Grid plan
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In urban planning, the grid plan, grid street plan, or gridiron plan is a type of city plan in which streets run at right angles to each other, forming a grid.
Two inherent characteristics of the grid plan, frequent intersections and orthogonal geometry, facilitate movement. The geometry helps with orientation and wayfinding and its frequent intersections with the choice and directness of route to desired destinations.
In ancient Rome, the grid plan method of land measurement was called centuriation. The grid plan dates from antiquity and originated in multiple cultures; some of the earliest planned cities were built using grid plans in Indian subcontinent.
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See also
- City block
- Commissioners' Plan of 1811 (Manhattan street grid)
- Comprehensive planning
- Fused grid
- Land Ordinance of 1785 (United States)
- Street hierarchy
- Urban planning
- Urban structure
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