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A wrapped Hershey's Kiss lamp post on Chocolate Avenue
Chocolate Avenue is a street in Hershey, Pennsylvania that runs past Hersheypark, and is considered to be the main street of the town.[1] It runs from Hersheypark Drive to the intersection of Pennsylvania Route 3017, at which the road continues as Main Street. Most of Chocolate Avenue is a segment of U.S. Route 422.
Chocolate Avenue is known for its street lamps that are shaped like Hershey's Kisses.[2][3] These unique lamps were first erected in 1963.[4] Some of the kisses are shown as being wrapped, and some as unwrapped, alternating between these two designs.[5][6] These lamps can also be found on Park Avenue. In 1990, the need to replace the wrappers for the lamps became noticeable.[7]
The street has been known for traffic congestion during the summer months due to tourists of the Hershey chocolate factory.[8]
Chocolate Avenue becomes the main attraction of the Oakdale Chocolate Festival, an annual event held in the third week of every May, that attracts 50,000-60,000 visitors.[9]
History
Chocolate Avenue was one of the first two streets built in the town of Hershey by Milton Hershey when he built up the town for his chocolate empire; the other was Cocoa Avenue.[10]
The name of the street was picked by Milton Hershey himself. He picked names for many streets in the town that related to chocolate.[11]
References
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- ^ http://books.google.com/books?id=SgRtA7dWBn4C&pg=PA30&dq=%22chocolate+avenue%22&lr=&as_brr=3&ie=ISO-8859-1&output=html&cd=38
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