I see plenty of worst of threads, how about a best of one for road names, what are your favorite road names?
mine:
Jamboree Road in the LA area cool name
Diamond Ave in Evansville, IN cool name
Hazel Dell Parkway in Carmel and Noblesville, IN it's a fun drive
you can also state a reason, your reason can even be simple because the name is cool!
Some of my personal favorites:
Kaiser Pass Road: It sounds like the road is going to start a World War and really is probably vicious enough to do so. This is located at the end of CA 168.
Total Wreck Lane: Probably the best name for an Arizonan Mine ever and certainly a road.
Take-the-other-Road: This is located somewhere near Moab, UT. I thought it was funny.
El Camino Del Diablo: The Road of the Devil which is an old Spanish Trail traversing Sonora and southern Arizona south of the Goldwater Range.
This overlaps with "Funniest Street Names", and I'll stick with what I said there. So this thread can focus on best non-funny road names.
Saw this last week in southern Florida (I think Davie, but I have trouble figuring out the area names as we drive around there). Nicely done by the street-naming folks.
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North Hitler Street in Kimmell, IN. Probably not the best, but somehow has managed to survive to this day. I suspect it's because the street is not named after that Hitler, but rather after one of the original settlers of the area.
I grin when I find a street with the same name as a disease, even if it's unrelated. But Andreas Rett Park in Vienna, Austria, has the same namesake as the syndrome.
A friend of mine grew up on a street called "The Midway" (Annandale va)
Already mentioned by someone else in "Funniest", but Breakfast Hill Rd. in Greenland, NH. It has an overpass on I-95 with the street name visible, so many more people will see it than normal.
Ruta del Fin de Mundo (Road to the end of the world). This road name (and a sign bearing the name) was pointed out during Top Gear's Patagonia Special.
Quote from: AlexandriaVA on July 28, 2017, 09:14:09 AM
A friend of mine grew up on a street called "The Midway" (Annandale va)
I grew up near there and my brother and I always joked that monsters lived on that street.
There is a Blood Street off of NY 149 west of Granville. Sounds like something out of a horror movie.
After moving to Midlothian, VA, I've driven past Genuine Risk Drive a few times. I wouldn't want to live on that street. (Granted, it's in a neighborhood where most of the streets have something to do with horse racing.)
Quote from: 1995hoo on July 28, 2017, 11:01:20 AM
Quote from: AlexandriaVA on July 28, 2017, 09:14:09 AM
A friend of mine grew up on a street called "The Midway" (Annandale va)
I grew up near there and my brother and I always joked that monsters lived on that street.
First time visiting him (pre MapQuest), he really had to emphasize that there was no "st/Rd/Dr" ending to it
Street Road in Bensalem, PA.
Wind Energy Pass (https://goo.gl/maps/wjJXMGkA7152), Batavia, Illinois.
Poorhouse Road near Farmville, VA. It describes my wallet. :crazy:
Bloody Basin Road just off of I-17 and Sore Finger Road off of I-10 in Arizona.
I saw Moot Point Lane somewhere in Caroline County, Maryland.
Somewhere in Delaware, I came across Arrow Safety Road. Coincidentally, the guide sign indeed had an arrow on it.
Billy Ray Cyrus Highway (Kentucky, right across from Ohio)
Moorheadville Road (NE Ohio)
Vrooman Road (NE Ohio, I think it's just fun to say honestly)
Good Choice Mc Road in Pershing, Nevada. Very encouraging road!