Unusual destinations on highway signs

[STLmapboy]

Anybody know the official pronunciation of the lower destination of the following sign:

I-70
https://maps.app.goo.gl/u9d81CmdCnJDy3Zy7


We passed it this weekend on I‐70 in Utah, and to us, it looks like something you'd tell a kid in a china shop..

As for the pronunciation: https://www.ksl.com/article/25484894/author-shares-stories-behind-utahs-most-interesting-place-names

"What about Mussentuchit, though? Originally, cowboys called it "Must Not Touch It" because the water was poisonous. That became "Musn't Touch it." And finally, Mussentuchit, with a new pronunciation: "moose-un-TOO-shet"."

[GenExpwy]

Anybody know the official pronunciation of the lower destination of the following sign:

I-70
https://maps.app.goo.gl/u9d81CmdCnJDy3Zy7


We passed it this weekend on I‐70 in Utah, and to us, it looks like something you'd tell a kid in a china shop..

As for the pronunciation: https://www.ksl.com/article/25484894/author-shares-stories-behind-utahs-most-interesting-place-names

"What about Mussentuchit, though? Originally, cowboys called it "Must Not Touch It" because the water was poisonous. That became "Musn't Touch it." And finally, Mussentuchit, with a new pronunciation: "moose-un-TOO-shet"."

That kind of reminds me of Stinkingwater Pass on US 20 in Oregon. Unfortunately, the sign just says "SUMMIT" , maybe because it would otherwise get stolen. Its nearby companion, Drinkwater Pass, is properly signed.

[Mccojm]

Here's some NYC/ Long Island:

Nyc/ Long Island uses bridges/tunnels, road names, arenas/ stadiums, airports/ train stations and parks/ beaches routinely as well as unincorporated hamlets opposed to using towns (particular on Long Island) as towns here are essentially as large as counties.

S/b Cross Island Pkwy at I-495:
- "Eastern Long Is"  as control city
- Long Island Expwy name on sign, most signs just have shield
- Grand Central Pkwy BGS lists Hauppauge/ Triboro Br as control cities, triboro is now the RFK br and Hauppauge is eastern terminus of  Northern State Pkwy which is what GCP turns into at Nassau Co border. (Northern Pkwy used to list "Eastern Long Is"  as did Southern State Pkwy but was change in last decade to Hauppauge and East Islip respectively as both parkways really don't reach eastern Long Island, yet alone central Suffolk county.)
https://goo.gl/maps/KjBsaZ8VmAd5hAc76

N/b Cross Island Pkwy at I-495:
- same as above
- Manhattan listed as control city, almost all signs in downstate ny refer to "New York"  but this location is already in queens county in nyc.
https://goo.gl/maps/WZEnEoZaCKqxyGhV9

W/b I-495 at CIP:
- Manhattan Instead of usual New York control city for I-495
- Whitestone Br/ Kennedy Airport (JFK) for CIP
https://goo.gl/maps/fmJMSugFz3ZgzxFj9

W/b I-495 at I-295 Clearview Expwy:
- Bronx/ Grand Central Pkwy used as controls
https://goo.gl/maps/AthipGbXMzC3sQvA6

W/b Grand Central Pkwy At exit 9P:
- Corona Park/ BJK Tennis Center controls
https://goo.gl/maps/3gsWPik256cM4Q828

W/b I-678 Whitestone Expwy:
- Citi Field/ La Guardia Airport for controls
https://goo.gl/maps/C1Rm3yt3v9Er6FY97

S/b Meadowbrook state pkwy at Bay Pkwy:
- Jones beach theatre (with rotating door of corporate sponsor) and west end beaches for controls
https://goo.gl/maps/qWAEk44AoS6jR7g79

S/b Robert Moses Causeway at Ocean Pkwy:
- Robert Moses Pk/ Captree St Pk/ Jones Beach controls all on brown BGS
https://goo.gl/maps/fYCZdwpZ2rYCuBLK6

W/b Southern State Pkwy at Robert Moses Causeway:
- Ocean Beaches as control
https://goo.gl/maps/Ean6pP5Z5Tj1e1iDA
https://goo.gl/maps/Z5xkN62JSud85BgC7

E/b Northern State Pkwy at S/b Sagtikos Pkwy:
- South Shore as control point
https://goo.gl/maps/WzLSnP3kb8ApUPMr5

I-495 exit 68 C-D road at CR-46 William Floyd Pkwy:
- controls for each direction include hamlet of terminus and major attraction in each direction
, in this case nb has Brookhaven National Lab and sb has Smith Point County Park.
https://goo.gl/maps/4MNu32Bg7P5euuYX9
https://goo.gl/maps/uMyNzfk5iXLoi2Fz8

[jmd41280]

Several highways in Pittsburgh use "North Shore" as a destination, referring to the area of Heinz Field and PNC Park...

I-376 east

PA 28 south

US 19/PA 65 south

[Revive 755]

I don't think Iowa's occasional odd destinations have been mentioned yet:

* "Kalona Village Museum" on I-80 and US 218.

I thought Iowa had another one that is eluding me this evening.

[andrepoiy]

For some reason, they decided to sign it as "The Falls"



However, in the opposing direction, it's "Niagara Falls"

[hotdogPi]

Maybe "The Falls" refers to the waterfall itself as opposed to the city?

[webny99]

Maybe "The Falls" refers to the waterfall itself as opposed to the city?

It almost certainly does. They probably wanted to avoid sounding redundant, while still distinguishing between the US and Canadian sides.

It would have made sense to use "The Falls" in both directions, although you could make a case that "The Falls" themselves are better accessed by Exit 27 (McLeod Road) or even Exit 16 (Sodom Road) from QEW Toronto.

[jakeroot]

Why not "Niagara Falls" with "USA Border" below that?

[RobbieL2415]

In before The Amboys etc.

Or The Oranges
Or Shore Points

[andrepoiy]

Why not "Niagara Falls" with "USA Border" below that?

For the first one, probably because both lead to the US Border, and therefore it specified Buffalo USA and Niagara Falls USA. For the second, no idea. Although, it seems like Niagara Falls USA is more useful than US Border, since it actually tells you where in the US you'd end up in.

[achilles765]

There are a good many unincorporated areas in Louisiana on Interstate exits. Most of them are along I-49. Lake End, Ajax, Chopin, Flora, Cypress, Kingston. There's a pair on I-20 outside of Minden that used to be towns along US 80: Ada and Taylor

Also on I-20:  Exit 93, Sibley.  Not to be confused with the incorporated town of Sibley 3 miles south of Minden.

Exit 132: Start.  Birthplace of Tim McGraw.

Exit 138: Archibald

Come to think of it...I think most of the exits east of Monroe have mostly unincorporated areas on the signs.

There are a lot of unincorporated middle of nowhere places on IH 10/12 and IH 55 in Louisana. For Ih 55 there's Ruddock and arcola/ Roseland. And IH 12 has the pointless exit for Colyell/Satsuma