Noticed that in the Kansas City area some streets are named Trafficway instead of Street, Avenue, Boulevard, etc. You don't hear that descriptor used anywhere else.
Is that a thing limited to the two Kansas Citys.
Springfield MO has or had some.
Quote from: NE2 on April 13, 2024, 01:54:35 PMSpringfield MO has or had some.
The only use of that word in Springfield, so far as I know, is Trafficway Street, which isn't special in any way. Springfield tends to use "Expressway" for roads that Kansas City would call "Trafficway".
The only use of "Trafficway" as a suffix that I know of outside of Kansas City is "Heavy Trafficway" in Tulsa. Which given the name, seems like it was a historical accident more than anything.
There's a couple of roads in California's Central Coast actually named Traffic Way, particularly old US 101 in Arroyo Grande.
Quote from: roadman65 on April 13, 2024, 11:12:45 AMNoticed that in the Kansas City area some streets are named Trafficway instead of Street, Avenue, Boulevard, etc. You don't hear that descriptor used anywhere else.
Is that a thing limited to the two Kansas Cities?
No. The K-10 bypass of Lawrence is called the South Lawrence Trafficway.
Trafficway is also a practitioner term (https://masscrashreportmanual.com/crash/trafficway-description/) (additional example (https://highwaysafety.utah.gov/wp-content/uploads/sites/22/2022/10/Trafficway.pdf)).
Tulsa has a Heavy Traffic Way on the west side of downtown under the Inner Dispersal Loop. Despite the name, it does not carry much traffic.
Quote from: swake on April 14, 2024, 04:49:17 PMTulsa has a Heavy Traffic Way on the west side of downtown under the Inner Dispersal Loop. Despite the name, it does not carry much traffic.
It did before I-244 as it was the "collector" road for US66-75-169 coming out of downtown before they crossed the Arkansas River.
I vaguely recall a road in Topeka, KS which had a trafficway designation, but don't know which road it was. It may have been US 24 because everything else is a street, avenue, or boulevard that I remember. Of course, Topeka also falls within the cultural orbit of Kansas City.
Quote from: DandyDan on April 16, 2024, 04:22:35 AMI vaguely recall a road in Topeka, KS which had a trafficway designation, but don't know which road it was. It may have been US 24 because everything else is a street, avenue, or boulevard that I remember. Of course, Topeka also falls within the cultural orbit of Kansas City.
Google Maps does label US 24 (which has been developed almost completely to freeway standard) as the Charles Sheldon Trafficway. Topeka also has the Jefferson Trafficway and the Branner Trafficway, the latter of which is referenced on several I-70 interchange sequence signs.
Quote from: swake on April 14, 2024, 04:49:17 PMTulsa has a Heavy Traffic Way on the west side of downtown under the Inner Dispersal Loop. Despite the name, it does not carry much traffic.
Perhaps the traffic is heavy in an emotional way. :)