King's Highway
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King's Highway or Kings Highway may refer to:
Subway stations
- King's Highway (ancient)King's Highway (ancient)The King’s Highway was a trade route of vital importance to the ancient Middle East. It began in Egypt, and stretched across the Sinai Peninsula to Aqaba. From there it turned northward across Jordan, leading to Damascus and the Euphrates River....
an ancient trade route from Egypt to Syria - Kings Highway (Canberra to Batemans Bay), Australia
- King's Highway (Charleston to Boston)King's Highway (Charleston to Boston)The King's Highway is a route over in length in the eastern United States. It joins Charleston, South Carolina, to Boston, Massachusetts. It was named after Charles II of England, who in 1650 directed his colonial governors to build it. It did not become a continuous wagon road until 1735...
, United States - King's Highway (St. Augustine to Mexico)King's Highway (St. Augustine to Mexico)King's Highway was a route the Spanish laid in 1632, in part using traditional trails of Native Americans. They used it in the 17th century to connect the Spanish settlement of St. Augustine, Florida to Spanish colonies in Mexico. Initially the route ran from St. Augustine west through central...
, a 17th-century route from Florida to Mexico - Kings HighwayFarm to Market Road 989Farm to Market Road 989, locally known as Kings Highway, is a Farm to Market Road in Bowie County, Texas, located to the west of Texarkana. It runs north to south, remaining 1–2 miles outside the Texarkana, Texas city limits.-History:...
(today Farm to Market Road 989), in Bowie County, Texas - Kings Highway (central Virginia)
- Kings Highway (Suffolk, Virginia)
- Kings Highway (today Rockland County Route 13), a major route through Valley Cottage, New York
- Kings Highway (today State Route 143), in eastern Pennsylvania.
- King's Highway (French: Chemin du Roi), part of Route 138 in Quebec, Canada
- Kings Highway (today US Highway 61), the trail following the Mississippi River northward from New Orleans, Louisiana, through New Madrid, Sikeston, Cape Girardeau, Perryville, and St. Louis, Missouri.
- Kings Highway or Kingshighway, the name of various present-day streets in the Missouri cities along that route
- Kings Highway, a major highway in Myrtle Beach
- Kings Highway (New Jersey), a road that once ran from Perth AmboyPerth Amboy, New JerseyPerth Amboy is a city in Middlesex County, New Jersey, United States. The City of Perth Amboy is part of the New York metropolitan area. As of the 2010 United States Census, the city population was 50,814. Perth Amboy is known as the "City by the Bay", referring to Raritan Bay.-Name:The Lenape...
to SalemSalem, New JerseySalem is a city in Salem County, New Jersey, United States. As of the United States 2010 Census, the city population was 5,146. It is the county seat of Salem County, the most rural county in the state of New Jersey. The name Salem is related to the Hebrew word shalom, meaning "peace".The town and... - King's Highways, the designation of the primary highway system in Ontario, Canada
- Kings Highway Conservation District, a neighborhood in Dallas, TexasTexasTexas is the second largest U.S. state by both area and population, and the largest state by area in the contiguous United States.The name, based on the Caddo word "Tejas" meaning "friends" or "allies", was applied by the Spanish to the Caddo themselves and to the region of their settlement in...
- El Camino RealEl Camino Real (California)El Camino Real and sometimes associated with Calle Real usually refers to the 600-mile California Mission Trail, connecting the former Alta California's 21 missions , 4 presidios, and several pueblos, stretching from Mission San Diego de Alcalá in San Diego...
, an historical road in CaliforniaCaliforniaCalifornia is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area... - The King's HighwayThe King's HighwayThe King's Highway is a 1927 British romantic adventure film directed by Sinclair Hill and starring James Carew, Gerald Ames, Matheson Lang and Joan Lockton...
, a 1927 British film - "Kings Highway," a song on Tom Petty and the HeartbreakersTom Petty and the HeartbreakersTom Petty And The Heartbreakers are an American rock band from Gainesville, Florida. They were formed in 1976 by Tom Petty , Mike Campbell , Benmont Tench , , Ron Blair and Stan Lynch...
' album Into the Great Wide OpenInto the Great Wide OpenInto the Great Wide Open is the eighth studio album by American rock band Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, first released in July 1991 . The album was the band's last with MCA Records...
New York City transit
Roads- Kings Highway (Brooklyn)Kings Highway (Brooklyn)Kings Highway is a broad avenue that passes mostly through areas in the southern part of the New York City borough of Brooklyn. The west end is at Bay Parkway and 78th Street. East of Ocean Avenue the street becomes mostly residential, tending generally east, then northeast, then north through...
, a broad avenue passing through mostly commercial areas in the southern part of Brooklyn
Subway stations
- Kings Highway (BMT Brighton Line)Kings Highway (BMT Brighton Line)Kings Highway is an express station on the BMT Brighton Line of the New York City Subway. Served by the Q train at all times and by the B on weekdays, it is located at Kings Highway between East 15th and East 16th Streets on the border of Midwood and Sheepshead Bay neighborhoods of Brooklyn.This...
at East 16th Street; serving the trains - Kings Highway (IND Culver Line) at McDonald Avenue; serving the train
- Kings Highway (BMT Sea Beach Line)Kings Highway (BMT Sea Beach Line)Kings Highway is a local station on the BMT Sea Beach Line of the New York City Subway. Located at the intersection of Kings Highway and West Seventh Street, it is served by the N train at all times....
at West 8th Street; serving the train
See also
- King's Road (disambiguation)
- Royal Road (disambiguation)
- El Camino Real (disambiguation)