Mission Street

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Mission Street is San Francisco's longest street (a bit over seven miles) and is one of its oldest. It and the Mission District through which it runs were named for the Spanish Mission Dolores, several blocks away from the modern route, which runs from the city's southern border to its northeast corner. Only the southern half is historically part of El Camino Real, which connected the missions.

From the south, it enters the city from Daly City and runs north through the Crocker-Amazon, Excelsior, Bernal Heights, and (Inner) Mission neighborhoods. From there the road turns northeast and travels through the South of Market neighborhood (running a full block south of Market Street) before ending at the Embarcadero in downtown San Francisco.

In the South of Market portion of the street, new highrises have risen along the street like the 40-story The Paramount, the 26-story 101 Second Street, the 31-story JP MorganChase Building and the 42-story St. Regis Museum Tower. More highrises are planned or are under construction like the Millennium Tower, 555 Mission Street, and San Francisco Transbay Supertalls.

It is served 24 hours a day by the Muni line 14^[1]; two BART stations are directly under it in the Inner Mission; all the rest of San Francisco's BART stations are less than a mile away from it. The street is four lanes wide.