Unconventional street suffix abbreviations on signs

[roadfro]

UCF's campus uses some weird street name signs, for example, Parking Garage ENT:

https://www.google.com/maps/@28.6056307,-81.2005894,3a,15y,45.3h,103.27t/data=!3m5!1e1!3m3!1s376qI3sXIfgDHeUSwbsLAQ!2e0!3e5

ENT for "Entrance" I guess works.

OT: Very interesting that the lighted street name sign hangs from a separate pole *below* the main mast arm. In Nevada, if the lighted SNS doesn't hang from the main mast arm itself, then it is mounted on a separate pole above the mast arm (except in Henderson, where the newer SNSs attach directly to the mast pole.

[Pete from Boston]

Not a suffix, but the Mass Pike VMS in Charlton periodically gives motorists info about "I/C 9" (meaning "interchange").  If I had to guess, I would suppose that 70% of people get past this sign without figuring out what that means.  But maybe I underestimate people.

[sandwalk]

There a street named "Jackson Street Extension" in my hometown.  The road signs spell out "Jackson" and abbreviate "Street Extension."

Streetview: https://goo.gl/maps/HBGIe

Also, there are a few other unconventionally suffixed streets in the area, including "Sycamore Line," "Anderson Annex" and "Terry Arcade."  Also, there are a few cases of two-suffix streets, including "Shady Lane Drive" and "Lovers Lane Road" (most of the locals drop the second suffix).

[roadfro]

There a street named "Jackson Street Extension" in my hometown.  The road signs spell out "Jackson" and abbreviate "Street Extension."

Well, the easy fix there is to just rename it "Jackson Street". Looking at the map, it's not even an extension of the street--it's actually a separate section.

[talllguy]

In Baltimore County we have a list of allowable suffixes:



   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   

Actual Road Type	Abbreviated Road Type
Avenue	AVE
Boulevard	BLVD
Circle	CIR
Court	CT
Dale	DALE (not abbreviated)
Drive	DR
Garth	GARTH (not abbreviated)
Green	GRN
Highway	HWY
Lane	LN
Loop	LOOP (not abbreviated)
Parkway	PKWY
Path	PATH (not abbreviated)
Pike	PIKE (not abbreviated)
Place	PL
Plaza	PLZ
Road	RD
Street	ST
Station	STA
Square	SQ
Terrace	TER
Trail	TRL   (Except for "Old Trail" which is to be spelled as Old Trail, all upper/lower case with no road type)
Walk	WALK (not abbreviated)
Way	WAY (not abbreviated)

[Pete from Boston]

Garth?

[freebrickproductions]

We have a Garth Road here in Huntsville, but I believe it is just named after a person.

[talllguy]

Garth?

Ha, its a local thing. Steve asked me the same thing. It is just another way to suffix a cul de sac. Here's an example.

[Zeffy]

What is a DALE? I've never heard of that suffix in my life.

[talllguy]

What is a DALE? I've never heard of that suffix in my life.

It is like a valley or a vale. We have just one in the county. Here it is signed with clearview.

"Dale." Merriam-Webster.com. Merriam-Webster, n.d. Web. 10 Dec. 2014. <http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dale>.

[riiga]

Must be a word of Germanic roots, it's very similar to the Swedish "dal" with the same meaning as listed.

[cjk374]

Garth?

Ha, its a local thing. Steve asked me the same thing. It is just another way to suffix a cul de sac. Here's an example.

  That's the strangest street suffix I have ever seen or heard of.   

[NE2]

  That's the strangest street suffix I have ever seen or heard of.   

Stravenue.

PS: Garth is also used in Ireland and the UK, and not always for a strict dead-end. Example.

[hbelkins]

Winchester, Ky. (or more precisely, a subdivision outside the city limits) has streets named Shalamar Rue and Lamond Ruelle.

[empirestate]

   

Trail

TRL   (Except for "Old Trail" which is to be spelled as Old Trail, all upper/lower case with no road type)

Well, yes, because "Trail" is the nominative part of the name, not the descriptive suffix, and "Old" is a modifier like "East" or "West". This has come up before...

[UCFKnights]

UCF's campus uses some weird street name signs, for example, Parking Garage ENT:

https://www.google.com/maps/@28.6056307,-81.2005894,3a,15y,45.3h,103.27t/data=!3m5!1e1!3m3!1s376qI3sXIfgDHeUSwbsLAQ!2e0!3e5

ENT for "Entrance" I guess works.

OT: Very interesting that the lighted street name sign hangs from a separate pole *below* the main mast arm. In Nevada, if the lighted SNS doesn't hang from the main mast arm itself, then it is mounted on a separate pole above the mast arm (except in Henderson, where the newer SNSs attach directly to the mast pole.

They do that all over Orlando, I have no idea why. I prefer it from the main mast arm as its often easier to see and closer to the normal line of sight.

[SignGeek101]

I've seen BD used as a suffix  for Boulevard on older signs before.

A newer one where I live (although it is for the French prefix rather than the English):



GMSV: http://goo.gl/maps/ecjQ8

[Bruce]

Downtown Seattle's 2nd Avenue Extension South, which crosses part of the north-south grid as an extension of the diagonal downtown grid.

[kphoger]

Downtown Seattle's 2nd Avenue Extension South, which crosses part of the north-south grid as an extension of the diagonal downtown grid.

The Ext generic is also used in Illinois along 161 Extension, which is a county road that runs between Cisne and Route 37.

[Bruce]

Leavenworth, WA is a Bavarian-themed mountain village, so they use German street names where they can.

Weg means "Path", Strasse (actually Straße) is "Street", Allee is "Avenue"

[jakeroot]

Weg means "Path", Strasse (actually Straße) is "Street", Allee is "Avenue"

Do you know if 'Alpen Strasse' and 'Park Strasse' are actually known as "9th St" and "Front St", respectively? Or if those are just anglicised terms for those streets to make it easier for tourists.

Seems odd to have two street names for the same direction.

[tdindy88]

I'm curious why that town would have two different names instead of just using the German names of the actual English named streets. In Oldenburg, Indiana they also use German on their street signs but the names are just the German translations of the actual street names. I for one love the sound of "Landstrasse 229".

https://goo.gl/maps/Zvpuv32hgzpPhyPd9

[jbnv]

Garth?

Ha, its a local thing. Steve asked me the same thing. It is just another way to suffix a cul de sac. Here's an example.

Note to self: Develop subdivision. Name a cul-de-sac "Party On Garth."