The Washington St district is a popular thoroughfare for café lounging and window browsing at antiques and funky craft boutiques.

Nearby Route 17, already a popular thoroughfare for trucks traveling between New York and upstate cities like Binghamton and Syracuse, might soon be even more busy.

The canal was motorised 1911-24 and closed to cargo in 1960, but is still a popular thoroughfare for leisure boats.

"I think he did the most he could've done," Mr. Murillo said, as he walked along Broadway, a popular thoroughfare for Latino shoppers in downtown Los Angeles.

In this popular thoroughfare, restaurants and theatres existed side by side with shops and offices.

In New York City, 42nd Street is a main and very popular two-way thoroughfare.

Dorothy Dennis lives on the first floor of a building that faces Martin Luther King Drive, one of the city's most popular thoroughfares for drug trafficking.

It's a garish, colorful, popular thoroughfare, a combination of a Mexican paseo, Times Square and Main Street, U.S.A.

Even that popular thoroughfare was quiet, for the hour was exceedingly late; but the beneficent glow of starlight lifted our spirits as it illumined the scene.

Avenida Florida, a popular pedestrian thoroughfare, was as crowded as usual on Friday and today, with people taking advantage of sales and going to movies.