Highways that you think are named for one, but actually named for something else

[vtk]

The yield sign was named after its triangle-faced inventor, Paul Yield.

[Kacie Jane]

Not a highway, and I'm not sure it would properly fit the thread anyway, but King County in Washington (the county Seattle is in) was renamed in 1986.

It's always been "King County", but prior to 1986, it was named after former vice president William Rufus King. It was renamed after Martin Luther King.

[Alps]

The Lincoln Tunnel was not named for the Lincoln Highway.

Despite it carrying the Lincoln once it opened.

Wrong tunnel. The Lincoln Highway used the Holland Tunnel; the Lincoln Tunnel was not built until the 1930s.

I was of the impression that the Lincoln Highway was rerouted via the Lincoln Tunnel in its waning days.

[Henry]

Graham Street in Charlotte comes to mind. Most people think it was named after the evangelist Billy Graham; it was not, although the parkway that runs past the CLT airport does bear his name.

[agentsteel53]

If a white person really gets offended by being called a "guinea" then they need to grow a fucking skin and a set of balls.  That's like being offended by the term "honky tonk" or being offended by Ritz crackers.  I'm part German and part Irish, and I wouldn't be the least bit offended if somebody called me a Kraut or a Mick.

also: what ethnicity is "ritz" a slur for?

[NE2]

The Lincoln Tunnel was not named for the Lincoln Highway.

Despite it carrying the Lincoln once it opened.

Wrong tunnel. The Lincoln Highway used the Holland Tunnel; the Lincoln Tunnel was not built until the 1930s.

I was of the impression that the Lincoln Highway was rerouted via the Lincoln Tunnel in its waning days.

The last Lincoln Highway routing was from 1928, after which the association disbanded.

[Grzrd]

The Earhart Expressway in New Orleans is named for Fred, not Amelia.