The southern long street (nowadays Storgatan) continued onwards from the city limits in the form of the coastal road that ranged between Stockholm and Tornio.

[2] The coastal road's local route went from Röbäck, to the ferry location on the Ume River at Backenkyrkan (literally "The Hillside Church"), through Umeå and then around Nydalasjön's southern tip and on to Innertavle.

These approximately 3 meters (10 feet) wide beddings had to be planted with flowers and shrubs at the homeowner's expense.

Only a few of the old wooden houses were spared from being demolishing and the rest was replaced by modern buildings, such as the 1963 Domus department store (the current MVG mall) that has one of its sides to Storgatan.

[10] Along Storgatan a number of listed buildings are located: Gamla lasarettet, Bagare Thillmans gård, Gamla slöjdskolan, Löjtnant Grahns gård, The Court of Appeal for Upper Norrland, Färgare Höglanders gård, von Ahnska magasinet, Gamla bankhuset ("Smörasken"), Sparbankshuset, Umeå Town Hall, Handelsbanken, Riksbankshuset, Moritzska gården, Scharinska villan, Ringstrandska villan, Länsresidenset and Umeå Old Prison.