[{SlideShowNav}] !!!New Orleans Canal Street [{Image src='4316.jpg' caption='New Orleans Canal Street, May 2013, © [Ewald Judt|Geography/About/Consortium/Judt,_Ewald]' alt='New Orleans Canal Street' class='image_left' width='900' height='675'}] Canal Street [{GoogleMap location='29.9554,-90.0721' zoom='12'}] is a major thoroughfare in New Orleans. It forms the upriver boundary of the French Quarter and serves historically as the dividing line between the colonial-era (18th century) and the newer American Sector (Central Business District today). The street has three lanes of traffic in both directions and a pair of streetcars in the middle. [{Metadata Suchbegriff='New Orleans Canal Street'}] [{SET customtitle='New Orleans Canal Street (1)'}]