> For what it is worth, one of the few straight streets in Paris is
> apparently the old Roman road coming in from the south....in other
> words, the road was important enough that for a good 1000 years it
> was still in use, and as the city grew in continued to be used and
> became a city street. I suspect that Sartar's roads would have a
> similar unique level of respect and use attached to them.
In London, the Edgware Road runs at an angle to the surrounding roads which lie in the compass directions. This is because it also follows the route of an old Roman road, a highway later known as Watling Street.
Andrew
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