In the Kansas City metro area, where I live, Renner Boulevard is a major thoroughfare in the Kansas suburbs of Shawnee and Lenexa - and, as you can see, its name is a palindrome - that is, it reads the same forwards and backwards.
What about you - do you have any palindromic street names in or near the city or town where you live? If so, what are they? (Obviously, this refers to just the main component of the street name, not including any prefixes or suffixes. Also, numbered streets, as well as single-letter street names, such as "A Street" , are not allowed for the purposes of this question - that would practically be cheating.)
Not what you're looking for, but Google Maps shows a "Palindrome Lane" in Silver Spring, Maryland, although Google Street View makes it look more like a private driveway serving two or three houses.
Ava Rd in Jackson County, IL, between Murphysboro and the town of Ava
The first word of Civic Center Drive (Troy, Southfield, Detroit, Livonia, among other places)
There is an Anna Road in Abington Township, PA.
Not my area, but Odem Medo Road in Redmond, OR.
Quote from: KCRoadFan on August 25, 2023, 08:59:25 AM
In the Kansas City metro area, where I live, Renner Boulevard is a major thoroughfare in the Kansas suburbs of Shawnee and Lenexa - and, as you can see, its name is a palindrome - that is, it reads the same forwards and backwards.
What about you - do you have any palindromic street names in or near the city or town where you live? If so, what are they? (Obviously, this refers to just the main component of the street name, not including any prefixes or suffixes. Also, numbered streets, as well as single-letter street names, such as "A Street" , are not allowed for the purposes of this question - that would practically be cheating.)
There is a Renner Road in Richardson, north of Dallas. It's name came from a town called Renner, which was north of Dallas. The city of Dallas annexed Renner in 1978.
Level St. in the West Rock neighborhood of New Haven, CT.
Quote from: Bruce on August 25, 2023, 04:06:50 PM
Not my area, but Odem Medo Road in Redmond, OR.
Sounds like that might have been done on purpose.
It's a bit disappointing that there is no Harrah Street in either Reno or the Lake Tahoe area. Bill Harrah founded his business in Reno, and built his first big casino resort at Stateline.
I do see that the main street of Harrah, WA (near Yakima) is Harrah Road, and there are some other Harrah St./Rd./Ave. around as well.
Quote from: gonealookin on August 25, 2023, 08:19:34 PM
It's a bit disappointing that there is no Harrah Street in either Reno or the Lake Tahoe area. Bill Harrah founded his business in Reno, and built his first big casino resort at Stateline.
I do see that the main street of Harrah, WA (near Yakima) is Harrah Road, and there are some other Harrah St./Rd./Ave. around as well.
See Atlantic City...
There's a Hannah Way near me in Windsor
Any auto racing tracks have a "Race Car" Ave/Blvd/Ln/whatever? Anywhere?
Quote from: ilpt4u on August 26, 2023, 12:46:04 AM
Any auto racing tracks have a "Race Car" Ave/Blvd/Ln/whatever? Anywhere?
Google Maps search turns up a Race Car Dr., Dagsboro, DE, and Race Car Pl., La Plata, MD.
Quote from: ilpt4u on August 26, 2023, 12:46:04 AM
Any auto racing tracks have a "Race Car" Ave/Blvd/Ln/whatever? Anywhere?
You would think Speedway, IN, would have one, but it does not.
In Superior, WI these aren't street signs, but shields for US 53/I-535/WI 35
https://www.google.com/maps/@46.7336616,-92.0940091,3a,37.5y,304.59h,94.58t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sKqQtDA2vcuPnVA4ZFCdeTg!2e0!7i16384!8i8192?entry=ttu
Quote from: Streetman on August 26, 2023, 12:18:14 PM
Quote from: ilpt4u on August 26, 2023, 12:46:04 AM
Any auto racing tracks have a "Race Car" Ave/Blvd/Ln/whatever? Anywhere?
Google Maps search turns up a Race Car Dr., Dagsboro, DE, and Race Car Pl., La Plata, MD.
Also came up with Race Car Ln, Moncks Corner, SC; Race Car Dr, Bradley, ME; Race Car Dr, Three Springs, PA; Race Car Alley, Bonifay, FL; none are near tracks, tho
"Race car" is a favorite palindrome of mine
Quote from: ilpt4u on August 26, 2023, 04:32:36 PM
Quote from: Streetman on August 26, 2023, 12:18:14 PM
Quote from: ilpt4u on August 26, 2023, 12:46:04 AM
Any auto racing tracks have a "Race Car" Ave/Blvd/Ln/whatever? Anywhere?
Google Maps search turns up a Race Car Dr., Dagsboro, DE, and Race Car Pl., La Plata, MD.
Also came up with Race Car Ln, Moncks Corner, SC; Race Car Dr, Bradley, ME; Race Car Dr, Three Springs, PA; Race Car Alley, Bonifay, FL; none are near tracks, tho
"Race car" is a favorite palindrome of mine
Could have been named for a track no longer there.
There's a short street near me called "Kivik Avenue." To this day I have no idea if it's pronounced "KIV-IK" or "CIVIC."
Quote from: Quillz on August 27, 2023, 07:02:24 AM
There's a short street near me called "Kivik Avenue." To this day I have no idea if it's pronounced "KIV-IK" or "CIVIC."
Why would it be civic?
Quote from: Rothman on August 27, 2023, 08:30:52 AM
Quote from: Quillz on August 27, 2023, 07:02:24 AM
There's a short street near me called "Kivik Avenue." To this day I have no idea if it's pronounced "KIV-IK" or "CIVIC."
Why would it be civic?
Sometimes "K" is pronounced like "C," especially if they are into the "artsy" spellings of words, akin to "celador" or something like that.
Level Road, better known as Maryland Route 155.
Quote from: Quillz on August 27, 2023, 02:51:03 PM
Quote from: Rothman on August 27, 2023, 08:30:52 AM
Quote from: Quillz on August 27, 2023, 07:02:24 AM
There's a short street near me called "Kivik Avenue." To this day I have no idea if it's pronounced "KIV-IK" or "CIVIC."
Why would it be civic?
Sometimes "K" is pronounced like "C," especially if they are into the "artsy" spellings of words, akin to "celador" or something like that.
You mean K sometimes is pronounced like a soft C or S?
My bet's that it's kiv-ik.
Quote from: Rothman on August 27, 2023, 04:06:34 PM
Quote from: Quillz on August 27, 2023, 02:51:03 PM
Quote from: Rothman on August 27, 2023, 08:30:52 AM
Quote from: Quillz on August 27, 2023, 07:02:24 AM
There's a short street near me called "Kivik Avenue." To this day I have no idea if it's pronounced "KIV-IK" or "CIVIC."
Why would it be civic?
Sometimes "K" is pronounced like "C," especially if they are into the "artsy" spellings of words, akin to "celador" or something like that.
You mean K sometimes is pronounced like a soft C or S?
My bet's that it's kiv-ik.
Yeah, sometimes. I've seen a few "poetic" spellings of words and using letters so they are supposed to sound like others. Not too many in my neighborhood but I've seen them elsewhere. Which is why I thought it could have been pronounced "civic" although I doubt it is.
Laval Road at the base of the Grapevine in Kern County, CA
Quote from: ilpt4u on August 26, 2023, 04:32:36 PM
Quote from: Streetman on August 26, 2023, 12:18:14 PM
Quote from: ilpt4u on August 26, 2023, 12:46:04 AM
Any auto racing tracks have a "Race Car" Ave/Blvd/Ln/whatever? Anywhere?
Google Maps search turns up a Race Car Dr., Dagsboro, DE, and Race Car Pl., La Plata, MD.
Also came up with Race Car Ln, Moncks Corner, SC; Race Car Dr, Bradley, ME; Race Car Dr, Three Springs, PA; Race Car Alley, Bonifay, FL; none are near tracks, tho
"Race car" is a favorite palindrome of mine
I was half-expecting a former dirt short track, but the Moncks Corners example is alongside of a go-kart track (https://www.google.com/maps/@33.1174044,-80.0695614,206m/data=!3m1!1e3?entry=ttu).
In Montville, CT there's Oxoboxo Brook and Oxoboxo Lake, with the nearby Oxoboxo Rd, Oxoboxo Cross Rd, and Oxoboxo Dam Rd being named after those water features. According to wikipedia, the name is derived from Algonquian languages of the area.
Quote from: drebbin37 on September 08, 2023, 10:25:49 PM
In Montville, CT there's Oxoboxo Brook and Oxoboxo Lake, with the nearby Oxoboxo Rd, Oxoboxo Cross Rd, and Oxoboxo Dam Rd being named after those water features. According to wikipedia, the name is derived from Algonquian languages of the area.
Gee, if it's in all caps, OXOBOXO, it has vertical symmetry too.
Quote from: pderocco on September 09, 2023, 12:07:55 AM
Quote from: drebbin37 on September 08, 2023, 10:25:49 PM
In Montville, CT there's Oxoboxo Brook and Oxoboxo Lake, with the nearby Oxoboxo Rd, Oxoboxo Cross Rd, and Oxoboxo Dam Rd being named after those water features. According to wikipedia, the name is derived from Algonquian languages of the area.
Gee, if it's in all caps, OXOBOXO, it has vertical symmetry too.
Cool! Never thought of that.