Wick, Caithness, Scotland owns the planet's shortest road. Named “Ebenezer Place”, it has only 1 address and is just 6 feet 9 inches in length. Its single numbered address is at the door to the No. 1 Bistro restaurant of the Mackays Hotel. Around 1883, the city required the owner, Alexander Sinclair, to nail a sign over the door located on the shortest side of the hotel. Ebenezer Place was formally designated a street in 1887 when the hotel’s sign was finally put in place.
Posted by James Anderson on February 7th, 2012 |
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