Community Celebrates New General Tran Hung Dao Parkway Honorary Street Sign Toppers

By Office of Communication

Posted on April 12, 2019, April 12, 2019

More than 100 community members gathered at Ben Thanh Plaza on Friday to celebrate the installation of the first honorary street sign toppers along the City’s International Corridor.

The four new street sign toppers, which honor 13th Century Vietnamese General Tran Hung Dao, are installed where Pioneer Parkway intersects with Browning Boulevard and New York Avenue near the Ben Thanh shopping center. A broad group of community members representing East Arlington requested the City install the signs in honor of Gen. Dao, considered a national icon in the Vietnamese community. Friday’s unveiling ceremony was held near Gen. Dao statue in the shopping center.

Opportunities exist for honorary street sign toppers recognizing other individuals or groups at the remaining intersections along the International Corridor, which stretches between Collins Street and State Highway 360. Honorary street sign toppers do not change the official name of the street.

Currently, the City has two streets that have sections with honorary street sign toppers: Center Street between Randol Mill Road and Pioneer Parkway was designated as the honorary Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Way in 2014, and Spanish Trail between Arkansas Lane and the Dalworthington Gardens city limit was designated as the honorary Veterans Way in 2017.