How many city blocks are equal to 1.08 miles?

Question

How many city blocks are equal to 1.08 miles?

Answer 1

"A city block would typically be 1/16 to 1/8 of a mile..."

See the full article at

City Block

    http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?CityBlock

Here's another good historical perspective concerning Philadelphia.

According to this article, Philadelphia was the first American city

planned as a grid.  Today there are about 13 blocks to a mile in an

old Philadelphia city block:

Looking for Land Measurements - City Blocks.

    http://www.designcommunity.com/discussio...

According to Chicago's Transit Authority, in Chicago there are 8

blocks to a mile:

System Maps

    http://www.transitchicago.com/maps/syste...

From www.nyctourist.com, they say,

"...10 street blocks (east-west) are equal to 1 mile.  This rule

does not apply, however, to parts of Greenwich and all of lower

Manhattan."

Getting Around New York City

    http://www.nyctourist.com/nycinfo_getaro...

Here's an article that says it is somewhere between 15 and 20 city

blocks per mile:

How Big is a City Block?

    http://www.land4ever.com/block.htm

so good luck.

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Answer 2

city blocks in the city og ghicago are typically 8 blocks to a mile.there are half blocks but i don't see how you will get 8/100 of a mile.