I was just thinking about how the Kansas City metro area, where I live, has a lot of roads with colors in their names. For example:
Blue Ridge Boulevard
Blue Ridge Cutoff
Green Hills Road
Red Bridge Road
Blue River Road
Greenwood Street
Blue Parkway
White Avenue
Pink Hill Road
Black Bob Road
Blue Valley Parkway
That's a lot of "colorful" road names! How does your area measure up in that regard? (Of course, if your city actually has a neighborhood with color-themed street names, then that's even better!
Some in the immediate Charlottesville area (inside US 29, 250, Rivanna River, I-64):
Blue Ridge Road
Green Street
Greenleaf Lane
Greenway Road
Greenwich Court
Orange Street
Yellowstone Drive
In northern Anoka County, MN, most of the north-south streets in the grid are named in alphabetical order, with a different "theme" for each alphabet. This results in a variety of names such as:
Evergreen
Goldenrod
Redwood
Wintergreen
Yellow Pine
You even get exotic colors such as:
Kumquat (roughly translates to "golden orange" in Chinese)
Magnolia (off-white)
Olive (green-brown)
And this is just the from one of the flora-themed "alphabets" in the county. I will examine the rest of the county once I gain the energy to do so, if there is interest, and if nobody beats me to it. :bigass: :-D
Metro Detroit has two major arterials named Greenfield and Evergreen. They run parallel n/s, 2 miles apart.
Others: Auburn Road, Rouge River Drive (rouge is French for red).
Does the Blue Water Bridge count?
There's a residential street named Greenleaf in Royal Oak. There's probably lots of other streets with "green" themes. As someone once said, they cut down all the trees to make a development, and then name the streets after the now-missing trees.
There are various streets/roads with blueberry or bluebell themed names.
Orange Street in Lakeland, FL.
Greenmount Avenue and Greene Street in Baltimore.
Greenwood Ave and Gray St in Green Bay
Quote from: epzik8 on June 27, 2023, 09:41:21 AM
Greenmount Avenue and Greene Street in Baltimore.
And northwest of the city in Owings Mills, there is a Red Run Boulevard.
In Del.Co. Ohio we have...
Orange Rd
Olive Green Rd
Green-Cook Rd
Blue Church Rd
Red Bank Rd
Brown Rd
Quote from: Hot Rod Hootenanny on June 29, 2023, 11:42:00 PM
In Del.Co. Ohio we have...
Orange Rd
Olive Green Rd
Green-Cook Rd
Blue Church Rd
Red Bank Rd
Brown Rd
In Appleton, WI we have a few, mainly 'greens'. Evergreen, Greenfield, Greanleaf and Green Bay (Rd and Ct) immediately come to mind, also Aquamarine, Bluetopaz, Silver Leaf and Rubyred. There are a lot more in the suburban areas.
Mike
I wonder where would there be a Pink? Red, Blue, and Green are common, but Pink must be pretty rare.
Quote from: Pink Jazz on June 30, 2023, 01:10:55 PM
I wonder where would there be a Pink? Red, Blue, and Green are common, but Pink must be pretty rare.
There's a Pink Hill Road in eastern Jackson County, MO - just east of Kansas City, where I live. I initially forgot about it in the OP, but have edited it to add that name.
Also in Missouri, there's a Pink Elephant Road near Boonville.
Orange County, North Carolina ought to be ripe for the picking:
Chapel Hill
Orange Chapel - Clover Garden Road
Orange Grove Road
Hillsborough
East Orange Street
Lake Orange Road
Orange Crossroads Church Road
Orange Grove Road (the north end)
Orange Grove Street (a continuation of the one above)
Orange High School Road
Orange Heights Lane
Durham
Orangewood Drive
Also, there another East Orange Street in Mebane. It used to be directly across Ninth Street from the Orange County line (ergo, almost touching Orange County), but that line has recently been relocated so that everyone on Ninth Street lives in Alamance County.
Disqualifier: For the record, the name Orange here is derived from the House of Orange due to the predominantly Scottish and Scots-Irish Presbyterians that originally settled here in the late 1730s and the 1740s. But the county gets confused sometimes and translates Orange County into "El Condado de Naranja" instead of "El Condado de Orange". Looks like the county website is now correct.
Quote from: Pink Jazz on June 30, 2023, 01:10:55 PM
I wonder where would there be a Pink? Red, Blue, and Green are common, but Pink must be pretty rare.
There's a Rue des Roses in Québec City, but it's named after the flower.
US 18 largely follows Bluemound Road in the Milwaukee area.
In my area (Lancaster County)
Bart Twp.
- White Oak Road
- Greentree Road
Brecknock Twp.
- Black Creek Road
- East Black Creek Road
- Greenview Road
- Redstone Drive
- Redtail Circle
- Yellow Hill Road
Caernarvon Twp.
- Red School Road
- Violet Lane
Christiana
- Green Street
Clay Twp.
- Blackberry Road
Colerain Twp.
- Black Rock Rd.
Conestoga Twp.
- Green Tree Road
Conoy Twp.
- Orange Alley (Bainbridge)
- Black Swamp Road
East Donegal Twp. (Maytown)
- Red Cedar Lane
- Pink Dogwood Lane
- Pinkerton Road
East Drumore Twp.
- Black Bear Road
- Greenview Circle
East Earl Twp.
- Black Sheep Circle
- Blue Rock Rd.
- Redwell Road
- White Oak Road
East Hempfield
- Bluegrass Circle
- Dutch Gold Drive
- Greens Avenue
- Wild Lilac Drive
East Lampeter
- Black Oak Drive
- Graystone Road
- Greenfield Road
- Greenland Drive
- Lilac Drive
- Red Oak Road
East Petersburg
- Graystone Road
Eden Twp.
- White Oak Road
Elizabeth Twp.
- Evergreen Court
Elizabethtown
- Greenleaf Lane
- Orange Street
Ephrata Boro.
- Orange Street
Ephrata Twp.
- Blackberry Lane
- Greenlawn Drive
- Red Sunset Road
Fulton Twp.
- Black Barren Road
Lancaster City
- Bluebird Road
- Browning Road
- Goldfinch Road
- Green Street
- Greenfield Road
- Greenwood Avenue
- Orange Street
- Red Maple Road
Lancaster Twp.
- Green Springs Circle
- Red Maple Road
- Yardley Green
Leacock Twp.
- Evergreen Street (Intercourse)
- Red Well Road
Lititz
- Bluebird Road
- Golden Street
- Orange Street
Little Britain Twp.
- Brown Road
- White Rock Road
Manheim Twp.
- Blacksmith Way
- Blue Bell Drive
- Bob White Lane
- Fiddlers Green Road
- Green Terrace
- Greenhowe Drive
- Hartford Green Road
- White Oak Drive
- White Marsh Drive
Manor Twp.
- Blue Rock Road
- Greenhedge Road
- Old Blue Rock Road
- Red Bud Drive
- Red Maple Lane
- Redwood Drive
Millersville
- Blue Ridge Drive
- Green Hills Drive
- Village Green Lane
Mount Joy Boro.
- Pinkerton Road
Mount Joy Twp.
- Greentree Road
- Violets Path
New Holland
- Redwood Lane
Paradise Twp.
- Black Horse Road
Penn Twp.
- Green Acre Road
- Green Ridge Drive
Pequea Twp.
- Greenbrier Drive
Rapho Twp.
- Green Leaf Drive
- Red Rose Drive
- Pinkerton Road
Strasburg Boro.
- Black Horse Road
Strasburg Twp.
- White Oak Road
Upper Leacock Twp.
- Crimson Lane
- Evergreen Drive
- Graybill Road
- Red Lane
Warwick Twp.
- Green Acre Road
- Red Oak Drive
- Whitetail Path
West Cocalico Twp.
- Blue Lake Road
- Green Court
- Red Stone Circle
- Whitehall Road
- Yellow Mountain Road
West Donegal Twp.
- Black Hawk Lane
- Blue Jay Circle
- Crimson Lane
- Greenbriar Drive
- Redtail Drive
- White Pine Drive
West Hempfield Twp.
- Blue Bell Drive
- Glen Green Drive
- Greentree Drive
West Lampeter Twp.
- Blueberry Circle
- Redwood Drive
- Whitetail Path
This took me forever to type up, but I when I started, I knew it would drive me crazy if I didn't finish, so I did. I'd say most, if not all of these roads have something to do with nature, which is not surprising, as most of the other entries do as well.
Scattered across my hometown of Hamden CT there's Blue Trail, Blue Hills Av., Brown St., Greenhill Rd., Greenway St., Red Rock Ter., Violet St., and White Dr.
But that's nothing compared to a colorful subdivision not far away in Middletown CT. Off Blue Rd. are Blue Grass Rd., Blue Spruce St., Blue Bell Ln., Blue Orchard Dr., Blue Bird Rd., Blue Meadow Rd., and Blue Hill Rd. Off Yellow Rd. are Yellow Birch Rd., Yellow Wood St., Yellow Hill Dr., Yellow Pine Cir., Yellow Green St., Yellow Yellow Cir., and Yellow Orange Cir. (any other double color streets anywhere?) Then there's Red Rd., Red Yellow Rd., Red Orange Rd., Red Glen Rd., Red Clover Cir., and Orange Rd.
White Oak Ave
Greenwood Ave
Evergreen Ln
Marigold Ln
Bluebird Ln
Chestnut Ln
Redwood Ln
White Oak Avenue
Colorado Blvd in Pasadena
Green St in Pasadena
White Ave in Pomona
Blanco Rd in Salinas
Orange Ave in Long Beach