Quote from: Dougtone on March 17, 2011, 10:00:49 AM
Roads and ice hockey, together at last!
NOVI, Mich. (AP) - Red Wings defenseman Nicklas Lidstrom is having a street named after him in a city about 30 miles northwest of Detroit.
The city of Novi will change Arena Drive to Nick Lidstrom Drive during a March 24 ceremony. The city announced Wednesday the event will take place at the City of Novi Ice Arena.
http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=556331&cmpid=rss-News%20in%20English (http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=556331&cmpid=rss-News%20in%20English)
Thread inspired by above thread on Midwest-Great Lakes page.
In Atlanta, part of Capitol Avenue was renamed Hank Aaron Drive.
In Knoxville, TN, Yale Avenue was renamed Peyton Manning Pass.
Any other roads renamed in honor of sports heroes?
There are quite a few. A handful offhand:
Wisconsin:
Lombardi Ave, along with several other nearby streets (Green Bay)
Kentucky:
Man O War Bd (Lexington)
Georgia:
Bobby Jones Expressway (I-520 in Augusta)
Mike
Quote from: mgk920 on March 17, 2011, 11:54:12 AM
There are quite a few.
Georgia:
Bobby Jones Expressway (I-520 in Augusta)
Leads to a second question; what other interstates are named for sports heroes?
I believe I-70 in St. Louis is the Mark McGwire Freeway.
CA-56 (not an interstate) is the Ted Williams Freeway. the last leg of I-90 in Boston contains the Ted Williams Tunnel.
Part of I-40 going into Wilmington NC is the Michael Jordan Higway.
Pittsburgh
Art Rooney Avenue (http://maps.google.com/maps?q=Pittsburgh,+PA&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Pittsburgh,+Allegheny,+Pennsylvania&ll=40.44535,-80.013567&spn=0.002094,0.005853&z=18&layer=c&cbll=40.44535,-80.013567&panoid=McrTAOQsnnSmcXdnxcILUw&cbp=12,0.34,,0,5.13)
Tony Dorsett Drive (http://maps.google.com/maps?q=Pittsburgh,+PA&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Pittsburgh,+Allegheny,+Pennsylvania&ll=40.4462,-80.009946&spn=0.002094,0.005853&z=18&layer=c&cbll=40.446204,-80.009912&panoid=Z5jXWBQu9fDEL0tOJGeRhw&cbp=12,351.9,,0,5.44)
Mazeroski Way (http://maps.google.com/maps?q=Pittsburgh,+PA&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Pittsburgh,+Allegheny,+Pennsylvania&ll=40.446086,-80.007157&spn=0.002094,0.005853&z=18&layer=c&cbll=40.446233,-80.007198&panoid=osY6AujKXY3uUx5vhx2-ow&cbp=12,11.11,,0,5.63)
Roberto Clemente Bridge (http://maps.google.com/maps?q=Pittsburgh,+PA&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Pittsburgh,+Allegheny,+Pennsylvania&ll=40.444389,-80.00288&spn=0.002094,0.005853&z=18&layer=c&cbll=40.444389,-80.00288&panoid=0L8V6007dne5rNWONpu0Pg&cbp=12,346.39,,0,7.4)
Mario Lemieux Place (http://maps.google.com/maps?q=Pittsburgh,+PA&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Pittsburgh,+Allegheny,+Pennsylvania&ll=40.440555,-79.989283&spn=0.002094,0.005853&z=18&layer=c&cbll=40.440555,-79.989283&panoid=ZVg8Ce7AOUm9FsDWhfBj0w&cbp=12,24.19,,0,8.2)
Homestead Grays Bridge (http://maps.google.com/maps?q=Pittsburgh,+PA&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Pittsburgh,+Allegheny,+Pennsylvania&ll=40.410007,-79.91752&spn=0.004191,0.015793&z=17&layer=c&cbll=40.410007,-79.91752&panoid=edhSzDXfutzC1Brj7rAPDg&cbp=12,148.05,,0,5.89)
Latrobe
Arnold Palmer Drive (http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=Latrobe,+PA&aq=&sll=40.410007,-79.91752&sspn=0.004191,0.015793&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Latrobe,+Westmoreland,+Pennsylvania&ll=40.281316,-79.394922&spn=0.002083,0.005853&z=18&layer=c&cbll=40.281316,-79.394922&panoid=xChPKzTE99C6uthsvQ_ugg&cbp=12,109.58,,0,5)
There is a Steve Yzerman Drive along the west side of the Joe Louis Arena in downtown Detroit.
Quote from: PAHighways on March 17, 2011, 12:28:54 PM
Pittsburgh
Art Rooney Avenue (http://maps.google.com/maps?q=Pittsburgh,+PA&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Pittsburgh,+Allegheny,+Pennsylvania&ll=40.44535,-80.013567&spn=0.002094,0.005853&z=18&layer=c&cbll=40.44535,-80.013567&panoid=McrTAOQsnnSmcXdnxcILUw&cbp=12,0.34,,0,5.13)
Tony Dorsett Drive (http://maps.google.com/maps?q=Pittsburgh,+PA&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Pittsburgh,+Allegheny,+Pennsylvania&ll=40.4462,-80.009946&spn=0.002094,0.005853&z=18&layer=c&cbll=40.446204,-80.009912&panoid=Z5jXWBQu9fDEL0tOJGeRhw&cbp=12,351.9,,0,5.44)
Mazeroski Way (http://maps.google.com/maps?q=Pittsburgh,+PA&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Pittsburgh,+Allegheny,+Pennsylvania&ll=40.446086,-80.007157&spn=0.002094,0.005853&z=18&layer=c&cbll=40.446233,-80.007198&panoid=osY6AujKXY3uUx5vhx2-ow&cbp=12,11.11,,0,5.63)
Roberto Clemente Bridge (http://maps.google.com/maps?q=Pittsburgh,+PA&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Pittsburgh,+Allegheny,+Pennsylvania&ll=40.444389,-80.00288&spn=0.002094,0.005853&z=18&layer=c&cbll=40.444389,-80.00288&panoid=0L8V6007dne5rNWONpu0Pg&cbp=12,346.39,,0,7.4)
Mario Lemieux Place (http://maps.google.com/maps?q=Pittsburgh,+PA&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Pittsburgh,+Allegheny,+Pennsylvania&ll=40.440555,-79.989283&spn=0.002094,0.005853&z=18&layer=c&cbll=40.440555,-79.989283&panoid=ZVg8Ce7AOUm9FsDWhfBj0w&cbp=12,24.19,,0,8.2)
Homestead Grays Bridge (http://maps.google.com/maps?q=Pittsburgh,+PA&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Pittsburgh,+Allegheny,+Pennsylvania&ll=40.410007,-79.91752&spn=0.004191,0.015793&z=17&layer=c&cbll=40.410007,-79.91752&panoid=edhSzDXfutzC1Brj7rAPDg&cbp=12,148.05,,0,5.89)
Latrobe
Arnold Palmer Drive (http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=Latrobe,+PA&aq=&sll=40.410007,-79.91752&sspn=0.004191,0.015793&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Latrobe,+Westmoreland,+Pennsylvania&ll=40.281316,-79.394922&spn=0.002083,0.005853&z=18&layer=c&cbll=40.281316,-79.394922&panoid=xChPKzTE99C6uthsvQ_ugg&cbp=12,109.58,,0,5)
Jeff, don't forget about the Joe Montana Bridges on the Mon-Fayette Expressway...
There's a James "Cool Papa" Bell drive in Jackson. It's the road that leads to the Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame. Bell was a Negro League player who was born in the Starkville area.
Pete Rose Way and Ezzard Charles Dr. in Cincy.
Louisville has a Muhummad Ali Boulevard, while the former Dallas-Fort Worth Turnpike (I-30) is now the Tom Landry Freeway...
Also, Florida State Road 836 is the Dolphin Expressway, named after the local NFL team (who at the time was fresh off becoming the only undefeated team in the Super Bowl era).
Dan Marino Way (formerly Honey Hill Road), is the stretch of road alongside the Sun Life stadium. Considering he was the quarterback, I think Dan Marino Pass would have been a more appropriate name.
The Don Shula Expressway (Florida SR 874) was named for the coach of the Miami Dolphins. We like our football in Florida.
My post about streets named for a couple of racing drivers...
https://www.aaroads.com/forum/index.php?topic=3886.msg90817#msg90817
NY 9A West Side Hwy in Manhattan, renamed the Joe DiMaggio Hwy.
Groups of peoples wants to see A-50 (who'll link Gatineau to A-15) Autoroute Maurice-Richard as a tribute to the former NHL hockey player Maurice Richard.
Quote from: agentsteel53 on March 17, 2011, 12:22:47 PM
I believe I-70 in St. Louis is the Mark McGwire Freeway.
It was for awhile up until last year. After he admitted his steroid use last year, the Missouri Legislature returned it to its original name of the Mark Twain Freeway.
Safeco Field in Seattle is located along Edgar Martinez Dr (one block of Atlantic St), with the adjacent street (one block of 1st Ave) about to be renamed after broadcaster Dave Niehaus
A couple of others:
I-70 in Kansas City is the George Brett Superhighway.
US 34/281 in Nebraska from Grand Island to Hastings is the Tom Osborne Expressway.
Quote from: ausinterkid on March 17, 2011, 04:42:03 PM
NY 9A West Side Hwy in Manhattan, renamed the Joe DiMaggio Hwy.
There's also the Jackie Robinson (formerly Interboro) Pkwy.
Quote from: huskeroadgeek on March 17, 2011, 05:27:55 PM
Quote from: agentsteel53 on March 17, 2011, 12:22:47 PM
I believe I-70 in St. Louis is the Mark McGwire Freeway.
It was for awhile up until last year. After he admitted his steroid use last year, the Missouri Legislature returned it to its original name of the Mark Twain Freeway.
Briefly venturing into the realm of roadgeek trivia, is it safe to say that McGwire is the only "de-interstated" sports figure in American road history?
Quote from: Grzrd on March 17, 2011, 07:28:00 PM
Briefly venturing into the realm of roadgeek trivia, is it safe to say that McGwire is the only "de-interstated" sports figure in American road history?
By coincidence, a part of NW 107 Avenue in western Miami (known as Sweetwater) was renamed for local baseball player Jose Conseco, but it may also be removed. Both played together for the A's, ironically.
http://www.upi.com/Sports_News/2008/09/09/Name-change-for-Jose-Canseco-Street/UPI-56121220990265/
Quote from: ausinterkid on March 17, 2011, 04:42:03 PM
NY 9A West Side Hwy in Manhattan, renamed the Joe DiMaggio Hwy.
Strictly speaking, depending on what part, it's West Street, 11th Avenue, or 12th Avenue (and then the Henry Hudson Parkway). "West Side Highway" is a colloquialism formerly applied to the old Miller Elevated Highway, now applied to its surface boulevard replacement - though it has sunk in enough to appear on some signs. And it was never
renamed the "Joe DiMaggio Highway", that name was a secondary name slapped on top of the existing names (and, thankfully, few signs mention it). Kinda like how 6th Avenue is also "Avenue of the Americas".
Quote from: nyratk1 on March 17, 2011, 06:53:21 PM
There's also the Jackie Robinson (formerly Interboro) Pkwy.
And the Gil Hodges Marine Parkway Bridge. But nobody uses any of these names. :)
Before Shea Stadium was torn down, there was a Casey Stengel Plaza there.
I-70 Saint Louis Steriods Way errrrrrrrrr Mark McGuire Highway.
Hank Aaron Drive is the southern end of Capitol Avenue and Piedmont Ave./Rd. in Atlanta. It runs on the eastside of Turner Field.
Be well,
Bryant
LA 3132 in Shreveport was known as the Inner-Loop expressway. Now it is called the Terry Bradshaw Passway. :spin: Is "passway" even an official highway term? :hmmm:
Quote from: cjk374 on March 17, 2011, 10:33:35 PM
:spin: Is "passway" even an official highway term? :hmmm:
Not to my knowledge. ;-)
Be well,
Bryant
I seem to remember a street in El Paso named for Lee Trevino.
Quote from: xonhulu on March 17, 2011, 11:51:58 PM
I seem to remember a street in El Paso named for Lee Trevino.
Yep-Lee Trevino Dr.(has an exit from I-10).
On the subject of golf, I-44 in Springfield, Mo. is named the Payne Stewart Memorial Highway.
West Virginia:
Former 16th Street in Huntington is Hal Greer Blvd. Greer was from Huntington and was the first significant black player at Marshall after intergraion. Later went on the HoF NBA career.
Former 20th Street in Huntington is Marshall Memorial Blvd. It runs from the football stadium to Spring Hill Cemetary, the significance of which is outlined in the movie, We Are Marshall.
WV 7/US 19 by the WVU basketball arena is Jerry West Blvd. West also had an NBA HoF career.
In Clarksville, TN part of US 79 is Wilma Rudolph Blvd.
Quote from: SP Cook on March 18, 2011, 06:46:02 AM
WV 7/US 19 by the WVU basketball arena is Jerry West Blvd. West also had an NBA HoF career.
And he's also the NBA logo.
Be well,
Bryant
Quote from: Bryant5493 on March 18, 2011, 09:48:20 AM
Quote from: SP Cook on March 18, 2011, 06:46:02 AM
WV 7/US 19 by the WVU basketball arena is Jerry West Blvd. West also had an NBA HoF career.
And he's also the NBA logo.
Be well,
Bryant
Many of the street name signs around Lambeau Field have Packers' logos and helmets on them, too.
Mike
I-35 in Edmond, OK is the Shannon Miller Parkway.
rte66man
It's absent from the USPS official abbreviation list.
Part of LSD in downtown Chicago is also called George Halas Drive
The city of Coralville, IA renamed part of their main street as Hayden Fry Way (Hayden Fry was the University of Iowa's football coach in the 70s)
Jack Nicklaus Freeway is I-270 in Columbus, Ohio.
Isn't I-395 in Baltimore also the Cal Ripkin Jr Way or something like it...?
Some Kansas City area examples:
(As previously mentioned) George Brett Superhighway - I-70 from approx. Exit 2A (I-35) in downtown KC to Exit 9 (Blue Ridge Cutoff / Truman Sports Complex). Also, the bridge that carries Blue Ridge Cutoff over I-70 is named the George Brett Bridge.
Lamar Hunt Memorial Highway - I-435 from Exit 54 (NE Parvin Rd./ NE 48th St.) to Exit 63A/63B (I-70).
John "Buck" O'neil Way (also known as E. 17th Terrace) - The Paseo to Highland Ave. in the 18th & Vine Historic District.
Tom Watson Pkwy - MO-45 between I-435 and I-29.
I think calling someone a "hero" for being competent in their chosen profession is a bit of a stretch. They're not actually doing anything heroic.
Quote from: Scott5114 on March 19, 2011, 08:53:46 PM
I think calling someone a "hero" for being competent in their chosen profession is a bit of a stretch. They're not actually doing anything heroic.
Check out fourth definition from Merriam-Webster:
"Definition of HERO
1a : a mythological or legendary figure often of divine descent endowed with great strength or ability b : an illustrious warrior c : a man admired for his achievements and noble qualities d : one who shows great courage
2a : the principal male character in a literary or dramatic work b : the central figure in an event, period, or movement
3plural usually he·ros : submarine 2
4: an object of extreme admiration and devotion : idol"
The above individuals, teams and animals all seem to have received enough admiration to have a road named after them. Definition 4 works. 1.c. could also work: being admired for achievements and noble qualities.
Messrs. Merriam and Webster are full of shit.
Well, at least they have appeared to fool most of the people most of the time ...
Quote from: Scott5114 on March 19, 2011, 09:27:34 PM
Messrs. Merriam and Webster are full of shit.
No, they're full of dirt since both been buried for over a century.
:-D
New North Shore street to be named after [Chuck] Noll (http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/news/pittsburgh/s_729267.html) - Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
In Edmonton, AB you have Wayne Gretzky DR a freeway, and in Brantford, ON you have Wayne Gretzky Parkway, an arterial road.
Roads named after golfers are dime-a-dozen in the south. Just google search "Nicklaus Dr, Florida." Same with Snead, Palmer, Hogan, Sarazen, Player, Trevino, etc.
The road in front of the Metrodome in Minneapolis is named "Kirby Puckett Dr."
There's Dan Patch Avenue at the Minnesota State Fairgrounds named for a racehorse. The Twin Cities suburb of Savage was named after his owner, Marion Willis Savage.
Bolingbrook IL has a subdivision on the west side out by Hassert Blvd (former 111th St) and Palmer Dr (named after Arnold of course). One of the streets in that subdivision is call Tiger Woods Dr.
In Green Bay, there is also Holmgren Way and Brett Favre Pass.
There is also a small semi circle drive off Michigan Ave in Chicago by the Tribune Building that is named Jack Brickhouse Way.
Old thread, I know. There are two in Dayton, OH:
- Edwin C. Moses Blvd. (formerly Miami Blvd. West), named in 1984 for an Olympic gold medalist from the area.
- Riverside Dr. was going to be renamed for baseball great Mike Schmidt in the early '90s. But after some folks complained (mostly due to the hassle of letterhead changes and such), they gave the road an "honorary designation" to Schmidt instead. A blade-sign in blue with a baseball symbol, over the usual green street sign.
Then there's the Ted Williams Tunnel in Boston.
The road connecting two retail shopping centers in Framingham and Natick, MA is called Flutie Pass, named for Natick's own Doug Flutie, who had a rather memorable hail mary pass to win a game over the Miami Hurricanes when he was playing for Boston College.
Quote from: huskeroadgeek on March 17, 2011, 05:27:55 PM
Quote from: agentsteel53 on March 17, 2011, 12:22:47 PM
I believe I-70 in St. Louis is the Mark McGwire Freeway.
It was for awhile up until last year. After he admitted his steroid use last year, the Missouri Legislature returned it to its original name of the Mark Twain Freeway.
But at least I-70 now crosses into IL on the new Stan Musial Bridge. That honor was long overdue given his many accomplishments and achievements he made for the Cardinals.
Dale Earnhardt Boulevard in Kannapolis, NC (http://goo.gl/maps/PdXgu) (not coincidentally, a segment of NC Route 3)
Bruton Smith Boulevard in Concord, NC (http://goo.gl/maps/XmQTh), connects I-85 to Charlotte Motor Speedway. Smith owns Speedway Motorsports, Inc.
Killebrew Drive in Annandale, VA (http://goo.gl/maps/EZ9qs) (Harmon Killebrew played for the Washington Senators)
Maris Court is located near Killebrew Drive (http://goo.gl/maps/jcjJb) (I have no idea what, if any connection, Roger Maris might have had to the area)
George Welsh Way in Charlottesville, VA (http://goo.gl/maps/tOZD8) (named for the longtime UVA football coach)
In my original hometown of Copperas Cove, TX, you can find Robert Griffin III Drive (http://goo.gl/maps/tOZD8) (the Redskins' quarterback grew up in Copperas Cove)
Quote from: spooky on October 07, 2014, 12:56:02 PM
The road connecting two retail shopping centers in Framingham and Natick, MA is called Flutie Pass, named for Natick's own Doug Flutie, who had a rather memorable hail mary pass to win a game over the Miami Hurricanes when he was playing for Boston College.
He also was in the Canadian Football League and the NFL (Bears, Bills, Chargers & Patriots) as well.
Cambridge, Mass., has a Rumeal Robinson Pl., named after the Michigan basketball player I mainly remember for keeping Seton Hall from winning the NCAA championship. I'm surprised there's no Pat Ewing street, since he went to high school there.
And of course there is Yawkey Way in Boston, named for that hero to all us Yankee fans, former Red Sox owner Tom Yawkey.
Omaha has Bob Gibson Dr., which is on the north side of what used to be Rosenblatt Stadium, the former home of the College World Series. I believe the official Nebraska Welcome Center once you come into Nebraska from Iowa officially has the Bob Gibson Dr. address. There's also Bob Boozer Dr., way out in West Omaha, named for the former basketball player and 1960 Olympian.
On the day I left Indianapolis the second time I was there, I went west on I-74 and seem to recall a Jeff Gordon Drive at one of the exits.
For years, we've had Paul W. "Bear" Bryant Drive running past the stadium named in his honor. But in recent years, the city has also added small streets named for other championship coaches (Frank Thomas, Wallace Wade, Gene Stallings) all in the general vicinty of the stadium. I presume we'll have one named for Saban eventually.
This map will kinda give you a glimpse of the neighborhood near the stadium and the street names.
https://www.google.com/maps/place/Wallace+Wade+Ave,+Tuscaloosa,+AL+35401/@33.2089493,-87.5516053,17z/data=!4m2!3m1!1s0x888602971bfe1193:0xce9b9f24791bb389
Newark at one time had a Muhammad Ali Drive off of Springfield Avenue in New Jersey.
For our disdain of the highway number, why not rename Interstate 99 the JoePa Expressway?
South Bend has a Rockne Dr.
Quote from: Mr. Matté on October 08, 2014, 12:25:26 PM
For our disdain of the highway number, why not rename Interstate 99 the JoePa Expressway?
is there a tunnel on that road? it's crying out to be renamed for Jerry Sandusky.
Quote from: agentsteel53 on October 08, 2014, 02:05:11 PM
Quote from: Mr. Matté on October 08, 2014, 12:25:26 PM
For our disdain of the highway number, why not rename Interstate 99 the JoePa Expressway?
is there a tunnel on that road? it's crying out to be renamed for Jerry Sandusky.
Given what Bud Schuster did to the grid...
OK, my mind has officially gone off the PC rails.
PA 611 in Easton is named after Larry Holmes.
12th Avenue in New York City is named after the Yankee Clipper.
Quote from: 1995hoo on October 07, 2014, 01:47:08 PM
Killebrew Drive in Annandale, VA (http://goo.gl/maps/EZ9qs) (Harmon Killebrew played for the Washington Senators)
I looked it over and am surprised no one mentioned the one in Bloomington, MN, where he played for the Twins.
Jeff Gordon Blvd in Pittsboro IN, Exit 61 on I-74
Mapmikey
Texas 288 in Houston is named the Nolan Ryan Expressway down to his hometown of Alvin. :sombrero:
Quote from: pianocello on March 19, 2011, 03:59:39 PM
The city of Coralville, IA renamed part of their main street as Hayden Fry Way (Hayden Fry was the University of Iowa's football coach in the 70s)
Iowa City has an Evashevski Drive (https://www.google.com/maps/@41.6591076,-91.5524694,17z) near Kinnick Stadium named for Forest Evashevski, a successful coach for the Hawkeyes in the 1950s who died in 2009.
Cedar Rapids has Kurt Warner Way adjacent to Kingston Stadium, where the future NFL quarterback played high school football in the late 1980s. It's not on Google, but it is on OpenStreetMap (http://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=17/41.96733/-91.68903).
Here, about two blocks from my current residence, in Appleton, WI:
http://goo.gl/maps/ba4IB
This was S Oneida St (the main street southward out of downtown Appleton) until the bridge in the background, which bypassed it and cut it off, was opened in 1980, then 'S Olde Oneida St' (the part south of Water St, the intersecting street in the image, is still Olde Oneida St) and then changed to the current name about five years or so ago.
Why that player, well known for playing for a team that is located well out of state, in this city? He grew up in Appleton.
:nod:
Mike
Minneapolis had Kirby Puckett Way by the Metrodome, but Kirby's life went off the rails after he left baseball, and the Metrodome is gone, and so is that street. Nothing I could find for any Twins star by Target Field. Killebrew Drive is stilll near the Mall of America, though, site of Metropolitan Stadium where the Twins first played.
There is a golf course that winds through a neighborhood near me, and many streets are named for prominent golfers. My favorite is Chi Chi Drive.
I'm a bit surprised that no one's mentioned the Jesse-Owens-Allee in front of the Olympic Stadium in Berlin.
Tyler, TX:
In recent years, the city constructed a new arterial on the west side of town, and named it for former University of Texas and Houston Oilers football player Earl Campbell. He attended high school a few miles up the road from the new street, dubbed Earl Campbell Parkway.
Near the former site of Tiger Stadium in Detroit, there is a street called Cochrane St, thought to be named after the first Tiger manager (Mickey Cochrane) who brought a World Series championship to Detroit (in 1935).
A portion of I-90 between downtown Boston and East Boston is officially named the Ted Williams Tunnel, and a portion of MA-9 through Framingham is still signed as the Ted Williams Highway.
Kareem Ct and Pincay Rd (a Hollywood Park jockey) intersect in Inglewood, CA, where the Lakers used to play before Staples Center.
I am surprised that with all the posts mentioning Ted Williams, that none refer to Ted Williams Parkway/Freeway in San Diego.
About 8 miles of US 421 in Wilkes County, NC is named Junior Johnson Highway. He was born there.
Quote from: andrewkbrown on March 19, 2011, 04:32:31 PM
Jack Nicklaus Freeway is I-270 in Columbus, Ohio.
For a while when I-270 was first dubbed the JN Freeway, they added a named panel on some of the pull-through BGSs around the belt. Most were gone by the late 80s.
Quote from: kendancy66 on October 13, 2014, 11:32:08 PM
I am surprised that with all the posts mentioning Ted Williams, that none refer to Ted Williams Parkway/Freeway in San Diego.
How hard would it have been to use "406" for the route number?
The Webster Tube between Alameda and Oakland (CA 260 SB) should become the Bumgarner Tube. (The Posey Tube, in the other direction, can keep its name.)
Are any of these people actually heroes? Maybe Jackie Robinson.
Quote from: NE2 on October 30, 2014, 01:08:51 AM
Are any of these people actually heroes? Maybe Jackie Robinson.
If you're looking for "Heroes" in the Greek sense, you're going to be highly disappointed. Most of them just happened to be adept at their job.
Ted Williams twice left one of the most successful baseball careers ever in order to go serve with distinction in two wars.
I wouldn't worry about hero worship today. Judging by the average girth of kids today, athletes are not people many of them are striving to emulate.
Jackson, MS, has Kevin Garnett Drive, named for the NBA star. He donated money to rebuild some run-down houses; thus, having the street named after him.
How did we miss the Tom Landry Freeway - Interstate 30 between Dallas and Fort Worth?
Jameis Winston Way in Tallahassee.
Just kidding.
Quote from: 1995hoo on October 07, 2014, 01:47:08 PM
Dale Earnhardt Boulevard in Kannapolis, NC (http://goo.gl/maps/PdXgu) (not coincidentally, a segment of NC Route 3)
They also have a DALE EARNHARDT BLVD near Snelling, S.C. The street is a dead-ender there, though.
Quote from: cwf1701 on October 12, 2014, 11:15:59 PM
Near the former site of Tiger Stadium in Detroit, there is a street called Cochrane St, thought to be named after the first Tiger manager (Mickey Cochrane) who brought a World Series championship to Detroit (in 1935).
The old Tiger Stadium was located at the corner of Michigan and Trumbell. The opposite corner was (Al) Kaline & (Mickey) Cochrane. I believe Trumbell should be re-named for Alan Trammell.