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Title: Best Creative/Funny Exit Name In Each State...
Post by: thenetwork on December 21, 2021, 10:08:30 PM
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!!!
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Post by: bassoon1986 on December 21, 2021, 10:12:29 PM
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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Post by: LilianaUwU on December 21, 2021, 10:14:25 PM
Quote from: bassoon1986 on December 21, 2021, 10:12:29 PM
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.
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Post by: ozarkman417 on December 21, 2021, 10:25:36 PM
Laughter Road, and the exit next to it, Getwell Road at exits 5 & 3 respectively on Interstate 269 in Mississippi.
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Post by: 7/8 on December 21, 2021, 10:26:33 PM
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)
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Post by: KCRoadFan on December 21, 2021, 10:50:15 PM
Bad Route Road on I-94 in Montana.
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Post by: SkyPesos on December 21, 2021, 10:57:36 PM
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.
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Post by: oscar on December 21, 2021, 11:01:10 PM
Quote from: 7/8 on December 21, 2021, 10:26:33 PM
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 (https://goo.gl/maps/zETWKjwDZsnPuGSB8). It takes you to a defense contractor's office complex.
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Post by: TheHighwayMan3561 on December 21, 2021, 11:27:25 PM
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".
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Post by: ran4sh on December 22, 2021, 01:56:14 AM
Quote from: SkyPesos on December 21, 2021, 10:57:36 PM

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
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Post by: Scott5114 on December 22, 2021, 04:26:40 AM
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)
Title: Re: Best Creative/Funny Exit Name In Each State...
Post by: GaryV on December 22, 2021, 06:45:39 AM
TN:  I-75 exit 144, Stinking Creek Road
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Post by: hotdogPi on December 22, 2021, 06:51:09 AM
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?
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Post by: NWI_Irish96 on December 22, 2021, 08:23:49 AM
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.
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Post by: Max Rockatansky on December 22, 2021, 09:03:46 AM
Arizona has to be Bloody Basin Road off of I-17.
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Post by: WillWeaverRVA on December 22, 2021, 09:32:27 AM
Witchduck Road (unsigned VA 190) on I-264. (https://www.google.com/maps/@36.8382025,-76.1589581,3a,75y,156.96h,92.85t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1saZxLaJ2Vjf8TqH1NSiGcGw!2e0!7i16384!8i8192) It sounds silly until you learn the context (it's named for Witchduck Point, where suspected witches were tried and executed).
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Post by: GaryV on December 22, 2021, 09:34:06 AM
Quote from: WillWeaverRVA on December 22, 2021, 09:32:27 AM
Witchduck Road (unsigned VA 190) on I-264. (https://www.google.com/maps/@36.8382025,-76.1589581,3a,75y,156.96h,92.85t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1saZxLaJ2Vjf8TqH1NSiGcGw!2e0!7i16384!8i8192) It sounds silly until you learn the context.

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

"SHE'S A WITCH!"
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Post by: Henry on December 22, 2021, 10:02:16 AM
Here's one from my home state of IL:

Metropolis off I-24 (it leads to the namesake of Superman's city)
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Post by: CapeCodder on December 22, 2021, 10:36:20 AM
MO: Exit 1 on I-55 for Steele and Cooter
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Post by: wriddle082 on December 22, 2021, 11:03:47 AM
Quote from: GaryV on December 22, 2021, 06:45:39 AM
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
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Post by: SectorZ on December 22, 2021, 12:35:57 PM
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.
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Post by: hbelkins on December 22, 2021, 12:44:27 PM
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
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Post by: CoreySamson on December 22, 2021, 12:48:03 PM
Texas's might be an unnumbered exit:

(https://imgur.com/tpq3Ndc.jpg)

FYI, This Way is a street name in Lake Jackson, TX.
Title: Re: Best Creative/Funny Exit Name In Each State...
Post by: Chris19001 on December 22, 2021, 12:49:15 PM
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
Title: Re: Best Creative/Funny Exit Name In Each State...
Post by: jmacswimmer on December 22, 2021, 01:16:12 PM
Quote from: Chris19001 on December 22, 2021, 12:49:15 PM
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 (https://www.google.com/maps/@40.5086141,-75.8005981,3a,44.8y,239.42h,89.16t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s70yXxLwhRWFMiRvPC8jYMg!2e0!7i16384!8i8192!5m1!1e1?hl=en).
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Post by: bassoon1986 on December 22, 2021, 01:50:14 PM
Quote from: hbelkins on December 22, 2021, 12:44:27 PM
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
Sharkey Farmers on I-64 is a good one, too.


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Post by: lepidopteran on December 22, 2021, 02:01:08 PM
Some possibilities
OH: both on I-75
NJ: 
MD:
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Post by: DandyDan on December 22, 2021, 04:08:51 PM
Quote from: TheHighwayMan394 on December 21, 2021, 11:27:25 PM
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".
This might be representing my old hometown, but I prefer Innovation Road on US 61 in Cottage Grove. This is the exit for the 3M plant there.

Nebraska's is almost certainly Exit 369, for Beaver Crossing.

I don't have a good one for Iowa.
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Post by: Terry Shea on December 22, 2021, 04:35:55 PM
Quote from: lepidopteran on December 22, 2021, 02:01:08 PM

There is/was an exit on SR-2 for "Put-in-Bay".
 

Wouldn't you get awful wet driving there?
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Post by: hobsini2 on December 22, 2021, 04:55:25 PM
Quote from: Henry on December 22, 2021, 10:02:16 AM
Here's one from my home state of IL:

Metropolis off I-24 (it leads to the namesake of Superman's city)
And the local newspaper in Metropolis is the Metropolis Planet.
https://www.metropolisplanet.com/
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Post by: hobsini2 on December 22, 2021, 04:59:02 PM
The local favorite around here is in Kenosha County on I-94.  Exit 340 (Wis 142/Hwy S) goes to the (Richard) Bong Recreation Area.
https://www.google.com/maps/@42.5990627,-87.9521491,3a,75y,16.5h,80.82t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sm3XBxD2KhWHDK1wRXfHW9Q!2e0!7i16384!8i8192
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Post by: thspfc on December 22, 2021, 05:21:30 PM
Wisconsin's is definitely the Bong sign because of the irony of it being in a state where weed is illegal, yet just a couple miles away from a state where it's legal.
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Post by: Big John on December 22, 2021, 05:39:02 PM
I-85 in Gwinett County GA.  SR 378 Beaver Ruin Road.
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Post by: CNGL-Leudimin on December 22, 2021, 06:07:30 PM
For Pennsylvania I'd rather put up I-76 Denver. No, I didn't mean Colorado, but Pennsylvania (https://www.google.es/maps/@40.2190186,-76.0829551,3a,44.1y,277.57h,92.8t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sMN_J0SgODqugSmvVQJlXLQ!2e0!7i16384!8i8192) :sombrero:.

Now for whole countries, I think Spain's outright winner would be A-4 exit 283 for Guarroman (Guarro means "dirty", so it sounds like an anti-superhero).
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Post by: SkyPesos on December 22, 2021, 06:10:57 PM
Quote from: CNGL-Leudimin on December 22, 2021, 06:07:30 PM
For Pennsylvania I'd rather put up I-76 Denver. No, I didn't mean Colorado, but Pennsylvania (https://www.google.es/maps/@40.2190186,-76.0829551,3a,44.1y,277.57h,92.8t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sMN_J0SgODqugSmvVQJlXLQ!2e0!7i16384!8i8192) :sombrero:.
The sign is technically not wrong either way, as I-76 does go to Denver, CO  :-D

Though this reminded me of another thread idea: highways with two same named different state cities both used as control cities.
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Post by: GaryV on December 22, 2021, 07:12:34 PM
Quote from: CNGL-Leudimin on December 22, 2021, 06:07:30 PM
A-4 exit 283 for Guarroman (Guarro means "dirty", so it sounds like an anti-superhero).
https://www.pinterest.com/pin/146296687868897392/
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Post by: Evan_Th on December 23, 2021, 01:15:56 AM
Quote from: SkyPesos on December 22, 2021, 06:10:57 PM
Quote from: CNGL-Leudimin on December 22, 2021, 06:07:30 PM
For Pennsylvania I'd rather put up I-76 Denver. No, I didn't mean Colorado, but Pennsylvania (https://www.google.es/maps/@40.2190186,-76.0829551,3a,44.1y,277.57h,92.8t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sMN_J0SgODqugSmvVQJlXLQ!2e0!7i16384!8i8192) :sombrero:.
The sign is technology not wrong either way, as I-76 does go to Denver, CO  :-D

Though this reminded me of another thread idea: highways with two same named different state cities both used as control cities.

That I-76 doesn't go there. :D
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Post by: ran4sh on December 23, 2021, 01:55:03 AM
Quote from: SkyPesos on December 22, 2021, 06:10:57 PM
Though this reminded me of another thread idea: highways with two same named different state cities both used as control cities.

Like Texarkana TX and Texarkana AR, assuming each state is using their own city as the control on I-30.
Title: Re: Best Creative/Funny Exit Name In Each State...
Post by: tallfull on December 23, 2021, 01:45:40 PM
Quote from: thenetwork on December 21, 2021, 10:08:30 PM
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!!!

You used to be able to get off I-75 at Exit 69 and take Big Beaver Road to Hooters Restaurant. Alas, the Hooters closed several years ago, thus eliminating a great trifecta of humorous names.
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Post by: Dirt Roads on December 23, 2021, 11:27:07 PM
Not many good ones in West Virginia.  I-79 has Exit 40 (Big Otter) and I-64 has Exit 133 (Pluto Road). 

I like the twist that I-64 has Exit 143 (Meadow Bridge/Green Sulphur Springs) and Exit 175 (White Sulphur Springs/Caldwell) plus Exit 181 (White Sulphur Springs).  Also, in between them I-64 crosses Smoot Road just west of Exit 156 (Sam Black Church), and Smoot Road used to turn into Blue Sulphur Springs Road, which goes to the old abandoned resort town of the same name.  Plus, WV-12 and the Alta exit (Exit 161) will take you to the resort town of Red Sulphur Springs in Monroe County, but that is 20 miles off of I-64.  For the record, Green Sulphur Springs was never a famous resort town.

Just for kicks, an exit was considered for Blue Sulphur Road in Cabell County but instead got located on a spur constructed where I-64 gets really close to US-60 between Ona and Barboursville.  That location (now Exit 20B) is now the main entrance to the Huntington Mall.  Before the mall was constructed, Exit 20 was signed only as Ona for eastbound I-64 and signed only as Barboursville only for westbound traffic.
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Post by: skluth on December 24, 2021, 01:03:01 PM
Quote from: thspfc on December 22, 2021, 05:21:30 PM
Wisconsin's is definitely the Bong sign because of the irony of it being in a state where weed is illegal, yet just a couple miles away from a state where it's legal.

At first I thought you meant the Bridge (https://www.google.com/maps/@46.7420378,-92.1545662,3a,32.8y,111.52h,87.02t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sQcw_TDYPVIGTfxqIQPdd7Q!2e0!7i13312!8i6656?hl=en), but cannabis isn't legal in Minnesota either. It's been a while since I passed this sign (https://www.google.com/maps/@42.6304699,-87.9530637,3a,15y,162.07h,87.8t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s-MK6qZlNCp7ybWk-VhkHGw!2e0!7i16384!8i8192?hl=en). The additional irony of it being a recreation area is a nice bonus.
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Post by: skluth on December 24, 2021, 01:12:01 PM
It's certainly not the best, but Other Desert Cities (https://www.google.com/maps/@33.922555,-116.6822277,3a,15y,112.26h,94.72t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s-8mvTV8z7Nm-m3np1LbmFA!2e0!7i16384!8i8192?hl=en) is funny and creative in its own way. It was funnier when the "O" in Other was strangely lower case (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Other_Desert_Cities#/media/File:Web003.jpg). It's still funny when those other cities include Rancho Mirage, Indian Wells, and Coachella which are arguably more well known than Indio.
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Post by: DenverBrian on December 24, 2021, 01:45:03 PM
Texas: We always joked that there were so many ways to get to Turnaround we couldn't count 'em!
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Post by: Scott5114 on December 24, 2021, 01:55:49 PM
Quote from: skluth on December 24, 2021, 01:03:01 PM
Quote from: thspfc on December 22, 2021, 05:21:30 PM
Wisconsin's is definitely the Bong sign because of the irony of it being in a state where weed is illegal, yet just a couple miles away from a state where it's legal.

At first I thought you meant the Bridge (https://www.google.com/maps/@46.7420378,-92.1545662,3a,32.8y,111.52h,87.02t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sQcw_TDYPVIGTfxqIQPdd7Q!2e0!7i13312!8i6656?hl=en), but cannabis isn't legal in Minnesota either. It's been a while since I passed this sign (https://www.google.com/maps/@42.6304699,-87.9530637,3a,15y,162.07h,87.8t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s-MK6qZlNCp7ybWk-VhkHGw!2e0!7i16384!8i8192?hl=en). The additional irony of it being a recreation area is a nice bonus.

I was curious, so I looked it up–both are named after the same guy, Richard I. Bong, who was a flying ace from Superior who later died in a test flight accident. His name ended up getting attached to the recreation area (which is on the other end of the state from Superior) because the site was originally planned to be Bong Air Force Base. They started building it, but before they even got the runway finished, the project was cancelled, probably because someone realized what horrible idea it was to have an air force base that close to O'Hare.
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Post by: Road Hog on December 31, 2021, 12:51:05 AM
Any sign in Arkansas (exit or control city) advertising Bald Knob.
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Post by: zachary_amaryllis on December 31, 2021, 10:38:57 AM
Quote from: Road Hog on December 31, 2021, 12:51:05 AM
Any sign in Arkansas (exit or control city) advertising Bald Knob.

i thought i saw in the beavis/butthead movie two exits called 'big piney'  and 'weippe'. i think they're real exits somewhere (montana/wyoming maybe?)

they also drove by 'bald knob'.

can't think of any here in colorado. where's the other colorado guy?
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Post by: zachary_amaryllis on December 31, 2021, 10:40:51 AM
Quote from: WillWeaverRVA on December 22, 2021, 09:32:27 AM
Witchduck Road (unsigned VA 190) on I-264. (https://www.google.com/maps/@36.8382025,-76.1589581,3a,75y,156.96h,92.85t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1saZxLaJ2Vjf8TqH1NSiGcGw!2e0!7i16384!8i8192) It sounds silly until you learn the context (it's named for Witchduck Point, where suspected witches were tried and executed).

what about 'dam neck'?

if she weighs as much as a duck, she's a witch and should hang by her dam neck?
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Post by: bassoon1986 on December 31, 2021, 12:42:59 PM
Quote from: zachary_amaryllis on December 31, 2021, 10:38:57 AM
Quote from: Road Hog on December 31, 2021, 12:51:05 AM
Any sign in Arkansas (exit or control city) advertising Bald Knob.

i thought i saw in the beavis/butthead movie two exits called 'big piney'  and 'weippe'. i think they're real exits somewhere (montana/wyoming maybe?)

they also drove by 'bald knob'.

can't think of any here in colorado. where's the other colorado guy?
Not a BGS, but supplemental sign for Toad Suck Park along I-40 in Conway.


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Title: Re: Best Creative/Funny Exit Name In Each State...
Post by: rlb2024 on December 31, 2021, 01:15:05 PM
Another one from south Louisiana -- I-12 exit 35, Baptist/Pumpkin Center, both unincorporated communities in Tangipahoa Parish.  Nothing to do with religion or Halloween decorations.
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Post by: empirestate on December 31, 2021, 03:19:09 PM
In Missouri, I assume the local chamber of commerce gets its due mileage out of this one:
https://goo.gl/maps/why6TV3PDFV69CtB7
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Post by: JoePCool14 on January 02, 2022, 07:37:55 PM
Quote from: empirestate on December 31, 2021, 03:19:09 PM
In Missouri, I assume the local chamber of commerce gets its due mileage out of this one:
https://goo.gl/maps/why6TV3PDFV69CtB7

Or maybe it's just pointing out that the "S" in Summit is upside down.  :spin:
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Post by: andrepoiy on January 03, 2022, 02:03:35 PM
King of Prussia, PA off I-76

Title: Re: Best Creative/Funny Exit Name In Each State...
Post by: frankenroad on January 03, 2022, 04:27:19 PM
Quote from: Terry Shea on December 22, 2021, 04:35:55 PM
Quote from: lepidopteran on December 22, 2021, 02:01:08 PM

There is/was an exit on SR-2 for "Put-in-Bay".
 

Wouldn't you get awful wet driving there?

I believe the exits on 2 now just say "Lake Erie Islands" (referring to Put-in-Bay (aka South Bass Island) and Kelleys Island).  Nonetheless, you need to take a ferry to get to the islands, though in some winters, you could drive to the islands without getting wet.
Title: Re: Best Creative/Funny Exit Name In Each State...
Post by: triplemultiplex on January 04, 2022, 09:30:27 AM
Quote from: Scott5114 on December 24, 2021, 01:55:49 PM
I was curious, so I looked it up–both are named after the same guy, Richard I. Bong, who was a flying ace from Superior who later died in a test flight accident. His name ended up getting attached to the recreation area (which is on the other end of the state from Superior) because the site was originally planned to be Bong Air Force Base. They started building it, but before they even got the runway finished, the project was cancelled, probably because someone realized what horrible idea it was to have an air force base that close to O'Hare.

Actually, Bong AFB was cancelled because ballistic missile technology had advanced to the point where the threat model from the USSR had changed.  Prior to ICBM's becoming the dominant first strike weapon, the US felt it had to defend itself against waves of Soviet bombers coming over the north pole to bomb our cities.  So they built a large number of Air Force bases across the northern tier of the lower 48 in the late 40's and throughout the 50's.  Bong would have been another of several bases set up between major cities and the hypothesized north pole attack.

By the early 60's, the range of ballistic missiles had advanced to point where it was unlikely to attack an enemy with hundreds of slow moving bombers.  With the reduced threat from enemy planes, additional bases like Bong were cancelled.  And eventually as the Cold War fizzled out, many active bases got closed down in that northern tier.  But some exist to this day and have been retooled for different purposes than originally intended.
Title: Re: Best Creative/Funny Exit Name In Each State...
Post by: JayhawkCO on January 04, 2022, 10:05:33 AM
Quote from: zachary_amaryllis on December 31, 2021, 10:38:57 AM
can't think of any here in colorado. where's the other colorado guy?

Right here! 

Not a ton to choose from in Colorado.

I-70's exit to No Name was listed in the OP.

I-25 exit 191 used to be just called "Exit 191" before they redid it and constructed RidgeGate Parkway, and I-70 exit 354 is just "Exit 354".

I was hoping that some highway had an exit listed to Hygiene, CO, but alas, it doesn't look like it as CO66 is marked for Lyons.
Title: Re: Best Creative/Funny Exit Name In Each State...
Post by: thenetwork on January 04, 2022, 08:21:02 PM
Quote from: JayhawkCO on January 04, 2022, 10:05:33 AM
Quote from: zachary_amaryllis on December 31, 2021, 10:38:57 AM
can't think of any here in colorado. where's the other colorado guy?

Right here! 

Not a ton to choose from in Colorado.

I-70's exit to No Name was listed in the OP.

I-25 exit 191 used to be just called "Exit 191" before they redid it and constructed RidgeGate Parkway, and I-70 exit 354 is just "Exit 354".

I was hoping that some highway had an exit listed to Hygiene, CO, but alas, it doesn't look like it as CO66 is marked for Lyons.

And I-70 also has an "Exit 218" exit near the Tunnels.

Nameless exits/Ranch Access Exits are common out west.  I saw a lot of those on I-94 in ND.  Utah stared to rename their "Ranch Access" Exits about 15  years ago.
Title: Re: Best Creative/Funny Exit Name In Each State...
Post by: MATraveler128 on January 04, 2022, 08:36:41 PM
Not sure if this counts, but there is an auxiliary sign on MA 146 in Worcester at Exit 19 that leads to Walmart Way.
Title: Re: Best Creative/Funny Exit Name In Each State...
Post by: US 89 on January 04, 2022, 11:29:22 PM
Quote from: thenetwork on January 04, 2022, 08:21:02 PM
Nameless exits/Ranch Access Exits are common out west.  I saw a lot of those on I-94 in ND.  Utah stared to rename their "Ranch Access" Exits about 15  years ago.

Unless something has been updated very recently, there are two Ranch Exits still standing in Utah: I-84 exit 12 and I-80 exit 132. The I-80 one is close enough to Salt Lake that I think a lot of people are familiar with the Ranch Exit name, so I'd actually be kind of surprised if that one got renamed. Could easily become "Mt Aire Rd" though. No idea what you'd rename the I-84 one.

At least one more ranch exit has disappeared from I-80 and at least two from I-84. I-15 and I-70 have lost all of their ranch exits (at least three on 15 and four on 70). 215 obviously never had any to begin with.
Title: Re: Best Creative/Funny Exit Name In Each State...
Post by: Takumi on January 06, 2022, 07:24:15 PM
Honorable mention for Virginia: I-64 has an exit for Dick Woods Road (exit 114) but unfortunately the road name isn't on the signs from the interstate.
Title: Re: Best Creative/Funny Exit Name In Each State...
Post by: empirestate on January 06, 2022, 10:39:12 PM
Can't think of much of interest for New York, except perhaps "E Bosket Rd" from NY 17. (And that's only funny-ish because the E doesn't stand for "east".)

Maybe something from Long Island...
Title: Re: Best Creative/Funny Exit Name In Each State...
Post by: hotdogPi on January 07, 2022, 06:50:18 AM
Quote from: empirestate on January 06, 2022, 10:39:12 PM
Can't think of much of interest for New York, except perhaps "E Bosket Rd" from NY 17. (And that's only funny-ish because the E doesn't stand for "east".)

Maybe something from Long Island...

White Plains, No White Plains
Title: Re: Best Creative/Funny Exit Name In Each State...
Post by: empirestate on January 07, 2022, 10:50:45 AM
Quote from: 1 on January 07, 2022, 06:50:18 AM
Quote from: empirestate on January 06, 2022, 10:39:12 PM
Can't think of much of interest for New York, except perhaps "E Bosket Rd" from NY 17. (And that's only funny-ish because the E doesn't stand for "east".)

Maybe something from Long Island...

White Plains, No White Plains

Odessa Goodwin!
Title: Re: Best Creative/Funny Exit Name In Each State...
Post by: KCRoadFan on January 08, 2022, 11:37:48 PM
While we're doing New York State, we should also mention the sign on the Thruway for "Nyack, So Nyack"!
Title: Re: Best Creative/Funny Exit Name In Each State...
Post by: thenetwork on January 09, 2022, 12:32:38 AM
Big Beaver Road Exit 69 wins hands down in Michigan, but I do want to throw in an honorable mention, also found on I-75:

An exit of extremes -- Exit 29: Gibraltar/Flat Rock.
Title: Re: Best Creative/Funny Exit Name In Each State...
Post by: wanderer2575 on January 09, 2022, 12:48:49 AM
I-94 in North Dakota.  I believe the place referenced is a cemetery, not where the deer and the antelope play.

(https://i.imgur.com/j5KZHhP.jpg)
Title: Re: Best Creative/Funny Exit Name In Each State...
Post by: FrCorySticha on January 09, 2022, 09:56:18 AM
Quote from: wanderer2575 on January 09, 2022, 12:48:49 AM
I-94 in North Dakota.  I believe the place referenced is a cemetery, not where the deer and the antelope play.

I'm sure deer and antelope do play at Home on the Range. It's a youth residential treatment ranch (https://hotrnd.com/).
Title: Re: Best Creative/Funny Exit Name In Each State...
Post by: wanderer2575 on January 09, 2022, 10:28:52 AM
Quote from: FrCorySticha on January 09, 2022, 09:56:18 AM
Quote from: wanderer2575 on January 09, 2022, 12:48:49 AM
I-94 in North Dakota.  I believe the place referenced is a cemetery, not where the deer and the antelope play.

I'm sure deer and antelope do play at Home on the Range. It's a youth residential treatment ranch (https://hotrnd.com/).

That makes more sense, but only the cemetery is identified on Google Maps.  My bad.