For me, this is post number 750 - and, because 750 ml is the most common size of a bottle of wine, the number, in a road context, made me think of the exit in New Hampshire for the state liquor store, listed on the main exit sign (I believe on I-93 just north of the Massachusetts border).
That, in turn, made me wonder: where else might there be freeway exits in which the primary destination is a business or commercial entity of some sort? To qualify for the criteria of this post, the business name must appear in the text on the main sign, not on any of the supplementary signage or "blue signs" leading up to the exit.
The two that come to mind for me are the exit for "Kalona Village Museum" on US 218 in Iowa, just south of Iowa City, as well as the one for "Tamarack: The Best of West Virginia" (a gift shop) on I-77/the Turnpike in Beckley. Anyway, I'm sure there must be a few other such signs throughout the country - where might they be? I'm eager to know.
Does it count if the single sign is half green and half brown? If so, Exit 98 on I-95 in Virginia might count–the green part of the sign lists VA-30 to Doswell and West Point and the other half of the sign is brown and lists the Kings Dominion amusement park.
Exit 1A on DC's I-695 is signed for South Capitol Street to Nationals Park.
The sign for Exit 3 on DC's I-395 used to list Verizon Center (later changed via a poor greenout job to say Capital One Arena), but that's gone now and the new sign simply says "12th Street Expressway."
Quite a few BGSs in the Orlando area list Disney World; some also list destinations within Disney World, such as exit signs on I-4 for EPCOT and Disney Springs (the former Downtown Disney) and for the Animal Kingdom.
Brings to mind Corporate Woods Blvd in Albany, NY on I-90, where the interchange was intended for the aborted I-687, but ended up serving an office park.
I-4 in Florida has an exit listing Sea World, when it should probably have the street name instead (Central Florida Pkwy).
"GE Plant" on I-890 in Schenectady
SR 396 Saturn Pkwy
GM Visitors and Trucks, GM Employees.
Exit 6 on I-85 in Georgia leads to "KIA Blvd" , which I guess is technically a road name but is obviously named after the Kia plant at that exit.
Exit 249C off 75/85 in Atlanta lists Williams St, "GWCC/Aquarium" , and "Mercedes-Benz Stadium" as its three green-sign destinations.
How about Xerox Area (https://goo.gl/maps/5KicgKvdh9JryYfdA) on NY 104 here in Webster? Oddly, it's only posted on WB signage.
"Mall" is also used in a few locations here, though it's not specific to one business.
I-90 in Boston at Exit 133 uses "Prudential Center" with no mention of MA 9 (Huntington Ave) at all.
Quote from: KCRoadFan on August 25, 2022, 10:04:08 PM
For me, this is post number 750 - and, because 750 ml is the most common size of a bottle of wine, the number, in a road context, made me think of the exit in New Hampshire for the state liquor store, listed on the main exit sign (I believe on I-93 just north of the Massachusetts border).
There's also something like that on I-95 in NH. There's an extra tab on the main exit sign, or maybe it was the gore sign, that directs you to a liquor store. I believe it is Exit 6 in Portsmouth.
There isn't one on I-93 just north of the border; it's farther north (near I-89). Both the one on I-93 and the one on I-95 are on segments where you're on a tolled portion of the road.
PPG Paints Arena (https://www.google.com/maps/@40.439051,-80.0111224,3a,44.6y,62.33h,96.47t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sPMoG5GI6dlXId1F-L8VvNQ!2e0!7i16384!8i8192!5m1!1e1?hl=en) in Pittsburgh comes to mind as you come off the Fort Pitt Bridge -
Heinz Field & PNC Park, however, don't make the cut & instead are lumped in with "North Shore".
Quote from: 1995hoo on August 25, 2022, 10:22:55 PM
Does it count if the single sign is half green and half brown? If so, Exit 98 on I-95 in Virginia might count–the green part of the sign lists VA-30 to Doswell and West Point and the other half of the sign is brown and lists the Kings Dominion amusement park.
Similarly, exit 243A on I-64 in VA (https://www.google.com/maps/@37.2447322,-76.6368561,3a,75y,159.01h,90.64t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sdj4EtI6Wbb4IE1vYjiQSsw!2e0!7i16384!8i8192!5m1!1e1?hl=en) is half green and half brown - "TO US 60" in green on the top, and Busch Gardens in brown on the bottom.
The I-75 exits to M-10 in downtown Detroit show TCF Center as the southbound control. (It's since been renamed Huntington Place, but that won't fit on a sign patch.)
The M-10 exits to Northland Mall in Southfield, although the mall has been gone for years.
(https://i.imgur.com/30iPDGG.jpg)
Quote from: 1 on August 26, 2022, 10:17:22 AM
the one on I-95 are on segments where you're on a tolled portion of the road.
No, the one I'm thinking of is on the free portion of the road through Portsmouth. It's a tab added to the exit sign. The one you are most likely thinking of is the exit directly to a liquor store.
This (https://maps.app.goo.gl/wQN8diJGrb1gZ8dL6) is what I'm referring to.
NYThruway exit 6A: Stew Leonard Drive. (Stew Leonard's is a small NY-area grocery chain.)
Quote from: SidS1045 on October 11, 2010, 09:03:52 AM
Let's not forget exit 6A from the New York Thruway...Stew Leonard Drive.
Quote from: SidS1045 on August 27, 2014, 10:19:57 PM
Stew Leonard Drive...exit 6A of the New York Thruway in Yonkers.
Quote from: SidS1045 on August 26, 2022, 01:09:43 PM
NYThruway exit 6A: Stew Leonard Drive. (Stew Leonard's is a small NY-area grocery chain.)
That's the name of the road. What should they have put on the sign instead?
https://goo.gl/maps/CzSpS8Sjpv7wmi719
IIRC, Exit 14 off of I-93 - now Columbia Road, South Boston/Dorchester - used to reference the JFK Library on the exit signs. According to GSV, the state replaced the signage around 2013-14.
What about the Denver West/Colorado Mills exit on I-70 in ... what is it, Golden?
Not entirely sure, but isn't Colorado Mills a mall? Other Colorado Guy?
Quote from: zachary_amaryllis on August 26, 2022, 02:27:23 PM
What about the Denver West/Colorado Mills exit on I-70 in ... what is it, Golden?
Not entirely sure, but isn't Colorado Mills a mall? Other Colorado Guy?
Assuming you're talking about me :), on US6, the exit is to Denver West which is a mall. (It used to be called Colorado Mills so that's why the road is Colorado Mills Blvd.)
(https://i.postimg.cc/5NzCgmBt/Mills.png)
I-75 approaching downtown Cincinnati is full of those:
TQL Stadium/Hard Rock Casino (https://www.google.com/maps/@39.1192473,-84.5353342,3a,15y,174.13h,96.88t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sjDxYk2GtUuiDImKaNgDIlg!2e0!7i16384!8i8192)
(Paycor Paul Brown) Stadium/(Great American) Ballpark/(Heritage Bank) Arena (https://www.google.com/maps/@39.1103467,-84.5315886,3a,15y,191.69h,98.12t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sv0Mkmry2S0uhTNsnR5-RCw!2e0!7i16384!8i8192)
Does this count?
(https://i.imgur.com/tuBMiS6.png)
(Drury Lane here is a theater, not a street.)
WA 526 has this ramp for Boeing Receiving (as in just the freight docks for the Boeing plant): https://goo.gl/maps/XfsuLBadu5EkQsP58
I-5's Madison Street exit has the convention center (with its former logo): https://goo.gl/maps/BUreyq6LcTy1aQ8U8
I-90 gives you the choice of two stadiums: https://goo.gl/maps/DUtxc9c1wE81oStaA
Buc-ee's Boulevard makes an appearance on BGSs around Texas:
https://goo.gl/maps/tf3k7R1JJPH6MF5m6
https://goo.gl/maps/ZiGpBpeXwiuitQ6j6
If we're counting signs where some but not all the destinations on the sign are commercial, there are plenty of those.
Quote from: CtrlAltDel on August 26, 2022, 05:06:45 PM
Does this count?
(https://i.imgur.com/tuBMiS6.png)
(Drury Lane here is a theater, not a street.)
Only if the muffin man lives there.
Here is one on I-64 WB at Exit 16 in Covington, VA: https://goo.gl/maps/NJ4pQ68y66X86NFXA
I believe Nevada doesn't have any examples of this, mainly because NDOT has a policy of not putting commercial entities on the main exit signage. The closest we get is exit signs for airports.
However, there are some close ones because the road name matches a commercial entity located off said road. The most recently signed are:
- Railroad Pass Casino Road: I-11/US 93/US 95 (exit 15/15A) (https://goo.gl/maps/MNEfmywBqJS4nn7x5) and US 93 Business (unnumbered) (https://goo.gl/maps/pMtcMKg8UJzU4T7q7) between Henderson & Boulder City
- Meadowood Mall Way: I-580/US 395 (exit 30) (https://goo.gl/maps/xNAtWgWA5RS1FWcB9) in Reno.
You also have several legacy ones in Las Vegas where the street was renamed decades ago for the casino resort located at the road's intersection with the Las Vegas Strip: Sahara Ave, Flamingo Road (a small portion of which used to be signed "Dunes-Flamingo Road" from I-15 before the Dunes' demise), and Tropicana Ave.
https://maps.app.goo.gl/VvMU2g2vTcaCsEAL9
A generic "Shopping Mall" exit sign on NY 17 in Johnson City.
There used to be a small sign, in green, on either the FL Turnpike at the I-4 exit, or nearby on I-4 itself (International Dr.?) that read:
Disney World
Sea World
THIS EXIT
There also used to be, on I-75 at the SR-63 Exit in Monroe, OH, an LGS reading:
Americana
Fantasy Farm
NEXT RIGHT
There were two adjacent amusement parks, the latter being primarily kiddie rides despite its potentially suggestive name. Both parks have since closed, largely due to competition with the much-larger Kings Island. Ironically, that same exit was the preferred route to KI, going east instead of west. (This despite "official" directions to take the more roundabout I-75->I-275->I-71)
Quote from: US 89 on August 27, 2022, 09:07:36 AM
Quote from: CtrlAltDel on August 26, 2022, 05:06:45 PM
Does this count?
(Drury Lane here is a theater, not a street.)
Only if the muffin man lives there.
You thought he was a man but he really was a muffin.
Exit 12 on TN 155 (Briley Pkwy) does mention Opryland Hotel and Convention Center on the main signs.
Exit 49 on I-24 in Nashville mentions Nissan Stadium on the main signs.
Exit 256B on I-5 in Bellingham, WA is for Bellis Fair Mall (https://www.google.com/maps/@48.7822307,-122.4807881,3a,15y,283.37h,91.21t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1svYyqY39Zf8Sd7Md837TDdg!2e0!7i16384!8i8192).
In Springfield Mass, MGM named the street added to access their parking garage as MGM Way and it is now listed on signs for the exits of I-91. A sneaky way to add their name and advertise while technically being another street name.
https://goo.gl/maps/6MFprdTTyKbSDh9b9
Quote from: DrSmith on September 05, 2022, 12:23:22 PM
In Springfield Mass, MGM named the street added to access their parking garage as MGM Way and it is now listed on signs for the exits of I-91. A sneaky way to add their name and advertise while technically being another street name.
https://goo.gl/maps/6MFprdTTyKbSDh9b9
Springfield is now Biff's Hill Valley.
Quote from: Rothman on September 05, 2022, 12:43:34 PM
Quote from: DrSmith on September 05, 2022, 12:23:22 PM
In Springfield Mass, MGM named the street added to access their parking garage as MGM Way and it is now listed on signs for the exits of I-91. A sneaky way to add their name and advertise while technically being another street name.
https://goo.gl/maps/6MFprdTTyKbSDh9b9
Springfield is now Biff's Hill Valley.
Haha - true
I-71 in Columbus: Polaris Pkwy/Gemini Place/Ikea Way
Polaris was named for the mall and Ikea for,...well, you know.
I-71
https://maps.app.goo.gl/1jiY1kgMHh6E1FJG6
I-87 in the Bronx has a few off-ramps marked for Yankee Stadium:
Northbound at Exit 4 (https://www.google.com/maps/@40.8175922,-73.9306921,3a,15y,14.94h,94.45t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sbE8tzZvXW1x2UjrI9oF0rQ!2e0!6shttps:%2F%2Fstreetviewpixels-pa.googleapis.com%2Fv1%2Fthumbnail%3Fpanoid%3DbE8tzZvXW1x2UjrI9oF0rQ%26cb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile.gps%26w%3D203%26h%3D100%26yaw%3D331.33362%26pitch%3D0%26thumbfov%3D100!7i16384!8i8192)
Southbound at Exit 5 (https://www.google.com/maps/@40.8284234,-73.9314835,3a,75y,162.64h,95.56t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1s08fjRoPamVw3b6F-jVPKBw!2e0!6shttps:%2F%2Fstreetviewpixels-pa.googleapis.com%2Fv1%2Fthumbnail%3Fpanoid%3D08fjRoPamVw3b6F-jVPKBw%26cb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile.gps%26w%3D203%26h%3D100%26yaw%3D279.67126%26pitch%3D0%26thumbfov%3D100!7i16384!8i8192)
On I-95 a short distance up, the stadium is marked on signs for Exit 1D (https://www.google.com/maps/@40.8454357,-73.9283468,3a,15y,125.12h,97.13t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sOiu8_te0akpnCxAuuTR8Gg!2e0!7i16384!8i8192).
Quote from: jp the roadgeek on September 04, 2022, 06:03:03 PM
You thought he was a man but he really was a muffin.
He didn't know nothin'. ;-)
Would Electronics Parkway (GE?) and Carrier Parkway off the NYS Thruway in Syracuse count?
There's also Volvo Car Drive off I-26 west of Charleston for the Volvo plant
Quote from: MASTERNC on September 08, 2022, 09:34:58 AM
Would Electronics Parkway (GE?) and Carrier Parkway off the NYS Thruway in Syracuse count?
There's also Volvo Car Drive off I-26 west of Charleston for the Volvo plant
Those are the actual names of the roads, and they are also not destinations.
Quote from: kphoger on September 08, 2022, 10:26:39 AM
Quote from: MASTERNC on September 08, 2022, 09:34:58 AM
Would Electronics Parkway (GE?) and Carrier Parkway off the NYS Thruway in Syracuse count?
There's also Volvo Car Drive off I-26 west of Charleston for the Volvo plant
Those are the actual names of the roads, and they are also not destinations.
Volvo Car Drive only seems to go to the Volvo plant and related facilities
Quote from: webny99 on August 26, 2022, 09:21:35 AM
"Mall" is also used in a few locations here, though it's not specific to one business.
Does "Auto Mall Parkway" count? How about "Flamingo Road"? "Great America Parkway"?
Quote from: MASTERNC on September 08, 2022, 10:52:03 AM
Quote from: kphoger on September 08, 2022, 10:26:39 AM
Quote from: MASTERNC on September 08, 2022, 09:34:58 AM
Would Electronics Parkway (GE?) and Carrier Parkway off the NYS Thruway in Syracuse count?
There's also Volvo Car Drive off I-26 west of Charleston for the Volvo plant
Those are the actual names of the roads, and they are also not destinations.
Volvo Car Drive only seems to go to the Volvo plant and related facilities
The road continues past the Volvo entrance but changes names to Center Line Rd once it passes Fish Rd.
(https://i.imgur.com/a3w0UH7.png)
In Rochester, NY westbound NY 531 has an exit for Rochester Technology Park which is a large industrial complex.
https://www.google.com/maps/@43.1591191,-77.7340401,3a,37.5y,281.86h,94.78t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1si9rP9WCltG2O6GJ4Kh_wMw!2e0!7i16384!8i8192?hl=en&authuser=0
How about one that has numerous freeway exits and is also a control city: Research Triangle Park in North Carolina.
Durham and Research Triangle Park are the control cities on NC-147 southbound (Durham Freeway). RTP should have also been the control city for I-885 southbound as well, but instead RDU Airport is the control city (which is better accessed using US-70 to I-540).
RTP now boasts a total of *8* exits on the Interstate system, including its own Interstate junction:
- I-885/Toll NC-885 (I-40 Exit 279A-B)
- Davis Drive (I-40 Exit 280)
- Miami Boulevard (I-40 Exit 281, not marked for RTP) - main exit for RTP on I-40
- Page Road (I-40 Exit 282, not marked for RTP)
- NC-540 West (to Toll NC-540) (I-40 Exit 283, not marked for RTP)
- East Cornwallis Road/Research Triangle Park (I-885 Exit 6)
- T. W. Alexander Boulevard (I-885 Exit 7, not marked for RTP) - main exit for RTP on I-885
- Ellis Road (I-885 Exit 8, not marked for RTP)
RTP also has one other freeway exit:
- Davis Drive/Hopson Road (Toll NC-885 Exit 2)
It is mind-blowing that the two "main exits" for Research Triangle Park are not marked as such. I think that is due to the fact that the headquarters of RTP is located near the intersection of Davis Drive and East Cornwallis Road, and only one of those [three] exits is specifically signed for Research Triangle Park itself.
Plus, RTP is missing a former exit. The former end of NC-147 at T. W. Alexander (south of NC-54) was permanently closed during the construction of that portion of the Triangle Expressway (then Toll NC-147, now Toll NC-885). That eliminated the only freeway access to NC-54, a major corridor running along the south side of Research Triangle Park parallel to I-40. Nowadays, you have to use the Davis Drive exit or the South Miami Boulevard exit.
Research Triangle Park covers about 7,000 acres. I don't have access to a good map with true jurisdictional boundaries, but I'm pretty sure that most of RTP is still unincorporated (from a governmental point-of-view). But if I recall correctly, there is a little bit of overlap with the City of Durham, and then parts of RTP are bounded by the sprawl of Raleigh, Cary and Morrisville city limits.
Even though it does list Stony Point Pkwy, it lists Stony Point Fashion Park first.
https://maps.app.goo.gl/WsNQUqTNjJGXKtqL6