text: where is the shortest road in the uk?   shortest street  the world's shortest street is elgin street in bacup, lancs, uk, which is only 5.2 m (17ft) in length. trianglen, a designated road with buildings on only one side, at store heddinge, denmark, is only 1.85m (6ft 1in) long. it forms one side of a road junction.  james cloninger adds: i think perhaps you should add one more reference to your designation of ``shortest street'': that of mckinley street, in belfontaine, ohio in the us, which is 31 feet, but unlike elgin st, is drivable. it has one building (a hardware store) on the north side, bordered by a railway on the south side, and two roads (garfield ave and columbusave) on the other two sides which eventually merge about 100 feet on the other side of the rails.   that ok ?