So I ran to the end of the road, and when I got there, I thoughtmaybe I'd run to the end of town.

VOA: standard.other

The road ran on the bed of an old highway built when these lands lay within a princely state.

NEWYORKER: Nawabdin Electrician

It ran into another road, which itself would eventually run into another road.

ECONOMIST: America��s highways

The road ran northwest through fertile bottomland: sorghum, maguey, melons, mangoes, lemons.

NEWYORKER: Silver or Lead