| One of the most confusing things are that the east/middle/west (or north/south)designations seem rather arbitrary. It is not fixed at a specific meridian or longitude, like it is where I am from (US). So you can have a east section of a road that is directly parellel to a section that is called west.
Another confusining aspect is the road naming convention. For example, there is one road that goes begins at an intersection, runs south, then diverts west, then turns south again and ends at another intersection. This is Huashan road. Ok if it is in the countryside, but not in the city. What I would (in the US) consider one street that roughly runs North/South has five different names. Wanhangdu. then Huashan, then Changshu, then Baoqing, then Hengshan. Makes life interesting....... |
Cheat-Sheet of Shanghai Road Names