Very unusual street suffixes

[Bitmapped]

My neighborhood is a tad little strange. Instead of cities using East Drive, we use Drive East. So Mallard Drive East, in a city would probably be Mallard East Drive.

That's not unusual at all. The "East" is being used as a directional suffix.

[theline]

Earlier today I passed Tinner's Hill in Falls Church, Virginia. Don't know how common "Hill" is as a suffix, but that's the only one of which I know.

Hills is common around here, usually referring to a steep-grade residential street. But never seen singular 'Hill.'

South Bend has Erskine Manor Hill, which I mentioned the last time we had a topic like this. It's a street that winds its way up what used to be an estate owned by a Studebaker Motors president, Albert R. Erskine. Erskine was one of the victims of the Great Depression, committing suicide in 1933 after he was forced out of the presidency by bankruptcy receivers. The hill now features many high-end homes.

[empirestate]

I think the only one I've seen listed so far that approaches to the near-uniqueness of "Nvno" would be "Stravenue". The rest either are many times more common than those two, even if still rare overall, or are reasonable-sounding enough that one wouldn't consider them a complete head-scratcher. (For example, "Stroll", which I have probably never seen in real life–but if I did, I'd be like "OK, I get that one." But "Stravenue"??)

[Thing 342]

Possibly the weirdest I've found is a residential road near Williamsburg named 'Tarleton Bivouac': https://goo.gl/maps/nPxAdTDpnSt. Not really sure why you'd want to name a residential area for a temporary camp for soldiers.

[DJDBVT]

Marlboro VT has a Cow Path 40. There aren't any other named or numbered cow paths in the area.

[Dave]

I live in Ashe County NC where there are several NVNO roads.  After seeing this post, I did a little research because I could think of numerous "odd" street suffixes.  This site lists quite a few that no one else has mentioned -- https://pe.usps.com/text/pub28/28apc_002.htm.

[Paulinator66]

First time I went to Punta Gorda I was intrigued by the term Esplanade as a suffix.  It's essentially used in the same way as Promenade but, being from Illinois, I had never heard it before.  It may even be common in FL, or other places, but it was the first time I had heard it.

[wanderer2575]

Here in Spearfish we have a street with no suffix whatsoever: Tulane.

That's very common in Irvine, and a few other places in south Orange County:
https://www.google.com/maps/@33.6694345,-117.7984299,17z

Not sure how uncommon it is in other parts of the country, but Los Coyotes Diagonal in Long Beach is the only example of that suffix I can think of.

those roads likely do have suffixes, they just dont post them on the signs, which is very annoying.  Look at detroit for a lot of examples of this.  Also Pike is a good suffix.

Even more annoying on advance intersection signs, where sometimes you wonder if it's the name of the upcoming intersection street, a town boundary, or something else entirely:  https://goo.gl/maps/2C8qsjUfzs2JVmDm9

[SSR_317]

First time I went to Punta Gorda I was intrigued by the term Esplanade as a suffix.  It's essentially used in the same way as Promenade but, being from Illinois, I had never heard it before.  It may even be common in FL, or other places, but it was the first time I had heard it.

It is a very common suffix out west.

[KCRoadFan]

Hard to believe no one has mentioned Salisbury Crag in Worcester, MA.

[Avalanchez71]

Nash's Nook in Columbia, TN
Silverado Pass in Spring Hill, TN
Neeley's Bend in Spring Hill, TN

[achilles765]

Major north-south street here in Houston: Buffalo Spdwy (Speedway)

[zachary_amaryllis]

there's a 'trail' and several 'runs' in fort collins.

[kphoger]

there's a 'trail' and several 'runs' in fort collins.

"Trail" is hardly unusual.

[webny99]

there's a 'trail' and several 'runs' in fort collins.

"Trail" is hardly unusual.

I agree. Here is an intersection at which Trail isn't even the weirdest suffix of the intersection. And just half a mile away, an intersection of two Trails.

[kphoger]

there's a 'trail' and several 'runs' in fort collins.

"Trail" is hardly unusual.

I agree. Here is an intersection at which Trail isn't even the weirdest suffix of the intersection. And just half a mile away, an intersection of two Trails.

They're common enough that I can tell you the abbreviations without even looking them up:
  Trail = Tr
  Meadows = Mws

Did I get them right?

[US 89]

USPS standards appear to be "TRL" and "MDWS".

I'm not sure I've seen a Meadows before, but Trl definitely lines up with what I've seen.

[webny99]

They're common enough that I can tell you the abbreviations without even looking them up:
  Trail = Tr
  Meadows = Mws

Did I get them right?

Not quite... as just noted, and as also seen in the link below, it looks like Meadows is Mdws. Although I don't know why you would need an abbreviation. It's spelled out in my example above.

https://cceo.org/addressing/documents/StreetAbbreviationsGuide.pdf

In other news, can we now say that anything not on that list wins the thread?

[zachary_amaryllis]

there's a 'trail' and several 'runs' in fort collins.

"Trail" is hardly unusual.

i don't get out much.

[Dirt Roads]

They're common enough that I can tell you the abbreviations without even looking them up:
  Trail = Tr
  Meadows = Mws

Did I get them right?

Reminds me that Richmond has a bunch of subdivisions named "Mews", often with the main entrance street suffixed the same.  Some examples are Larsen Mews, Wistar Creek Mews,  Maelee Mews, Cedarville Mews and Providence Creek Mews.  There are also a number of apartments and housing complexes named "Mews" on traditional streets or streets with "Mews" in the street name.  I noticed that Southside Richmond is now often referred to as "North Chesterfield".

[MCRoads]

While technically the names aren't that unusual, in Townshend, MA, there is a Charles St. Ave. there also used to be a Charles St. Ave. Rd., but that no longer exists.

Oklahoma City has the Tinker Diagonal, however I wouldn't be surprised to hear that it isn't very unique.

[kphoger]

"Mews"

That's actually what I was thinking of, but I typed "Mws" in error.

[Dirt Roads]

While technically the names aren't that unusual, in Townshend, MA, there is a Charles St. Ave. there also used to be a Charles St. Ave. Rd., but that no longer exists.

Wow.  I thought Richmond suburbs were strange with Broad Street Road and Hull Street Road.  Then you've got PA-132 which is just plain ole Street Road in Warrington and Bensalem.

[WillWeaverRVA]

While technically the names aren't that unusual, in Townshend, MA, there is a Charles St. Ave. there also used to be a Charles St. Ave. Rd., but that no longer exists.

Wow.  I thought Richmond suburbs were strange with Broad Street Road and Hull Street Road.  Then you've got PA-132 which is just plain ole Street Road in Warrington and Bensalem.

It's not just us. Sangamon County, IL has North Walnut Street Road and 9th Street Road...in addition to Athens Blacktop.

[Scott5114]

Oklahoma City has the Tinker Diagonal, however I wouldn't be surprised to hear that it isn't very unique.

Tinker Diagonal is actually split between Del City and Midwest City. I don't think any part of it crosses into OKC proper, though I might be wrong. For those who don't know it, Tinker Diag is the street name for the I-40 frontage roads on that stretch, and also at one time the name for I-40 through the area, but for official stupid reasons renamed "Freedom Freeway" at some point. Anyway, people just call the mainline I-40 and the frontage roads have Tinker Diagonal addresses.

Kansas City KS has a freeway, former K-132, that's called the Turner Diagonal.