Bismarck Avenue

Bismarck Avenue is an avenue in Grand Theft Auto IV, its episodes, and Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars, located in Algonquin, Liberty City. It is named after Bismarck, the state capital of North Dakota.

Description

The avenue starts in the north at an intersection with Vauxite Street, Walnut Way and San Juan Road in East Holland, and runs directly south, passing through the areas of Lancaster, Middle Park East, Hatton Gardens, Lancet, Easton, Lower Easton, Chinatown and coming to an end at an intersection with South Parkway running along the edge of The Exchange and Castle Gardens.

Along the road are various landmarks, buildings and features, including Cleethorpes Tower, Columbus Cathedral, Zirconium Building, Grand Easton Terminal and GetaLife Building. It also runs past an intersection with Kunzite Street which connects to the Algonquin Bridge.

At the northern end of the road, the avenue has has access to the west entrance of the East Holland Police Station. After the intersection at Manganese Street adjacent to the Columbus Cathedral, the road is divided in two with decorative trees running down the center of the road, akin to the real-life Park Avenue in New York City along this particular stretch. This continues until reaching the north side of the Grand Easton Terminal where a large sculpture presents the termination of the road on Jade Street. The road continues almost completely inline at the other side of the station on Hematite Street. At Emerald Street, the road once again shifts slightly east continuing on through Chinatown toward The Exchange where it terminates on a steep slope at South Parkway. The road continues onto Flatfish Place.

The entire street is a 2-lane road flowing in both directions and connects to 23 streets - almost all horizontal streets of the Algonquin alphabetical system, namely A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, J, K, L, M, N, O, P, Q, R, S and T, U and V, missing out letter I, and falling short of W and X.

While its stretch is technically longer than both Albany Avenue and Columbus Avenue - the second and first longest, respectively, Bismarck Avenue is broken up into 3 "sections" and, even when combined, only places third.^[1]

Influence

It is likely based on Manhattan's Park Avenue, given where it passes through, particularly in the Lower Easton area of Algonquin, which appears to be based on Park Avenue's notable Grand Central Terminal stretch.

Intersections

Location	Road	Direction
The Exchange	South Parkway	e/b toward Union Drive East w/b toward Denver Avenue & Union Drive West
	Amethyst Street	e/b toward Albany Avenue
	Barium Street	w/b toward Denver Avenue
Chinatown	Calcium Street	e/b toward Borlock Road
	Diamond Street	w/b toward Liberty Lane
	Cavity Lane	w/b toward Wong Way
	Emerald Street	e/b toward Privateer Road
Chinatown	Emerald Street	e/b toward Privateer Road
Lower Easton	Feldspar Street	w/b toward Union Drive West
Lower Easton	Garnet Street	e/b toward Union Drive East w/b toward Castle Drive & Union Drive West
Easton	Hematite Street	e/b toward Albany Avenue & Leaper's Bridge w/b toward Union Drive West.
Easton	Jade Street	e/b toward Albany Avenue. Terminates and continues at Hematite Street.
Lancet	Algonquin Bridge & Kunzite Street	e/b toward Algonquin - Dukes Expressway, Dukes Boulevard & Munsee Avenue
Hatton Gardens	Lorimar Street	w/b toward Galveston Avenue & West Way
Hatton Gardens	Manganese Street	e/b toward Albany Avenue & Union Drive East
Middle Park East	Nickel Street	w/b toward Union Drive West
	Obsidian Street	e/b toward Union Drive East
	Pyrite Street	w/b toward Columbus Avenue
Lancaster	Quartz Street	e/b toward Albany Avenue
	Ruby Street	e/b toward East Borough Bridge & Union Drive East w/b toward Columbus Avenue
	Silicon Street	e/b toward Union Drive East
	Topaz Street	e/b toward Albany Avenue, San Juan Road & Union Drive East w/b toward Hickey Bridge & Union Drive West
East Holland	Uranium Street	w/b toward Galveston Avenue
East Holland	San Juan Road, Vauxite Street & Walnut Way	e/b toward Albany Avenue, Topaz Street & Union Drive East Continues as Walnut Way toward Exeter Avenue & Grummer Road