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'''Knox Street''' is a street in [[Galesburg]].  It runs east-west, and marks the 600 block south.
 
'''Knox Street''' is a street in [[Galesburg]].  It runs east-west, and marks the 600 block south.
  
The street runs from its western end at [[Henderson Street]] to the eastern end a little ways east of [[I-74]] (there is no freeway entrance from Knox Street.  Knox Street has a large gap between [[Prairie Street]] and [[Seminary Street]] where it would cross the [[Burlington Northern Santa Fe]] mainline track (although it does form the driveway to [[CFA]] and the [[Memorial Gym]]).  The other gap is a small area between [[Henderson Street]] and [[St. Joseph Road]].
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The street runs from its western end at [[Henderson Street]] to the eastern end a little ways east of [[I-74]] (there is no freeway entrance from Knox Street.  Knox Street has a large gap between [[Prairie Street]] and [[Seminary Street]] where it would cross the [[Burlington Northern Santa Fe]] mainline track.
  
 
West of Broad Street it is called West Knox Street, and east of Broad Street it is called East Knox Street.
 
West of Broad Street it is called West Knox Street, and east of Broad Street it is called East Knox Street.

Revision as of 23:19, 2 August 2007

Knox Street seen from 237 W. Knox

Knox Street is a street in Galesburg. It runs east-west, and marks the 600 block south.

The street runs from its western end at Henderson Street to the eastern end a little ways east of I-74 (there is no freeway entrance from Knox Street. Knox Street has a large gap between Prairie Street and Seminary Street where it would cross the Burlington Northern Santa Fe mainline track.

West of Broad Street it is called West Knox Street, and east of Broad Street it is called East Knox Street.

Features

Knox Street forms the southern edge of the main part of the Knox campus. It abuts 237 West Knox Street, Sigma Chi, Jorge Prats Field, Five-Name, Trevor Field, and the T. Fleming Fieldhouse.

Except in the area around Knox College, Knox Street is primarily residential.