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Started by hotdogPi, June 05, 2016, 08:26:11 AM

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vtk

Quote from: theline on June 07, 2016, 12:57:45 PM
Quote from: vtk on June 07, 2016, 11:44:04 AM

Quote from: 1 on June 05, 2016, 08:26:11 AM
New Haven Ct.

Why not?

https://goo.gl/maps/BjekjanuyLo

Right, so why was it included in a list of names that will never exist?  (I'm vaguely aware of a BGS that might exist that says "New Haven Ct." referring to the town and not a street called New Haven Court, but I don't want that to be the only reason for this entry in the OP.)
Wait, it's all Ohio? Always has been.


NE2

pre-1945 Florida route log

I accept and respect your identity as long as it's not dumb shit like "identifying as a vaccinated attack helicopter".

Avalanchez71


Bruce

A few Seattle-area ones:

Alaskan Way Tunnel  :-D

Fourth Lake Washington Bridge
R.H. Thompson Expressway
Mercer Street Expressway
Puget Sound Bridge
Elliott Bay Freeway
Kemper Freeman Memorial Parkway

Henry

#29
I have some new things to add to that list:

Immigration Causeway (after a famous fictional proposal here)
Boulevard Blvd
District of Columbia Ave
Rocking Down the Hwy
Life is a Hwy
Frwy of Love
C Ave/F Ave/H Ave/P Ave/R Ave/S Ave/W Ave
Rest Area Rd
Lee Harvey Oswald Pkwy
Confederate Rd
Lake Shore Expwy
This Way
That Way
Crosstown Expwy (I-494 in Chicago)
Chicken Rd
Trans-Canada Interstate
Death Valley Frwy
Route/Highway/Interstate 666
Route/Highway/Interstate 420
Boo St/Coa St/Fro St/Gho St/Ho St/Ma St/Mo St/Pa St/Roo St
Go Cubs Go! Go Cubs Go! Hey Chicago, what do you say? The Cubs are gonna win today!

kphoger

#30
Quote from: Henry on June 09, 2016, 11:03:13 AM
Confederate Rd
Chicken Rd
Boo St
Roo St

Are people researching these first to find out if they exist???

There are several streets called Confederate Road.  Houston, for example.
There is a Chicken Road in North Carolina.  I-95, exit #10.
There is a Boo Street in Pierre Part, LA.
There is a Roo Street in Coeur D'Alene, ID.
Keep right except to pass.  Yes.  You.
Visit scenic Orleans County, NY!
Male pronouns, please.

Quote from: Philip K. DickIf you can control the meaning of words, you can control the people who must use them.

GaryV

Quote from: Henry on June 09, 2016, 11:03:13 AM
I have some new things to add to that list:

C Ave/F Ave/H Ave/P Ave/R Ave/S Ave/W Ave

Check Kalamazoo County.

inkyatari

I'm never wrong, just wildly inaccurate.

TravelingBethelite

"Imprisoned by the freedom of the road!" - Ronnie Milsap
See my photos at: http://bit.ly/1Qi81ws

Now I decide where I go...

2018 Ford Fusion SE - proud new owner!

hbelkins

Kentucky has a state route 666, and I've seen at least two Virginia secondary routes with that number.


Government would be tolerable if not for politicians and bureaucrats.

CNGL-Leudimin

#35
I-420 was taken down (twice, I believe), while US 420 is now part of US 16 IIRC Alt US 14. All of this was unrelated to cannabis culture. OTOH, it was the signifiance of its number what caused US 666 to become US 491 (also, it was weird for a North-South road to have an East-West number, so as it stands now is better).

Another unlikely road name: TheAlan360 Memorial Goat Path.
Supporter of the construction of several running gags, including I-366 with a speed limit of 85 mph (137 km/h) and the Hypotenuse.

Please note that I may mention "invalid" FM channels, i.e. ending in an even number or down to 87.5. These are valid in Europe.

cwf1701

Hillary Clinton Freeway
Valdmir Putin Freeway
Adolph Hitler Ave.


Max Rockatansky


hotdogPi

Quote from: Max Rockatansky on June 10, 2016, 08:30:12 PM
Nothing for Putin I could find and there is too many Clintons to count.

If it just says "Clinton", it's probably after Bill Clinton, not Hillary Clinton.
Clinched, minus I-93 (I'm missing a few miles and my file is incorrect)

Traveled, plus US 13, 44, and 50, and several state routes

I will be in Burlington VT for the eclipse.

TravelingBethelite

Quote from: CNGL-Leudimin on June 10, 2016, 05:05:52 PM
I-420 was taken down (twice, I believe), while US 420 is now part of US 16 IIRC. All of this was unrelated to cannabis culture. OTOH, it was the signifiance of its number what caused US 666 to become US 491 (also, it was weird for a North-South road to have an East-West number, so as it stands now is better).

Another unlikely road name: TheAlan360 Memorial Goat Path.

Alanland Road
Alanland Expressway/Freeway/Turnpike
"Imprisoned by the freedom of the road!" - Ronnie Milsap
See my photos at: http://bit.ly/1Qi81ws

Now I decide where I go...

2018 Ford Fusion SE - proud new owner!

Big John

Quote from: 1 on June 11, 2016, 07:11:23 AM
Quote from: Max Rockatansky on June 10, 2016, 08:30:12 PM
Nothing for Putin I could find and there is too many Clintons to count.

If it just says "Clinton", it's probably after Bill Clinton, not Hillary Clinton.
A lot of those had the name prior to Bill Clinton being president and is pure coincidence.

Max Rockatansky

Quote from: 1 on June 11, 2016, 07:11:23 AM
Quote from: Max Rockatansky on June 10, 2016, 08:30:12 PM
Nothing for Putin I could find and there is too many Clintons to count.

If it just says "Clinton", it's probably after Bill Clinton, not Hillary Clinton.

I stopped short of saying if she won the election that it would be inevitable that there would be some roads named after her and not Bill.  Same deal with the Trump Highway I saw earlier in the thread.

Speaking of Hitler level of world leaders....there is a Stalin Road in all places the UK:

https://www.google.com/maps/place/Stalin+Rd,+Colchester,+Essex+CO2+8SQ,+UK/@51.8752267,0.9104034,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x47d904e2009a447d:0xc1f43f28c95026db!8m2!3d51.8752267!4d0.9125921?hl=en

Surprisingly there is a ton of Fidel Castro and Mao Zedong stuff out there as well.

GaryV

Quote from: 1 on June 11, 2016, 07:11:23 AM
Quote from: Max Rockatansky on June 10, 2016, 08:30:12 PM
Nothing for Putin I could find and there is too many Clintons to count.

If it just says "Clinton", it's probably after Bill Clinton, not Hillary Clinton.

More likely DeWitt Clinton:  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DeWitt_Clinton

8.Lug

Contrary to popular belief, things are exactly as they seem.

english si

#44
Quote from: Max Rockatansky on June 11, 2016, 09:33:17 AMSpeaking of Hitler level of world leaders....there is a Stalin Road in all places the UK:
Oddly, not that many in the former USSR (I've not found any as point labels for travelmapping), but a butt ton of roads for Lenin.

Edit: those crazy Essex people have a WW1 estate (Mountbatten, Flanders) next to that WW2 estate (Stalin, Roosevelt, Normandy).

jeffandnicole

Quote from: hbelkins on June 10, 2016, 03:42:20 PM
Kentucky has a state route 666, and I've seen at least two Virginia secondary routes with that number.

NJ has County Route 666 as well.

opspe

Quote from: Henry on June 09, 2016, 11:03:13 AM
Boulevard Blvd

There's a street in Vancouver BC named "Boulevard". 

Though, since it has 'E' and 'W' directional prefixes, it shows up on maps as "East Blvd" and "West Blvd", even though that's incorrect.  The correct names are "E Boulevard" and "W Boulevard".

ftballfan


8.Lug

Quote from: ftballfan on June 11, 2016, 08:46:55 PM
Quote from: 8.Lug on June 11, 2016, 04:29:43 PM
Quote from: GaryV on June 11, 2016, 10:17:30 AM
More likely DeWitt Clinton:  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DeWitt_Clinton
Prolly what Clinton Ave in Rochester, NY is named for.
Or even George Clinton: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Clinton_(vice_president) (not the leader of P-Funk)
Dewitt had the Erie Canal dug that cuts right through Rochester (well it used to anyways), I don't think his uncle George had any significant impact on Rochester.
Contrary to popular belief, things are exactly as they seem.

hm insulators

In Honolulu, you'll never see a Snow Summit Road.
Remember: If the women don't find you handsome, they should at least find you handy.

I'd rather be a child of the road than a son of a ditch.


At what age do you tell a highway that it's been adopted?



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