How far, in yards/miles is a 'block' eg 'its 3 blocks away?'?

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How far, in yards/miles is a 'block' eg 'its 3 blocks away?'?

2006-09-20 04:41:02 · 3 answers · asked by Tracey W 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Other - Society & Culture

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Engineers use a typical city block as 100,000 sq. ft. for calculation estimates, which is about 17 blocks per mile. So, you can roughly work from that, ie., half a mile is approx 8/9 blocks.

2006-09-20 04:46:18 · answer #1 · answered by uknative 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋

Depends how wide the block is!!

2006-09-20 11:42:51 · answer #2 · answered by mistral23 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋

just means 3 streets, not necasarilly a particular measurement

2006-09-20 11:42:58 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋