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Started by J Route Z, September 15, 2014, 12:56:22 PM

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J Route Z

https://www.google.com/maps/@34.899974,-110.158714,3a,75y,357.76h,74.44t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sQkevPaHsJs2tZpg5ZdoyVQ!2e0!7i3328!8i1664

Bucket of Blood Street. Notice the sign is missing if you scroll to the left. The URL image provided above is from 2008 and the other one is from 2011. Perhaps the sign was stolen  :hmmm:


Kniwt

Elvis Alive Drive, on NV 157 northwest of Las Vegas (photo taken today):

Pete from Boston

Thought I posted this to this thread already, but don't see it: Breakfast Hill Road, Greenland, New Hampshire.  Whets my appetite every time I pass under it heading to Portsmouth (often to eat).

Quillz

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Driving around the Northwest region with my Australian friend was fun, because he was laughing at basically every aboriginal name he saw. Here's one he loved:

Obviously, we pronounced it "anus road" but I'm sure it's "anne-is" or something.

That photo qualifies for Department of Redundency Department because of the EXIT box, plus, it's a design error. Funny, but still a massive pile of fail in every regard.

That's just how British Columbia signs their exits. Each sign has a distance boxed. At the gore point, the distance is replaced with "exit". Actually pretty clever, I think:


Off-topic, but I think this is a great idea, now that I've seen all three signs in context. (The original "EXIT" sign seemed redundant, as noted).

SSOWorld

Scott O.

Not all who wander are lost...
Ah, the open skies, wind at my back, warm sun on my... wait, where the hell am I?!
As a matter of fact, I do own the road.
Raise your what?

Wisconsin - out-multiplexing your state since 1918.

mrsman

Quote from: SSOWorld on July 09, 2015, 09:06:07 PM
http://www.roadsideamerica.com/tip/20050

Let it speak for itself.

For those who didn't click through:

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Haveteur Way and Unida Place
There is a residential neighborhood in the Serra Mesa area of San Diego with the cross streets of Haveteur Way (Have it your way) and Unida Place (You need a place).


IMO the only way you would get it is if you are fluent in license plate - speak.  CA probably has more personalized license plates than any other states and it was always fun trying to guess what the real meaning was.

jbnv

Is there a Burger King on Haveteur Way?  :sombrero:
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vtk

Quote from: jbnv on July 12, 2015, 09:39:14 PM
Is there a Burger King on Haveteur Way?  :sombrero:

That reminds me of the McDonald's in Bellevue, Ohio which is on the corner of Ronald Lane and McDonald Drive.
Wait, it's all Ohio? Always has been.

Rothman

There's a Mormon church on Brigham Lane in Amherst, MA -- the road's name predated the church's existence I believe.  Somebody joked that the parking lot could be "Young Street" so the church could be at the corner of Brigham and Young.
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Zzonkmiles

Just found a "Tea Table Lane" near US-1 south of DC.

Buck87

Quote from: vtk on July 13, 2015, 12:36:27 PM
That reminds me of the McDonald's in Bellevue, Ohio which is on the corner of Ronald Lane and McDonald Drive.

Which of course is entirely on purpose

tidecat

Saw this at the Lake County (IL) Fairgrounds:
Clinched: I-264 (KY), I-265 (KY), I-359 (AL), I-459 (AL), I-865 (IN)

Zzonkmiles

I found a "Wild Wings Ave." in Danville, VA today. Turned out a Buffalo Wild Wings was at the end of the street. So I guess that doesn't count if a business can name its own street.

midwesternroadguy

I nominate:

Dingleberry Road


It intersects Iowa 1, between I-80 and Solon, IA.  The street sign can be read on Google Earth Street View, by zooming in.

TravelingBethelite

I remember, in New Milford, CT, there is a Lois Lane. I am also aware of a few in Westchester County.
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BamaZeus

I have a customer here in Alabama who lives on Lois Lane in her little hamlet.

Rothman

Quote from: BamaZeus on July 31, 2015, 11:28:11 AM
I have a customer here in Alabama who lives on Lois Lane in her little hamlet.

Yeah, there's a Lois Lane in Niskayuna or Colonie, NY as well.
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yakra

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oscar

You can throw in Lois Lane in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories (an appropriate place, since one of the actresses playing that character in the Superman movies was Yellowknife native Margot Kidder).

Doesn't have the sign theft issues with Yellowknife's Ragged Ass Road (photo on page 1 of this topic).
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So it's not hilarious or anything, but in Kansas near KC, I thought "Parallel Parkway" was at least unusual.  The local road tests probably require one to demonstrate parallel parking skills off this exit.


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Zeffy

Life would be boring if we didn't take an offramp every once in a while

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Pete from Boston

I find Clapboardtree Street in Westwood, Mass., kind of funny.

Duke87

Today I encountered this:


Which would be perhaps of note on its own, but the best part - this road is an area where there are lots of Jewish summer camps/resorts.
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kkt

Fuhrer is (was?) a pretty common last name in German-speaking countries.  One of the climbing routes on Mt. Rainier is named Fuhrer Finger, after Hans Fuhrer who was a climbing guide in the early 20th century and pioneered the route.

TheHighwayMan3561

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There's a Lois Lane five minutes from my grandparents' house in Edina, MN.

This, on I-94 in eastern Montana:

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