Cul-de-sac

A cul-de-sac (literally "bottom of bag") is a word that came from the French language and means a small street without a way through at the far end. It is also used in Catalan and Occitan, its meaning being equivalent to a dead end, close, or no through road (United Kingdom, Australian and Canadian English). While culs-de-sac were built in history for other reasons, its modern use is to calm down the traffic.

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Cul-de-sac in La Crosse, Wisconsin
A dead end in Kennedy Town, Hong Kong
A dead end in Alicante, Spain
Workers' village at El Lahun pyramid site, Egypt (c. 1885 BC)
Two dead ends, made by closing a minor road in the center to block through-traffic
The Channel 4 soap opera Brookside was filmed exclusively in Brookside Close in Liverpool.
Cul-de-sac in the Varisto area (more than 2200 population) neighbourhood of Vantaa, Finland
A cul-de-sac in Wrocław, Poland
One of several short, narrow, connected cul-de-sac streets in Athens, Greece. The photos show the street (below) and the connecting footpath to the corresponding street (above).
A plan of Village Homes in Davis, California, showing the street and path network with connected cul-de-sacs

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