Hundreds of miles to the north, the route back to England through the `` Furious Overfall '' was again filling with ice.

In Wisconsin, take route 55 north of Shawano or routes 78 and 60 from Portage to Prairie Du Chien.

In Minnesota, Arrowhead County and route 53 north to International Falls are outstanding.

However, as the main cardo ran up the western hill, and the Temple Mount blocked the eastward route of the main decumanus, a second pair of main roads was added ; the secondary cardo ran down the Tyropoeon Valley, and the secondary decumanus ran just to the north of the temple mount.

Because Broadway is a true north – south route that parallels the Hudson River and preceded the grid that the Commissioners ' Plan of 1811 imposed on the island, Broadway diagonally crosses Manhattan, its intersections with avenues marked by " squares " ( some merely triangular slivers of open space ) have induced some interesting architecture, such as the Flatiron Building.

It is also a heavily flown route for commercial and private aircraft heading towards Florida, the Caribbean, and South America from points north.

A new trade route north was discovered, and Sabun outfitted royal caravans to take advantage of it.

Instead the distinction went to the 1884 route from Archway to Highgate, north London, which used a continuous cable and grip system on the 1 in 11 ( 9 %) climb of Highgate Hill.

The coastal lowlands north of Manta were conquered, not by the Spanish, but by blacks from the Guinean coast who, as slaves, were shipwrecked en route from Panama to Peru in 1570.

European route E 4 passes from north to south through Sweden from the border with Finland, total length.

Situated at the Via Cassia, the main route between Rome and the north, and within the fertile valley of the Arno, the settlement quickly became an important commercial centre.

The conspirators ambushed him north of Port-au-Prince at Pont Larnage ( now known as Pont-Rouge ) on October 17, 1806 en route to battle rebels to his regime.

An invasion of Caledonia led by Severus and probably numbering around 20, 000 troops moved north in 208 or 209, crossing the Wall and passing through eastern Scotland on a route similar to that used by Agricola.

Verulam Road was created specifically to aid the movement of stage coaches, since St Albans was the first major stop on the coaching route north from London.

Rather than chase the routed enemy across the Rhine, Julian now proceeded to follow the Rhine north, the route he followed the previous year on his way back to Gaul.

It was formerly used by the Hudson's Bay Company ( HBC ) as part of a canoe route to the fur lands of the north.

Between the end of the 15th century and the 20th century, colonial powers from Europe dispatched explorers in an attempt to discover a commercial sea route north and west around North America.

The belief that a route lay to the far north persisted for several centuries and led to numerous expeditions into the Arctic, including the attempt by Sir John Franklin in 1845.

Mutley Plain lies on the route of an ancient road linking Bilburgh, a Bronze Age settlement on the coast at Sutton Pool which later formed the nucleus of the city of Plymouth, to the north.

* Königgrätzer Straße ( northern portion ), earlier names Brandenburgische Communication and then Schulgartenstraße, running along the former route of the customs wall and leading north to the Brandenburg Gate.

Expressing surprise at the ignorance of the poets, Pliny says " There can be no doubt that amber is the product of the islands of the northern ocean ( Baltic Sea )" and attributes its introduction into the Po valley to the Veneti, the last link in a trade route to the north through Pannonia and Germany.

Henry attacked Gwynedd first, but instead of following the usual invasion route along the north coast he attacked from the south, following a route over the Berwyn hills.

It comprises the motorway route heading from east to west, in line with the Pan-European Corridor V, and the motorway route heading in the north – south direction, in line with the Pan-European Corridor X, part of which is considered the Slovenian transport backbone.

He took his army by an inland route, avoiding the Roman allies along the coast.

Named the ' String road ', this route traverses bleak and difficult terrain to allow traffic to cross between east and west Arran avoiding the circuitous coastal route.

From 28 August 2011, irregular route numbers started changing, aiming to simplify the numbering system, thus avoiding passenger confusion.

He upgraded Corinth's port, and built a ramp across the Isthmus of Corinth so that ships could be dragged across ( the Diolkos ), avoiding the sea route around the Peloponnese.

The Teltow Canal joins the river from the east via the Griebnitzsee just before the city reaches the city of Potsdam, providing an alternative route to the Oder – Spree Canal avoiding central Berlin.

On 1 January 1923 the SMJR was taken over by the London, Midland and Scottish Railway ( LMSR ) and became an important asset to them, since it provided a direct route ( avoiding Birmingham ), between the western line hitherto owned by the Midland Railway and the main line south of Bedford.

The L & BR purchased the Trent Valley Railway in 1846 on behalf of the LNWR ; this fifty-mile line connected Rugby on the L & BR with Stafford on the Grand Junction Railway thus creating a more direct line from London to Liverpool and Manchester by avoiding the original route through Birmingham.

Together they moved west through southern Siberia and the southern Urals, avoiding the more direct route that would have taken them through the heart of the territory of their enemy, the Kazakhs.

The Eider therefore provides an alternative route from the North Sea to the Kiel Canal, avoiding the tides of the estuary of the Elbe.

The canal would also provide a safer passage for wooden sailing ships from the north east of Scotland to the south west, avoiding the route around the north coast via Cape Wrath and the Pentland Firth.

Its route is a rough semicircle from the south west to the north east, avoiding central London.

The Dartford Crossing opened as a single tunnel in 1963 ( then as a dual tunnel in 1980 ) and provided addition traffic on the A2 and the M2 Motorway opened in stages between 1963 and 1965 providing an alternative faster route for long-distance traffic avoiding the A2 through Rochester and Chatham.

The A55 route in North Wales is now the usual way to get from Chirk to Holyhead, avoiding the mountainous A5 route through Snowdonia and instead going via the much gentler Cheshire Plain and along the coast.

In March 1863 the LB & SCR and the LC & DR jointly funded a new high-level route into London, avoiding Stewarts Lane and requiring the widening of the Grosvenor Bridge.

A practice known as shunpiking evolved which entails finding another route for the specific purpose of avoiding payment of tolls.

As Russia, who controlled all export pipelines of these countries, consistently refusing to allow the use of its pipeline network, these companies needed an independent export route avoiding both Iran and Russia.

In 1170, during the Norman invasion of Ireland, Strongbow and Dermot MacMurrough successfully laid siege to Dublin by following a high route through the Wicklow Mountains, avoiding the defences along the normal route to the west of the mountains.

Between Chester and Holywell the alignment of this road is uncertain and between St. Asaph and Abergele, the Roman road followed an inland route avoiding the difficulties of the crossing of the Conwy estuary and the cliffs at Penmaenbach and Pen-y-Clip.

CajunBot, which was featured on CNN and on the Discovery Channel science series Robocars, used artificial intelligence and GPS positioning to navigate a designated route while detecting and avoiding obstacles.

It also provides an alternate route for those heading from Interstate 55 south to Interstate 20 west and from I-20 east to I-55 north by avoiding downtown Jackson.

The Lombards financed the maintenance and defence of the section of road through their territories as a trading route to the north from Rome, avoiding enemy-held cities such as Florence.

The Duke and his estate manager obtained an Act of Parliament empowering them to begin construction on a planned route directly to Salford, avoiding the River Irwell.