Editing Gladstone, Oregon (section)

===Major thoroughfares and street grid===
[[File:Street map of Back Bay.jpg|thumb|This same set of Gladstone street names is used for the north–south main streets in the center of [[Back Bay, Boston]], but the origin of any connection to Gladstone is unknown.]]

Being bordered by rivers on two sides, there are only two primary thoroughfares to and from the city. [[Interstate 205 (Oregon–Washington)|Interstate 205]] runs north–south along the eastern edge of the city, while McLoughlin Boulevard ([[Oregon Route 99E]]) runs north–south through the western side.<ref name=GladstoneMap/>

Taken at the suggestion of surveyor Sidney Smyth, Judge Harvey Cross decided to name a number of Gladstone streets after American colleges (e.g., [[University of California, Berkeley]], [[Cornell University]]) and a number of United Kingdom dukes, earls, and universities (e.g., [[University of Exeter]], [[Earl of Dartmouth]], [[Earl of Clarendon]]).<ref name=HistSoc2/> Portland Avenue, Gladstone's main street, is the only divergence from this naming convention. Named for the 1893 Interurban Electric Streetcar line that once traversed the street, it once transported passengers between Gladstone and Portland.<ref name=HistSoc2/>