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[[File:036175 5 furlong.jpg|right|thumb|The five furlong (1000 m) post on [[Epsom Derby|Epsom Downs]]]]
In the rest of the world, the furlong has very limited use, with the notable exception of [[horse racing]] in most English-speaking countries, including [[Canada]] and the [[United States]]. The distances for [[horse-racing]] in Australia were converted to metric in 1972;<ref>{{cite web |url=http://museumvictoria.com.au/about/mv-news/2010/how-to-measure-a-racehorse/ |title=How to measure a racehorse |year=2010 |publisher=Museum Victoria |accessdate=21 June 2015}}</ref> but, in the [[United Kingdom]],<ref>[http://www.sportinglife.com/racing/goodwood/course/ Example of the use of furlongs in horse racing] {{
The city of [[Chicago's street numbering system]] allots a measure of 800 address units to each mile, in keeping with the city's system of eight blocks per mile. This means that every block in a typical Chicago neighborhood (in either North/South or East/West direction but rarely both) is approximately one furlong in length. [[Salt Lake City]]'s blocks are also each a square furlong in the downtown area. The blocks become less regular in shape further from the center, but the numbering system (800 units to each mile) remains the same everywhere in [[Salt Lake County, Utah|Salt Lake County]]. Blocks in central [[Logan, Utah]], and in large sections of [[Phoenix, Arizona]], are similarly a square furlong in extent (eight to a mile, which explains the series of freeway exits: 19th Ave, 27th, 35th, 43rd, 51st, 59th ...). City blocks in the [[Hoddle Grid]] of [[Melbourne]] are also one furlong in length.
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