighborhoods == + * ["Davis Manor"] + + == Apartments == + * ["Redwood Tree Apartments"] + * ["Regency Arms Townhouses Apartments"] + * ["Villa Calabria"] + + == ["Streets"] == + * ["A Street"] + * ["B Street"] + * ["D Street"] + * ["F Street"] + * ["G Street"] + * ["H Street"] & ["Sweetbriar Road"] + * ["Railroad Tracks"] + * ["J Street"] + * ["Hunt Way"] + * ["K Street"] + * ["L Street"] + * ["Simmons Way"] + * ["M Street"] + * ["Chestnut Place"] + * ["Pole Line Road"] + * ["North Diameter Drive"] + * ["Mesquite Drive"] + * ["Tulip Lane"] + + [[Comments]]

East 8th Street

JasonAller — 2009-02-22 10:44:24

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East 8th Street

JasonAller — 2008-12-31 15:20:34

until 8th gets separated

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	+ #redirect 8th Street