Claiborne Avenue

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Claiborne Avenue

Claiborne Avenue at Frenchmen Street, looking upriver in 1938
Namesake	Gov. William C. C. Claiborne
Length	9.5 miles (15.3 km)
Location	New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.
From	Jefferson Parish
To	St. Bernard Parish

Claiborne Avenue is a major thoroughfare in New Orleans, Louisiana. It runs the length of the city, about 9.5 miles (15.3 km), beginning at the Jefferson Parish line and ending at the St. Bernard Parish line; the street continues under different names in both directions. It is called South Claiborne Avenue upriver from Canal Street and North Claiborne Avenue from Canal to St. Bernard Parish.

New Orleans' longest street was named in honor of William C. C. Claiborne, the first United States governor of Louisiana, serving during both the territorial period and as the first governor under statehood. New Orleans was the capital city in those days of the early 19th century.