Best Creative/Funny Exit Name In Each State...

[thenetwork]

There must be a memorable exit in each state that Roadgeeks try to visit and take pictures of the sign(s) denoting the exit.

Time to make a list of each state's most memorable Highway EXIT (MUST be a bona-fide exit).

Here are the three states I will start with:

CALIFORNIA:  I-15 @ Zzyzx Road

COLORADO:  I-70 @ No Name (in Glenwood Canyon)

MICHIGAN:  I-75 @ Big Beaver Road -- EXIT 69!!!

[bassoon1986]

Louisiana's would probably be

Exit 138: Grosse Tete
                  Maringouin

Always makes a junior high mind giggle. The two town names are French for "Fat Head"  and "Mosquito"


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[LilianaUwU]

Louisiana's would probably be

Exit 138: Grosse Tete
                  Maringouin

Always makes a junior high mind giggle. The two town names are French for "Fat Head"  and "Mosquito"


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There's also an exit on I-49 that's for Ville Platte, which may be interpreted as "Boring City".

Speaking of which, Oregon has the exit for Boring on OR-212.

[ozarkman417]

Laughter Road, and the exit next to it, Getwell Road at exits 5 & 3 respectively on Interstate 269 in Mississippi.

[7/8]

The first two that come to my mind for Ontario:
- Avenue Road (Exit 367 on the 401 in Toronto)
- Sodom Road (Exit 16 on the QEW in Niagara)

[KCRoadFan]

Bad Route Road on I-94 in Montana.

[SkyPesos]

Oregon: US 26's exit to OR 212, with the infamous "Boring Oregon City" controls.

And for more number jokes: I-70 exit 420 to US 69 in Kansas.

[oscar]

The first two that come to my mind for Ontario:
- Avenue Road (Exit 367 on the 401 in Toronto)
- Sodom Road (Exit 16 on the QEW in Niagara)

There's Street Road (exit 37) from I-95 in Pennsylvania, north of Philadelphia.

In Virginia, on northbound VA 28 north of Dulles Airport, there's an unnumbered exit for Warp Drive. It takes you to a defense contractor's office complex.

[TheHighwayMan3561]

MN:

Opportunity Drive (I-94 exit 173)

Cretin Ave (I-94 exit 237) - Joseph Cretin was St. Paul's Catholic bishop, also lending his name to a local high school in St. Paul. Not the only street with a French name that MSP has corrupted; Nicollet Ave is "Nickel-It", not "Nickel-Eyy".

[ran4sh]

And for more number jokes: I-70 exit 420 to US 69 in Kansas.

It would be funny to see someone try to steal the BGS for that exit

[Scott5114]

I don't know if any in Oklahoma are on the order of anything like Zzyzx or Big Beaver, but the ones that stick out to me as possibilities are:

I-35
Exit 86: SH-59 — Wayne/Payne

I-40
Exit 14: Hext Road
Exit 104: Methodist Road
Exit 227: Clearview Road (funnily enough this exit's sign has always been in FHWA Series)
Exit 262: Lotawatah Road (right after crossing the northernmost arm of Lake Eufaula, natch)

[GaryV]

TN:  I-75 exit 144, Stinking Creek Road

[hotdogPi]

NH: I-93 Exit 4: Derry/Londonderry. Irish tourists have been known to take photos of this sign; in Ireland, Derry and Londonderry are two names for the same city, but in New Hampshire, they're adjacent.

MA: I-93 Exit 17: Purchase St. Is this Monopoly?

[NWI_Irish96]

Indiana is lacking in funny names, at least ones that have interchanges with freeways.

I-64 has an exit for Santa Claus, that's about the best I can come up with.

[Max Rockatansky]

Arizona has to be Bloody Basin Road off of I-17.

[WillWeaverRVA]

Witchduck Road (unsigned VA 190) on I-264. It sounds silly until you learn the context (it's named for Witchduck Point, where suspected witches were tried and executed).

[GaryV]

Witchduck Road (unsigned VA 190) on I-264. It sounds silly until you learn the context.

"So if she weighs as much as a duck ..."

"SHE'S A WITCH!"

[Henry]

Here's one from my home state of IL:

Metropolis off I-24 (it leads to the namesake of Superman's city)

[CapeCodder]

MO: Exit 1 on I-55 for Steele and Cooter

[wriddle082]

TN:  I-75 exit 144, Stinking Creek Road

Some people also find the I-40 Bucksnort exit funny.

NORTH CAROLINA:  I-73 Exit 90(?), NC 62, Climax, High Point

[SectorZ]

I wish I-95 in Maine had an exit for Cat Mousam Rd. The name has always befuddled me. You do at least get to see the name on the bridge where it crosses 95.

[hbelkins]

Kentucky's is probably the brown exit sign for Big Bone Lick State Park on I-75.

Another possibility is the Waddy-Peytona exit on I-64. It's the unofficial halfway point between Lexington and Louisville, although both communities are just wide spots in the road and the exit would really be a nondescript rural interchange if two major chain truck stops hadn't been built there.

For years, the signs were the last full-text-based exit signs left in Kentucky, with the text "KY 395 Waddy Peytona" displayed. But in a sign replacement project, the eastbound signs were changed with Peytona above Waddy, in compliance with the MUTCD requirement that the destination on the left side of the exit goes on the top line. There was a bit of a public flap about it and some media coverage.

https://www.theandersonnews.com/content/sign-spat-sparks-civil-war-between-waddy-peytona

https://www.newspapers.com/clip/30948047/the-courier-journal/

https://misc.transport.road.narkive.com/euPmJKGZ/i-64-in-ky-waddy-peytona-exit-or-petona-waddy

The two towns were even combined to create the name of a fictional NASCAR character who never quite became as famous as Ricky Bobby or Cole Trickle. https://www.fictiondb.com/title/spinout~harpercollins~1736314.htm

[CoreySamson]

Texas's might be an unnumbered exit:



FYI, This Way is a street name in Lake Jackson, TX.

[Chris19001]

In PA we know where to find Intercourse when we need to (even if not on a BGS): https://www.google.com/maps/@40.0417122,-76.2466757,3a,75y,136.81h,88.27t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s5Lh6PFe8ztR1tVRoH8Qa5w!2e0!7i16384!8i8192

Sadly Blue Ball isn't too far away for those who may get lost along the way: https://www.google.com/maps/@40.1648568,-76.1517829,3a,75y,220.33h,107.41t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sg5rdpImYn5MOyyN76u5YbQ!2e0!7i16384!8i8192

[jmacswimmer]

In PA we know where to find Intercourse when we need to (even if not on a BGS): https://www.google.com/maps/@40.0417122,-76.2466757,3a,75y,136.81h,88.27t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s5Lh6PFe8ztR1tVRoH8Qa5w!2e0!7i16384!8i8192

Sadly Blue Ball isn't too far away for those who may get lost along the way: https://www.google.com/maps/@40.1648568,-76.1517829,3a,75y,220.33h,107.41t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sg5rdpImYn5MOyyN76u5YbQ!2e0!7i16384!8i8192

And if you're ultimately never able to find Intercourse, exit here.