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[freerover]

Originally Posted by lzppjb

Nothing would be put to rest. Manchaca Road is not all within the city limits. Actually, it leaves the city twice.

I don't think this is true. The southern tip near 1626 is the only part of the street that is not in the city limits. There is a portion of land next to the street that is outside the limits further north but the street itself is in the city limits.

[lzppjb]

Originally Posted by freerover

I don't think this is true. The southern tip near 1626 is the only part of the street that is not in the city limits. There is a portion of land next to the street that is outside the limits further north but the street itself is in the city limits.

Google Austin, TX.
Go to the Map.
Zoom in to Manchaca Road where you can see the city limits.

It exits CoA just south of Slaughter Lane. It then reenters CoA just south of the Saddle Creek Apartments. It then exits CoA around Chappell Lane.

[freerover]

Originally Posted by lzppjb

Google Austin, TX.
Go to the Map.
Zoom in to Manchaca Road where you can see the city limits.

It exits CoA just south of Slaughter Lane. It then reenters CoA just south of the Saddle Creek Apartments. It then exits CoA around Chappell Lane.

Google Maps is wrong.

http://www.austintexas.gov/GIS/JurisdictionsWebMap/

[ivanwolf]

Originally Posted by freerover

Google Maps is wrong.

http://www.austintexas.gov/GIS/JurisdictionsWebMap/

The name change process is quite involved. I don't know the all COA requirements for this specific road. But it is likely at least 50% or more of the owners on that street would have to agree with the name change. Highly unlikely they all want to change there addresses. This would be a massive undertaking by 911 Addressing in Austin and USPS as well as all the home owners and businesses along this road. You just don't say lets change this and it happens because of a Council vote. It's a public vote after public hearings, notifications and such.

The right of way (ROW) south of Slaughter is still in the COA city limits. Some of the land west of this area is not COA and is still Travis County jurisdiction.

Only south of Frate Barker Rd is this road outside the COA limits, but at that point it is a TXDOT (FM 2304) road to FM 1626.

[lzppjb]

Come learn 42, the Texas domino game, tonight at the Central Library. 6th floor 6:00-9:00pm

[Sigaven]

Interseting article I saw on Reddit this morning:

http://kut.org/post/why-map-floor-au...l-misspellings

Anglo founders of Austin were saying “Guadaloup” much like many people still do today when referring to the street. In fact, even before Austin was founded, the river after which the street was named was referred to the same way.

So when you hear people say “Guadaloup” in Austin, they may be butchering the Spanish, but they're also staying true to the way Pilié named the street on the first-ever Austin map.

The more you know! ====*