Ayres Avenue

By Jenny | Published November 21, 2010

Ayres Avenue Road Name: Ayres Avenue

Named For: Gen. Romeyn B. Ayres, commander of division in the Fifth Corps.

Location: The Wheatfield.

Built: 1906.

Altered: Unknown.

Designer: E.B. Cope.

Description: 0.303 miles long, 16′ wide, bituminous treated macadam with telford base. Connects Wheatfield Road with Sickles Avenue.

History: Constructed by War Department to designate battle lines – here the position held by the Pennsylvania Reserves and US Regular Infantry. Located West of Little Round Top at edge of Wheatfield and through Rose Woods.

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