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After a few blocks, she took a side street that led back toward the main thoroughfare.
This is the first main thoroughfare east of the airport.
Road conditions on the main thoroughfares are good to fair.
The side path was less wide than the main thoroughfare.
Only the main thoroughfares and neighborhood streets were clear today.
These were to be used to block main thoroughfares when the city came under attack.
Officials hope to expand the system around the city's main thoroughfares.
At one point, officials turned off every other street light on the main commercial thoroughfare to save money.
The road conditions on the main thoroughfares are good to fair.
It was a short cut back to the main thoroughfare.
A major street in the town is named for him.
It is named after a major street in this district.
There was only one every third street, and none in the major streets.
It is also a major street used in public transport.
The school is named after the nearest major street to the west.
A major street in downtown Houston is named after him.
Most cities in Vietnam have a major street named after her.
Entry points are at every major street along the path.
Every major street in the city is served by at least one bus route.
At least three major streets - 13th, 14th and 15th - are closed for construction.
The direction of the principal streets may still be traced.
By June 22d the principal streets were clear again.
Most mews are named after one of the principal streets which they back onto.
Wychwood, as has been said, consisted mainly of its one principal street.
Holborn is also the name of the area's principal east-west street.
The church was a small building standing by itself beyond the huts that lined the principal street.
There were barricades and machine guns across many of the principal streets.
They were named for the principal street or district they served.
Many of the principal streets were lined with trees.
