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Started by J Route Z, September 15, 2014, 12:56:22 PM

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Quote from: dvferyance on April 08, 2017, 10:46:12 AM
I found an neighborhood in Fishers IN that named roads after NFL teams. Strange enough I couldn't find the Colts anywhere. You would have thought that one would have gone first.

Maybe, when the streets were laid out, they were the Baltimore Colts?
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NWI_Irish96

Quote from: dvferyance on April 08, 2017, 10:46:12 AM
I found an neighborhood in Fishers IN that named roads after NFL teams. Strange enough I couldn't find the Colts anywhere. You would have thought that one would have gone first.

This reminded me that in Scott County, in far southern IN, there are roads named for communities (Goshen, Plymouth, Jimtown, Concord) in far northern IN.  This is especially weird since the southern end of the state was settled far before the northern end.
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paulthemapguy

Quote from: cabiness42 on April 09, 2017, 12:50:32 PM

This reminded me that in Scott County, in far southern IN, there are roads named for communities (Goshen, Plymouth, Jimtown, Concord) in far northern IN.  This is especially weird since the southern end of the state was settled far before the northern end.

This subdivision in New Lenox, IL is naming its new streets after baseball players.

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bing101

#378
https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/880-Dexter-St-890-302-Denver-CO-80220/2095891478_zpid/

Dexter Street in Denver. This is a case where the street name existed way before the Dexter book and TV Series came out.

https://www.apartments.com/555-dexter-st-santa-rosa-ca/81g1582/. And another Dexter Street in Santa Rosa.

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jakeroot

Saw this one today near Snoqualmie, WA. Not particularly funny, but maybe unique: Better Way (SE).

bing101

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https://www.mapquest.com/us/california/business-dixon/dixon-migrant-farm-labor-camp-12143735

Radio Station rd in Dixon, Ca. The name sounds tacky but it has some historical meanings though.

http://www.theradiohistorian.org/Dixon/Dixon1.html

NBC had placed shortwave transmitters in Dixon, CA back in the 1940's at the height of World War II to broadcast programming from NBC radio to the pacific rim at the time. That later became the VOA transmitters.

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kphoger

Quote from: SD Mapman on April 07, 2017, 04:38:35 PM
Quote from: paulthemapguy on April 07, 2017, 09:50:21 AM
Quote from: Rothman on March 12, 2017, 01:40:12 PM
Making sure this was shared:  Career Path in Colonie, NY:

https://goo.gl/maps/rf5TQ35jrJA2

This would be even funnier if Career Path went downhill  :-D
I think it actually does!

Well yeah, unless it's absolutely level, it's bound to go downhill at some point.
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20160805

Quote from: jakeroot on April 09, 2017, 11:58:56 PM
Saw this one today near Snoqualmie, WA. Not particularly funny, but maybe unique: Better Way (SE).

There's also a Better Way just east of Appleton, WI.  I thought it was goofy myself.
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Quote from: 20160805 on April 12, 2017, 07:04:26 AM
Quote from: jakeroot on April 09, 2017, 11:58:56 PM
Saw this one today near Snoqualmie, WA. Not particularly funny, but maybe unique: Better Way (SE).

There's also a Better Way just east of Appleton, WI.  I thought it was goofy myself.
We have "A Cleaner Way" here in Huntsville, AL, along with a street coming off of it called "Soap Circle".
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ekt8750

The Borough of West Chester, PA has a pair of parallel streets named High and Church Streets and are both intersected by Gay Street.

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Pot Hole Lane:

https://www.google.com/maps/place/Pot+Hole+Ln,+Stanfield,+NC+28163/@35.1724035,-80.4310176,17z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x8854403c609850eb:0x407d6f8538f300da!8m2!3d35.1724035!4d-80.4288289?hl=en

Pot Hole Road:

https://www.google.com/maps/place/Pot+Hole+Rd,+Naples,+ID+83847/@48.6144693,-116.3607347,17z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x53639368f4878c2d:0x3d06c4663349c919!8m2!3d48.6144693!4d-116.358546?hl=en

Carnage Drive:

https://www.google.com/maps/place/Carnage+Dr,+Raleigh,+NC+27610/@35.7615292,-78.6308257,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x89ac5fa135477905:0xd65652b1267eb797!8m2!3d35.7615292!4d-78.628637?hl=en

Miserable Hill Road:

https://www.google.com/maps/place/Miserable+Hill+Rd,+Eighty+Four,+PA+15330/@40.2371295,-80.0851493,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x8834ff90e3e473c9:0x4804d408dc054223!8m2!3d40.2371295!4d-80.0829606?hl=en

Misery Road:

https://www.google.com/maps/place/Misery+Rd,+Canterbury,+NH+03224/@43.3967653,-71.500195,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x89e273f27c651e19:0x6115d18e6d5a3038!8m2!3d43.3967653!4d-71.4980063?hl=en

Calamity Lane:

https://www.google.com/maps/place/Calamity+Ln,+Bakersfield,+CA+93314/@35.3653751,-119.1621572,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x80ea4467a867f2b1:0x2920b311b408bba0!8m2!3d35.3653751!4d-119.1599685?hl=en

Boner Street (one of several)

https://www.google.com/maps/place/Boner+St,+Newark,+OH+43055/@40.0420775,-82.4028039,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x883817eda66926df:0x8f0fd17270f328d1!8m2!3d40.0420775!4d-82.4006152?hl=en

Evil Avenue:

https://www.google.com/maps/place/Evil+Ave,+Belleville,+IL+62221/@38.5413137,-89.8909404,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x887605b3158d6cb7:0xd410b1e408d672d1!8m2!3d38.5413137!4d-89.8887517?hl=en

kphoger

Google Maps makes this fun.  Type in the name of what you think would be funny, and see if it finds a suggestion.

I just found a Breakdown Road near Pomeroy, Washington.
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freebrickproductions

Alabaster, AL has a street named "2nd Place".
It's all fun & games until someone summons Cthulhu and brings about the end of the world.

I also collect traffic lights, road signs, fans, and railroad crossing equipment.

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Max Rockatansky

Bad Route Road:

https://www.google.com/maps/place/Bad+Rte+Rd,+Glendive,+MT+59330/@46.9403853,-105.0294767,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x533ad26d30a97bc5:0x67e2ca41528ea16e!8m2!3d46.9403853!4d-105.027288?hl=en

No Other Way:

https://www.google.com/maps/place/No+Other+Way,+Truckee,+CA+96161/@39.3565693,-120.1842568,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x809be06d46594ceb:0xe31a4246618a1f67!8m2!3d39.3565693!4d-120.1820681?hl=en

The Other Way:

https://www.google.com/maps/place/The+Other+Way,+La+Sal,+UT+84530/@38.3002563,-109.2737834,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x87380be7b102aad7:0x1b001dad0fb94e9a!8m2!3d38.3002563!4d-109.2715947?hl=en

Terrible Road:

https://www.google.com/maps/place/Terrible+Rd,+Three+Springs,+PA+17264/@40.2089042,-77.9843767,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x89cbd9a9ba2a6cbf:0x14f40e000d5b5454!8m2!3d40.2089042!4d-77.982188?hl=en

Regret Lane:

https://www.google.com/maps/place/Regret+Ln,+Virginia+Beach,+VA+23453/@36.7883128,-76.0956334,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x89babf8ee300f5bf:0xb3506fccb85b81a9!8m2!3d36.7883128!4d-76.0934447?hl=en

Sorry Lane:

https://www.google.com/maps/place/Sorry+Ln,+Okeechobee,+FL+34974/@27.0079901,-81.0434479,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x88dc0ee7c932bc3d:0x6bc373921d4e277!8m2!3d27.0079901!4d-81.0412592?hl=en

Turn Around Road:

https://www.google.com/maps/place/Turn+Around+Rd,+Belleville,+WV+26133/@39.100426,-81.6972846,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x884859fc5dac0c0d:0x5b4c9abc802f045c!8m2!3d39.100426!4d-81.6950959?hl=en

Poor Road:

https://www.google.com/maps/place/Poor+Rd,+Palmdale,+CA+93551/@34.6179012,-118.2493647,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x80c25c35ed602a13:0x9c5edd20ee0a1327!8m2!3d34.6179012!4d-118.247176?hl=en

Square Circle...ironically fitting:

https://www.google.com/maps/place/Square+Cir,+Waukesha,+WI+53186/@43.0155142,-88.2067533,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x8805a8632ae85d67:0x86a384230d3c156b!8m2!3d43.0155142!4d-88.2045646?hl=en

Oh-My-God Road:

http://www.dangerousroads.org/north-america/usa/728-oh-my-god-road-usa.html

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Visit scenic Orleans County, NY!
Male pronouns, please.

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