Last weekend driving home on the Fairfax County Parkway I passed the intersection of New Road in Burke (https://www.google.com/maps/@38.7821443,-77.3079124,17.5z) and I found myself thinking, as I often do, that it's a really stupid name for a street. Almost seems like it was a placeholder name during construction that was never fixed when the development was finished.
Another similar name I've always thought was really stupid is Temporary Road in Reston (https://www.google.com/maps/@38.960015,-77.3526781,18.54z). It's been there at least since the 1980s, because I remember seeing the name back when I was learning to drive and thinking how stupid it was.
Anyone got any other examples of street names that are just dumb? Doesn't have to be a placeholder-type name; I just cited those two as being the ones that prompted me to think of this issue. I think Avenue Road (https://www.google.com/maps/@43.6700989,-79.3934085,17.58z) in Toronto is a pretty stupid name, too. (I suppose Google Maps, assuming it's accurate, at least clarifies the old question of whether it's a road named "Avenue" or an avenue named "Road.")
Norman has a fairly major street called Cedar Lane Road. Is it a lane or a road?
Likewise, there is a street just outside of Goldsby that had subdivision-like signs reading "Ladd Road Lane". Presumably this was meant to be the street's name. This street branches off of South Ladd Avenue (not to be confused with the east-west Ladd Road). Too many Ladds! Mercifully, when the county went through putting up 911 signage it became 266th Street. The "Ladd Road Lane" signs have since disappeared.
In Cobb County GA, there is a road called East-West Connector. Looks like a planning name for a future road but the name somehow stuck.
Hard to beat Broomrape Lane out in Lake Havasu City, AZ:
https://www.google.com/maps/place/Broomrape+Ln,+Lake+Havasu+City,+AZ+86403/@34.4705846,-114.3377209,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m2!3m1!1s0x80d1ed80201f3d45:0xbb3f38dbebe2678b?hl=en
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fmedia-cache-ak0.pinimg.com%2F736x%2F7d%2Fdd%2F39%2F7ddd39baad40bc63e53606492854b487.jpg&hash=66c315e448c68a93d400ac02d437025424efdbdb)
I always enjoyed seeing this sign driving down I-75 in Tennessee: https://goo.gl/maps/tz5dsZx89Vz
"Double suffixes" appear in at least two instances in Whatcom County, Washington, where the roads are called James Street and Yew Street inside Bellingham city limits, but change to James Street Road and Yew Street Road across the city line.
Quote from: Kacie Jane on April 30, 2016, 03:37:30 PM
"Double suffixes" appear in at least two instances in Whatcom County, Washington, where the roads are called James Street and Yew Street inside Bellingham city limits, but change to James Street Road and Yew Street Road across the city line.
That's actually pretty common in rural areas where a local street in a small town is extended out of the town limits. Since road names are pretty loosely assigned in the countrysides out of town, they'll just name the "road" after the street it connects to in the nearby town.
I see a lot of 'street' or 'lane' or 'avenue' get turned into 'road' when continued outside the city or town. It seems to be another common theme. Maybe because the jurisdiction (township or just the county as a whole) only recognizes a few designations
Not sure how to feel when the road above me is a freeway yet is somehow called "Blvd". (https://www.google.com/maps/@32.7786152,-96.9163762,3a,15y,255.22h,96.65t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s-aNh_PBgBS3kkM9yYQpSlQ!2e0!7i13312!8i6656)
Old Highway 56, Olathe, Kansas.
https://goo.gl/maps/xvpwmToVH8S2
Actually, it's not really stupid. It's just lazy.
Quote from: noelbotevera on April 30, 2016, 10:36:43 PM
Not sure how to feel when the road above me is a freeway yet is somehow called "Blvd". (https://www.google.com/maps/@32.7786152,-96.9163762,3a,15y,255.22h,96.65t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s-aNh_PBgBS3kkM9yYQpSlQ!2e0!7i13312!8i6656)
My guess is that's just a remnant of the past, much like how MN 77 is still officially called Cedar Avenue despite having its entire length being a full freeway today.
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fexpressway.paulrands.com%2Fgallery%2Froads%2Fqld%2Fnumbered%2Falphanumeric%2Fm-a3%2F03_brisbanetoaspley%2Fsouthbound%2Fimages%2F200906_20_chermside_roderd_robtilley.jpg&hash=b079f643dceb3742b9b0fe18013111e25ef4476b)
Boulevard Avenue in Bismarck, ND
https://www.google.com/maps/@46.8164927,-100.7751244,3a,75y,217.1h,78.94t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sNNNjI7At52FXRzauhY5rOw!2e0!7i13312!8i6656!6m1!1e1?hl=en
Quote from: 1995hoo on April 30, 2016, 01:01:37 PM
I think Avenue Road (https://www.google.com/maps/@43.6700989,-79.3934085,17.58z) in Toronto is a pretty stupid name, too. (I suppose Google Maps, assuming it's accurate, at least clarifies the old question of whether it's a road named "Avenue" or an avenue named "Road.")
There's also Street Road (PA 132) down near Philadelphia.
Quote from: TheHighwayMan394 on May 01, 2016, 12:03:21 AM
Quote from: noelbotevera on April 30, 2016, 10:36:43 PM
Not sure how to feel when the road above me is a freeway yet is somehow called "Blvd". (https://www.google.com/maps/@32.7786152,-96.9163762,3a,15y,255.22h,96.65t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s-aNh_PBgBS3kkM9yYQpSlQ!2e0!7i13312!8i6656)
My guess is that's just a remnant of the past, much like how MN 77 is still officially called Cedar Avenue despite having its entire length being a full freeway today.
I think it is, though there is a non freeway portion. Trying to dig on the Internet, but history of Loop 12 is sparse, so I'm betting this was a surface street before being converted into a freeway.
A lot of road names in NJ are simply the names of the towns or areas they connect with. Swedesboro-Paulsboro Road, Berlin-Cross Keys Road, Woodbury-Glassboro Road, etc.
This would more qualify as redundant names, but here it goes...
When Indiana completed the Hoosier Heartland Highway, from Logansport to Lafayette, they bypassed the little city of Delphi (much of my Dad's family lives in the area). The HHH is SR 25. SR 25 used to travel through downtown on Main Street. So naturally, outside of the city limits, this became "Old 25" or "Old SR 25". However, that roadway itself was a bypass of the original routing of SR 25 into town, which was already called "Old 25". So rather than coming up with new names for everything there is now "Old Old 25" and "Old 25" and even the people there get confused. On top of that, the roadway that carried SR 25 prior to the bypassing by the HHH, has itself had several routings, each being called Main St. within the city limits. However, as 25 moved to different ROWs, they retained the name Main St. So there is a section of town, with 3 different roads, all called Main St., which are signed as such, but don't all touch (anymore). Needless to say it is confusing, and this is just in the NE side of town.
On the SW side, INDOT moved the HHH much further from the old highway, than in the NE section. As a result, the old section is also called Old SR 25, causing more confusion. It is much easier to handle, but the city really needs to rename their roads so they are consistent, and perhaps, INDOT or the County should come up with a different name for dis-used sections of highway, once bypassed.
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Now I'm not just picking on INDOT, as WSDOT is nearly as bad. When I-5 replaced US 99 from boarder to boarder, the sections that were not retained as SR 99, largely reverted to their local names. However, huge swaths of route, didn't have a local name. As a result, much of Whatcom, Skagit, Snohomish, Lewis, and Clark Counties, have roadways called "Old Hwy 99". What is worse, is that the city of Vancouver, has a roadway called Hwy 99. It of course isn't a highway, and is also confusing, due to the close proximity to the Oregon Highway 99(s) in Portland. I suspect that this is the only thing stoping ODOT from changing 99E North of Multnomah to just 99 (as 99W ends downtown, without reconnecting to 99E, yet).
Anything named after mezzanine Ronald Reagan.
There is a street in Orange County, FL called Meadowmouse Lane.
Quote from: NE2 on May 01, 2016, 11:18:24 AM
Anything named after mezzanine Ronald Reagan.
Anything named after George W. Bush. He doesn't deserve any more than a landfill.
Personally I find anything named Pearson somewhat stupid, as I have irreversibly tied that last name to the syndrome of the same name (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pearson_syndrome). But that doesn't have stopped me from throwing things with that name into my fantasy maps.
Gropecunt Lane :sombrero:.
LOOK WHAT I FOUND
https://www.google.com/maps/place/Dingus+Rd,+Parker,+KS+66072/@38.2476417,-95.0132616,15.54z/data=!4m2!3m1!1s0x87c75e57435cfb57:0x9d703cae2cf7bb5f
Quote from: CNGL-Leudimin on May 01, 2016, 04:42:13 PM
Quote from: NE2 on May 01, 2016, 11:18:24 AM
Anything named after mezzanine Ronald Reagan.
Anything named after George W. Bush. He doesn't deserve any more than a landfill.
Personally I find anything named Pearson somewhat stupid, as I have irreversibly tied that last name to the syndrome of the same name (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pearson_syndrome). But that doesn't have stopped me from throwing things with that name into my fantasy maps.
Gropecunt Lane :sombrero:.
You wouldn't want to fly to Toronto then.
Toll Rd., Salisbury, MA. It is not a toll road. While it does connect to I-95, you are not forced onto I-95, and Exit 1 in New Hampshire is free anyway.
Quote from: NE2 on May 01, 2016, 11:18:24 AM
Anything named after mezzanine Ronald Reagan.
you'd hate Ronald Reagan parkway in Avon, in. https://www.google.com/maps/@39.6918082,-86.3154664,3a,75y,255.56h,86.93t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sYcsJkfN49VSwfiFFJW96Ig!2e0!7i13312!8i6656
there's a road in Indianapolis called boulevard place. https://www.google.com/maps/@39.8249112,-86.1638962,3a,75y,267h,90t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sX6lJ-fl0ShwuP3YlTJP75A!2e0!7i13312!8i6656
Quote from: 1 on May 01, 2016, 05:07:20 PM
Toll Rd., Salisbury, MA. It is not a toll road. While it does connect to I-95, you are not forced onto I-95, and Exit 1 in New Hampshire is free anyway.
Shunpike Rd near Cape May NJ is not particularly useful for toll avoidance...
I'm not a fan of East Montlake Place East (https://www.google.com/maps/@47.6431324,-122.3029658,3a,15y,90.36h,88.1t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sNSnYQNA2suHWwgVxX-Y24A!2e0!7i13312!8i6656?hl=en)...
Not exactly a street or road name, but a hilarious mountain name:
https://www.google.com/maps/place/Big+Butt+Mountain/@35.5976039,-82.8165327,14z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m2!3m1!1s0x8859843df15b7665:0xc9f15f4d6aa371e5
Abilene has an interesting take on non-cardinal directions:
https://goo.gl/maps/cQuzxuUJ7sB2
The US has a long tradition of lame names on things.
The Great Lakes
The Rocky Mountains
The Great Salt Lake
Geez, Louise, how much brain power did it take to come up with those ?
That's quite lame. They could have come up with better names, not just those plain descriptive names.
Quote from: SignGeek101 on May 01, 2016, 04:49:42 PM
You wouldn't want to fly to Toronto then.
Not if I fly into YTZ :sombrero:. The offending airport is YYZ.
Quote from: dgolub on May 01, 2016, 09:58:26 AM
Quote from: 1995hoo on April 30, 2016, 01:01:37 PM
I think Avenue Road (https://www.google.com/maps/@43.6700989,-79.3934085,17.58z) in Toronto is a pretty stupid name, too. (I suppose Google Maps, assuming it's accurate, at least clarifies the old question of whether it's a road named "Avenue" or an avenue named "Road.")
There's also Street Road (PA 132) down near Philadelphia.
My understanding is that "street" here means straight in some language (maybe even Old English). Wikipedia asserts that it was named Street Road because it follows the alignment of Marlborough Street, but I don't see this being stated in the source they are using
Quote from: jeffandnicole on May 01, 2016, 10:38:55 AM
A lot of road names in NJ are simply the names of the towns or areas they connect with. Swedesboro-Paulsboro Road, Berlin-Cross Keys Road, Woodbury-Glassboro Road, etc.
What's wrong with that? I find this naming scheme quite useful. Except when part of the road is superceded or renamed. Middlesex-Essex Turnpike is a tiny segment of road in Woodbridge, NJ a few blocks long, a remnant of a roadway running from New Brunswick to Newark, along or close to today's NJ 27 corridor (Middlesex and Essex are counties in this case).
Quote from: Jardine on May 03, 2016, 01:14:55 PM
The US has a long tradition of lame names on things.
The Great Lakes
The Rocky Mountains
The Great Salt Lake
Geez, Louise, how much brain power did it take to come up with those ?
Arthur Kill for the name of a waterway, or better yet Kill Van Kull both of which separate Staten Island from New Jersey.
Of course Kill is some translation of a foreign language for water, not exactly stupid, but being you brought up this.
Rush West Rush Rd. in Rush, NY.
https://www.google.com/maps/place/Rush+West+Rush+Rd,+Rush,+NY+14543/@42.981144,-77.6736063,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m2!3m1!1s0x89d14f43eadbeb33:0x209cec14d36b69a5?hl=en
Quote from: Jardine on May 03, 2016, 01:14:55 PM
The US has a long tradition of lame names on things.
The Great Lakes
The Rocky Mountains
The Great Salt Lake
Geez, Louise, how much brain power did it take to come up with those ?
Given your username, I'm wondering why you didn't say "Geez, Rhonda." :biggrin:
Half Day Road always kinda gave me an aneurysm. Naming a road after a 12-hour period? It doesn't take 12 hours to traverse the road...There's a road around Buffalo Grove, IL called Aptakisic Rd. Good luck pronouncing that.
Naperville, IL has a Book Road. Always thought that was dumb.
And now, something that REALLY bothers me. There's a subdivision also in Naperville whose street names all start with "Royal." Every street is "Royal ____ Drive." As if that isn't pompous. That should be all you need to know about Naperville, which I refer to as "noperville"...land of luxury cars, spray tans, and negligent money-grubbing parents who spoil their kids so hard that it's now become a heroin hub.
Quote from: bzakharin on May 03, 2016, 01:34:54 PM
Quote from: jeffandnicole on May 01, 2016, 10:38:55 AM
A lot of road names in NJ are simply the names of the towns or areas they connect with. Swedesboro-Paulsboro Road, Berlin-Cross Keys Road, Woodbury-Glassboro Road, etc.
What's wrong with that? I find this naming scheme quite useful. Except when part of the road is superceded or renamed. Middlesex-Essex Turnpike is a tiny segment of road in Woodbridge, NJ a few blocks long, a remnant of a roadway running from New Brunswick to Newark, along or close to today's NJ 27 corridor (Middlesex and Essex are counties in this case).
Seems to me they confused "stupid" with "uncreative", though I suppose it's a matter of opinion.
Examples of such from King County, Washington:
Kent-Kangley Road
Kent-Des Moines Road
Kent-Black Diamond Road
Auburn-Black Diamond Road
Maple Valley-Black Diamond Road
Issaquah-Hobart Road
Redmond-Fall City Road
Preston-Fall City Road
Snoqualmie-Fall City Road
Woodinville-Duvall Road
Woodinville-Snohomish Road
And that's just off the top of my head.
Gettysburg, PA has its roads out of town named for the cities they all go to. So that is not so stupid, for NJ to have them.
If you want to get to be stupid in naming a road then all the names of famous people we hate that roads somehow got into the mix. There is one road here in my area that is named for someone I cannot stand, so IMO it is a stupid name to come up with for a roadway.
Quote from: Jardine on May 03, 2016, 01:14:55 PM
The US has a long tradition of lame names on things.
The Great Lakes
The Rocky Mountains
The Great Salt Lake
Geez, Louise, how much brain power did it take to come up with those ?
The White House
Spencerport (Ogden), NY
https://www.google.com/maps/@43.1641353,-77.8257837,3a,15y,66.65h,86.84t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sUOBJCE5Kar_RoBrvJ0jdQA!2e0!6s%2F%2Fgeo1.ggpht.com%2Fcbk%3Fpanoid%3DUOBJCE5Kar_RoBrvJ0jdQA%26output%3Dthumbnail%26cb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile.gps%26thumb%3D2%26w%3D203%26h%3D100%26yaw%3D358.97806%26pitch%3D0!7i13312!8i6656 (https://www.google.com/maps/@43.1641353,-77.8257837,3a,15y,66.65h,86.84t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sUOBJCE5Kar_RoBrvJ0jdQA!2e0!6s%2F%2Fgeo1.ggpht.com%2Fcbk%3Fpanoid%3DUOBJCE5Kar_RoBrvJ0jdQA%26output%3Dthumbnail%26cb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile.gps%26thumb%3D2%26w%3D203%26h%3D100%26yaw%3D358.97806%26pitch%3D0!7i13312!8i6656)
Vernon, CT
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.8364635,-72.4626115,3a,34.5y,136.22h,79.87t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1szlWVokKAhAeNeZc5mQ81QQ!2e0!5s20120901T000000!7i13312!8i6656 (https://www.google.com/maps/@41.8364635,-72.4626115,3a,34.5y,136.22h,79.87t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1szlWVokKAhAeNeZc5mQ81QQ!2e0!5s20120901T000000!7i13312!8i6656)
Quote from: roadman65 on May 03, 2016, 07:46:35 PM
Arthur Kill for the name of a waterway, or better yet Kill Van Kull both of which separate Staten Island from New Jersey.
Of course Kill is some translation of a foreign language for water, not exactly stupid, but being you brought up this.
Upstate New York has a ton of these: Peekskill, Catskill, Fishkill, Plattekill, etc.
Quote from: Kacie Jane on May 04, 2016, 12:35:43 AM
Quote from: bzakharin on May 03, 2016, 01:34:54 PM
Quote from: jeffandnicole on May 01, 2016, 10:38:55 AM
A lot of road names in NJ are simply the names of the towns or areas they connect with. Swedesboro-Paulsboro Road, Berlin-Cross Keys Road, Woodbury-Glassboro Road, etc.
What's wrong with that? I find this naming scheme quite useful. Except when part of the road is superceded or renamed. Middlesex-Essex Turnpike is a tiny segment of road in Woodbridge, NJ a few blocks long, a remnant of a roadway running from New Brunswick to Newark, along or close to today's NJ 27 corridor (Middlesex and Essex are counties in this case).
Seems to me they confused "stupid" with "uncreative", though I suppose it's a matter of opinion.
Examples of such from King County, Washington:
Kent-Kangley Road
Kent-Des Moines Road
Kent-Black Diamond Road
Auburn-Black Diamond Road
Maple Valley-Black Diamond Road
Issaquah-Hobart Road
Redmond-Fall City Road
Preston-Fall City Road
Snoqualmie-Fall City Road
Woodinville-Duvall Road
Woodinville-Snohomish Road
And that's just off the top of my head.
Long Island also had a ton of these, especially involving Patchogue and Riverhead:
* Patchogue-Holbrook Road (CR 19)
* Patchogue-Yaphank Road (CR 101)
* Patchogue-Mount Sinai Road (CR 83)
* Riverhead-Hampton Bays Road (NY 24)
* East Moriches-Riverhead Road (CR 51)
* Quogue-Riverhead Road (CR 104)
* Speonk-Riverhead Road
* Moriches-Middle Island Road
Upstate, there's also Troy-Schenectady Road (NY 7).
Quote from: dgolub on May 04, 2016, 09:16:22 AM
Quote from: roadman65 on May 03, 2016, 07:46:35 PM
Arthur Kill for the name of a waterway, or better yet Kill Van Kull both of which separate Staten Island from New Jersey.
Of course Kill is some translation of a foreign language for water, not exactly stupid, but being you brought up this.
Upstate New York has a ton of these: Peekskill, Catskill, Fishkill, Plattekill, etc.
My kids loved to say "Krumkill" when they were much younger.
Quote from: dgolub on May 04, 2016, 09:16:22 AM
Quote from: roadman65 on May 03, 2016, 07:46:35 PM
Arthur Kill for the name of a waterway, or better yet Kill Van Kull both of which separate Staten Island from New Jersey.
Of course Kill is some translation of a foreign language for water, not exactly stupid, but being you brought up this.
Upstate New York has a ton of these: Peekskill, Catskill, Fishkill, Plattekill, etc.
It's a translation from Dutch I believe. Which makes sense if you know that New York used to be named New Netherland
Also, roads in towns named after the other town the road connects to is extremely common...and it's rather logical and not stupid... :confused:
Yup. In this part of the world normal people call roads that way, after where they go. Only roadgeeks call them by number.
Quote from: dgolub on May 04, 2016, 09:16:22 AM
Fishkill
A town PETA once lobbied to rename...
Quote from: dgolub on May 04, 2016, 09:20:25 AM
Long Island also had a ton of these, especially involving Patchogue and Riverhead:
* Patchogue-Holbrook Road (CR 19)
* Patchogue-Yaphank Road (CR 101)
* Patchogue-Mount Sinai Road (CR 83)
* Riverhead-Hampton Bays Road (NY 24)
* East Moriches-Riverhead Road (CR 51)
* Quogue-Riverhead Road (CR 104)
* Speonk-Riverhead Road
* Moriches-Middle Island Road
Upstate, there's also Troy-Schenectady Road (NY 7).
They're everywhere upstate.
Quote from: vdeane on May 04, 2016, 05:34:15 PM
Quote from: dgolub on May 04, 2016, 09:16:22 AM
Fishkill
A town PETA once lobbied to rename...
Quote from: dgolub on May 04, 2016, 09:20:25 AM
Long Island also had a ton of these, especially involving Patchogue and Riverhead:
* Patchogue-Holbrook Road (CR 19)
* Patchogue-Yaphank Road (CR 101)
* Patchogue-Mount Sinai Road (CR 83)
* Riverhead-Hampton Bays Road (NY 24)
* East Moriches-Riverhead Road (CR 51)
* Quogue-Riverhead Road (CR 104)
* Speonk-Riverhead Road
* Moriches-Middle Island Road
Upstate, there's also Troy-Schenectady Road (NY 7).
They're everywhere upstate.
Even more fun are the town line and county line roads we have. Like Brighton-Henrietta Town Line Rd. and Monroe-Wayne County Line Rd.
if the road goes to an office park or mall, chances are it has a stupid name.
Quote from: vdeane on May 04, 2016, 05:34:15 PM
Quote from: dgolub on May 04, 2016, 09:16:22 AM
Fishkill
A town PETA once lobbied to rename...
:-D :-D :-D
And there are various designations for roads along county lines, but you'll always hear locals call it "County Line Road" if it mentions anything about counties or county names. People don't want to overcomplicate things, nor should they.
Shown: Will-Kankakee County Line Road
People say: County Line Road.
Shown: Will Road (along Grundy County line)
People say: County Line Road.
If the names are decently short, you'll see names like "Lake-Cook Road" or "Will-Cook Road" (the latter of which sounds like a bizarre proposition... :)). But otherwise, you'll usually find the road officially named "County Line Road," and you're more likely to hear people call it that even if there's extra detail garbage added to the posted name. That's around here though.
Quote from: dgolub on May 04, 2016, 09:16:22 AM
Quote from: roadman65 on May 03, 2016, 07:46:35 PM
Arthur Kill for the name of a waterway, or better yet Kill Van Kull both of which separate Staten Island from New Jersey.
Of course Kill is some translation of a foreign language for water, not exactly stupid, but being you brought up this.
Upstate New York has a ton of these: Peekskill, Catskill, Fishkill, Plattekill, etc.
PA has at least Bushkill and Raymondskill
Quote from: silverback1065 on May 04, 2016, 08:05:36 PM
if the road goes to an office park or mall, chances are it has a stupid name.
There's one mall in my area that named it's service road Miracle Mile Dr.
Quote from: CNGL-Leudimin on May 03, 2016, 01:28:23 PM
That's quite lame. They could have come up with better names, not just those plain descriptive names.
Quote from: SignGeek101 on May 01, 2016, 04:49:42 PM
You wouldn't want to fly to Toronto then.
Not if I fly into YTZ :sombrero:. The offending airport is YYZ.
Great, the airport named for a filthy liar.
In North Windham, CT there is a road called Boulevard Rd. I think it may not even be alone in the US
in Wyoming, there is this (https://www.google.com/maps/place/Poison+Spider+Rd,+Casper,+WY+82604/@42.8291573,-106.8809647,15z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x875e3fe264375cd3:0xa6b6c340db5506d0!8m2!3d42.8371026!4d-106.8955459).
Quote from: JJBers on May 06, 2016, 11:32:27 AM
In North Windham, CT there is a road called Boulevard Rd. I think it may not even be alone in the US
I have a friend who just moved to Perrysburg, Ohio, and he works on Avenue Road (https://www.google.com/maps/place/Avenue+Rd,+Perrysburg,+OH+43551/@41.5647828,-83.5698576,17z/data=!4m2!3m1!1s0x883b8869a80ff6c3:0xa702671e589f4bac).
Quote from: JJBers on May 06, 2016, 11:32:27 AM
In North Windham, CT there is a road called Boulevard Rd. I think it may not even be alone in the US
I got a google map of it.
https://goo.gl/maps/sUYMRngwW942 (https://goo.gl/maps/sUYMRngwW942)
Quote from: cpzilliacus on May 06, 2016, 11:34:53 AM
in Wyoming, there is this (https://www.google.com/maps/place/Poison+Spider+Rd,+Casper,+WY+82604/@42.8291573,-106.8809647,15z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x875e3fe264375cd3:0xa6b6c340db5506d0!8m2!3d42.8371026!4d-106.8955459).
Ah yes. From the state that gave us Crazy Woman Creek and Bitch Creek.
Plain City, OH has a street called West St. It is oriented east—west, which is odd because most West Streets are oriented north—south along the west edge of a town's original plan. Maybe it was named after a person. Anyway, I presume it originally had its east end at Chillicothe St, which is the north—south axis of the address grid, and then was extended eastward; rather than assign negative house numbers, they called the extension East West St. Thankfully, the original portion was not renamed West West St.
Quote from: vtk on May 07, 2016, 06:33:22 AM
rather than assign negative house numbers
I've wondered if this has ever happened anywhere since I was a kid.
I always thought that Schibanoff was an odd name to use as there is one in Freehold, NJ off US 9.
Then some say that Frelinghuysen Avenue in Newark, NJ is a dumb name.
However, when naming a road after a person, you cannot change a name to please the general public. Even with the latter being hard to pronounce as many I knew living in New Jersey when I was there would get it wrong. In fact my friend Frank did not even want to attempt to pronounce it when he was asking me where that particular street was.
You have Schoephoester Road on your way into Bradley International Airport (BDL) in Windsor Locks, CT. :awesomeface:
Quote from: KEVIN_224 on May 07, 2016, 11:56:03 AM
You have Schoephoester Road on your way into Bradley International Airport (BDL) in Windsor Locks, CT. :awesomeface:
Been on that, I just remembered that.
Not stupid names, but stupid pronunciations: Just about any street in Metro Detroit with a French name. You can't even print the way they say Gratiot.
Schoenherr Road in Detroit and Macomb County - I don't speak German, but it seems the natives do say this fairly correctly.
How many people do actually get the Schuykill River name right?
I know this thing is derailed some, but then again some people out there think that stupid pronunciations are stupid names.
Trump Town Rd (https://www.google.com/maps/@36.9466202,-76.7187613,3a,17.2y,186.72h,87.58t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sWhVx-A3o_vIswQHRtCvUhA!2e0!7i13312!8i6656) in Isle of Wight, VA.
Quote from: roadman65 on May 08, 2016, 09:51:00 PM
How many people do actually get the Schuykill River name right?
I know this thing is derailed some, but then again some people out there think that stupid pronunciations are stupid names.
It's pronounced the way you spelled it, but is spelled "Schuylkill", or was that intentional? It's also pronounced "Skyukill" or "Skookle" sometimes. Anyway, the locals have no problems with it. The non-locals are unlikely to encounter it in writing either for the river, the expressway, or the county (There are signs for Schuylkill Avenue which is a frontage road to I-76, but God help you if you end up on there during rush hour).
Springinsguth Road in the Hanover Park area of Illinois.
Bellows Falls, VT, has Square (or "the Square" in common vernacular). Village offices are located at 7 Square.
In Nampa, ID, 12th Avenue Road (also a state highway, ID-45). Sounds very stupid, though it sort of makes sense.
The main downtown grid is all diagonal, and this starts out going from northeast to southwest as 12th Ave. But, about a mile later, the street grid shifts out of the dowtown grid into a tradition cardinal direction grid (straight north-south in this case). Because it is on the new grid, the name changes. Usually this is fine. 16th Ave. turns into Holly St. 11th Ave turns into Roosevelt Ave. 7th St. turns into Yale St. All perfectly fine names. So, what did they choose for the busiest of all, 12th Ave? Nah, too lazy to think of a proper name, just call it 12 Ave. Rd instead!
The locals all call the entire stretch of road, simply "12th", so the fact that it has just one name may not be the worst thing. But surely, they could have continued to call it 12th Ave. outside the downtown grid, and not stupidly append "Rd." onto it...
Quote from: paulthemapguy on May 09, 2016, 06:57:36 PM
Springinsguth Road in the Hanover Park area of Illinois.
And on into Schaumburg. I used to swim at the Park District pool over there sometimes.
Not stupid, but here one of those double location roads right here in off of NC-55 in Craven County (https://www.google.com/maps/@35.293576,-77.3405825,3a,20.9y,110.75h,82.64t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sdG286PZq2MeiPVffa0V-qQ!2e0!7i13312!8i6656?hl=en).
Try saying that name 10 times fast with out getting tongue tied.
Quote from: stridentweasel on April 30, 2016, 11:32:20 PM
Old Highway 56, Olathe, Kansas.
https://goo.gl/maps/xvpwmToVH8S2
Actually, it's not really stupid. It's just lazy.
Unless "Old Highway 56" is the official name of the road. Michigan has some of those -- Old 27, Old 76, and Old US-12 come to mind. That's what the BGSs say because those actually are the official names of the roads.
https://goo.gl/maps/7AkiB36t9iC2 (pardon the truck)
Quote from: vtk on May 07, 2016, 06:33:22 AM
Plain City, OH has a street called West St. It is oriented east—west, which is odd because most West Streets are oriented north—south along the west edge of a town's original plan. Maybe it was named after a person. Anyway, I presume it originally had its east end at Chillicothe St, which is the north—south axis of the address grid, and then was extended eastward; rather than assign negative house numbers, they called the extension East West St. Thankfully, the original portion was not renamed West West St.
Where West Road intersects with US-24 in Brownstown Township MI, there used to be (before the intersection was reconfigured) a sign on southbound US-24 directing traffic to "West Road
East."
Morristown, NJ central square is called Park Place. It's one square block of one way street (counterclockwise) caled Park Place North, West, South, and East. However, it also carries US 202, so you get signs such as "N Park Pl [202] S ->" and "<- N W Park Pl [202]"
Quote from: bzakharin on May 19, 2016, 09:53:08 AM
Morristown, NJ central square is called Park Place. It's one square block of one way street (counterclockwise) caled Park Place North, West, South, and East. However, it also carries US 202, so you get signs such as "N Park Pl [202] S ->" and "<- N W Park Pl [202]"
I've owned Park Place many times.
NYC has it for Central Park. N-S-W. Only the east side NYC allows Fifth Avenue to retain its name and one way designation. Eighth Avenue, 59th Street, and 110th Street all have to give way to Central Park and all can be two way streets.
So Morristown is not so unusual, however Newark is with Clinton Avenue turning into "Lincoln Park" before it terminates at Broad Street. That is most confusing back in the pre GPS days when you saw on a map that Clinton Avenue intersected with Broad Street before you drive it to not find a Clinton Avenue street blade. Not only that one there being the issue but no N-S-E-W used as a suffix. Just Lincoln Park was (and I imagine still is) solely on street signs.
It's not the same thing. Central Park West is signed as such on blades without further directional confusion (https://www.google.com/maps/@40.7717916,-73.9792078,3a,15y,270.02h,90.05t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sqVFW_12-ErCiejBz5nqC4w!2e0!6s%2F%2Fgeo2.ggpht.com%2Fcbk%3Fpanoid%3DqVFW_12-ErCiejBz5nqC4w%26output%3Dthumbnail%26cb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile.gps%26thumb%3D2%26w%3D203%26h%3D100%26yaw%3D294.06793%26pitch%3D0!7i13312!8i6656!6m1!1e1).
Park Place North is signed like this: https://www.google.com/maps/@40.7976675,-74.4807813,3a,15y,321.14h,95.14t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sx7O3Z9sEU07hWn1ALB7jsQ!2e0!6s%2F%2Fgeo0.ggpht.com%2Fcbk%3Fpanoid%3Dx7O3Z9sEU07hWn1ALB7jsQ%26output%3Dthumbnail%26cb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile.gps%26thumb%3D2%26w%3D203%26h%3D100%26yaw%3D43.844975%26pitch%3D0!7i13312!8i6656
The only mitigating factor here is that once you see any such signs, you really have no choice but to follow Park Place and you will eventually have a chance to get onto either direction of 202. Still, you have to know that to not be confused.
Quote from: vtk on May 07, 2016, 06:33:22 AM
Plain City, OH has a street called West St. It is oriented east—west, which is odd because most West Streets are oriented north—south along the west edge of a town's original plan. Maybe it was named after a person. Anyway, I presume it originally had its east end at Chillicothe St, which is the north—south axis of the address grid, and then was extended eastward; rather than assign negative house numbers, they called the extension East West St. Thankfully, the original portion was not renamed West West St.
Delmar, Maryland has a "West East Street" and "East East Street".
I was searching for a Rail Road, but I didn't find any. Now that would be stupid, a Rail Rd that is not a railway...
^^ E Rail Rd in Appleton WI: https://www.google.com/maps/@44.2454018,-88.3674507,3a,75y,8.11h,84.53t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1szCGA7KfgJCziH1IEShMVTg!2e0!7i13312!8i6656
Wal-Mart Drive is a good one ;)
Here's a 1958 town road map of Lebanon, CT: https://www.flickr.com/photos/uconnlibrariesmagic/3546387414/sizes/o/ It's a large image (6488 x 10327).
North end of town, intersecting CT 87 across from SR 449: N_gger Road. With the blank filled in. 1958.
It's now called Clarke Road; with a few houses along it. Wonder if they know about the old name.
But the sign is not ...
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FxdRaN0N.png&hash=a9793ca54a021b52f079b28954ef6ca2426186ba)
Here's a subdivision whose streets are named of random elements of the desert...where the nearest desert is a thousand miles away.
Some of the street names are pretty stupid too..."Vision Dr? Mirage Dr?" https://www.google.com/maps/@41.5677467,-88.2520176,17.33z
How about one of the many examples of "Lois Lane" (such as this one) (https://www.google.com/maps/@40.6123885,-74.175557,3a,15.3y,220.37h,92.43t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sUQAmHelx-1BCgsVBec-cwA!2e0!6s%2F%2Fgeo2.ggpht.com%2Fcbk%3Fpanoid%3DUQAmHelx-1BCgsVBec-cwA%26output%3Dthumbnail%26cb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile.gps%26thumb%3D2%26w%3D203%26h%3D100%26yaw%3D264.13153%26pitch%3D0!7i13312!8i6656).
Or Warp Drive (https://www.google.com/maps/@39.0106785,-77.4334226,3a,51y,21.48h,103.44t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1soyZdjVgc8gT9MLdTEmJltA!2e0!7i13312!8i6656).
Or Rainbow Road (https://www.google.com/maps/@42.8687879,-112.7038404,3a,15y,58.46h,86.92t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1semRSn4WHsF2SK0Qucdw7OQ!2e0!7i13312!8i6656).
Okay, in defense of that last one, it probably has had that name since before there was such a thing as Mario Kart and it's just a coincidence.
Figures that Warp Drive is on I-366...
"Lynnfield St." on two of the four exits on the I-95/US 1/MA 129 rotary. (One is in Lynn, and the other is in Peabody.) How do you tell them apart?
There is an "Old Dick Road" in Bagdad Arizona which ends at AZ 96...ironically located across the highway from a church:
https://www.google.com/maps/place/Old+Dick+Rd,+Bagdad,+AZ+86321/@34.5676631,-113.1784179,16z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x80d2ee195febd42b:0xb2975c43f1c56e85!8m2!3d34.5668053!4d-113.1851916?hl=en
And no...there is no "Dick Road" so it seems one of the miners thought they were being funny.
Quote from: Max Rockatansky on May 22, 2016, 02:07:59 PM
And no...there is no "Dick Road" so it seems one of the miners thought they were being funny.
Sure there is, but it's in Buffalo. :)
I never liked "Infinite Loop" in Cupertino, CA.
Quote from: Duke87 on May 22, 2016, 12:32:54 AMOr Rainbow Road (https://www.google.com/maps/@42.8687879,-112.7038404,3a,15y,58.46h,86.92t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1semRSn4WHsF2SK0Qucdw7OQ!2e0!7i13312!8i6656).
Okay, in defense of that last one, it probably has had that name since before there was such a thing as Mario Kart and it's just a coincidence.
Related to this, in defense of all things named Pearson is that they are unrelated to the syndrome of the same name and thus are just a coincidence. In fact some of them may predate the discovery of the disease. Having befriended a little child who suffered from the syndrome explains why I find it a bit stupid.
Came upon this today...What fresh hell is this? https://goo.gl/maps/ZgS8m7MXWfy
https://www.google.com/maps/@39.9570989,-86.002598,3a,66.8y,242.19h,76.07t/data=!3m4!1e1!3m2!1sMlQEsnGyOibdS2EdltR_Iw!2e0
exit 5 parkway, can't get any lazier than that.
Quote from: paulthemapguy on June 14, 2016, 03:00:48 PM
Came upon this today...What fresh hell is this? https://goo.gl/maps/ZgS8m7MXWfy
this reminds me of an episode of the Simpsons when Mr. Burns was getting booed, and he asked "Are you guys saying 'boo' or 'boourns'?" :-D
Quote from: silverback1065 on June 14, 2016, 04:10:44 PM
https://www.google.com/maps/@39.9570989,-86.002598,3a,66.8y,242.19h,76.07t/data=!3m4!1e1!3m2!1sMlQEsnGyOibdS2EdltR_Iw!2e0
exit 5 parkway, can't get any lazier than that.
Shouldn't it be exit 205 parkway now? :)
Quote from: mvak36 on June 14, 2016, 04:13:06 PM
Quote from: silverback1065 on June 14, 2016, 04:10:44 PM
https://www.google.com/maps/@39.9570989,-86.002598,3a,66.8y,242.19h,76.07t/data=!3m4!1e1!3m2!1sMlQEsnGyOibdS2EdltR_Iw!2e0
exit 5 parkway, can't get any lazier than that.
Shouldn't it be exit 205 parkway now? :)
:-D yes it should!
Quote from: silverback1065 on June 14, 2016, 04:10:44 PM
https://www.google.com/maps/@39.9570989,-86.002598,3a,66.8y,242.19h,76.07t/data=!3m4!1e1!3m2!1sMlQEsnGyOibdS2EdltR_Iw!2e0
exit 5 parkway, can't get any lazier than that.
Looks like this road was named after the business park it services (Exit 5 Business Park) or vice versa. Regardless, there is no exit 5 anywhere close (I-69 has exit 205 nearby). I'm guessing it's a relic from the past numbering.
Quote from: silverback1065 on June 14, 2016, 04:10:44 PM
https://www.google.com/maps/@39.9570989,-86.002598,3a,66.8y,242.19h,76.07t/data=!3m4!1e1!3m2!1sMlQEsnGyOibdS2EdltR_Iw!2e0
exit 5 parkway, can't get any lazier than that.
Before I saw the context, I thought it would be like this:
https://www.google.com/maps/@39.3915124,-74.5630297,3a,33.4y,207.29h,88.17t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s5U5C6y-ag-NqYRR-LlCFEg!2e0!7i13312!8i6656!5m1!1e1?hl=en-US
But of course this literally is Exit 36 off the (Garden State) Parkway. Still, it's unique as far as I know. No other interchange (at least around here) is signed with an exit number like this.
Quote from: chays on June 14, 2016, 04:34:26 PM
Quote from: silverback1065 on June 14, 2016, 04:10:44 PM
https://www.google.com/maps/@39.9570989,-86.002598,3a,66.8y,242.19h,76.07t/data=!3m4!1e1!3m2!1sMlQEsnGyOibdS2EdltR_Iw!2e0
exit 5 parkway, can't get any lazier than that.
Looks like this road was named after the business park it services (Exit 5 Business Park) or vice versa. Regardless, there is no exit 5 anywhere close (I-69 has exit 205 nearby). I'm guessing it's a relic from the past numbering.
Nearby 116th Street is Exit 205 from I-69. It was Exit 5 until the renumbering when the Evansville-to-Crane portion of I-69 was opened. That's why both the drive and the business center are (or were) aptly named.
Some that come to mind immediately from places I've lived or near places I've lived.
From the "Couldn't Make Up Our Mind" file:
Short Lane Road in Westminster, MD (https://www.google.com/maps/@39.5238203,-76.9903273,3a,75y,176.57h,72.7t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sE8Z9UrZrigJnOKmekQq1Dg!2e0!7i13312!8i6656)
Water Street Road in Walkersville, MD (https://www.google.com/maps/@39.4560537,-77.3089991,3a,75y,239.65h,77.82t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sMauJfre1U0FdhGhRVWOPqg!2e0!7i13312!8i6656)
Broadway Street in Lowell, MA (https://www.google.com/maps/@42.6430947,-71.3259049,3a,75y,313.99h,76.8t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s6g3bdfjkxsMcd1CvFLV2qw!2e0!7i13312!8i6656)
From the "Cancel Each Other Out" file:
Old New Windsor Road in Westminster, MD. Wouldn't that just make it "Windsor Road?" (https://www.google.com/maps/@39.5595431,-77.0301874,3a,75y,157.01h,73.9t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sb5l7CXWoyyZDd8y0dwDR7A!2e0!7i13312!8i6656)
From the "Lazy" file:
A few instances of "Old Rd" or "Old Main Road" along NY-25 in Orient Point, NY (https://www.google.com/maps/place/Orient+Point,+Orient,+NY+11957/@41.1503465,-72.2704575,16.25z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x89e8a0bb4311911f:0xd9d5baf7c1553e60!8m2!3d41.1523202!4d-72.251191)
Schalk Road #1 intersects Schalk Road #2 in Manchester, MD (https://www.google.com/maps/@39.6885159,-76.8424136,3a,75y,90.89h,76.7t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sBBJUeduI4OEBMuhVE8hK8w!2e0!7i13312!8i6656)
Similarly, Marriottsville Road intersects Marriottsville Road #2 in Marriottsville, MD (https://www.google.com/maps/@39.3539263,-76.8969052,3a,75y,245.3h,77.99t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sN6USH6LAyG3oTrvCv7f0Nw!2e0!7i13312!8i6656)
Just funny:
Detour Road in Keymar, MD (What happens when they have to close it?) (https://www.google.com/maps/@39.5683708,-77.2883164,3a,75y,275.51h,72.91t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1se0v1xoxXISqPM_VqvmD12Q!2e0!7i13312!8i6656)
Y Road, also in Keymar (Because Y not? Never mind there are no other lettered roads here.) (https://www.google.com/maps/@39.5943461,-77.2383429,3a,75y,32.77h,76.32t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sxcQXoliI4njC4b6B_GcouQ!2e0!7i13312!8i6656)
Skunks Misery Road in Locust Valley, NY (https://www.google.com/maps/@40.8779168,-73.6105864,3a,49.5y,346.5h,72.65t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sh3GdLaF9dd2PJS1O_21Bpg!2e0!7i13312!8i6656)
From the Head Scratcher File:
Harney Road in Taneytown, MD becomes Conover Road when it enters Harney, to avoid confusion with the OTHER Harney Road, then becomes Harney Road again once in Pennsylvania. (https://www.google.com/maps/place/Westminster,+MD+21158/@39.7138028,-77.2112412,15.75z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x89c8489694a50421:0x9e64cbb314727630!8m2!3d39.6413648!4d-77.0334179)
Quote from: mvak36 on June 14, 2016, 04:13:06 PM
Quote from: silverback1065 on June 14, 2016, 04:10:44 PM
https://www.google.com/maps/@39.9570989,-86.002598,3a,66.8y,242.19h,76.07t/data=!3m4!1e1!3m2!1sMlQEsnGyOibdS2EdltR_Iw!2e0
exit 5 parkway, can't get any lazier than that.
Shouldn't it be exit 205 parkway now? :)
Not to be confused with "Parkway Exit 205" or "Parkway Exit 5."
The "Road to Six Flags" in Arlington, TX.
Main Street (https://www.google.com/maps/place/Chambersburg,+PA/@39.9373851,-77.6607063,3a,15.1y,290.03h,95.1t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1s7FmWpo1ZZFgeovEFyOuG0w!2e0!6s%2F%2Fgeo0.ggpht.com%2Fcbk%3Fpanoid%3D7FmWpo1ZZFgeovEFyOuG0w%26output%3Dthumbnail%26cb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile.gps%26thumb%3D2%26w%3D203%26h%3D100%26yaw%3D345.983%26pitch%3D0!7i13312!8i6656!4m5!3m4!1s0x89c976c52b9d969b:0x30f37f7b0fba60a7!8m2!3d39.9375911!4d-77.6611022!6m1!1e1). The Most Generic of Road NamesTM
Around Portland's suburbs, streets have conflicting directional prefixes. This is especially bad in Gresham, where there are a few streets that have two official names with two directional prefixes:
NW Birdsdale Av / SE 202nd Av: https://goo.gl/maps/QjDztHeF8vw (https://goo.gl/maps/QjDztHeF8vw)
NE Hogan Dr / SE 242nd Dr: https://goo.gl/maps/55po7BxfvTM2 (https://goo.gl/maps/55po7BxfvTM2)
Not stupid, but a little bit lazy: the Four-Forty Parkway (https://www.flickr.com/photos/therealkurumi/5231728107/in/album-72157625403354483/) in Nashville -- 50 free AA Bucks™ to the first person to guess the parkway's route number
In Bradenton there is a 301 Boulevard, and of course its name got derived from a route number, however not present anymore on the namesake street.
However very ingenious as the businesses that were along it can still say that they are on 301 even though its now the name of the road rather than the route number of the road. :bigass:
Close to where my grandparents once lived in SW Virginia we would take their garbage down the road to the dumpster which was at an intersection with Lovely Valley Rd. I always thought that was funny they would name a road that being by the dump.
I never understood "Featherstone Rd." There's 2 I know of in Mich, one in Auburn Hills and the other in St. Joe County.
Now if Rainbow Rd and Dick Rd intersect that would be a good location for a gay bar
Out here in the western reaches of the Portland Metro area, probably the stupidest one--based on its origins--is SW Roy Rogers Road (https://www.google.com/maps/place/SW+Roy+Rogers+Rd,+Sherwood,+OR+97140/@45.3995636,-122.8868254,13z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x549512cf838d75ff:0xd23b4b040f9ea8a!8m2!3d45.3981097!4d-122.8519245). It's an arterial road that runs between OR-210 at the edge of Beaverton/Tigard (lining up with SW 175th Ave) and OR-99W in Sherwood (lining up with SW Tualatin-Sherwood Road).
It was the product of a major realignment project some 15 years ago, designed to better connect fast-growing Sherwood to the rest of the county, and took pieces of Beef Bend, Elsner, and Scholls-Sherwood Roads to make a more direct route. It was not named after the cowboy, but after a still-sitting and self-serving Washington County commissioner, who basically named the realigned road after himself, over the objections of many local residents.
Quote from: Tarkus on June 19, 2016, 01:57:24 AM
Out here in the western reaches of the Portland Metro area, probably the stupidest one--based on its origins--is SW Roy Rogers Road (https://www.google.com/maps/place/SW+Roy+Rogers+Rd,+Sherwood,+OR+97140/@45.3995636,-122.8868254,13z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x549512cf838d75ff:0xd23b4b040f9ea8a!8m2!3d45.3981097!4d-122.8519245). It's an arterial road that runs between OR-210 at the edge of Beaverton/Tigard (lining up with SW 175th Ave) and OR-99W in Sherwood (lining up with SW Tualatin-Sherwood Road).
It was the product of a major realignment project some 15 years ago, designed to better connect fast-growing Sherwood to the rest of the county, and took pieces of Beef Bend, Elsner, and Scholls-Sherwood Roads to make a more direct route. It was not named after the cowboy, but after a still-sitting and self-serving Washington County commissioner, who basically named the realigned road after himself, over the objections of many local residents.
I always wondered who that was named after. I'm not a big fan of Scholls-Sherwood or Tualatin-Sherwood either. Feel like they could've have come up with something a little more imaginative, but I guess they had to get them done fast back when Sherwood was really exploding.
I spent too much time down there looking for Christmas trees as a kid, that whole area has a negative association for me.
Quote from: GaryV on June 17, 2016, 10:03:47 PM
I never understood "Featherstone Rd." There's 2 I know of in Mich, one in Auburn Hills and the other in St. Joe County.
Probably named after someone. My mother has cousins in England with that last name.
Quote from: kurumi on June 16, 2016, 02:44:45 AM
Not stupid, but a little bit lazy: the Four-Forty Parkway (https://www.flickr.com/photos/therealkurumi/5231728107/in/album-72157625403354483/) in Nashville -- 50 free AA Bucks™ to the first person to guess the parkway's route number
...or the "Triple 5 Highway" in Kentucky. Lazy.
Tater Peeler Rd in Lebanon, TN.
How about Whiskey Bottom Road in Laurel, MD (https://www.google.com/maps/place/Laurel,+MD/@39.1175258,-76.8324077,17z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x89b7dd10e849dcd1:0x98cd5e2efdcd92fc!8m2!3d39.0992752!4d-76.8483061)? There isn't even a liquor store on it!
Quote from: opspe on June 15, 2016, 11:44:20 PM
Around Portland's suburbs, streets have conflicting directional prefixes. This is especially bad in Gresham, where there are a few streets that have two official names with two directional prefixes:
NW Birdsdale Av / SE 202nd Av: https://goo.gl/maps/QjDztHeF8vw (https://goo.gl/maps/QjDztHeF8vw)
NE Hogan Dr / SE 242nd Dr: https://goo.gl/maps/55po7BxfvTM2 (https://goo.gl/maps/55po7BxfvTM2)
I hate where Tulsa's grid system and Broken Arrow's grid system (Oklahoma) overlap. For example, you can find S 177th East Avenue directly between N 8th Street and N 11th Street.
There is an exit off of I-94 in Montana with a rest stop called "Bad Route Road." I drove by it today and got a chuckle out of how that probably makes people hesitate using the bathroom.
Good Intent Road (https://www.google.com/maps/@39.5787169,-77.2614097,3a,75y,63.59h,59.44t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1slmwxoajXSVFBhxIbqt4gHQ!2e0!7i13312!8i6656) in Woodsboro, MD. You know what they say about the road to hell. This is also not far from Devilbliss Bridge Road (https://www.google.com/maps/@39.4927262,-77.3325528,3a,49y,213.13h,82.97t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sCpn1bYdPYBu8m-lgRomy6w!2e0!7i13312!8i6656).
Quote from: Avalanchez71 on June 21, 2016, 12:06:47 AM
Tater Peeler Rd in Lebanon, TN.
That street name would make me hungry, so it would be the perfect location for a restaurant.
Oh yeah, on a related note, Grandview, Missouri has a Food Lane.
I think the Beachline Expressway name is stupid. It was the Beeline for decades and even FDOT still calls the western toll plaza the Bee Line West.
Nice Pl
Quote from: Avalanchez71 on June 22, 2016, 08:36:14 PM
Nice Pl
Nice Bridge. While it is indeed a fairly nice bridge, that's kind of a dumb name for it.
Used to be a street near where I live called Pig Ln. They had to change the name though, because people were stealing the street signs.
Quote from: Avalanchez71 on June 22, 2016, 08:36:14 PM
Nice Pl
That reminded me of an apartment complex near me where the street leading in plus half of the loop is called Preferred Pl.
Quote from: roadman65 on June 22, 2016, 06:00:39 PM
I think the Beachline Expressway name is stupid. It was the Beeline for decades and even FDOT still calls the western toll plaza the Bee Line West.
Our relatives in the Viera area say everyone calls it the Bee Line.
Toll Gate Blvd in a Waterloo, ON subdivision. I seriously doubt there was ever a toll gate here.
https://www.google.ca/maps/place/Toll+Gate+Blvd,+Waterloo,+ON/@43.4863078,-80.561092,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x882bf14f7101e21d:0x943afa528e381edc!8m2!3d43.4863039!4d-80.5589033 (https://www.google.ca/maps/place/Toll+Gate+Blvd,+Waterloo,+ON/@43.4863078,-80.561092,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x882bf14f7101e21d:0x943afa528e381edc!8m2!3d43.4863039!4d-80.5589033)
Another thing that bugs me is when multiple streets have the same name, except they change the suffix. For example, in my neighbourhood, there is a Fairway Rd N, Fairway Cres, and Fairway Ct. There are two intersections of Fairway Rd N and Fairway Cres, and an intersection of Fairway Cres and Fairway Ct. It's ridiculous!
https://www.google.ca/maps/@43.4417463,-80.416419,18z (https://www.google.ca/maps/@43.4417463,-80.416419,18z)
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Asperger Strasse, Germany :sombrero:.
Ok, in defense of the three such named streets is that they lead to Asperg, a town located North of Stuttgart, so they are essentially 'Asperg road'.
Quote from: 7/8 on July 20, 2016, 02:42:01 PM
Another thing that bugs me is when multiple streets have the same name, except they change the suffix.
Try all the varieties of "Peachtree" in Atlanta.
This glorified driveway recently put up "Atrium Way" blades on every crossing that didn't already have a street name (the GSV is from before they did that) https://www.google.com/maps/@39.9172785,-74.9527977,3a,75y,139.08h,84.2t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s-MXmmghWIx5GVTkp0Z54gg!2e0!7i13312!8i6656!5m1!1e1
So there are now four of them, all intersecting each other.
How about N North Ave (https://www.google.com/maps/@47.9551119,-117.48064,3a,15y,64.54h,85.07t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sObqzgf8STg4Zt6w-ZzJtKA!2e0!7i13312!8i6656!6m1!1e1?hl=en)?
Quote from: jay8g on July 24, 2016, 11:46:17 PM
How about N North Ave (https://www.google.com/maps/@47.9551119,-117.48064,3a,15y,64.54h,85.07t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sObqzgf8STg4Zt6w-ZzJtKA!2e0!7i13312!8i6656!6m1!1e1?hl=en)?
That would probably fall under the 'redundant street names' category.
Pena Blvd. Seriously, who would name a street Pity (which is what pena translates to) Blvd? Better search for the ñ character (here I provide one) for copy, paste and spell correctly Peña Blvd.
Quote from: CNGL-Leudimin on July 29, 2016, 07:36:10 AM
Pena Blvd. Seriously, who would name a street Pity (which is what pena translates to) Blvd? Better search for the ñ character (here I provide one) for copy, paste and spell correctly Peña Blvd.
Be fair, wasn't it named after the secretary of transportation from the Clinton administrator?
In Tucson, Arizona, the Avenues run North/South. The Streets run East/West. If the road runs diagonal, it's called a Stravenue.
Quote from: roadiejay on July 29, 2016, 11:03:35 PM
In Tucson, Arizona, the Avenues run North/South. The Streets run East/West. If the road runs diagonal, it's called a Stravenue.
I've heard the local slang...I don't think there is anything signed that way in the field though. Even in Tucson there aren't a ton of diagonal routes, the one that comes to mind the most is AZ 210 or the Benson Highway which was AZ 86 and US 80.
Quote from: Max Rockatansky on July 29, 2016, 11:52:02 PM
Quote from: roadiejay on July 29, 2016, 11:03:35 PM
In Tucson, Arizona, the Avenues run North/South. The Streets run East/West. If the road runs diagonal, it's called a Stravenue.
I've heard the local slang...I don't think there is anything signed that way in the field though. Even in Tucson there aren't a ton of diagonal routes, the one that comes to mind the most is AZ 210 or the Benson Highway which was AZ 86 and US 80.
Yes, very few, but they do exist. Fairland Stravenue lies along the southern edge of the massive rail yard adjacent to AZ 210.
Here's the street view of the sign:
https://goo.gl/maps/oRQ7BD3QwKA2
and a map of the general area:
https://goo.gl/maps/gexDoQQuHUm
One or two other stravenues exist in the city, none of which could be considered main roads.
Although if the state eliminates the interchange at Palo Verde and Irvington on I-10 in the future and builds a new one at Country Club as a recent study suggested, then Fairland Stravenue might end up more well known as it ties into Country Club by the rail yard, then links to 22nd Street near Kino Pkwy in a very awkward manner. But that's a conversation for another thread. :)
Everybody's favorite in Hancock, Michigan: Kowsit Lats Rd.
(For you non-locals, that's Finnish-English for Cowsh*t Flats) :-D
Quote from: inkyatari on July 29, 2016, 11:43:12 AM
Quote from: CNGL-Leudimin on July 29, 2016, 07:36:10 AM
Pena Blvd. Seriously, who would name a street Pity (which is what pena translates to) Blvd? Better search for the ñ character (here I provide one) for copy, paste and spell correctly Peña Blvd.
Be fair, wasn't it named after the secretary of transportation from the Clinton administrator?
Yes, but he was also the mayor of Denver for a time. His name is Federico Peña, not Pena, so why would it be fair to not include the tilde? But that's beside the point, because
signs include the tilde anyway (https://goo.gl/maps/rjFByBU4Kbp).
As usual, CNGL is trying to be funny and failing miserably.
Quote from: roadiejay on August 13, 2016, 04:49:09 AM
Quote from: Max Rockatansky on July 29, 2016, 11:52:02 PM
Quote from: roadiejay on July 29, 2016, 11:03:35 PM
In Tucson, Arizona, the Avenues run North/South. The Streets run East/West. If the road runs diagonal, it's called a Stravenue.
I've heard the local slang...I don't think there is anything signed that way in the field though. Even in Tucson there aren't a ton of diagonal routes, the one that comes to mind the most is AZ 210 or the Benson Highway which was AZ 86 and US 80.
Yes, very few, but they do exist. Fairland Stravenue lies along the southern edge of the massive rail yard adjacent to AZ 210.
Here's the street view of the sign:
https://goo.gl/maps/oRQ7BD3QwKA2
and a map of the general area:
https://goo.gl/maps/gexDoQQuHUm
One or two other stravenues exist in the city, none of which could be considered main roads.
Although if the state eliminates the interchange at Palo Verde and Irvington on I-10 in the future and builds a new one at Country Club as a recent study suggested, then Fairland Stravenue might end up more well known as it ties into Country Club by the rail yard, then links to 22nd Street near Kino Pkwy in a very awkward manner. But that's a conversation for another thread. :)
Fairfield Stravenue and most of the others are in the Pueblo Gardens neighborhood (where my wife went to school, at Utterback). "Stra." is a PO-accepted abbreviation and Tucson is home to the only examples (at least that I know of). The main post office in Tucson is actually addressed to "Cherrybell Stra.", a portmanteau of "Cherry" and "Silverbell".
Fairfield is actually a pretty good short-cut, if you need to avoid Kino and go to the sports fields (though no one plays there anymore) or further southeast.
Personally I think many street names in subdivisions are tacky or stupid, but there are some that are way worse than others, especially in larger cities where the good names are all taken.
The best ones from the Appleton, WI, area are probably in the newly annexed Apple Hill Farms subdivision, home to huge mansions for rich people, house numbers as high as 7510, and the street names such as Downs Ridge, Celtic Crossing, Highpond Crossing, Smoketree Pass, and the only through street, Apple Hill Boulevard (which is not a divided street, but rather a standard residential street with one lane total and a speed limit of 25 mph). It's as though they just picked random words that sounded good, plonked them together, and called them street names.
There is also a Broadway Drive in Appleton (well, three of them actually).
And on the south side of Appleton, also in a newly built subdivision, there is a street called Bob-O-Link Lane. A bobolink is a type of bird, but when I first saw the sign for the street, I thought it was pure nonsense words.
But the worst possible street name (which thankfully does not exist) would be Poop Avenue. ;-)
There's a street in the Lakes of Savannah subdivision south of Houston named Harbor Sham St. I looked up the definition of "sham" to be sure than I'm not interpreting the street name to mean a deceitful or insincere harbor or something involving a harbor and a pillow cover. :confused:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/California_County_Routes_in_zone_G
Central Expressway in Santa Clara county is bland naming,
Capitol Expressway is an interesting one because San Jose used to be the Capital of California before Benicia and Sacramento got the Capital city status.
Central Freeway is bland sounding too like Main street.
If I had a nickel for every municipality that made this pun...
https://goo.gl/maps/5DPz1WAoPm32
https://goo.gl/maps/SMgWaGy9igw
https://goo.gl/maps/Jv8xBpGfaXt
Quote from: silverback1065 on May 04, 2016, 08:05:36 PM
if the road goes to an office park or mall, chances are it has a stupid name.
A common practice in Massachusetts is for the access road to a mall to be given the name of the mall, with "Drive" or "Road" added on to it. It's the workaround developers use to get their mall name on the adjacent Interstate or freeway ("But it's a street name, so you have to sign it").
Quote from: roadman on September 23, 2016, 10:44:30 AM
Quote from: silverback1065 on May 04, 2016, 08:05:36 PM
if the road goes to an office park or mall, chances are it has a stupid name.
A common practice in Massachusetts is for the access road to a mall to be given the name of the mall, with "Drive" or "Road" added on to it. It's the workaround developers use to get their mall name on the adjacent Interstate or freeway ("But it's a street name, so you have to sign it").
In the 90s, northwest of Columbus, an existing section of Tuttle Rd was renamed Tuttle Crossing Blvd, and expanded to at least two lanes each way, in conjunction with the development of The Mall At Tuttle Crossing. The mall developer
did pay for the interchange with I-270, though, so it seems maybe reasonable that they sorta got the mall's name on the big green signs.
"The Dirt Rd." Safford, Arizona:
https://goo.gl/maps/SQuoarvMa692
Quote from: tckma on June 15, 2016, 04:42:05 PM
Y Road, also in Keymar (Because Y not? Never mind there are no other lettered roads here.) (https://www.google.com/maps/@39.5943461,-77.2383429,3a,75y,32.77h,76.32t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sxcQXoliI4njC4b6B_GcouQ!2e0!7i13312!8i6656)
Piqua, Ohio also has a Y Street without any other lettered streets. The blade has been replaced several times over the years, but they often spell out "Street" to fill space.
Between Piqua and Troy is Experiment Farm Road. No idea what that's supposed to mean.
Quote from: tckma on June 15, 2016, 04:42:05 PM
Detour Road in Keymar, MD (What happens when they have to close it?) (https://www.google.com/maps/@39.5683708,-77.2883164,3a,75y,275.51h,72.91t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1se0v1xoxXISqPM_VqvmD12Q!2e0!7i13312!8i6656)
Related: There's a town in the UP of Michigan called De Tour Village. MDOT distance signs are inconsistent on whether it's De Tour Village. DeTour Village, or Detour Village.
Quote from: marleythedog on October 27, 2016, 08:30:06 PM
Related: There's a town in the UP of Michigan called De Tour Village. MDOT distance signs are inconsistent on whether it's De Tour Village. DeTour Village, or Detour Village.
The community changed its name to include "Village" because previously, when rendered in all capital letters on highway signs as a destination, the name appeared as "DETOUR", confusing drivers.
Street Road outside of Philly might win this hands-down. Once upon a time when I was really little, I lived on Street Road.
There are a few streets in cities/towns along the Hudson named "Boulevard". Kingston and Queensbury/Hudson Falls are the ones that stick out and both are current/former alignments of NY 32.
Quote from: marleythedog on October 27, 2016, 08:30:06 PM
Quote from: tckma on June 15, 2016, 04:42:05 PM
Y Road, also in Keymar (Because Y not? Never mind there are no other lettered roads here.) (https://www.google.com/maps/@39.5943461,-77.2383429,3a,75y,32.77h,76.32t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sxcQXoliI4njC4b6B_GcouQ!2e0!7i13312!8i6656)
Piqua, Ohio also has a Y Street without any other lettered streets. The blade has been replaced several times over the years, but they often spell out "Street" to fill space.
There is an M Street in Louisville with no other single-letter named streets that I'm aware of.
https://www.google.com/maps/place/M+St,+Louisville,+KY+40208/@38.2092881,-85.7657508,17z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x8869129d520f458b:0xae1db467c0519773!8m2!3d38.2092966!4d-85.7673923
Detour Road in Lake Hamilton, Florida (https://www.google.com/maps/@28.0556281,-81.6140175,15.75z). It's a short parallel road alongside FL 17 (which was also formerly Alternate US 27 until 1997). I wonder how it got its name?
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Quote from: paulthemapguy on May 03, 2016, 11:27:41 PM
Half Day Road always kinda gave me an aneurysm. Naming a road after a 12-hour period? It doesn't take 12 hours to traverse the road...There's a road around Buffalo Grove, IL called Aptakisic Rd. Good luck pronouncing that.
Naperville, IL has a Book Road. Always thought that was dumb.
And now, something that REALLY bothers me. There's a subdivision also in Naperville whose street names all start with "Royal." Every street is "Royal ____ Drive." As if that isn't pompous. That should be all you need to know about Naperville, which I refer to as "noperville"...land of luxury cars, spray tans, and negligent money-grubbing parents who spoil their kids so hard that it's now become a heroin hub.
It is interesting that you complain about Half Day and Aptakisic, since they are both named after the same person. The Chief of the Potawotami (sp?) tribe at the time the area was settled was Chief Aptakisic, and his name was translated into English as "half day." There's also a story that Half Day (the village, which is now part of Vernon Hills) was a half day trip to Chicago at the time (and it sometimes feels that way now) but that isn't how it got it's name.
^^ You came close on the spelling of Potawatomi. We have a Potawatomi Park and Zoo in South Bend: https://www.google.com/maps/@41.669512,-86.2204739,17z (https://www.google.com/maps/@41.669512,-86.2204739,17z)
Quote from: TR69 on October 28, 2016, 08:53:46 AM
There is an M Street in Louisville with no other single-letter named streets that I'm aware of.
https://www.google.com/maps/place/M+St,+Louisville,+KY+40208/@38.2092881,-85.7657508,17z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x8869129d520f458b:0xae1db467c0519773!8m2!3d38.2092966!4d-85.7673923
Looks like that may have been a placeholder until they could think of a better name. Looking at streets to the south (?) of it, that was the first thing I thought of:
Heywood Ave
Iowa Ave
Kleier Ave
Then again, there's no J or L represented. That alley without a name on Google Maps looks like it might be the J.
No Name St in Sallisaw, OK
(https://c1.staticflickr.com/9/8405/28609480694_368fb64190_c_d.jpg)
Quote from: US71 on December 23, 2016, 09:28:23 PM
No Name St in Sallisaw, OK
(https://c1.staticflickr.com/9/8405/28609480694_368fb64190_c_d.jpg)
That would fit right in with No Name Drive on No Name Key in Florida:
https://www.google.com/maps/@24.6978199,-81.3291724,3a,75y,270h,90t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1siBEj5Tv-JNe8WGH0qRr9VQ!2e0!7i13312!8i6656?hl=en
Quote from: Max Rockatansky on April 30, 2016, 02:24:25 PM
Hard to beat Broomrape Lane out in Lake Havasu City, AZ:
https://www.google.com/maps/place/Broomrape+Ln,+Lake+Havasu+City,+AZ+86403/@34.4705846,-114.3377209,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m2!3m1!1s0x80d1ed80201f3d45:0xbb3f38dbebe2678b?hl=en
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Well... And i thought Berry Dairy Road was bad.
Quote from: ColossalBlocks on December 24, 2016, 08:54:39 PM
Quote from: Max Rockatansky on April 30, 2016, 02:24:25 PM
Hard to beat Broomrape Lane out in Lake Havasu City, AZ:
https://www.google.com/maps/place/Broomrape+Ln,+Lake+Havasu+City,+AZ+86403/@34.4705846,-114.3377209,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m2!3m1!1s0x80d1ed80201f3d45:0xbb3f38dbebe2678b?hl=en
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Well... And i thought Berry Dairy Road was bad.
I would imagine that given it is Lake Havasu there was some sort of retiree fued that led to the genesis of said street name. Nothing quite as vicious as some old folks in charge of a patch of grass.
Quote from: Max Rockatansky on December 24, 2016, 09:43:34 PM
Quote from: ColossalBlocks on December 24, 2016, 08:54:39 PM
Quote from: Max Rockatansky on April 30, 2016, 02:24:25 PM
Hard to beat Broomrape Lane out in Lake Havasu City, AZ:
https://www.google.com/maps/place/Broomrape+Ln,+Lake+Havasu+City,+AZ+86403/@34.4705846,-114.3377209,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m2!3m1!1s0x80d1ed80201f3d45:0xbb3f38dbebe2678b?hl=en
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Well... And i thought Berry Dairy Road was bad.
I would imagine that given it is Lake Havasu there was some sort of retiree fued that led to the genesis of said street name. Nothing quite as vicious as some old folks in charge of a patch of grass.
Damn straight, nao get off my lawn!
XT1254
Lane Ln (not joking here), in Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia.
https://goo.gl/QijuJp (https://goo.gl/QijuJp)
Quote from: Max Rockatansky on December 23, 2016, 11:35:36 PM
Quote from: US71 on December 23, 2016, 09:28:23 PM
No Name St in Sallisaw, OK
(https://c1.staticflickr.com/9/8405/28609480694_368fb64190_c_d.jpg)
That would fit right in with No Name Drive on No Name Key in Florida:
https://www.google.com/maps/@24.6978199,-81.3291724,3a,75y,270h,90t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1siBEj5Tv-JNe8WGH0qRr9VQ!2e0!7i13312!8i6656?hl=en
There is also a town called No Name along I-70 in Glenwood Canyon CO. Which is only funny because the exit sign from 70 makes it look like the exit doesn't have a name, while it's actually the town.
Quote from: Otto Yamamoto on December 25, 2016, 02:01:20 AM
Quote from: Max Rockatansky on December 24, 2016, 09:43:34 PM
Quote from: ColossalBlocks on December 24, 2016, 08:54:39 PM
Quote from: Max Rockatansky on April 30, 2016, 02:24:25 PM
Hard to beat Broomrape Lane out in Lake Havasu City, AZ:
https://www.google.com/maps/place/Broomrape+Ln,+Lake+Havasu+City,+AZ+86403/@34.4705846,-114.3377209,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m2!3m1!1s0x80d1ed80201f3d45:0xbb3f38dbebe2678b?hl=en
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Well... And i thought Berry Dairy Road was bad.
I would imagine that given it is Lake Havasu there was some sort of retiree fued that led to the genesis of said street name. Nothing quite as vicious as some old folks in charge of a patch of grass.
Damn straight, nao get off my lawn!
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Ever come across some you shouldn't have..... :-D
I've seen some Interstate exits in lonely areas that just go to a frontage road (this is Texas, where we have them everywhere). Instead of labeling the exit as "Frontage Road" they call it "Frontage Rd" which I take as meaning that's the name of the road. It isn't the actual name, but I read it as one and I think it would qualify as a stupid one.
How many towns have Walmart Drive?
Quote from: US71 on June 16, 2017, 03:52:07 PM
How many towns have Walmart Drive?
I generally think naming a street after a business is dumb because of what happens when the business leaves. The Westin near Tysons Corner is on Ramada Drive, for example, and the Fresh World International Supermarket near Springfield is on Hechinger Drive, named for a chain of hardware stores that went under in 1999!
Quote from: 1995hoo on June 16, 2017, 04:48:07 PM
Quote from: US71 on June 16, 2017, 03:52:07 PM
How many towns have Walmart Drive?
I generally think naming a street after a business is dumb because of what happens when the business leaves. The Westin near Tysons Corner is on Ramada Drive, for example, and the Fresh World International Supermarket near Springfield is on Hechinger Drive, named for a chain of hardware stores that went under in 1999!
We could probably have an entire thread about street names taken from businesses on the relevant street.
Has anyone brought up "Tom Raper Way" in Richmond, IN?
Quote from: 1995hoo on June 16, 2017, 04:48:07 PM
Quote from: US71 on June 16, 2017, 03:52:07 PM
How many towns have Walmart Drive?
I generally think naming a street after a business is dumb because of what happens when the business leaves. The Westin near Tysons Corner is on Ramada Drive, for example, and the Fresh World International Supermarket near Springfield is on Hechinger Drive, named for a chain of hardware stores that went under in 1999!
Agreed. Westminster, Maryland has WMC Drive - for Western Maryland College, which changed its name to McDaniel College well before I moved to the area. Did the street name change? Nope!
There's also Chevro Drive in Taneytown, MD (home to a Chevy dealer), and similarly, Chevrolet Drive in Ellicott City, MD. Remember when Chrysler closed a metric crap-ton of dealerships?
Quote from: tckma on June 19, 2017, 11:35:43 AM
Quote from: 1995hoo on June 16, 2017, 04:48:07 PM
Quote from: US71 on June 16, 2017, 03:52:07 PM
How many towns have Walmart Drive?
I generally think naming a street after a business is dumb because of what happens when the business leaves. The Westin near Tysons Corner is on Ramada Drive, for example, and the Fresh World International Supermarket near Springfield is on Hechinger Drive, named for a chain of hardware stores that went under in 1999!
Agreed. Westminster, Maryland has WMC Drive - for Western Maryland College, which changed its name to McDaniel College well before I moved to the area. Did the street name change? Nope!
There's also Chevro Drive in Taneytown, MD (home to a Chevy dealer), and similarly, Chevrolet Drive in Ellicott City, MD. Remember when Chrysler closed a metric crap-ton of dealerships?
There might be a reason for that, MDC might be considered an unfortunate acronym, as there is a punk/hardcore band of the same name.
STV100-2
Quote from: paulthemapguy on June 19, 2017, 10:32:20 AM
Quote from: 1995hoo on June 16, 2017, 04:48:07 PM
I generally think naming a street after a business is dumb because of what happens when the business leaves.
We could probably have an entire thread about street names taken from businesses on the relevant street.
We did have a thread revolving around roads named for businesses which no longer exist on that road: https://www.aaroads.com/forum/index.php?topic=18246.0;topicseen
Quote from: 1995hoo on June 16, 2017, 04:48:07 PM
Quote from: US71 on June 16, 2017, 03:52:07 PM
How many towns have Walmart Drive?
I generally think naming a street after a business is dumb because of what happens when the business leaves. The Westin near Tysons Corner is on Ramada Drive, for example, and the Fresh World International Supermarket near Springfield is on Hechinger Drive, named for a chain of hardware stores that went under in 1999!
Try naming your new village after a business. Such is the case of Holiday City, Ohio, incorporated in the late 1990s by the family who owned a large hotel next to exit 13 on the Ohio Turnpike. At the time, said hotel was flagged as a Holiday Inn. A few years later, it was rebranded to a Ramada. As some point, a sign was erected that gave the name of a large pond next to the hotel and turnpike interchange as "Ramada Lake". Two years ago, the hotel reflagged again, this time as a Quality Inn. Yes, that means the Quality Inn is next to Ramada Lake in Holiday City, Ohio.
Quote from: bulldog1979 on June 19, 2017, 10:29:28 PM
Quote from: 1995hoo on June 16, 2017, 04:48:07 PM
Quote from: US71 on June 16, 2017, 03:52:07 PM
How many towns have Walmart Drive?
I generally think naming a street after a business is dumb because of what happens when the business leaves. The Westin near Tysons Corner is on Ramada Drive, for example, and the Fresh World International Supermarket near Springfield is on Hechinger Drive, named for a chain of hardware stores that went under in 1999!
Try naming your new village after a business. Such is the case of Holiday City, Ohio, incorporated in the late 1990s by the family who owned a large hotel next to exit 13 on the Ohio Turnpike. At the time, said hotel was flagged as a Holiday Inn. A few years later, it was rebranded to a Ramada. As some point, a sign was erected that gave the name of a large pond next to the hotel and turnpike interchange as "Ramada Lake". Two years ago, the hotel reflagged again, this time as a Quality Inn. Yes, that means the Quality Inn is next to Ramada Lake in Holiday City, Ohio.
There's also a Holiday Inn Express, which I stayed at in 2015. My mom and I thought the name of the village was funny since there's nothing around (not exactly a holiday destination :-D)
Quote from: theline on October 28, 2016, 01:33:37 PM
^^ You came close on the spelling of Potawatomi. We have a Potawatomi Park and Zoo in South Bend: https://www.google.com/maps/@41.669512,-86.2204739,17z (https://www.google.com/maps/@41.669512,-86.2204739,17z)
Does that have anything to do with Pottawatomie County, OK? :)
Sadly, this is Saint St, not Street Street: (here (https://www.google.com/maps/@44.0737963,-123.0584039,17.8z?hl=en))
(https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4244/34609585183_56f7400935_b.jpg)
Short Lane Road: https://www.google.com/maps/place/Short+Ln+Rd,+Westminster,+MD+21157/@39.5231122,-76.9919464,18z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x89c839c66bd179b9:0xa64126f1048a6f90!8m2!3d39.5233821!4d-76.9919748
Quote from: roadguy2 on June 19, 2017, 10:48:51 PM
Quote from: theline on October 28, 2016, 01:33:37 PM
^^ You came close on the spelling of Potawatomi. We have a Potawatomi Park and Zoo in South Bend: https://www.google.com/maps/@41.669512,-86.2204739,17z (https://www.google.com/maps/@41.669512,-86.2204739,17z)
Does that have anything to do with Pottawatomie County, OK? :)
The South Bend park and zoo were named for a local Indian tribe. The Pokagon band of the Potawatomi remained here and have now built a successful chain of casinos in southwestern Michigan. They are currently adding a casino in South Bend, along with their new headquarters. Their history is here: http://www.pokagon.com/our-culture/history (http://www.pokagon.com/our-culture/history)
I presume that the forcibly relocated Potawatomi bands were taken to Oklahoma, like so many others. Spelling variations are of course common when Indian names are expressed in English.
Quote from: tckma on June 19, 2017, 11:35:43 AM
Quote from: 1995hoo on June 16, 2017, 04:48:07 PM
Quote from: US71 on June 16, 2017, 03:52:07 PM
How many towns have Walmart Drive?
I generally think naming a street after a business is dumb because of what happens when the business leaves. The Westin near Tysons Corner is on Ramada Drive, for example, and the Fresh World International Supermarket near Springfield is on Hechinger Drive, named for a chain of hardware stores that went under in 1999!
Agreed. Westminster, Maryland has WMC Drive - for Western Maryland College, which changed its name to McDaniel College well before I moved to the area. Did the street name change? Nope!
There's also Chevro Drive in Taneytown, MD (home to a Chevy dealer), and similarly, Chevrolet Drive in Ellicott City, MD. Remember when Chrysler closed a metric crap-ton of dealerships?
You see this in East Lansing, Michigan with M.A.C. Ave, which refers to the Michigan Agricultural College, which is now Michigan State University.
I see it as a fun reminder of the past.
Quote from: jay8g on June 20, 2017, 01:24:52 AM
Sadly, this is Saint St, not Street Street: (here (https://www.google.com/maps/@44.0737963,-123.0584039,17.8z?hl=en))
It seems Google Maps abreviates all instances of some words, like here (https://www.google.es/maps/@41.3116468,-2.0559863,16z) due to Mexican influence. As of June 11 street signs there still spell out "Oriente" and "Poniente" (I didn't take pics of them for the Street sign game due to too many plays ending in E).
I used to live on a street in pensacola florida named "Mellow Days Dr"
New Road, or, rather, "This road was built in 1953."
https://goo.gl/maps/QbGNNTSdjao
Maybe not stupid, but rather, merely uncreative.
Quote from: rkelz850 on June 22, 2017, 06:44:04 AM
I used to live on a street in pensacola florida named "Mellow Days Dr"
Far out, man
STV100-2
Cone Rd...without a single cone.
https://goo.gl/maps/htSCh1iEYon (https://goo.gl/maps/htSCh1iEYon)
Quote from: JJBers on May 06, 2016, 11:32:27 AM
In North Windham, CT there is a road called Boulevard Rd. I think it may not even be alone in the US
There's a Boulevard Road in Olympia, WA.
Quote from: duaneu2 on July 01, 2017, 07:21:02 PM
Quote from: JJBers on May 06, 2016, 11:32:27 AM
In North Windham, CT there is a road called Boulevard Rd. I think it may not even be alone in the US
There's a Boulevard Road in Olympia, WA.
Kingston, NY has 'Boulevard'
STV100-2
Quote from: Otto Yamamoto on July 01, 2017, 08:33:29 PM
Quote from: duaneu2 on July 01, 2017, 07:21:02 PM
Quote from: JJBers on May 06, 2016, 11:32:27 AM
In North Windham, CT there is a road called Boulevard Rd. I think it may not even be alone in the US
There's a Boulevard Road in Olympia, WA.
Kingston, NY has 'Boulevard'
Boulevard is a major north-south street in Atlanta. There is also the unrelated Boulevard Dr, a short spur west from Moreland Ave (US 23).
Seen 6/30 on CO-172 between Durango and Ignacio, CO: Dirt Rd. (And yes, it was).
Quote from: Eth on July 01, 2017, 09:04:03 PM
Quote from: Otto Yamamoto on July 01, 2017, 08:33:29 PM
Quote from: duaneu2 on July 01, 2017, 07:21:02 PM
Quote from: JJBers on May 06, 2016, 11:32:27 AM
In North Windham, CT there is a road called Boulevard Rd. I think it may not even be alone in the US
There's a Boulevard Road in Olympia, WA.
Kingston, NY has 'Boulevard'
Boulevard is a major north-south street in Atlanta. There is also the unrelated Boulevard Dr, a short spur west from Moreland Ave (US 23).
Is there and Road Blvd.
Quote from: JJBers on July 01, 2017, 09:10:35 PM
Quote from: Eth on July 01, 2017, 09:04:03 PM
Quote from: Otto Yamamoto on July 01, 2017, 08:33:29 PM
Quote from: duaneu2 on July 01, 2017, 07:21:02 PM
Quote from: JJBers on May 06, 2016, 11:32:27 AM
In North Windham, CT there is a road called Boulevard Rd. I think it may not even be alone in the US
There's a Boulevard Road in Olympia, WA.
Kingston, NY has 'Boulevard'
Boulevard is a major north-south street in Atlanta. There is also the unrelated Boulevard Dr, a short spur west from Moreland Ave (US 23).
Is there and Road Blvd.
there's a boulevard place in indianapolis
Quote from: silverback1065 on July 04, 2017, 05:49:51 PM
Quote from: JJBers on July 01, 2017, 09:10:35 PM
Quote from: Eth on July 01, 2017, 09:04:03 PM
Quote from: Otto Yamamoto on July 01, 2017, 08:33:29 PM
Quote from: duaneu2 on July 01, 2017, 07:21:02 PM
Quote from: JJBers on May 06, 2016, 11:32:27 AM
In North Windham, CT there is a road called Boulevard Rd. I think it may not even be alone in the US
There's a Boulevard Road in Olympia, WA.
Kingston, NY has 'Boulevard'
Boulevard is a major north-south street in Atlanta. There is also the unrelated Boulevard Dr, a short spur west from Moreland Ave (US 23).
Is there and Road Blvd.
there's a boulevard place in indianapolis
Kokomo has a Boulevard Street. It's properly identified on the street sign at SR 931:
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi66.tinypic.com%2Fxcnr5u.png&hash=b600c14b5e5d77eb9a3253da4602d52fe67faae8)
INDOT didn't do so well out on the new US 31 freeway:
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Instead of "East Blvd" I think it should be either "Boulevard St" or "E Boulevard St".
St. Louis has a street called Kingshighway Boulevard. And yes, "Kingshighway" is one word.
Quote from: duaneu2 on July 01, 2017, 07:21:02 PM
Quote from: JJBers on May 06, 2016, 11:32:27 AM
In North Windham, CT there is a road called Boulevard Rd. I think it may not even be alone in the US
There's a Boulevard Road in Olympia, WA.
And there's Boulevard in Bellingham, WA.
Quote from: theline on July 04, 2017, 11:43:36 PM
Quote from: silverback1065 on July 04, 2017, 05:49:51 PM
Quote from: JJBers on July 01, 2017, 09:10:35 PM
Quote from: Eth on July 01, 2017, 09:04:03 PM
Quote from: Otto Yamamoto on July 01, 2017, 08:33:29 PM
Quote from: duaneu2 on July 01, 2017, 07:21:02 PM
Quote from: JJBers on May 06, 2016, 11:32:27 AM
In North Windham, CT there is a road called Boulevard Rd. I think it may not even be alone in the US
There's a Boulevard Road in Olympia, WA.
Kingston, NY has 'Boulevard'
Boulevard is a major north-south street in Atlanta. There is also the unrelated Boulevard Dr, a short spur west from Moreland Ave (US 23).
Is there and Road Blvd.
there's a boulevard place in indianapolis
Kokomo has a Boulevard Street. It's properly identified on the street sign at SR 931:
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi66.tinypic.com%2Fxcnr5u.png&hash=b600c14b5e5d77eb9a3253da4602d52fe67faae8)
INDOT didn't do so well out on the new US 31 freeway:
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi66.tinypic.com%2F35lhfue.png&hash=4fbe490c2bb5a3d37bc078f76b118c171731a790)
Instead of "East Blvd" I think it should be either "Boulevard St" or "E Boulevard St".
i thought there was something wrong with that sign.