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'''Wright Street''' is an east-west street in downtown Pensacola.  Its western terminus is at North [[V Street]].  Tts eastern terminus is usually considered to be at [[Ninth Avenue]], although there is a short one-block span adjoining [[17th Avenue]] that is signed Wright Street although it no longer connects to the main span.
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'''Wright Street''' is an east-west street in downtown Pensacola.  Its western terminus is at North [[V Street]], and its eastern terminus is at [[17th Avenue]], though it is interrupted between [[10th Avenue]] and [[16th Avenue]].
  
 
Wright Street is named for [[Benjamin Drake Wright]].
 
Wright Street is named for [[Benjamin Drake Wright]].
  
[[Palafox Street]] is the demarcator between East and West Wright Streets.
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Prior to the renaming of streets in [[1906]], Wright Street in the western part of the City was called '''Simpson Street'''.
  
 
==Notable places on Wright Street==
 
==Notable places on Wright Street==
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Latest revision as of 01:19, 16 June 2019

Wright Street
Former names: Simpson Street
West end: North V Street
Major
junctions:
Palafox Street
Tarragona Street
Alcaniz Street
East end: 17th Avenue
Namesake: Benjamin Drake Wright

Wright Street is an east-west street in downtown Pensacola. Its western terminus is at North V Street, and its eastern terminus is at 17th Avenue, though it is interrupted between 10th Avenue and 16th Avenue.

Wright Street is named for Benjamin Drake Wright.

Prior to the renaming of streets in 1906, Wright Street in the western part of the City was called Simpson Street.

Notable places on Wright Street[edit]