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Quote from: Roadgeekteen on August 07, 2017, 03:41:32 PM
Quote from: jakeroot on August 07, 2017, 02:46:17 AM
This roundabout in Newbury, Berkshire is the meeting point of Tull Way and Turnpike Road...

https://goo.gl/m8iM7A


Why would a road be called turnpike road?

Some roads were turnpikes before cars existed. One example near you is the Middlesex Turnpike in Burlington, MA. Less well-known roads with "turnpike" in their names are Old Union Turnpike (paralleling MA 2 east of Leominster), 2nd New Hampshire Turnpike (between Francestown NH and Mont Vernon NH), Chester Turnpike (Auburn NH to Suncook NH; passes over NH 101 without an exit). MA 114 in North Andover is also called Turnpike Street, although most people refer to it by number and not by name.

There's even a Shunpike Rd. that parallels the Garden State Parkway near Cape May, but US 9 is currently a better alternative.
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Quote from: 1 on August 07, 2017, 03:50:44 PM
Quote from: Roadgeekteen on August 07, 2017, 03:41:32 PM
Quote from: jakeroot on August 07, 2017, 02:46:17 AM
This roundabout in Newbury, Berkshire is the meeting point of Tull Way and Turnpike Road...

https://goo.gl/m8iM7A


Why would a road be called turnpike road?

Some roads were turnpikes before cars existed. One example near you is the Middlesex Turnpike in Burlington, MA. Less well-known roads with "turnpike" in their names are Old Union Turnpike (paralleling MA 2 east of Leominster), 2nd New Hampshire Turnpike (between Francestown NH and Mont Vernon NH), Chester Turnpike (Auburn NH to Suncook NH; passes over NH 101 without an exit). MA 114 in North Andover is also called Turnpike Street, although most people refer to it by number and not by name.

There's even a Shunpike Rd. that parallels the Garden State Parkway near Cape May, but US 9 is currently a better alternative.

Isn't "Turnpike" and "Pike" just older English ways of saying "Toll Road" and "Road?"  New Jersey has a ton of roads/highways with "Pike" in the name.  US 30/40 are the White Horse and Black Horse Pikes if I remember correctly.

tckma

Quote from: Roadgeekteen on August 07, 2017, 03:41:32 PM
Quote from: jakeroot on August 07, 2017, 02:46:17 AM
This roundabout in Newbury, Berkshire is the meeting point of Tull Way and Turnpike Road...

https://goo.gl/m8iM7A

Why would a road be called turnpike road?

Likely for the same reason we have Broadway Street in Lowell, MA, Short Lane Road in Westminster, MD, and Water Street Road in Walkersville, MD, among others.

tckma

Quote from: Max Rockatansky on August 07, 2017, 04:18:26 PM
Isn't "Turnpike" and "Pike" just older English ways of saying "Toll Road" and "Road?"  New Jersey has a ton of roads/highways with "Pike" in the name.  US 30/40 are the White Horse and Black Horse Pikes if I remember correctly.

Also true of the area where I live.  Off the top of my head, I can think of a Taneytown Pike, a Baltimore Pike, a Hanover Pike, and a Littlestown Pike, and that's without even referring to Google Maps.


jakeroot

Quote from: Roadgeekteen on August 07, 2017, 03:41:32 PM
Quote from: jakeroot on August 07, 2017, 02:46:17 AM
This roundabout in Newbury, Berkshire is the meeting point of Tull Way and Turnpike Road...

https://goo.gl/m8iM7A

http://i.imgur.com/RQvCDFL.png

Why would a road be called turnpike road?

"Turnpike" isn't a suffix in the UK. Where they came up with Turnpike, I don't know. But it's not like "Street Rd" or "Boulevard St".

Roadgeekteen

Quote from: jakeroot on August 07, 2017, 05:47:26 PM
Quote from: Roadgeekteen on August 07, 2017, 03:41:32 PM
Quote from: jakeroot on August 07, 2017, 02:46:17 AM
This roundabout in Newbury, Berkshire is the meeting point of Tull Way and Turnpike Road...

https://goo.gl/m8iM7A

http://i.imgur.com/RQvCDFL.png

Why would a road be called turnpike road?

"Turnpike" isn't a suffix in the UK. Where they came up with Turnpike, I don't know. But it's not like "Street Rd" or "Boulevard St".
Is there ever a street st?
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jakeroot

Quote from: Roadgeekteen on August 07, 2017, 08:10:33 PM
Quote from: jakeroot on August 07, 2017, 05:47:26 PM
Quote from: Roadgeekteen on August 07, 2017, 03:41:32 PM
Quote from: jakeroot on August 07, 2017, 02:46:17 AM
This roundabout in Newbury, Berkshire is the meeting point of Tull Way and Turnpike Road...

https://goo.gl/m8iM7A

http://i.imgur.com/RQvCDFL.png

Why would a road be called turnpike road?

"Turnpike" isn't a suffix in the UK. Where they came up with Turnpike, I don't know. But it's not like "Street Rd" or "Boulevard St".

Is there ever a street st?

Road St and Boulevard Lane aren't unheard of, but I don't think I've seen "Street St" before. Although there's a lot of roads out there. I wouldn't rule out the possibility.

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Quote from: Max Rockatansky on August 07, 2017, 04:18:26 PM
Isn't "Turnpike" and "Pike" just older English ways of saying "Toll Road" and "Road?"

Not really...you could say that "turnpike" is an older way of saying "toll road", but "pike" isn't an older way of saying "road". A pike is a stick or pole that would be turned aside upon payment of the toll. Heck, a lot of toll facilities still have them; just think of the automated arms that flip up.

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Quote from: Roadgeekteen on August 07, 2017, 03:41:32 PM
Quote from: jakeroot on August 07, 2017, 02:46:17 AM
This roundabout in Newbury, Berkshire is the meeting point of Tull Way and Turnpike Road...

https://goo.gl/m8iM7A


Why would a road be called turnpike road?

That's the point of this thread.

jakeroot

Quote from: roadguy2 on August 08, 2017, 01:15:31 AM
Quote from: Roadgeekteen on August 07, 2017, 03:41:32 PM
Quote from: jakeroot on August 07, 2017, 02:46:17 AM
This roundabout in Newbury, Berkshire is the meeting point of Tull Way and Turnpike Road...

https://goo.gl/m8iM7A

http://i.imgur.com/RQvCDFL.png

Why would a road be called turnpike road?

That's the point of this thread.

To the extent that "Turnpike Road" could be considered funny. But it's not given the location of the sign IRL (the UK -- see post above). I only posted it because it was at the junction with Tull Road. Not spelled "toll" but said "toll", so the two together I thought were funny.

inkyatari

A street 1/2 mile from me used to be named "Pig Ln." up until a couple years ago.

It was changed to Darin Rd., named after the property owner on both sides of the road
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Roadgeekteen

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CNGL-Leudimin

It's not uncommon in Spain to have streets named Calle Carretera, which means Road St.
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Quote from: dvferyance on August 02, 2017, 01:28:06 PM
I saw a Hardscrabble Road in Jefferson County wi. Got a kick out of that after seeing Monsters University.
We've got one in Westchester County, NY too.

Did anyone mention "Weesuck Avenue" in East Quogue, New York? Or did I miss that?


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The road leading up to the Mackinac Bridge Park in St. Ignace is called Boulevard Drive:

IMG_4372 by Max Rockatansky, on Flickr

bzakharin

Quote from: empirestate on August 07, 2017, 11:48:58 PM
Quote from: Max Rockatansky on August 07, 2017, 04:18:26 PM
Isn't "Turnpike" and "Pike" just older English ways of saying "Toll Road" and "Road?"

Not really...you could say that "turnpike" is an older way of saying "toll road", but "pike" isn't an older way of saying "road". A pike is a stick or pole that would be turned aside upon payment of the toll. Heck, a lot of toll facilities still have them; just think of the automated arms that flip up.
Pike in road names is short for Turnpike. Think Mass Pike. I would imagine a turnpike road would lead you to a turnpike. Street Street? Someone's name, probably. Former mayor of Philly for example.

pderocco

Quote from: bzakharin on July 27, 2017, 01:10:20 PM
Broadway with a suffix is pretty common actually. Usually it's street, but there is a Broadway Road in Cranbury, NJ.

Route 79 in Freehold, NJ is called Broadway Way.

theline

Quote from: pderocco on September 01, 2017, 05:59:18 PM
Quote from: bzakharin on July 27, 2017, 01:10:20 PM
Broadway with a suffix is pretty common actually. Usually it's street, but there is a Broadway Road in Cranbury, NJ.

Route 79 in Freehold, NJ is called Broadway Way.

"Broadway Way" sounds so silly that I'm skeptical. It led me to check Google, which shows the name as simply "Broadway." The street sign that I see in GSV shows the same: https://goo.gl/maps/WkS7B1yiMjL2. Can we get a source for "Broadway Way"?

jwolfer

A high school friend found this street name.. shared it on Facebook

Z981


1995hoo

From the TWSS Department*....we were on this street this afternoon in Canton, Ohio.




*That's what she said
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Roadgeekteen

Quote from: jwolfer on October 07, 2017, 06:50:35 PM
A high school friend found this street name.. shared it on Facebook

Z981
There is a strange missing t.
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1995hoo

Quote from: Roadgeekteen on October 19, 2017, 06:33:45 PM
Quote from: jwolfer on October 07, 2017, 06:50:35 PM
A high school friend found this street name.. shared it on Facebook

Z981
There is a strange missing t.

Sound it out as it appears on the sign.
"You know, you never have a guaranteed spot until you have a spot guaranteed."
—Olaf Kolzig, as quoted in the Washington Times on March 28, 2003,
commenting on the Capitals clinching a playoff spot.

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



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