Most Names for One Stretch of Road

[TEG24601]

Somewhat related, but I always found it interesting how in some foreign countries (UK particularly) a continuous roadway will often change street names seemingly randomly, sometimes within blocks of the last change. I assume this has origins in some historical phenomena such as the merger of separate communities, etc. (You see this in a few places in Quebec/Ontario where urban amalgamations have taken place.)

On Whidbey Island, and some other places in Washington, road names change when they change orientation.  This is because the address are based on the grid, and when the road, for example changes from largely E-W to N-S it changes names.  Then, changes names again when it changes jurisdiction.  There is a road here that is 3rd St, Brooks Hill Rd, Bayview Rd, then Ewing Rd.  There is no highway there, but in nearby Snohomish County, SR-524 follows a convoluted route between Edmonds and Bothel, with the underlying road changing names no less than 5 times.  The only place I can recall a road having multiple designations, that weren't the local street/road name and the highway route number was Natio Parkway/Front Street in Portland, OR, which at one time was also OR-99W.

[Bruce]

In Seattle, a one-block section of Lander Street on Beacon Hill was renamed in honor of an annual festival held in honor of a racial equality activist (SDOT Blog), spawning this condensed and cramped sign:

[sammi]

This belongs in the Most pretentious highway designations thread.

Also, this is why we need Series A back. Or better yet, have some sort of limit on street names.

[bing101]

I forgot to mention another thing I-10 Santa Monica Freeway is also called Christopher Columbus Highway and Rosa Parks Freeway from Downtown LA to West end @ CA-1.