This happens less often than you might think.
Here (https://www.google.com/maps/@43.1539108,-77.494269,17.21z) for example, all four directions have a different road name, though the NY 286 designation stays throughout on the east-west route.
Another fun fact is that Browncroft Blvd changes name back to Atlantic Ave again several miles west in the city of Rochester.
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fmaps.googleapis.com%2Fmaps%2Fapi%2Fstaticmap%3Fcenter%3D42.7409%2C-71.1681%26amp%3Bzoom%3D17%26amp%3Bsize%3D600x600&hash=7315cd3f8f8280cc3337c66a5b5bda718eadbbb0)
Methuen, MA
Edited in September 2018: Google Maps APIs don't allow https anymore; they have to be http
I'm assuming you mean four-way intersections, because I can think of a few three-way intersections where each leg has a different name. I'm also going to assume that changing cardinal directions doesn't count (ie Main St becoming East Main St isn't what you mean).
Is something like this what you're looking for? (https://www.google.com/maps/@26.5466582,-81.8687387,16.33z) Daniels Parkway becomes Cypress Lake Drive, while US-41 changes from Tamiami Trail to Cleveland Avenue.
Here's one in Rockville MD:
https://www.google.com/maps/@39.0851337,-77.1492589,17.94z
North : Hungerford Drive
South : Rockville Pike
West : Middle Lane
East : Park Rd
Quote from: 1995hoo on January 11, 2018, 04:32:09 PM
Is something like this what you're looking for? (https://www.google.com/maps/@26.5466582,-81.8687387,16.33z) Daniels Parkway becomes Cypress Lake Drive, while US-41 changes from Tamiami Trail to Cleveland Avenue.
Precisely :thumbsup:
Quote from: BrianP on January 11, 2018, 05:25:30 PM
Here's one in Rockville MD
Also good :thumbsup:
Quote from: MNHighwayMan on January 11, 2018, 04:21:01 PM
I'm assuming you mean four-way intersections, because I can think of a few three-way intersections where each leg has a different name. I'm also going to assume that changing cardinal directions doesn't count (ie Main St becoming East Main St isn't what you mean).
Well, three ways cannot possibly involve two independent name changes, so they can't count. I hadn't considered your second point, but I'll say no, because a lot of streets do that, and the base of the name being the same makes it less interesting.
I should note that it is not required to be a standard intersection. It could be a roundabout, or anything else, providing there are four (or more) legs.
Hilliard, Ohio
(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20180111/3a42444c30873683e688f0f10a10a9fb.jpg)
https://www.google.com/maps/@33.7487295,-118.2805475,19z
Coming from the south, in this one Swinford St becomes CA-47, Harbor Blvd becomes Front St, though coming from the north Harbor Blvd and Front St have a short concurrency that might disqualify it.
In Orlando we used to have three roads change names at one location. Hoffner Road, Goldenrod Road, and Narcoosee Road all ended at the same intersection. I do not think that I have seen all four with completely different names though in Orlando and outside of it.
The closest thing in NJ I can think of is
https://www.google.com/maps/@40.1165715,-74.0734052,17z/data=!5m1!1e1
NJ 70 East becomes NJ 35 North, NJ 34 South becomes NJ 35 South
In the center of the Village of Kinderhook, NY:
northbound US 9 is Chatham Street
southbound US 9 is Broad Street
eastbound from the intersection is Hudson Street
westbound from the intersection is Albany Avenue
At this intersection (https://www.google.com/maps/place/33%C2%B044'49.2%22N+84%C2%B023'49.1%22W/@33.746998,-84.3975055,19z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m6!3m5!1s0x0:0x0!7e2!8m2!3d33.7469984!4d-84.3969566?hl=en) in Atlanta, Peachtree St becomes Whitehall St while Memorial Dr turns into Forsyth St (and there's a bonus fifth leg, Cooper St, too).
Originally, the Peachtree-to-Whitehall name change occurred farther north at Five Points (https://www.google.com/maps/place/33%C2%B045'16.0%22N+84%C2%B023'23.2%22W/@33.754431,-84.391973,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m6!3m5!1s0x0:0x0!7e2!8m2!3d33.7544306!4d-84.3897786?hl=en); back then, it would itself have served as an example, with Marietta St changing to Decatur St at the same intersection (also with a fifth leg, Edgewood Ave).
(https://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/staticmap?center=41.6744642,-72.8580135&zoom=17&size=600x600)
This one in Plainville, CT. CT 372 changes from East Main St to New Britain Ave as you pass east, and CT 10 changes from East St to Farmington Ave as you pass north
I feel like this is probably more common than you think. From my old hometown Lenoir, NC (https://www.google.com/maps/place/Lenoir,+NC/@35.9143343,-81.5253832,17z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x8850df6ada267a07:0x9a03f0c7ba3db9b9!8m2!3d35.9140196!4d-81.5389849).
Quote from: HazMatt on January 11, 2018, 06:54:52 PM
I feel like this is probably more common than you think.
Maybe so. There's more legitimate replies, so far, than I expected.
Quote from: bzakharin on January 11, 2018, 05:48:14 PM
The closest thing in NJ I can think of is
https://www.google.com/maps/@40.1165715,-74.0734052,17z/data=!5m1!1e1
NJ 70 East becomes NJ 35 North, NJ 34 South becomes NJ 35 South
That's an interesting tangent, factoring in route numbers. NY 96 does something similar in Pittsford, with southbound becoming NY 64, and northbound becoming NY 252.
Quote from: pdx-wanderer on January 11, 2018, 05:44:57 PM
https://www.google.com/maps/@33.7487295,-118.2805475,19z
Coming from the south, in this one Swinford St becomes CA-47, Harbor Blvd becomes Front St, though coming from the north Harbor Blvd and Front St have a short concurrency that might disqualify it.
That is... interesting. It appears each direction of the northbound side has a separate name. I'll count it, for uniqueness, if not for strictly meeting the criteria :D
I THINK this counts, in Oswego, IL
North: Route 34
South: Route 71
West: Chicago Rd
East: Wolf's Crossing Rd
Quote from: paulthemapguy on January 11, 2018, 09:07:23 PM
I THINK this counts, in Oswego, IL
North: Route 34
South: Route 71
West: Chicago Rd
East: Wolf's Crossing Rd
It definitely counts, but just for interests sake, do the routes also have road names?
Two from my past life...
In Ithaca, NY: University Ave -> Forest Home Dr intersects East Ave -> Thurston Ave. https://www.google.com/maps/@42.4510718,-76.481909,18z
In Mountain View, CA: Rengstorff Ave -> Amphitheater Pkwy intersects Garcia Ave -> Charleston Rd. https://www.google.com/maps/@37.423535,-122.0900972,18z
Quote from: webny99 on January 11, 2018, 09:10:23 PM
Quote from: paulthemapguy on January 11, 2018, 09:07:23 PM
I THINK this counts, in Oswego, IL
North: Route 34
South: Route 71
West: Chicago Rd
East: Wolf's Crossing Rd
It definitely counts, but just for interests sake, do the routes also have road names?
No. I would have included the official names if they had them. I grew up in Oswego and my elementary school's address was "#### Route 71; Oswego, IL 60543." They tried giving Route 71 "Daryl Thompson Highway" but I don't know if that's caught on officially. Businesses along Route 34 are "#### Route 34; Oswego, IL 60543."
Downtown Amherst, MA is close: Main to Amity, N. Pleasant to S. Pleasant. Actually a lot of "near misses" in Amherst in this regard.
Wendell Center, MA: Montague Rd to Morse Village Rd. Wendell Depot Rd to Lockes Village Rd.
Have to be a bunch of these situations in western MA, though, since streets frequently change at town borders and whatnot.
Quote from: Rothman on January 12, 2018, 09:45:48 AM
Have to be a bunch of these situations in western MA, though, since streets frequently change at town borders and whatnot.
If it changes at a town border, it's (probably) not at an intersection.
(https://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/staticmap?center=42.5345678,-70.9290982&zoom=18&size=600x600)
Peabody, MA (Andover, Pulaski, Central & Endicott Sts.)
Note: MA 114 is Andover & Pulaski Sts.
How about four different route numbers, each ending at the 4-way intersection?
Preston, Chenango County, NY; a few miles west of Norwich:
- North: County Route 19
- South: County Route 4
- East: County Route 10A
- West: County Route 10
The key to this seems to be that CR10A (the direct road to Norwich) was ye olde NY 319. When it became a county route, they decided the number should
refer to CR10, but not by simply
extending CR10 :confused:.
Durham: https://www.google.com/maps/@35.9966624,-78.919929,18.67z
Duke University Road becomes Chapel Hill Street.
Chapel Hill Road becomes Maplewood Avenue.
I'm my hometown in NJ there's one. It's cutting it close because three of the roads contain Erial because this is in the town of Erial. And south jersey at least sometimes likes to name roads for the towns that they connect.
https://www.google.com/maps/@39.7738919,-75.0067371,17.74z
Erial Road
Erial New Brooklyn Road
Erial Clementon Road
Garwood Road
For extra credit this used to be a five way intersection which then included Erial Williamstown Rd.
Also the road that's just Erial Rd on Google maps is locally signed as Blenheim Erial NewBrooklyn Road.
An even once it's signed as Blenheim Erial Rd:
https://www.google.com/maps/@39.8026163,-75.0535449,3a,75y,251.42h,91.23t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sjjY0F_ZF5CmYUQRIN65u5w!2e0!7i13312!8i6656
Just thought of another in Bristol, CT that qualifies: the eastern terminus of the US 6/CT 69 overlap. Here, CT 69 departs US 6 to the north on Burlington Ave. The portion west of the intersection (the overlap) is known as North St. US 6 east of the overlap is known as Farmington Ave. Meanwhile, you have a city street (Maple St.) coming in from the south directly across from Burlington Ave.
(https://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/staticmap?center=41.6825028,-72.94239042&zoom=17&size=600x600)
In Omaha, 132nd Street southbound turns into Millard Boulevard and L Street westbound turns into Industrial Boulevard.
Here's one in Huntsville, AL:
https://www.google.com/maps/@34.6720036,-86.5387099,465m/data=!3m1!1e3
One I go through every day just south of Ypsilanti: https://www.google.com/maps/@42.2150632,-83.6190563,207m/data=!3m1!1e3?hl=en
East leg: Huron River Dr
South leg: Whittaker Rd
West leg: Morgan Rd (dead ends not far from there; serves mainly as a back access to/from a nearby strip mall)
North leg: Huron Rd
Another one in Ypsilanti: https://www.google.com/maps/@42.2602512,-83.6496584,672m/data=!3m1!1e3?hl=en
East leg: Huron River Dr
South leg: Hewitt Rd
West leg: Clark Rd
North leg: McAuley Dr
Quote from: Eth on January 11, 2018, 06:26:55 PM
At this intersection (https://www.google.com/maps/place/33%C2%B044'49.2%22N+84%C2%B023'49.1%22W/@33.746998,-84.3975055,19z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m6!3m5!1s0x0:0x0!7e2!8m2!3d33.7469984!4d-84.3969566?hl=en) in Atlanta, Peachtree St becomes Whitehall St while Memorial Dr turns into Forsyth St (and there's a bonus fifth leg, Cooper St, too).
Originally, the Peachtree-to-Whitehall name change occurred farther north at Five Points (https://www.google.com/maps/place/33%C2%B045'16.0%22N+84%C2%B023'23.2%22W/@33.754431,-84.391973,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m6!3m5!1s0x0:0x0!7e2!8m2!3d33.7544306!4d-84.3897786?hl=en); back then, it would itself have served as an example, with Marietta St changing to Decatur St at the same intersection (also with a fifth leg, Edgewood Ave).
Also just west of there is where Windsor Street turns into Ted Turner Drive (formerly Spring Street), about where they pass under Whitehall.
Does it count if both roads (e/w and n/s) change names, but the west and south legs have the same name? (and for interest, the west leg is named "East")
https://www.google.com/maps/@42.5961771,-83.4941654,15z?hl=en
Another interesting intersection 1/2 mile s and 1/2 mile east - South leg is S Commerce, west leg is W Commerce, east leg is Commerce (without a directional) and north is Carroll Lake Rd.
A few in the Memphis area:
S. Germantown Road becomes West Street where McVay Road (or at least a stub that was supposed to become realigned McVay Road...) becomes Poplar Pike:
https://www.google.com/maps/place/Memphis,+TN/@35.0860171,-89.8138366,16.89z
Danny Thomas Blvd becomes Thomas St at the same intersection A.W. Willis Ave (formerly Auction Ave) becomes North Parkway:
https://www.google.com/maps/place/Memphis,+TN/@35.1555806,-90.0391165,16.64z
These examples only count if you consider each of the Parkways a separate road:
East Parkway becomes N. Trezevant Street (trivia: I don't think there's a S. Trezevant...),while North Parkway becomes Summer Avenue:
https://www.google.com/maps/place/Memphis,+TN/@35.1508224,-89.9825945,17.06z
More confusingly, there's a section of S. Parkway East in the middle of E. Parkway South (or vice versa), which results in two of these happening:
S. Parkway East becomes Spottswood Ave, while E. Parkway South becomes Airways Blvd, and
E. McLemore becomes S. Parkway East while S. Cooper Street becomes E. Parkway South
https://www.google.com/maps/place/Memphis,+TN/@35.1150319,-89.9904854,16.8z
Quote from: GaryV on January 13, 2018, 07:35:28 AM
Does it count if both roads (e/w and n/s) change names, but the west and south legs have the same name? (and for interest, the west leg is named "East")
https://www.google.com/maps/@42.5961771,-83.4941654,15z?hl=en
Atlanta has one of these, too. (https://www.google.com/maps/@33.7976749,-84.3591157,16.73z?hl=en) E Morningside Dr (the west leg) becomes E Rock Springs Rd (the east leg), while N Pelham Rd (the north leg) becomes N Morningside Dr (the south leg). The directional prefixes in this area make absolutely no sense at all (and for bonus points, they all take a NE suffix).
Quote from: GaryV on January 13, 2018, 07:35:28 AM
Does it count if both roads (e/w and n/s) change names, but the west and south legs have the same name? (and for interest, the west leg is named "East")
Well, I guess it does involved two independent name changes. Similar to what I mentioned above in Pittsford NY, where there are two independent route changes, but still one route that continues (albeit via a turn) through the intersection.
So I will (somewhat hesitatingly) say it counts, at least as far as I'm concerned.
https://www.google.com/maps/@33.8586713,-118.0462976,3a,75y,144.66h,89.42t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sfUXx9TLJSVDkfB0i0O5jKg!2e0!7i16384!8i8192
The east-west road becomes South Street in Cerritos (Los Angeles County) and Orangethorpe Avenue in La Palma (Orange County). The north-south road becomes Carmenita Road in Cerritos and Moody Street in La Palma.
In Kettering, OH, near Dayton, you got one where:
Going east,
Dorothy Lane --> Indian Ripple Rd.
Going south,
County Line Rd. --> Stroop Rd.
The reason for the east-west change is because it goes from Montgomery County to Greene County, as the name of one of the north-south roads would indicate. The road to the south changes because it turns into an e-w thoroughfare in Kettering, and as such no longer follows the county border.
Quote from: Eth on January 13, 2018, 11:55:39 AM
Quote from: GaryV on January 13, 2018, 07:35:28 AM
Does it count if both roads (e/w and n/s) change names, but the west and south legs have the same name? (and for interest, the west leg is named "East")
https://www.google.com/maps/@42.5961771,-83.4941654,15z?hl=en
Atlanta has one of these, too. (https://www.google.com/maps/@33.7976749,-84.3591157,16.73z?hl=en) E Morningside Dr (the west leg) becomes E Rock Springs Rd (the east leg), while N Pelham Rd (the north leg) becomes N Morningside Dr (the south leg). The directional prefixes in this area make absolutely no sense at all (and for bonus points, they all take a NE suffix).
Here's another one (giving StreetView because street names are wrong in Maps):
https://www.google.com/maps/@44.072829,-103.217698,3a,75y,36.08h,87.54t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sX2onM6Nzk3LY0vXVE6q_hw!2e0!7i13312!8i6656 (https://www.google.com/maps/@44.072829,-103.217698,3a,75y,36.08h,87.54t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sX2onM6Nzk3LY0vXVE6q_hw!2e0!7i13312!8i6656)
Signal Dr (SW) becomes East Blvd (NE) and Kellogg Pl (NW) becomes E Signal Dr (SE).
Quote from: webny99 on January 13, 2018, 12:23:53 PM
Quote from: GaryV on January 13, 2018, 07:35:28 AM
Does it count if both roads (e/w and n/s) change names, but the west and south legs have the same name? (and for interest, the west leg is named "East")
Well, I guess it does involved two independent name changes. Similar to what I mentioned above in Pittsford NY, where there are two independent route changes, but still one route that continues (albeit via a turn) through the intersection.
So I will (somewhat hesitatingly) say it counts, at least as far as I'm concerned.
If that's the case, then in Patchogue, West Main Street becomes East Main Street, where South Ocean Avenue, becomes North Ocean Avenue.
Then again, I tend to think of those in the opposite direction because I lived far northeast of the four corners of Patchogue most of my life.
Quote from: D-Dey65 on January 16, 2018, 09:17:28 AM
If that's the case, then in Patchogue, West Main Street becomes East Main Street, where South Ocean Avenue, becomes North Ocean Avenue.
There's a few key differences between this one and the ones you quoted. I disallowed this scenario in Reply #5, because the base of the name doesn't change when you go straight through.
In the replies from myself and GaryV, the actual name (or route number) changes when you proceed straight through on either road.
The only one in my area and I don't think it counts anymore is in Franklin were the east west road is Church St and Drexel Ave. The main north south road is Lovers Lane some maps mark the south section as 100th St however there is no signage for it so I assume that the whole thing is now Lovers Lane.
Not sure if this is a legit example but I'm gonna try it... In Hanover County, Va west of Ashland, there's an intersection close to where I lived at one point where Ashland, Ashcake, Blanton, and Greenwood Church Roads meet. Ashland and Ashcake Roads are the same roadway, however SR 657 and SR 666 "crisscross" at this intersection. Here's what I'm talking about:
https://goo.gl/maps/tnXC9u9ee2p
Quote from: plain on January 16, 2018, 10:12:22 PM
Not sure if this is a legit example but I'm gonna try it... In Hanover County, Va west of Ashland, there's an intersection close to where I lived at one point where Ashland, Ashcake, Blanton, and Greenwood Church Roads meet. Ashland and Ashcake Roads are the same roadway, however SR 657 and SR 666 "crisscross" at this intersection. Here's what I'm talking about:
https://goo.gl/maps/tnXC9u9ee2p
Yep, absolutely counts, as far as I'm concerned, since there's two independent name changes.
Westbound 657 comes in at an angle, such that the intersection is slightly atypical, but that by no means disqualifies it.
I'm lobbing a softball here...
Downtown Chicago, at the Jane Byrne Circle Interchange...
Kennedy Expressway to the North (90/94); Ryan Expressway to the South (90/94); Eisenhower Expressway to the West (290); Congress Parkway to the East/South Loop, Chicago
Quote from: ilpt4u on January 17, 2018, 04:15:18 PM
I'm lobbing a softball here...
Downtown Chicago, at the Jane Byrne Circle Interchange...
Kennedy Expressway to the North (90/94); Ryan Expressway to the South (90/94); Eisenhower Expressway to the West (290); Congress Parkway to the East/South Loop, Chicago
:hmmm: I guess it counts, although, I was certainly thinking of at-grade intersections in my OP.
I don't think we'll find many cases like that one. Many freeways don't have names at all, much less names that are widely used, and on all four approaches, too. I wouldn't be surprised if that is the only one in the US, unless there are others in the Chicago area that I'm not aware of.
There are at least 2 locations in Raleigh, NC. The most notable is Old Wake Forest Road/Litchford/Dixie Forest/Atlantic. There is another at Lassiter Mill/St. Marys/White Oak/Scotland. I'm sure there are one or 2 others.
(https://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/staticmap?center=42.5257593,-70.9276528&zoom=18&size=600x600)
Another one in Peabody, MA (Central, Foster, Lowell & Main Sts.)
The only one I know of in Nevada involving major streets.
In the Sun Valley area of Reno: https://www.google.com/maps/@39.569638,-119.7814917,18z
South: Clear Acre Lane (SR 443)
North: Sun Valley Blvd (SR 443)
East: El Rancho Dr
West: Dandini Blvd
Not allowable according to the criteria of the thread since there's only three legs, but a notable mention: The Las Vegas area has the "Rat Pack Intersection", where Dean Martin Dr changes to Sammy Davis Jr Dr at the intersection of Frank Sinatra Dr.
Quote from: roadfro on January 20, 2018, 05:01:23 PM
Not allowable according to the criteria of the thread since there's only three legs, but a notable mention: The Las Vegas area has the "Rat Pack Intersection", where Dean Martin Dr changes to Sammy Davis Jr Dr at the intersection of Frank Sinatra Dr.
That's also notable because all three legs have two-word names, which must be quite rare unto itself. They're also all potential names that people could have (or maybe each leg is ndeed named after someone :hmmm:).
Almost a 5-legger. US 79 near downtown Minden, LA
(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20180121/d150e9666924024687efa331f7a02a82.jpg)
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Quote from: webny99 on January 20, 2018, 06:03:01 PM
Quote from: roadfro on January 20, 2018, 05:01:23 PM
Not allowable according to the criteria of the thread since there's only three legs, but a notable mention: The Las Vegas area has the "Rat Pack Intersection", where Dean Martin Dr changes to Sammy Davis Jr Dr at the intersection of Frank Sinatra Dr.
That's also notable because all three legs have two-word names, which must be quite rare unto itself. They're also all potential names that people could have (or maybe each leg is ndeed named after someone :hmmm:).
I wouldn't think that two word names are all that uncommon.
I'm sure hoping you're being sarcastic on that last part...
Since we've started including number changes (and not just name changes):
I-10 near Slidell, LA does this. Eastbound (actually northbound) becomes I-59, and westbound becomes I-12. It's not four different numbers, but both "through" routes change numbers, so it counts. Any others?
Quote from: webny99 on January 11, 2018, 03:57:58 PM
This happens less often than you might think.
Here (https://www.google.com/maps/@43.1539108,-77.494269,17.21z) for example, all four directions have a different road name, though the NY 286 designation stays throughout on the east-west route.
Another fun fact is that Browncroft Blvd changes name back to Atlantic Ave again several miles west in the city of Rochester.
Lots of near misses in Sacramento, especially along Folsom Blvd and 14th Ave. Numbered streets are displaced about 50 meters requiring a Z-turn to stay on a street with the same number. There is often a named street between the two adjacently numbered streets into which one might accidentally turn (and those names are different on each side of the Blvd). But the champions are going to happen along Broadway and Stockton Blvd and Alhambra Blvd. ... and this doesn't even consider any of the streets that make right-angle turns and keep the same name.
A few Macon examples:
Here's a six-way intersection (https://www.google.com/maps/@32.8358503,-83.6338768,19.02z) where there are 5 street names; only one street continues through the intersection with the same name.
Four streets, four names (https://www.google.com/maps/place/Little+Richard+Penniman+Blvd,+Macon,+GA+31201/@32.8258075,-83.6522649,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x88f3fc20cd82f951:0x99c6f1271ecbb5e2!8m2!3d32.8258075!4d-83.6510027) - Mercer University Drive becomes Little Richard Penniman Boulevard at the same intersection College Street becomes Plant Street.
This mess (https://www.google.com/maps/place/US-41,+Macon,+GA+31216/@32.7720039,-83.6616176,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x88f3fc9279ed3087:0x5c57c34872b1527c!8m2!3d32.7720039!4d-83.6594289), planned to be replaced with a roundabout, is the intersection of Pio Nono Avenue (for some reason, the Confederacy was big on Pope Pius IX despite not being all that big on Catholics in general), Houston Road, Houston Avenue, and Broadway.
This may not quite fit the definition, but in LaPorte County, IN, US 20 and IN 2 meet at an intersection where in all four directions you switch from one highway to the other by going straight, and you stay on the same highway by turning.
Are 3 way intersectuons allowed instead of the usual 4 way?
https://www.google.com/maps/@38.8983281,-77.1201922,18z
This instance was the first one that popped into my mind. EB US-29 enters the intersection from the SW as Lee Highway, and exits to the NE as Old Dominion Drive. EB VA-309 enters from the NW as Old Dominion Drive, and exits to the east as Lee Highway.
Quote from: PHLBOS on January 18, 2018, 10:05:38 AM
(https://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/staticmap?center=42.5257593,-70.9276528&zoom=18&size=600x600)
Another one in Peabody, MA (Central, Foster, Lowell & Main Sts.)
Peabody Square was the first thought I had on this. It is interesting that Central St. finds its other end at another 4-way change of names, also mentioned above.
Tallmadge Circle (in Tallmadge, Ohio) takes it to the extreme with the eight streets all meeting there with their directional names. I am not sure if it is really in the spirit of this but I think it barely is because it isn't like East Main St. becoming West Main St. at the zero block; it's East Ave. continuing 180 degrees across the circle as West Ave., a totally different name. (The eight roads that all meet at the circle (https://www.google.com/maps/@41.101764,-81.4422184,17z) are North Ave, Northwest Ave, West Ave, etc. etc...not creative but barely within the parameters because the compass directions are the names themselves and not prefixes or suffixes to another name.)
Quote from: Hurricane Rex on February 21, 2018, 11:37:30 PM
Are 3 way intersectuons allowed instead of the usual 4 way?
As I said above, 3-way intersections can't possibly have two name changes. Feel free to share some examples anyways, but they don't count as cases where both roads change names.
Quote from: webny99 on January 11, 2018, 09:10:23 PM
Quote from: paulthemapguy on January 11, 2018, 09:07:23 PM
I THINK this counts, in Oswego, IL
North: Route 34
South: Route 71
West: Chicago Rd
East: Wolf's Crossing Rd
It definitely counts, but just for interests sake, do the routes also have road names?
Eh....not really. North and West are Route 34. https://www.google.com/maps/@41.6870459,-88.3396512,312m/data=!3m1!1e3?hl=en
Side note, that's an f-ed up intersection with unnecessary dedicated signals east and west. There are others nearby. Downtown Oswego has a fetish for dedicated signals.
Duluth, near the mall:
Trinity Road <-> Joshua Ave
Central Entrance Drive <-> Miller Trunk Highway
Fayetteville, AR
Stone St<-->California Blvd (now Clinton Blvd)
S Garland Ave <-->Virginia Ave (both replaced by Stadium Dr)
Quote from: TheHighwayMan394 on February 23, 2018, 08:34:49 PM
Duluth, near the mall:
Trinity Road <-> Joshua Ave
Central Entrance Drive <-> Miller Trunk Highway
Isn't it just Central Entrance? That's what the signs say, anyway.
Locals also just refer to it as "Central Entrance."
CE Drive is its formal name, but the only place you'll see it now is on older street blades particularly on the former section of MN 194 east of where modern MN 194 turns onto Mesaba.
That intersection was a near-miss for this thread as the Central Entrance designation only continues a short ways before turning into 6th Avenue East.
Bakersfield, CA, in the shadow of the 99-58 flyover, Oak Street, Wible Road, Stockdale Highway and Brundage Lane meet at a single intersection.
(https://i.imgur.com/FtSKwIo.png)
Quote from: TheHighwayMan394 on February 26, 2018, 08:57:15 PM
That intersection was a near-miss for this thread as the Central Entrance designation only continues a short ways before turning into 6th Avenue East.
If I understand correctly, the intersection would count regardless, as none of the other approaches are named 6th Ave.
Quote from: webny99 on March 02, 2018, 10:52:45 PM
Quote from: TheHighwayMan394 on February 26, 2018, 08:57:15 PM
That intersection was a near-miss for this thread as the Central Entrance designation only continues a short ways before turning into 6th Avenue East.
If I understand correctly, the intersection would count regardless, as none of the other approaches are named 6th Ave.
The funny thing is, even if Miller Trunk Hwy is its formal name, it's not signed as such there. At least, not so at the very intersection TheHighwayMan394 mentions, as the mast arm street blades didn't mention it when I was out there in August last year. The signals of the intersection, in an album (https://imgur.com/a/YdenO).
Maybe a little debatable due to the north/south names, but here's Robinson Rd/Dysinger Rd/Beattie Ave/Old Beattie Rd in Lockport, NY: https://goo.gl/maps/S7WcVLNDCd22
EDIT: And here's Warner Rd/Burlington Ave/Ellicott Pl/Olmstead Ave in Lancaster, NY: https://goo.gl/maps/d6KqFCJx5X42
EDIT: I'm not 100% sure if this is exactly where the north/south names change, but here's Big Tree Rd/Varysburg Rd/Alleghany Rd/Cattaraugus Rd in Sheldon, NY: https://goo.gl/maps/m1Mza4PSzkQ2
I'd think this is very common in Europe, where street names change with high frequency.
Here's one from my hometown of La Grange NC
https://www.google.com/maps/@35.3020463,-77.7750561,17z
in indy there's an intersection that on the west is 56th street, the north it's cooper road, the south it's kessler blvd north drive, and the east side it's kessler blvd west drive
Quote from: Bickendan on March 06, 2018, 11:15:08 AM
I'd think this is very common in Europe, where street names change with high frequency.
Yup. I know three instances of this in a straight line. This happens in Zaragoza, Spain: https://www.google.es/maps/@41.6455403,-0.9000919,17z
- Paseo de Teruel changes its name to Avenida de Valencia. In the same intersection Avenida Francisco de Goya splits into Calle de Escoriaza y Fabro and Calle (sometimes Avenida) de Jose Anselmo Clave for a five way example.
- Further up the road, Avenida de Valencia becomes Calle de San Juan Bosco. At the same time, Calle de Franco y Lopez becomes Calle Corona de Aragon.
- And even further up the road, Calle de San Juan Bosco gets renamed for the third time to Avenida de Gomez Laguna, and the intersecting Via Universitas becomes Calle Violante de Hungria.
Quote from: webny99 on January 17, 2018, 05:25:34 PM
Quote from: ilpt4u on January 17, 2018, 04:15:18 PM
I'm lobbing a softball here...
Downtown Chicago, at the Jane Byrne Circle Interchange...
Kennedy Expressway to the North (90/94); Ryan Expressway to the South (90/94); Eisenhower Expressway to the West (290); Congress Parkway to the East/South Loop, Chicago
:hmmm: I guess it counts, although, I was certainly thinking of at-grade intersections in my OP.
I don't think we'll find many cases like that one. Many freeways don't have names at all, much less names that are widely used, and on all four approaches, too. I wouldn't be surprised if that is the only one in the US, unless there are others in the Chicago area that I'm not aware of.
The one that came to mind when I saw this thread:
At the Four-Level interchange in downtown Los Angeles, the Harbor Freeway mainline feeds directly into the Arroyo Seco Parkway (Pasadena Freeway) while the Hollywood Freeway transitions into the Santa Ana Freeway seamlessly. Something to note: the Santa Ana/Hollywood name change originally happened further east, but was moved to the interchange when it was opened in the early 1950s.
Though there are only two numbered routes at the interchange these days (US 101, and I-110/Route 110), in the past there were multiple transitions: US 66 switching from the Hollywood to the Arroyo Seco, US 99 connecting from the Arroyo Seco to the Santa Ana, while US 6/Route 11 pretty much followed the same route as today's 110. (US 101 is the only number and routing that has remained unchanged through the entire history of the junction)
Quote from: CNGL-Leudimin on March 09, 2018, 05:42:20 AM
Quote from: Bickendan on March 06, 2018, 11:15:08 AM
I'd think this is very common in Europe, where street names change with high frequency.
Yup. I know three instances of this in a straight line. This happens in Zaragoza, Spain: https://www.google.es/maps/@41.6455403,-0.9000919,17z
- Paseo de Teruel changes its name to Avenida de Valencia. In the same intersection Avenida Francisco de Goya splits into Calle de Escoriaza y Fabro and Calle (sometimes Avenida) de Jose Anselmo Clave for a five way example.
- Further up the road, Avenida de Valencia becomes Calle de San Juan Bosco. At the same time, Calle de Franco y Lopez becomes Calle Corona de Aragon.
- And even further up the road, Calle de San Juan Bosco gets renamed for the third time to Avenida de Gomez Laguna, and the intersecting Via Universitas becomes Calle Violante de Hungria.
Found a five-way change not far from this.
Paseo Maria Agustin becomes Paseo Pamplona, while Calle Hernan Cortes becomes Avenida de Cesar Augusto. In addition, Calle Canfranc begins at this intersection
Fort Collins, Colorado: https://www.google.com/maps/@40.5871814,-105.0731137,17.23z
Riverside turns into Jefferson, Mountain turns into Lincoln.
In Cincinnati and Norwood, OH, there is a street that has two names for a stretch of a half mile or more. The west side of the street is Rhode Island Ave, City of Cincinnati, while the east side is Section Ave, city of Norwood. About halfway through this stretch is an intersection with Worth Ave (Norwood) and Northcutt Ave (Cincinnati).
Here's one in Knoxville, TN.
https://www.google.com/maps/@35.965714,-83.9243304,17z (https://www.google.com/maps/@35.965714,-83.9243304,17z)
Western Ave becomes Summit Hill Dr, and Henley St becomes Broadway.
The intersection of Barrington/Mc Laughlin with Federal/Indianapolis in the Mar Vista section of Los Angeles.
https://www.google.com/maps/place/Mar+Vista,+Los+Angeles,+CA/@34.0178575,-118.4346942,18z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x80c2ba56f8647331:0xcf86203de8a3a47e!8m2!3d34.0152567!4d-118.4338345
In Monterey, VA, all four legs at the US 220/US 250 intersection have a different name. US 220 is Potomac River Road north and Jackson River Road south. US 250 is Mountain Turnpike west and Highland Turnpike east.
While knowing it's not in the spirit of the thread, since other people mentioned freeway interchanges, it seems to me that I-10/I-45 in Houston will count.
Katy Fwy - East Fwy // North Fwy - Gulf Fwy
Forth Worth also has I-30/I-35W: West Fwy - Landry Fwy // North Fwy - South Fwy
I thought Dallas may also qualify, but for the I-30/I-35E: You have Landry Fwy-Thornton Fwy // Stemmons Fwy - Thornton Fwy. IMO it's rather confusing to have both I-30 east of town and I-35E south of town with the same name.
If there is any other town that labels their freeways based on direction (or destination) from one central point, then they's probably qualify. All of Houston's radial freeways, for the most part are named for compass direction (or renamed from a compass direction) so it qualifies.
Others already mentioned the Chicago Circle Interchange and LA's Four-Level. LA's east LA interchange does not qualify, because even though Santa Monica-Pomona forms the e-w route and I-5 does change its name from Santa Ana to Golden State at the same interchange, the piece of US 101 emanating from the interchange is also part of the Santa Ana Fwy, even though almost nobody calls it that anymore, even those who use names. Santa Ana Fwy almost automatically refers to the I-5 portion in common LA area lingo.
At Safeco Field in Seattle, streets immediately west and south of the stadium have been renamed for important figures of the team. So at the southwest corner you have 1st Ave S/Dave Niehaus Way & S Atlantic St/Edgar Martinez Drive. The road to the north was named Royal Brougham Way when the Kingdome opened, and the whole length of the street kept that name. It used to be Connecticut. They've run out of streets to name other players after. Google Maps. (https://www.google.com/maps/@47.5912289,-122.334429,17z)
With its propensity for arbitrarily changing road names mid-stream, I thought Cincinnati must have several of these, but I can only think of one, other than the one mentioned above, which is where Camargo Road becomes Plainville Rd where it crosses Madison Road as it changes to East Fork Ave. That thoroughfare is interesting because if you start on East Fork Ave, you can drive on it, Madison Rd, Martin Luther King Drive, Hopple Street, and Westwood Northern Blvd all without making any turns.
My favorite is going east on Montana Ave, which becomes West Fork Rd, and then becomes Virginia Ave, all without making any turns. Who knew it was so easy to get from Montana to Virginia?
This intersection counts
https://goo.gl/maps/FyajWAxZ7fk
North: Naperville Road. South: Naper Blvd.
West: Naperville-Wheaton Road. East: Ridgeland Ave.