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

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7/8

Here's a unique name I found last year in Casper, WY

Pay It Forward Drive


formulanone

At first, I thought this was an extemporaneous way to direct you to Abner Jackson Parkway, but there's actually a "This Way" in Lake Jackson, Texas:




bing101



Mark68

Quote from: mrhappy1261 on July 12, 2019, 02:31:00 AM
Frying Pan Rd, Hunter Mill, VA

https://www.google.com/maps/place/Frying+Pan+Rd,+Hunter+Mill,+VA+20171/@38.9420263,-77.4148401,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x89b647bcdfb9c1d1:0xa61869a0b3e1c7!8m2!3d38.9420221!4d-77.4126514

Slay Dr, Greenville NC

https://www.google.com/maps/place/Slay+Dr,+Greenville,+NC+27858/@35.596758,-77.3501529,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x89aee789a72fc2a7:0x9f568f26111b1b4!8m2!3d35.5967537!4d-77.3479642

Those street names make me laugh.  :bigass: :D :D

I'd say they need to change the name of one of the cross-streets of Frying Pan Rd to Fire Ave or some such. I nominate the currently named Monroe St, as it is also Route 666.


That way, one can go out of the Frying Pan & into the Fire.

:-D
"When you come to a fork in the road, take it."~Yogi Berra

tolbs17

Quote from: Mark68 on July 12, 2019, 04:59:32 PM
Quote from: mrhappy1261 on July 12, 2019, 02:31:00 AM
Frying Pan Rd, Hunter Mill, VA

https://www.google.com/maps/place/Frying+Pan+Rd,+Hunter+Mill,+VA+20171/@38.9420263,-77.4148401,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x89b647bcdfb9c1d1:0xa61869a0b3e1c7!8m2!3d38.9420221!4d-77.4126514

Slay Dr, Greenville NC

https://www.google.com/maps/place/Slay+Dr,+Greenville,+NC+27858/@35.596758,-77.3501529,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x89aee789a72fc2a7:0x9f568f26111b1b4!8m2!3d35.5967537!4d-77.3479642

Those street names make me laugh.  :bigass: :D :D

I'd say they need to change the name of one of the cross-streets of Frying Pan Rd to Fire Ave or some such. I nominate the currently named Monroe St, as it is also Route 666.


That way, one can go out of the Frying Pan & into the Fire.

:-D

Yeah, that would be nice! xD

roadman65

#756
https://www.flickr.com/photos/54480415@N08/48356752851/in/dateposted-public/
Not funny ha ha, but funny peculiar.  I thought that both were town names. I thought that both Hilry and Huckbaby III  were separate place names until I saw the Google map where its the name of the road.  LADOTD left out the descriptor or maybe locals call it just that like Tampa folks call Dale Mabry Highway just Dale Mabry, with old FDOT signs leaving out highway or Hwy which may play here.
Every day is a winding road, you just got to get used to it.

Sheryl Crowe

Max Rockatansky


cjk374

Quote from: roadman65 on July 23, 2019, 12:11:56 PM
https://www.flickr.com/photos/54480415@N08/48356752851/in/dateposted-public/
Not funny ha ha, but funny peculiar.  I thought that both were town names. I thought that both Hilry and Huckbaby III  were separate place names until I saw the Google map where its the name of the road.  LADOTD left out the descriptor or maybe locals call it just that like Tampa folks call Dale Mabry Highway just Dale Mabry, with old FDOT signs leaving out highway or Hwy which may play here.

Many locals still refer to Hilry Huckaby III road by its original name: Shreveport-Blanchard Hwy. (not a fan of naming roads after government officials)
Runnin' roads and polishin' rails.

roadman65

Quote from: cjk374 on July 26, 2019, 11:06:10 PM
Quote from: roadman65 on July 23, 2019, 12:11:56 PM
https://www.flickr.com/photos/54480415@N08/48356752851/in/dateposted-public/
Not funny ha ha, but funny peculiar.  I thought that both were town names. I thought that both Hilry and Huckbaby III  were separate place names until I saw the Google map where its the name of the road.  LADOTD left out the descriptor or maybe locals call it just that like Tampa folks call Dale Mabry Highway just Dale Mabry, with old FDOT signs leaving out highway or Hwy which may play here.

Many locals still refer to Hilry Huckaby III road by its original name: Shreveport-Blanchard Hwy. (not a fan of naming roads after government officials)
Like in NY many still refer to the Hugh Carey Tunnel as The Battery Tunnel or the RFK Bridge by its original as The Triborough Bridge.

Its common when you name a road after politicians or government officials to have critics.
Every day is a winding road, you just got to get used to it.

Sheryl Crowe

bing101


tolbs17

Would be nice to get "Her Way" in there too!

Big John


tolbs17

Quote from: Big John on July 28, 2019, 11:54:04 AM
^^ There is a Her Way Dr. in Arizona

That's pretty neat. The only funny street in Greenville NC is "New St"

webny99


bing101


SSR_317

Quote from: formulanone on July 03, 2019, 07:06:27 PM
At first, I thought this was an extemporaneous way to direct you to Abner Jackson Parkway, but there's actually a "This Way" in Lake Jackson, Texas:


Would go well with "That Road" in Bloomington, IN. Can you imagine if they intersected and someone asked for directions? "Go This Why to That Road...".

thenetwork

Quote from: SSR_317 on August 04, 2019, 01:51:05 PM
Quote from: formulanone on July 03, 2019, 07:06:27 PM
At first, I thought this was an extemporaneous way to direct you to Abner Jackson Parkway, but there's actually a "This Way" in Lake Jackson, Texas:


Would go well with "That Road" in Bloomington, IN. Can you imagine if they intersected and someone asked for directions? "Go This Why to That Road...".

That looks like a sign that a movie or TV show would design or use for a scene to show that the character/vehicle is on their way there.   BTW, did it once have an angled up arrow, like it should have, instead of just the straight up arrow??

formulanone

Quote from: thenetwork on August 04, 2019, 08:33:20 PM
Quote from: SSR_317 on August 04, 2019, 01:51:05 PM
Quote from: formulanone on July 03, 2019, 07:06:27 PM
At first, I thought this was an extemporaneous way to direct you to Abner Jackson Parkway, but there's actually a "This Way" in Lake Jackson, Texas:


Would go well with "That Road" in Bloomington, IN. Can you imagine if they intersected and someone asked for directions? "Go This Why to That Road...".

That looks like a sign that a movie or TV show would design or use for a scene to show that the character/vehicle is on their way there.   BTW, did it once have an angled up arrow, like it should have, instead of just the straight up arrow??

Not sure, as it was my first visit through there.

The misplaced, upward pointing arrow doesn't seem to be used much in Texas, but I suppose its purpose is to denote that you to continue past the first traffic light, and then turn at the second one on the frontage/service road. For that reason, they really should have put "Second Signal" below it. Instead, it looks a bit comical.

Similarly, there's a handful of solitary signs in southern Florida with lots of similar arrows that only serve to ambiguously tell you to "press on":



jasonh300


Mark68

"When you come to a fork in the road, take it."~Yogi Berra

empirestate


jakeroot

Quote from: empirestate on August 30, 2019, 02:03:50 PM
Quote from: Mark68 on August 08, 2019, 03:35:47 PM
Quote from: jasonh300 on August 08, 2019, 02:46:18 PM
https://www.google.com/maps/@31.417599,-92.4331128,18z

AKA Castration Lane

Correction: Semi-Castration Lane :-D

No, it would be "full" castration; castration is removal of the testicals (or modifying the organs to make them worthless).

1995hoo

Yesterday afternoon we were eastbound on VA-55 just east of Front Royal when we saw a street sign for Long Winding Road. I don't see it on Google Maps or Apple Maps and I don't feel like clicking through Street View trying to find it. It was east of Front Royal but west of where the road goes under the railroad tracks near the intersection with Dismal Hollow Road.
"You know, you never have a guaranteed spot until you have a spot guaranteed."
—Olaf Kolzig, as quoted in the Washington Times on March 28, 2003,
commenting on the Capitals clinching a playoff spot.

"That sounded stupid, didn't it?"
—Kolzig, to the same reporter a few seconds later.

jakeroot

Quote from: 1995hoo on August 30, 2019, 03:55:19 PM
Yesterday afternoon we were eastbound on VA-55 just east of Front Royal when we saw a street sign for Long Winding Road. I don't see it on Google Maps or Apple Maps and I don't feel like clicking through Street View trying to find it. It was east of Front Royal but west of where the road goes under the railroad tracks near the intersection with Dismal Hollow Road.

I spent some time clicking up and down, but failed to find anything. Perhaps a rogue farmer who decided to name their driveway something funny?



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