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dead end street

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Also known as close, no through road, court, closed, cul-de-sac, blind alley

dead-end street with only one inlet/outlet

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Within Vinony's link graph, dead end street is referenced by 1,140 other articles, and connects out to roundabout, Hippodamian Plan and gated community.

It is catalogued under the topic Types of streets.

Its subject is documented across 39 Wikipedia language editions.

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odonym
Subclass of
street
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HK 石塘咀 Shek Tong Tsui 山道 Hill Road 保德街 Po Tuck Street 樂寶大樓 Lok Po Mansion.jpg
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Commons category
Culs-de-sac
OpenStreetMap tag
noexit=yes
topic's main category
Category:Culs-de-sac
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Encyclopedic overview

Cul-de-sac in La Crosse, Wisconsin A dead end in Kennedy Town, Hong Kong Dead end street in Alberobello, Italy

A dead end, also known as a cul-de-sac (/ˈkʌldəsæk, ˈkʊl-/; French: [kydsak], lit. 'bag bottom'), a no-outlet road, a no-exit road or a no through road, is a street with only one combined inlet and outlet.

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