Roads named for businesses which no longer exist (there)

[mgk920]

How many places have a 'Railroad St' where the railroad is long gone?

Mike

[index]

How many places have a 'Railroad St' where the railroad is long gone?

Mike

No Railroad Street, but Boone, NC has a Depot Street from when the ET&WNC ran there.

[rlb2024]

Not a business but related, there is Exit 86 on I-20/I-59 in Alabama between Tuscaloosa and the Mercedes-Benz plant that is labeled Brookwood/Vance, and the sign on the overpass says "Covered Bridge Road", but the covered bridge has been gone since 1962.

[Dirt Roads]

No Railroad Street, but Boone, NC has a Depot Street from when the ET&WNC ran there.

But you are not all that far away.  There is a Railroad Street in Newland, another nod to the old Tweetsie.

[Dirt Roads]

^^^
Abd further up the old Tweetsie, a Railroad Street in Hampton, Tennessee.

[Phoenix1867]

Marriott Drive Clarksville, IN The 9-story hotel on Marriott Drive, originally was a Marriott before I was born. Then it was a Holiday Inn for about 20 years, and a Radisson last I visited 3 years ago.

[bulldog1979]

How many places have a 'Railroad St' where the railroad is long gone?

Mike

Rail Street in Negaunee is the former railroad ROW and runs past one depot and ends at the other.

[DenverBrian]

Desert Inn Road in Las Vegas was named after the old hotel.  I'm sure if you look up a lot of Old Vegas Casinos there are plenty of examples.

Here are some other examples of former casino properties that still have streets named for them:

Sahara Ave (originally San Francisco Ave before being renamed for the hotel/casino in 1960): The Sahara closed in 2011, reopened as the SLS in 2014. Sahara Ave is a major east/west arterial now, spanning the entire Las Vegas Valley, so unlikely to ever be renamed.

Sands Ave: Named for the Sands Hotel & Casino, which has long since been superceded by The Venetian. However, the original Sands Expo Center still exists. This is a shorter east/west arterial segment transitioning between Twain Ave and Spring Mountain Road alignments.

Riviera Blvd: The Riviera closed within the last year or so, and it's site will become part of the convention center. The roadway runs along the former casino property.

Hacienda Ave: This small property was the southernmost resort on the Strip, the first people would see coming in from LA. It also had its own eponymously-named airline that was used to being in visitors. The site is now part of Mandalay Bay. Hacienda Ave is a minor east/west arterial spanning a good chunk of the valley.

Dunes-Flamingo Road: This was a short stretch of Flamingo Road between I-15 and Las Vegas Blvd (actually signed as such from I-15 in the late 80s). Pretty sure the Dunes part of the name was dropped in the early 90s, possibly even before the Dunes was imploded to make way for the Bellagio. Of course, the Flamingo still exists (but no longer part of the Hilton chain).

Updating my post from a couple years ago:

• The SLS Hotel/Casino has been sold and renamed back to Sahara, so Sahara Ave now has its namesake business back.
  
• In conjunction with the Las Vegas Convention Center expansion to the former Riviera Hotel/Casino site, the Las Vegas Convention & Visitors Authority successfully sought to rename Riviera Blvd as Elvis Presley Blvd a few years ago.
  
  
  And not exactly a street and more of a driveway, but this backlit street name sign for Park Lane Mall still exists in Reno, NV, despite Park Lane Mall closing in 2007 and most of the mall building having been demolished by 2008. The site is currently being redeveloped into a major mixed-use development with a new name, so this street name sign is likely to be changed out in the not-too-distant future.
  

Updating to note that the short street leading to the parking garage at the Virgin Hotel in Las Vegas is still signed as Hard Rock.

[US20IL64]

Lucent Lane in Naperville IL, where once was Lucent Technologies, now part of Nokia. Originally, the facility was Bell Labs, part of "Ma Bell" aka AT&T.

Zenith Drive is still in Glenview, even after Abt Appliance and Electronics store built an expansion warehouse. Former Zenith, then Aon, office building sat and was demolished. It caused gaper's blocks on I-294.

[bzakharin]

How many places have a 'Railroad St' where the railroad is long gone?

Mike

There is a whole town (well, it's an "unincorporated entity", but it has highway signs at exits and everything) in New Jersey called Cranbury Station whose namesake station has not been around since at least the 1960s.

[Dough4872]

There is a Mall Road in Frackville, PA which served the Schuylkill Mall. The mall has been demolished and replaced with warehouses.

[roadman65]

Drane Field Road in Lakeland, FL.  Though some may argue that Lakeland Linder Airport is successor to the original Drane Field Airport, it's still a business that don't exist anymore.

[Sctvhound]

TV Road in Quinby, SC (exit off I-95). Used to be where CBS in Florence/Myrtle Beach, WBTW had their studios, but they have long since moved to Myrtle Beach.

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[abefroman329]

Just drove past one yesterday: Old Chicago Drive, in Bolingbrook, IL.

[roadman65]

TV Road in Quinby, SC (exit off I-95). Used to be where CBS in Florence/Myrtle Beach, WBTW had their studios, but they have long since moved to Myrtle Beach.

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Was wondering where they came up with that name. Seen it every time I drove through Florence on I-95.

[bzakharin]

The portion of Camden County New Jersey CR 644 known as Haddonfield Road, is occasionally signed Haddonfield-Sorrell Horse Road, e.g. here: https://www.google.com/maps/@39.964576,-75.0244155,3a,75y,58.08h,83.8t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sWW57I0JFXex4o1xrLbpgCg!2e0!7i16384!8i8192?entry=ttu. It's named after the Sorrel Horse Tavern (note the difference in spelling, though) which existed at the terminus of said road at US 130 into the 1950s or 1960s.

This was pretty hard to track down, what with the different spellings not matching and the dearth of acknowledgement that the road even has that name.

[roadman65]

Part of Forbes Road near Plant City, FL is named Branch Forbes Road for a defunct restaurant that was along it called The Branch Ranch Dining Room.

[rlb2024]

In Metairie, LA (suburb of New Orleans) the main Jefferson Parish library was on 13th Street many years ago, and the street was renamed Melvil Dewey Drive (after the founder of the Dewey decimal system).  The main library was moved to a newly-built complex a couple of miles away on a different street about 25 years ago, but the Melvil Dewey street name remains as the only non-numerical street name in the area.

[formulanone]

In Metairie, LA (suburb of New Orleans) the main Jefferson Parish library was on 13th Street many years ago, and the street was renamed Melvil Dewey Drive (after the founder of the Dewey decimal system).  The main library was moved to a newly-built complex a couple of miles away on a different street about 25 years ago, but the Melvil Dewey street name remains as the only non-numerical street name in the area.

It would have also had to have been numbered in the 725.3 range, which would have thrown things off.

[ethanhopkin14]

In Metairie, LA (suburb of New Orleans) the main Jefferson Parish library was on 13th Street many years ago, and the street was renamed Melvil Dewey Drive (after the founder of the Dewey decimal system).  The main library was moved to a newly-built complex a couple of miles away on a different street about 25 years ago, but the Melvil Dewey street name remains as the only non-numerical street name in the area.

It would have also had to have been numbered in the 725.3 range, which would have thrown things off.

725.3rd Street?

[roadman65]

How about streets named for railroad lines that don't exist?

I mentioned  Pennsylvania Avenue in Linden, NJ already but there are countless examples of that nationwide.

In Atmore, AL you have a Louisville Ave. and a Nashville Ave. on both sides of the CSX tracks. Both named after the defunct Louisville and Nashville Railroad that now got absorbed into the mighty CSX that that CSX branch was part of.

I'm sure they are in many other cities.

[NWI_Irish96]

How about streets named for railroad lines that don't exist?

I mentioned  Pennsylvania Avenue in Linden, NJ already but there are countless examples of that nationwide.

In Atmore, AL you have a Louisville Ave. and a Nashville Ave. on both sides of the CSX tracks. Both named after the defunct Louisville and Nashville Railroad that now got absorbed into the mighty CSX that that CSX branch was part of.

I'm sure they are in many other cities.

There are Monon Streets in several towns in Indiana but the Monon railroad hasn't existed for quite a while.

[Techknow]

CA 17 is a freeway through Scotts Valley, CA, north of Santa Cruz, and has a exit to Santas Village Drive. However Santa's Village has been gone since the 70s or 80s and is now the site of a business plaza but otherwise doesn't go anywhere else besides a couple roads.

[formulanone]

In Metairie, LA (suburb of New Orleans) the main Jefferson Parish library was on 13th Street many years ago, and the street was renamed Melvil Dewey Drive (after the founder of the Dewey decimal system).  The main library was moved to a newly-built complex a couple of miles away on a different street about 25 years ago, but the Melvil Dewey street name remains as the only non-numerical street name in the area.

It would have also had to have been numbered in the 725.3 range, which would have thrown things off.

725.3rd Street?

I'm surprised someone hasn't tried a full-scale renumbering in Fictional using the Dewey Decimal system.

[Streetman]

I-95 CT exit 35 is signed "Sub Way - Bic Dr - Schoolhouse Rd". Those are names of different parts of one continuous road. "Sub Way" is the part near the world headquarters of the Subway sandwich chain, which is in the process of moving to nearby Shelton. It's my understanding that the city of Milford will keep the Sub Way name so as not to inconvenience other businesses on it with an address change. The Bic corporate facility is still on Bic Drive.
Also, the school house is long gone.