I've always found Street Rd. in the Philly area to be quite funny.
And of course Shades of Death Road, in New Jersey, MY state.
Governor Dingwall Mem. Hwy. somewhere in the Northeast, I think CT. Don't remember where I saw it...
Then there's Smiley Rd. in one of the really ghetto parts of Hampton... I sure wouldn't be smiling if I lived there.
Also, Easy St. in Carefree, AZ
-Old Fourty Foot Rd in Kulpsville, PA
No Name Uno Avenue in Gilroy, CA. (Supposedly, there was also once a "No Name Dos" before it was removed in the 1970's to make way for the US 101 freeway.)
A couple of my favorites:
-Bakeoven Road near Maupin, Oregon. It's appropriately out in the desert part of the state, running as a sort of "shortcut" between US-197 and US-97. The part coming out of Maupin gets to be a bit . . . um . . . interesting.
-Cipole Road in Tualatin, Oregon. The name's actually a corruption of the Italian word for "onion", cipolla.
-Chinquapin Round Road in Annapolis, MD. Actually somewhat of a major thoroughfare, where MD-665 (Aris T. Allen Blvd) ends and becomes Forest Drive.
-Silopanna Road in Annapolis, MD. It's Annapolis backwards.
-Romancoke Road in MD, just on the east side of the Chesapeake Bay Bridge (US-50/301). It sounds like "rum and coke" if you say it fast.
-Joel's Place in Lafayette, Oregon. In a newer residential neighborhood.
-Alex (Tarkus)
"El Camino Avenue" in Sacramento, Arden-Arcade, and Carmichael...of course, translated, that means "The Road Avenue." :p
Quote from: deathtopumpkins on March 06, 2009, 11:23:36 PM
Governor Dingwall Mem. Hwy. somewhere in the Northeast, I think CT. Don't remember where I saw it...
Then there's Smiley Rd. in one of the really ghetto parts of Hampton... I sure wouldn't be smiling if I lived there.
Of course some people have to call me Smiley
Quote from: yanksfan6129 on March 06, 2009, 11:25:27 PM
Also, Easy St. in Carefree, AZ
There's also an Easy St in Prince George County, Va along with Quaker Rd, Middle Rd(actually on the northern end of the county) and County Dr(US 460), which actually intersects with VA 156(Prince George Dr). There's also Boulevard(US 1/US 301 in Colonial Heights and VA 161 in Richmond).
There is a neighbourhood in Westland, MI that uses candy and flavours as its street names
ie. Peppermint drive, carmel st, Lollipop st, ect.. its strange
Tchoupitoulas St, nola
There's a no name street here in Rohnert Park.
Quote from: yanksfan6129 on March 06, 2009, 11:18:30 PM
I've always found Street Rd. in the Philly area to be quite funny.
And of course Shades of Death Road, in New Jersey, MY state.
I tend to get a kick of out of "Asbestos Road".
How 'bout Zzyzx Road
Zzyzx Road is a classic.
Ramsey, MN has some good ones, too. There's a neighborhood with periodic table elements, primarily some of the more obscure ones--like Dysprosium Street.
-Alex (Tarkus)
I'm not making this up. You can verify it by looking at an atlas. In Michigan exit #69 on I-75 is at Big Beaver Rd!
And I believe there's an exit for Stinking Creek Rd on I-75 in Tennessee.
In the Syracuse, NY area:
- Dinglehole Road, near Baldwinsville (map (http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=Dinglehole+Rd,+Onondaga,+New+York&sll=43.215185,-76.402702&sspn=0.056422,0.137329&ie=UTF8&ll=43.215185,-76.37764&spn=0.056422,0.072098&z=13&iwloc=addr))
- Various streets in Baybery (a housing development near Liverpool) are alphabetical (map (http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&ll=43.13754,-76.217608&spn=0.014123,0.034332&z=15))
- Pork St, near Skaneateles (map (http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=pork+st&sll=42.930725,-76.392531&sspn=0.014171,0.034332&ie=UTF8&ll=42.93682,-76.388969&spn=0.056679,0.072098&z=13&iwloc=addr))
Needmore Road
Dayton, OH
Hitler Roads 1 and 2 in Circleville, OH
In that case, I hope that the "Hitler" in question (as in the one the road is named for) was just a friendly farmer that happened to be German and happened to by named Hitler.
I don't think there is any road in this country named after the vaunted most well known Hitler.
A couple of parish roads near my home:
Igoe Inn Rd.
Jot em Down Rd.
Old Home Place Rd.
There's a street out in Goochland County, VA called "Shade Hunter Lane". Quite possibly one of the coolest street names I've ever encountered.
Another one of my favorites is Alameda De Las Pulgas, in San Mateo County, California. The name literally translates to "Avenue of the Fleas" in Spanish. :eyebrow:
Coquitlam Highway.
I like that Coquitlam. Coquitlam. Hmmm....
Knutson's Family Road in North Lakewood, WA
Oddly enough, the Smiths live there...
Harry L Blvd., Johnson City. (Harry L Johnson, of course - there are a few others in that city of similar name.)
Scajaquada Expwy., Buffalo
Bread and Cheese Hollow Rd., Long Island
Chair Factory Rd., Shaker Village in NY near MA border (US 20)
SW Why Worry Lane, Beaverton OR. i used to live on this street! There's also a Cheshire Rd and Mad Hatter Lane in the same neighbourhood. Also, as kind of a WTF moment, in West Linn off of OR-43, is Chow Mein Lane. X3
Boulevard NE/SE - Atlanta, GA
Parkway Drive NE - Atlanta, GA
Tom Murphy Freeway/Ralph David Abernathy Freeway/Purple Heart Highway/Carl Sanders Highway (I-20) - Georgia
(Ralph David Abernathy Freeway is the only name, to my knowledge, consistently signed on the I-20 corridor.)
Evander Holyfield Highway (SR 279) - Fayette County, GA
Tuskegee Airman Parkway (Camp Creek Parkway/SR 6) - Fulton County, GA
Easy Street - Clayton County, GA, east-southeast of Riverdale
Be well,
Bryant
New York also has some good ones. In The Bronx, there's Faile Street, and the next block over is Hoe Avenue. In Brooklyn, there's Force Tube Avenue. In Queens, there's Arlene Fuchs Katz Drive. In Staten Island, there's Fingerboard Road.
And in Manhattan, you can get off the subway at Dyckman Street, walk west a block and make a right on Seaman Avenue, and then walk another block and make another right on Cumming Street. Really (http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&ll=40.866284,-73.926669&spn=0.003578,0.01133&z=17).
The intersection of the latter two become world famous several years back when someone posted a picture of the street sign on the internet...
a street in (i believe) Pennsylvania called Fail Blvd
and a street nowhere near there (in Verona, WI) named Epic Lane
EPIC FAIL! :-D
There's an Olive Street Road in St. Louis County, MO. I think it used to be longer, but part of it was renamed to Olive Boulevard.
I've always liked the nickname "The Orange Cursh Interchange" in Orange, CA.
PennDOT Drive (SR 1073) - Greensburg, PA which connects US 30 and Donohoe Road (SR 1026) at Westmoreland Mall
The District 12-6 office is not located directly on it, but rather a few yards down Donohoe from the terminus.
DMV Dr in Richmond, VA- one of the many connectors from US 33/US 250(Broad St) to Leigh St- this one is actually just one block east of the science museum
Monterey, CA also has a Dickman Avenue.
Treat Boulevard in Concord, CA.
Reindollar Avenue in Marina, CA.
Penny Lane in Watsonville, CA.
Daubenbiss Avenue in Soquel, CA.
Suburbia Avenue in Santa Cruz, CA.
Seldom Seen Road in Allegany County, MD.
There's also another Street Road in Maryland (in fact, it passes under I-68, and the sign at the bridge amuses me every time I drive by.)
St. Lo Lane - S. Fulton County, Ga.
Joan of Arc Place - N. Clayton County, Ga.
Louis XIV Lane - S. Fulton County, Ga.
Roses of Picardy - N. Clayton County, Ga.
Be well,
Bryant
QuoteTreat Boulevard in Concord, CA.
There's a Treat Avenue in Stamford, CT (little residential side street northeast of downtown, easily missed).
"Treat" is likely someone's last name.
And, speaking of Stamford... you know how an awful lot of towns in the past few decades have renamed a street after Martin Luther King? Well, Stamford never did, although we have, completely independent of each other and unrelated, a "Martin Street", a "Luther Street", and a "King Street". All have likely had those names since before he was born.
Another quirk of Stamford is that it does not have any numbered streets in the purest sense, but does have a "First Street", "Second Street", "Third Street", etc. - up through "Eighth Street" (as opposed to "1st", "2nd", etc. the way it's done everywhere else I've ever seen it). Maybe writing the whole word out makes it fancier or something, I dunno.
I love Treat BLVD!
Marysville has a "Front Street" and then a 1st Street...
Not even a mile out of Downtown, 4th Street suddenly becomes 64th Street.
We have 15th Street than 47th Avenue.
i like the name Houston Harte Expressway
Fishers, Indiana as well has an Easy Street. On the Marion/Hamilton County line 96th Street turns briefly the south to avoid running into 465 and it becomes Real Street. Downtown Indy as a small street named 40 & 8 Street, for some reason.
Old Post Rd isn't a cool name
Troost Avenue in Kansas City.
It's Dutch and it means "comfort, or consolation" in English, but it sounds funny
One of the places I grew up (parents still live there) was on West Rambo Street in Danville, OH. Football field's on East Tough Street, too.
Mind you, the 'Rambo' part is funny enough (I believe the name predates the movies)...but Danville has "East" and "West" for most their streets that travel that direction, even though the village has 1,050 people.
The village also has 'South' and 'North' Streets...but North Street (which is nondirectional) is well south of South Street (which is directional, so there's an East South Street and a West South Street). The reason can be explained by the history of the village; it used to be three towns - South Street was the southernmost street in Rossville (I believe), while North Street was the northernmost street in Buckeye City. Regardless...South Street is north (by about a half-mile, which is significant in a town of 1,050) of North Street.
Darn Republican St in Chetek, WI
Draa Rd. in Titusville, FL
Beach Rd in Chesterfield, VA(over 75 miles from the oceanfront)
Quote from: 74/171FAN on April 30, 2009, 03:22:11 PM
Beach Rd in Chesterfield, VA(over 75 miles from the oceanfront)
I'd say there's a good chance someone meant the Beech tree and it was misspelled.
QuoteQuote from: 74/171FAN on Today at 03:22:11 PM
Beach Rd in Chesterfield, VA(over 75 miles from the oceanfront)
I'd say there's a good chance someone meant the Beech tree and it was misspelled.
There's a place called Beach on the Richmond inset of the VDOT Map along Beach Rd but I could still see the Beech tree mistake.
unkown location from wildwoodnights.com
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^^ :-D :-D :-D
I LOL'd!
These from Nebraska City, NE, might be more odd to some than cool or funny:
* Instead of having a N 1st Avenue and a S 1st Avenue, when the numbered east-west street reset at Central Avenue, everything to the south is "Corso". Example sign:
http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&ie=UTF8&ll=40.675642,-95.853717&spn=0,359.994507&z=18&layer=c&cbll=40.675679,-95.853833&panoid=YovANa_KhTPAG2_uoiDS6g&cbp=12,327.58696906786656,,0,9.833984374999996 (http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&ie=UTF8&ll=40.675642,-95.853717&spn=0,359.994507&z=18&layer=c&cbll=40.675679,-95.853833&panoid=YovANa_KhTPAG2_uoiDS6g&cbp=12,327.58696906786656,,0,9.833984374999996)
* 9 1/2 Street
In Baton Rouge, we have North Street and North Boulevard which run parallel exactly five blocks apart, extending from downtown into the Mid-City area. These are both major thoroughfares.
Also, for funny names, we have a roadway in the southeast of the parish named Hoo Shoo Too Road.
Well, of course, in Atlanta there are several roads with the word "Peachtree" in it.
Examples:
Peachtree Street
Peachtree Road
Peachtree Industrial Boulevard
Peachtree Parkway
West Peachtree Street
Peachtree Battle Avenue
Peachtree Memorial Drive
Old Peachtree Road
Peachtree Place
Those are the only ones that I can think of off of the top of my head.
Be well,
Bryant
^^ There are 71 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peachtree_Street) in metro Atlanta. :pan:
Quote from: Chris on May 08, 2009, 02:52:29 AM
^^ There are 71 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peachtree_Street) in metro Atlanta. :pan:
Man, I knew there are a lot. But as the cow said, "That's udderly ridiculous!" :wow: :D :poke:
One near the path of TN 840 in Williamson County is Bending Chestnut Road
Way out in the eastern rural areas that Oklahoma City has annexed, there is a Triple X Road.
In Kansas City, "Trafficway" (abbreviated Trfwy.) is used in the same way St., Rd., etc. are used, though when they are used for numbered streets, "St." is usually still included. One of I-35's last exits in Kansas is to 7th St. Trfwy. And if that's not bizarre enough, there is a street in Springfield, Mo. called "Trafficway Street".
Speaking of Springfield, they have a few other interesting street names. They have both a Grant and a Grand, which (naturally) intersect. There is a Sunset and a Sunshine. There is an East11th Street–or that's what the sign says, anyway, not East 11th or E. 11th, but East11th–despite the fact there is no East10th, nor East12th, or any other numbered street in town, for that matter. Oh, and there's a Cozy Street. And a Bob Barker Boulevard. (Yes, that Bob Barker.)
In Morgantown, WV, there is Don Knotts Boulevard (some of the kids may not remember who he was, though).
^^ Ol' Barney Fife. :D
Be well,
Bryant
Here in the Phoenix, Arizona area, we have a lot of interesting street names. Phoenix itself has Camelback Road (named for a mountain that actually looks like a kneeling camel), Indian School Road and Bethany Home Road, perhaps the only street in the US named for a (former) tuberculosis sanitarium.
In addition to the aforementioned Easy Street, the outlying suburb of Carefree has Tranquil Trail, Up & Down Place (which runs off Nonchalant Avenue), Ho Road, which intersects with Hum Road, No More Road, and for you golfers, Foursome Way, Double Eagle Road and Short Putt Place. You can access Carefree via Carefree Highway, made famous in a Gordon Lightfoot song. In Sun City West, my mother lives on Gunsight Drive.
Elsewhere, in a town called Kalaheo on the Hawaiian island of Kauai, there is a little bitty street, scarcely a quarter mile long, called Polaris Street. The name itself is not unusual (it's the astronomer's name for the North Star), but on an island where about 98% of the streets, roads and highways have Hawaiian names (Kuhio Highway, Maluhia Road, Kapaa Road), Polaris Street definitely stands out.
Honolulu has an interesting mix of non-Hawaiian (King Street, Bishop Street, Farrington Highway, Nimitz Highway) and Hawaiian (Keeaumoku Street, Piikoi Street, Kamehameha Highway, and the tongue-twisting Kalanianaole Highway). Most roads in Hawaii, though, use Hawaiian names, especially on the outer islands. Many of the major highways (Kamehameha Highway on Oahu, Kaumualii and Kuhio Highways on Kauai, Queen Kaahumanu Highway on the Island of Hawaii, aka the "Big Island") are named for Hawaiian royalty from back in the day.
Greenville, Texas has some interesting street names:
Upthegrove St.
Horsely St.
Bois D'Arc St.
Utilis St.
Pickett St.
Bonnie Lea St.
Gee St.
Sayle St.
Tipps Dr.
How about the name of this freeway interchange in Bern, Switzerland? :sombrero:
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Triple X Road.
That is all.
The road that runs around the north side of Rutgers U.'s Busch Campus is still Hoes Lane, even after the whole Don Imus thing (although it's a town or county road, not the school's).
Detroit has some pretty cool street names!
The List:
Charlivoix Avenue
Livernois Avenue
Schoenerr Road
Conant Avenue
Caniff Street
Dequindre Road
Chene Street
Kercheval Avenue
Beaubian Street
Winder Street
Maddelein Avenue
Around Detroit:
Quarton Road
Voorheis Road
Groesbeck Highway
Frazho Road
Hines Drive
Ecorse Road
Ready Road :confused:
Godfredson Goad
Wiard Road
Hyne Road
Grand River Avenue
and of course, Big Beaver Road! :-D
Some that I know of:
I-85 North of Atlanta has an exit for Beaver Ruin Road
I-985 Exit 8 is for Friendship Road in Buford, GA
Rattlesnake-Hammock Road in Naples, FL
Exit 123 on I-75 in Estero, FL is for Corkscrew Road
Hard Luck Road near Albany, GA
Poverty Creek Road in Okaloosa County, FL
Mary Esther Cutoff, Fort Walton Beach & Mary Esther, FL
Recently while delivering the new AT&T yellow pages, I came found these Home At Last Lane, Hinote Rd, Cracker Jack Lane, Popcorn Lane, Wee Acres Rd, Tabacco Rd, Boy Scout Rd & Girl Scout Rd all in rural Okaloosa & Walton counties FL.
Maybe not exactly funny, but my best friend and her ex were driving around Norman with me and we stumbled onto two streets bearing their last names, and they intersected. Needless to say when they were going out pictures of the blade signs at that intersection were plastered all over their MySpaces.
There's a Beaver Ball Road that spurs off from Fish Hatchery Road near Lacombe. Yes. "Beaver Ball."
QuoteMaybe not exactly funny, but my best friend and her ex were driving around Norman with me and we stumbled onto two streets bearing their last names, and they intersected. Needless to say when they were going out pictures of the blade signs at that intersection were plastered all over their MySpaces.
Thinking of Norman, there's a part of town where the street naming theme is assassinated presidents (i.e. the streets are named Lincoln Ave., Garfield Ave., and McKinley Ave.) Where the pattern breaks down, though, is they never renamed George Ave. for Kennedy...
Man, am I jealous of the rest of you. I grew up in a town (Santa Cruz, CA) with mostly boring street names, such as:
Water Street :sleep:
River Street :sleep:
Ocean Street :sleep:
Bay Street :sleep:
Mission Street :confused: (named after the old Catholic mission) :sleep:
About the only interesting street names are Soquel Avenue (pronounced 'soh-KEL', named after an indian tribe that lived in the area) and Gharkey Street (I'm guessing someone's last name?).
Quote from: algorerhythms on August 15, 2009, 07:31:18 PM
QuoteMaybe not exactly funny, but my best friend and her ex were driving around Norman with me and we stumbled onto two streets bearing their last names, and they intersected. Needless to say when they were going out pictures of the blade signs at that intersection were plastered all over their MySpaces.
Thinking of Norman, there's a part of town where the street naming theme is assassinated presidents (i.e. the streets are named Lincoln Ave., Garfield Ave., and McKinley Ave.) Where the pattern breaks down, though, is they never renamed George Ave. for Kennedy...
Really? Where's that at?
QuoteReally? Where's that at?
Near the OU campus, bordered by Jenkins Ave. on the west, Lindsey St. on the north, and the railroad on the east.
Waynes World Dr (without the apostrophe I believe) in a suburb of Salt Lake City. Dear, dear. Those subdivision developers sure have gotten cheeky lately :happy:
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=Waynes+World+Dr+Draper&sll=40.548244,-111.818848&sspn=0.577054,1.234589&ie=UTF8&ll=40.503815,-111.85936&spn=0.03609,0.077162&z=14 (http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=Waynes+World+Dr+Draper&sll=40.548244,-111.818848&sspn=0.577054,1.234589&ie=UTF8&ll=40.503815,-111.85936&spn=0.03609,0.077162&z=14)
Here's some goofy names for you.
In Colorado:
- Phantom Canyon Rd.
- Oh My God Rd. (I've never been on this, but I've only heard of it, it's west of Denver)
A few from Tennessee:
- Getwell Rd. (Memphis, TN)
- Hacks Cross Rd. (Germantown, TN/Olive Branch, MS)
- Rockcreek Pkwy. (Cordova, TN)
From Houston:
- Stella Link Dr. (makes me think of that movie where the guy yells out "Stelllaaaaa!").
I also find it strange when a road intersects itself. Not too far from me, there's a road called Copper Creek and it intersects itself at one point. At a four-way stop too.
I liked Yankee Doodle Rd in Eagan MN :sombrero:
Duluth, MN has a main artery called Central Entrance. I think that's cool.
Good Hope Rd. in north Milwaukee.
Lickinghole Road in Ashland and Goochland, VA
:-D
Mark Alan
In Houston we also have one I like: Buffalo Speedway. Only speedway I ever have seen
Pooing Highway
Someone might think this is cool: the main entrance road to Port Columbus International Airport is an expressway called International Gateway.
In northern Upper Arlington or northwest Columbus (I'm not sure which), there's a Godown Rd.
On the west side of Columbus there's a residential development with streets called LaForge St and Tenagra Dr. I suspect the guy coming up with street names was watching Star Trek: The Next Generation right about when he ran out of "original" ideas.
South Park Avenue in Friendship Heights, Maryland. I keep picturing Cartman yelling at passing drivers.
Interestingly, "South" is spelled out on the sign and not abbreviated to "S" like you'd expect if they were distinguishing it from another park of Park Avenue preceded by "North."
Exit 219 on I-17- 'Jomax Rd'
(https://www.aaroads.com/west/arizona017/i-017_nb_exit_219_02.jpg)
40 miles later, 'Bloody Basin Rd'
(https://www.aaroads.com/west/arizona017/i-017_nb_exit_259_03.jpg)
Stinking Creek Road off of I-75 just south of the TN/ KY border. You will have to check it out on google maps.
Poor House Rd.: Crosses I-85 in VA just south of exit 34
Good Intent Rd: In Deptford Twp NJ near the placename of "Almonesson", crosses NJ-55 and 41, parts are CR-534.
Canon City CO - Cyanide Avenue. (Lots of mining references in street names there).
Quote from: achilles765 on January 14, 2012, 03:56:59 AM
In Houston we also have one I like: Buffalo Speedway. Only speedway I ever have seen
How about Speedway Blvd. in Tucson?
Harlem River Speedway exists.
I'm surprised that no one's mentioned Traverse City, Michigan's "Psycho Path", and no, that street isn't on the property of the old state mental hospital.
http://www.usatoday.com/news/offbeat/2006-02-25-odd-street-names_x.htm
Quote from: NE2 on January 15, 2012, 01:11:54 PM
Harlem River Speedway exists.
False. Harlem River Driveway.
Quote from: The High Plains Traveler on January 15, 2012, 01:11:10 PM
Quote from: achilles765 on January 14, 2012, 03:56:59 AM
In Houston we also have one I like: Buffalo Speedway. Only speedway I ever have seen
How about Speedway Blvd. in Tucson?
WA 525 Mukilteo Speedway
CA 110 Arroyo Seco Parkway
OR 43 SW Macadam Ave
US 26 Sunset Hwy/Canyon Rd
OR 47/8 Tualatin Valley Hwy
OR 47 Nehalem Hwy
OR I-5 Samuel Baldock Freeway
OR I-5 [N] Minnesota Freeway [Ave]
OR I-84/US 30 TH Banfield Expressway
OR I-405 Stadium Freeway
MN I-394/US 12 Wayzata Blvd (freeway/tollway)
MN 62 Crosstown Commons
MN 77 Cedar Ave (freeway)
MN US 52 Lafayette Ave (freeway)
MN US 169 Town Line Rd (expressway, straddling Eden Prairie and Bloomington)
MN US 212 Flying Cloud Dr
MN 55 Hiawatha Ave
BC 99 Granville St
BC 99 Sea-to-Sky Hwy
BC 97 Okinagan Hwy
BC 97C Okinagan Connector
BC 97 Caribou Hwy
BC 2/97/YT 1/AK 2 Alaska Hwy
BC/AB 3 Crows Nest Hwy
BC 7 Lougheed Hwy
BC 91 Annacis Hwy
BC 5 Coquihalla Hwy
BC 5 Yellowhead South
BC/AB/SK/MB [TCH] 16 Yellowhead Hwy
AB 2 Deerfoot Trail
Calgary: any of the Trails
Alaska, Yukon and NWT: Any of the highways. They're named.
AZ US 60 Superstition Freeway
A few from I-5 in CA...
Exit 132: 'Calzona St'
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Exit 152: 'Lankershim Blvd & Tuxford St'
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Exit 166: 'Calgrove Blvd'
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Exit 650: 'Adobe Rd'
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Exit 657: 'Auction Yard Rd & Hooker Creek Rd'
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Exit 692: 'Turntable Bay Rd'
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Floribraska Avenue in Tampa.
York has 'Whip-Ma-Whop-Ma-Gate (http://g.co/maps/9d3kk)': a short street with a long name - it is from where the Street View car is in the link I gave to the 'A' marker.
Perhaps only really cool if you have the sense of humour of a 14-year-old boy, but Castleford, Yorks has a railway bridge called 'Tickle Cock Bridge (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tickle_Cock_Bridge)' and a large number of English cities had a 'Gropecunt Lane (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gropecunt_Lane)' which were where the prostitutes hung out in the Middle Ages. All the Gropecunt Lanes have been renamed, for obvious reasons of decency with the change in usage of the last four letters (going way back)...
Shreveport has a sign on the Inner Loop that says "Terry Bradshaw Passway"
Jackass Hill Road (http://g.co/maps/kquhx) in South Denver has a rather interesting name.
6 1/2 Station Rd. in Goshen, NY.
-OHIO-
Gore Orphanage Road in Vermilion
Hooker Street in New London (the town also has a Bigelow Pkwy; get it, Deuce? haha)
O'Possum Run Road in Mansfield
Fangboner Road in Fremont
Peachblow Road in Lewis Center
3 Bs and K Road in Sunbury
-INDIANA-
Wigger Street in Marion
Fail Road in LaPorte
-ILLINOIS-
Bloods Point Road in Belvidere
Short Horsman Street in Rockford
Goofy Ridge Road in Manito
TV Road in Florence, SC.
Quote from: Bryant5493 on May 07, 2009, 06:39:43 PM
Well, of course, in Atlanta there are several roads with the word "Peachtree" in it.
Examples:
Peachtree Street
Peachtree Road
Peachtree Industrial Boulevard
Peachtree Parkway
West Peachtree Street
Peachtree Battle Avenue
Peachtree Memorial Drive
Old Peachtree Road
Peachtree Place
Those are the only ones that I can think of off of the top of my head.
Be well,
Bryant
Here in Houston, all in the same area, we have North Post Oak Road, South Post Oak Lane, North Post Oak Lane, Post Oak Blvd, and South Post Oak Road... all in the Uptown Area. None of these streets intersect each other. N Post Oak runs from Hempstead to end at the West Loop frontage road, the two Lanes are smaller side streets, Post Oak Blvd runs from a dead end near some high rises to end at Westpark Drive/Tollway, and S Post Oak Lane begins at the curve where the West Loop becomes the south Loop and heads south to a very... not so nice area of town
Storage Tek Dr & Tape Dr in Louisville, CO
http://maps.google.com/maps?q=Storage+Tek+Drive+%26+Tape+Drive,+Broomfield,+CO&hl=en&ll=39.940722,-105.127879&spn=0.003315,0.004951&sll=39.940921,-105.127766&sspn=0.000835,0.001749&hnear=Storage+Tek+Dr+%26+Tape+Dr,+Louisville,+Boulder,+Colorado+80027&t=h&z=18&layer=c&cbll=39.94089,-105.127601&panoid=acpCOHpnMnpLC7LPGr7LwA&cbp=12,346.61,,0,-18.14
Just west of here, on the (former) StorageTek property, there is an intersection of Tape Dr & Disc Dr, also a Quality 1st Ave, which intersects both Drives. I'm sure the names will be changed whenever that property gets redeveloped.
Witchduck Road in Virginia Beach, Va.
An explanation of the name can be found here (http://hamptonroads.com/2009/05/whats-name-virginia-beachs-witchduck-road).
The Yankee Division Highway for the I-95/ MA 128 overlap in MA? Its a cool sounding name, that was after the 26th infantry.
Storm King Highway in Orange County, NY for NY 218 has a nice ring to it.
Stinking Creek Road located off of I-75 just a few miles south of the KY Border in TN.
Fortification Street in Jackson, Miss.
Pass and Teagarden roads in Gulfport, Miss.
Saw a Bacon Switch Road north of Wichita Falls. It has an exit off I-44.
Grover, North Carolina has both (http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&ll=35.190189,-81.445878&spn=0.007839,0.013797&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=31.150864,56.513672&t=h&z=16) a Darth Maul Drive and a Yoda Drive (http://www.formulanone.org/2011/07/yoda-darth-maul-drive/).
Winston-Salem has a 4½th Street (http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&ll=36.09825,-80.253185&spn=0.003875,0.006899&sll=35.190189,-81.445878&sspn=0.007839,0.013797&oq=300+4+1%2F2&t=h&z=17):
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Country roads in West Virginia are great for this kind of thing:
Pinchgut Hollow Road in Fairmont (I don't even want to know the story behind this one, even if my friend does live off this road)
Hoot and Holler Road near French Creek (Not making this up!)
Cow Run Road in Rock Cave
Getout Run Road in French Creek
Lick Run Road in Buckhannon (probably named after a stream or something, but definitely not what I think of when I am on this road)
Gnatty Creek Road north of Buckhannon
Obviously, many roads in the area are of the "X Run Road" type, and the Upshur County 911 mapping/addressing ordinance (which I read, of course) was supposed to minimize these, but doesn't look like it happened.
Quote from: formulanone on March 13, 2012, 12:15:27 AM
Winston-Salem has a 4½th Street (http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&ll=36.09825,-80.253185&spn=0.003875,0.006899&sll=35.190189,-81.445878&sspn=0.007839,0.013797&oq=300+4+1%2F2&t=h&z=17):
Virginia Beach has a 24 1/2 St and Hopewell, VA has a 3 1/2 Ave.
San Leon, TX has you beat with "Avenue F 1/2".
In upper Baltimore County MD there used to be an intersection of Mt Carmel Rd and Mt Carmel Rd. Of course Mt Carmel Church was on one corner. Sometime about 1970 one of the Mt Carmel rds was changed to Prettyboy Dam Rd. In the the same area there is a Yeoho Rd
Quote from: bsmart on March 13, 2012, 07:06:21 AM
Sometime about 1970 one of the Mt Carmel rds was changed to Prettyboy Dam Rd.
now that sounds like a town meeting I'd have wanted to attend.
there is a Molly's Nipple Rd. off US-89 in Montana. No idea how private it is.
Quote from: NE2 on March 13, 2012, 06:35:11 AM
San Leon, TX has you beat with "Avenue F 1/2".
Must be a long-lost cousin of mine.
Quote from: bsmart on March 13, 2012, 07:06:21 AM
In upper Baltimore County MD there used to be an intersection of Mt Carmel Rd and Mt Carmel Rd. Of course Mt Carmel Church was on one corner. Sometime about 1970 one of the Mt Carmel rds was changed to Prettyboy Dam Rd. In the the same area there is a Yeoho Rd
I once witnessed a car wreck on the outskirts of Johnston City, Illinois. I called 9-1-1, and stated that I was on Johnston City Road. The dispatcher said, "Which one?" You see, in southern Illinois, a road to ABCD town is called ABCD Blacktop or ABCD Road, even if that's not its official name. As a matter of fact, I was actually on what is officially Corinth Road, but it was called Johnston City Road back where I had turned onto it from Harco Road. So I just replied, "The one coming in from Harco Road", and they sent an officer out. Why can't we just use highway numbers for minor roads?
Quote from: agentsteel53 on March 13, 2012, 10:08:52 AM
Quote from: bsmart on March 13, 2012, 07:06:21 AM
Sometime about 1970 one of the Mt Carmel rds was changed to Prettyboy Dam Rd.
now that sounds like a town meeting I'd have wanted to attend.
Quote from: agentsteel53 on March 13, 2012, 10:08:52 AM
Quote from: bsmart on March 13, 2012, 07:06:21 AM
Sometime about 1970 one of the Mt Carmel rds was changed to Prettyboy Dam Rd.
now that sounds like a town meeting I'd have wanted to attend.
Prettyboy Reservoir is part of the Baltimore Municipal Water System. The road goes across the crest of the dam. The part that was renamed joins the original Prettyboy Dam Rd at an intersection about a mile from the dam.
Quote from: formulanone on March 13, 2012, 12:15:27 AM
Grover, North Carolina has both (http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&ll=35.190189,-81.445878&spn=0.007839,0.013797&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=31.150864,56.513672&t=h&z=16) a Darth Maul Drive and a Yoda Drive (http://www.formulanone.org/2011/07/yoda-darth-maul-drive/).
Winston-Salem has a 4½th Street (http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&ll=36.09825,-80.253185&spn=0.003875,0.006899&sll=35.190189,-81.445878&sspn=0.007839,0.013797&oq=300+4+1%2F2&t=h&z=17):
The Minneapolis numbered street system appends 1/2 for in-between streets. I believe there's a 25-1/2 St. exit off MN-100 in St. Louis Park. I've never seen any other fraction used. The Avenue F-1/2 example cited above is used in Mesa County (around Grand Junction), CO, where each E-W section line road is Road [X] and there are fractional roads in between (a quick look at Google Maps shows an F-1/4 Road just north of which is F-3/10).
Hull Street Road in the Richmond, VA area.
We also have Cary Street Road and Broad Street Road.
Quote from: The High Plains Traveler on March 13, 2012, 07:58:16 PM
Quote from: formulanone on March 13, 2012, 12:15:27 AM
Grover, North Carolina has both (http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&ll=35.190189,-81.445878&spn=0.007839,0.013797&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=31.150864,56.513672&t=h&z=16) a Darth Maul Drive and a Yoda Drive (http://www.formulanone.org/2011/07/yoda-darth-maul-drive/).
Winston-Salem has a 4½th Street (http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&ll=36.09825,-80.253185&spn=0.003875,0.006899&sll=35.190189,-81.445878&sspn=0.007839,0.013797&oq=300+4+1%2F2&t=h&z=17):
The Minneapolis numbered street system appends 1/2 for in-between streets. I believe there's a 25-1/2 St. exit off MN-100 in St. Louis Park. I've never seen any other fraction used. The Avenue F-1/2 example cited above is used in Mesa County (around Grand Junction), CO, where each E-W section line road is Road [X] and there are fractional roads in between (a quick look at Google Maps shows an F-1/4 Road just north of which is F-3/10).
One time going to some sort of museum out that way (if not Minnesota, a neighboring state) put me on 24 1/8 Rd or something similar. I think we got a photo of the street sign - one of those old-timey print photos tucked away in an album.
Well, in southern Wake Co., NC there is a Rock Service Station Road. There is indeed a service station at the end of it but it isn't built out of rock. Another local road name I like is Six Forks Road. Away from here, I like MacDonald-Cartier Freeway in Ontario (highway 401). At one time there were shields on that route with "M-C" in place of the number. I think these are gone now (?) If so, I wish they would come back.
Another one in Arizona that crosses I-10 about 80 miles west of Phoenix, but there are no exits: Sore Finger Road.
Quote from: Takumi on March 13, 2012, 06:26:02 AM
Quote from: formulanone on March 13, 2012, 12:15:27 AM
Winston-Salem has a 4½th Street (http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&ll=36.09825,-80.253185&spn=0.003875,0.006899&sll=35.190189,-81.445878&sspn=0.007839,0.013797&oq=300+4+1%2F2&t=h&z=17):
Virginia Beach has a 24 1/2 St and Hopewell, VA has a 3 1/2 Ave.
13 1/2 Street NW in the District of Columbia is a very useful street because left turns are not permitted from westbound Pennsylvania Avenue to southbound 14th Street. Instead you go left onto 13 1/2, which then after half a block hooks 90 degrees right onto D Street. That ends at a light at 14th and you can go left there. It's not a very well-known shortcut these days. It was more heavily-used in the days prior to the Reagan Building's construction when there was a huge car park there. I suspect people stopped going that way largely because there is an entrance to the underground parking garage in the middle of 13 1/2 Street and the security presence makes people think the road isn't open to the public.
A neighborhood near me has a street called Bear Chase Court. It got its name due to an actual chase of a bear through the area before the neighborhood was built in the 80s.
Going through Nassau County routes now to try to map what NYSDOT says is the definitive list of county maintained roads with route numbers. Noticing some interesting names in doing so, like Dutch Broadway.
Quote from: Takumi on March 13, 2012, 06:26:02 AM
Quote from: formulanone on March 13, 2012, 12:15:27 AM
Winston-Salem has a 4½th Street (http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&ll=36.09825,-80.253185&spn=0.003875,0.006899&sll=35.190189,-81.445878&sspn=0.007839,0.013797&oq=300+4+1%2F2&t=h&z=17):
Virginia Beach has a 24 1/2 St and Hopewell, VA has a 3 1/2 Ave.
The District of Columbia has a 13 1/2 Street, N.W. (Google Maps here (http://maps.google.com/maps?q=13+1%2F2+street,+nw+%26+Pennsylvania+avenue,+nw,+washington,+dc&hl=en&sll=38.895277,-77.03072&sspn=0.001171,0.001757&t=h&hnear=Pennsylvania+Ave+NW+%26+13+1%2F2+St+NW,+Washington,+District+of+Columbia&z=16)).
And there are Half Street, S.W. (http://maps.google.com/maps?q=half+street+sw+%26+m+street+sw,+washington,+dc&hl=en&sll=38.895521,-77.03076&sspn=0.009369,0.014055&t=h&hnear=M+St+SW+%26+Half+St+SW,+Washington,+District+of+Columbia,+20024&z=16) and Half Street, S.E. (http://maps.google.com/maps?q=half+street+se+%26+m+street+se,+washington,+dc&hl=en&ll=38.876434,-77.007444&spn=0.009371,0.014055&sll=38.876535,-77.010642&sspn=0.009371,0.014055&t=h&hnear=M+St+SE+%26+Half+St+SE,+Washington,+District+of+Columbia,+20003&z=16)
Quote from: 1995hoo on March 20, 2012, 04:43:46 PM
Quote from: Takumi on March 13, 2012, 06:26:02 AM
Quote from: formulanone on March 13, 2012, 12:15:27 AM
Winston-Salem has a 4½th Street (http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&ll=36.09825,-80.253185&spn=0.003875,0.006899&sll=35.190189,-81.445878&sspn=0.007839,0.013797&oq=300+4+1%2F2&t=h&z=17):
Virginia Beach has a 24 1/2 St and Hopewell, VA has a 3 1/2 Ave.
13 1/2 Street NW in the District of Columbia is a very useful street because left turns are not permitted from westbound Pennsylvania Avenue to southbound 14th Street. Instead you go left onto 13 1/2, which then after half a block hooks 90 degrees right onto D Street. That ends at a light at 14th and you can go left there. It's not a very well-known shortcut these days. It was more heavily-used in the days prior to the Reagan Building's construction when there was a huge car park there. I suspect people stopped going that way largely because there is an entrance to the underground parking garage in the middle of 13 1/2 Street and the security presence makes people think the road isn't open to the public.
Former District of Columbia Mayor-for-Life Marion Shepilov Barry, Jr. used to have his security detail park his limousine on 13 1/2 Street, N.W. (which is adjacent to the John Wilson Building, f/k/a the District Building, the municipal city hall of the District of Columbia).
Not sure if the current mayor even uses a limo.
There's a Red Toad Road (http://maps.google.com/maps?q=red+toad+road+%26+Goosemar+road,+north+east,+md&hl=en&ll=39.621375,-75.993226&spn=0.009272,0.014055&sll=39.620582,-75.994406&sspn=0.009272,0.014055&t=h&gl=us&hnear=Red+Toad+Rd+%26+Goosemar+Rd,+5,+North+East,+Cecil,+Maryland+21911&z=16) that crosses I-95 (JFK Highway) in Harford County, Maryland.
In Seaside, there's a Lightfighter Drive along CA-1 (Exit 406).
On CA-46 near the junction with CA-33, there's a Brown Material Road (abbreviated as Brown Mat. Road on the signs).
On I-10 in the Arizona desert, there's a Sore Finger Road.
Quote from: 1995hoo on January 14, 2012, 08:36:30 AM
South Park Avenue in Friendship Heights, Maryland. I keep picturing Cartman yelling at passing drivers.
Interestingly, "South" is spelled out on the sign and not abbreviated to "S" like you'd expect if they were distinguishing it from another park of Park Avenue preceded by "North."
Even funnier . . .
Northwest South Parc Drive (http://maps.google.com/maps?q=NW+South+Parc+Street+Portland,+OR&hl=en&ll=45.552766,-122.835624&spn=0.008159,0.021136&sll=45.552796,-122.835624&sspn=0.008159,0.021136&hnear=NW+South+Parc+St,+Portland,+Washington,+Oregon+97229&t=m&z=16) in the Bethany area of unincorporated Washington County, Oregon. The fact that it's "Northwest South" is funny enough. But notice the "c"--the development went in right around the time the South Park cartoon started in the late-90s, and as it was intended to be a relatively well-to-do "luxury apartment" development, they didn't want anyone to make that association. So they misspelled "park" as "parc". Later developments in the same basic area also took on the same spelling as well ("Bethany Parc").
7th North Street in Syracuse, NY instead of North 7th Street. Also the rest of the grid as this is only one street like this of a few.
Some cities use 1/2 for service alleys in between full numbered streets. Mitchell, SD has some.
Frelinghuseyn Avenue in Newark, NJ is cool because unless you know the street, you will most likely have trouble pronouncing it. Free-ling-high-sen is how you say it.
Boulevard of the Allies in Pittsburgh is cool as its name has the descriptor first.
Quote from: roadman65 on March 27, 2012, 08:40:46 PM
Frelinghuseyn Avenue in Newark, NJ is cool because unless you know the street, you will most likely have trouble pronouncing it.
I've never actually seen it spelled out, but I was able to guess it. Though I have to give the vast majority of the credit of that guess to
The Sopranos.
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Boulevard of the Allies in Pittsburgh is cool as its name has the descriptor first.
I'll second that.
There's a "Las Pulgas Road" in Camp Pendleton in California. It's Spanish for "the fleas." And right at the Otay Mesa border crossing, there's a "Siempre Viva Road," which means "always alive" (though it refers to a plant).
Along I-37, there's a Coughran Road at Exit 106. Not to be confused with Cochrane Road in Morgan Hill (just wanted to add this)
I just spotted this afternoon Ragged Ass Road, a short side street in the Old Town section of Yellowknife in Canada's Northwest Territories.
Supposedly, this started as an unofficial name, but it was later officialized by the city, and street signs were erected. The signs were, of course, frequently stolen. Now the street name is marked only on a sign firmly bonded to a large hard-to-steal boulder. Replicas of the original street blades can be purchased at a local souvenir shop about two blocks away from Ragged Ass Road.
Metuchen, New Jersey has a Westinghouse Street and an Electric Street just a block apart from each other.
Freehold Township, New Jersey has two roads intersecting US 9 with cool names: Schibanoff Road and Schank Road.
Oh, and you cannot forget the local name for US 1 in Ormond Beach, Florida: Yonge Street.
Quote from: Mr_Northside on March 28, 2012, 01:57:03 PM
Quote from: roadman65 on March 27, 2012, 08:40:46 PM
Frelinghuseyn Avenue in Newark, NJ is cool because unless you know the street, you will most likely have trouble pronouncing it.
I've never actually seen it spelled out, but I was able to guess it. Though I have to give the vast majority of the credit of that guess to The Sopranos.
....
You still haven't seen it spelled out. (It's "Frelinghuysen." Now you have.)
6½ Av in NYC
Bloody Gulch Road - Dixon, Illinois
Bloods Point Road - Belvidere, Illinois
Paris, Arkansas has a Klan Street.
In a lighter vein, there's Demonbreun Street in Nashville, Tennessee.
Then there's Tulsa's "X" streets: Xyler, Xenophon & Xanthus.
besides having a High Ave., we have a Bong Ct. there is a 400 block on high ave, making there a potential for a 420 High Ave.
up north while traveling on US45, you will come across an intersection of two local roads, named 'Now Rd, and Old 26 Rd.' the sign aproaching them says:
Now Rd.
Old 26 Rd.
i have always found this to be somewhat funny.
In Orange County, FL there is a Meadowmouse Lane in the Deerfield Subdivision.
Voice of America Road in Dungeness, WA.
Boulevard of the Champions in Shalimar, FL
Sherman, TX has an Easy Street, a Wall Street, and an intersection of Brockett and Crockett.
NJ Route 47 is called Delsea Drive as it goes from the Delaware River to the Atlantic Ocean. I think that is neat.
First Choice St, Second Choice St, and Third Choice St in Chase, MI http://goo.gl/maps/OlrGK
Seasonally, part of State St in Columbus becomes Nutcracker Blvd.
And then there's the intersection of Cowabunga Corner and Bodacious Blvd, which existed for at least part of a day in some American city, possibly in a parallel universe...
There used to be a street outside Batavia, OH called Front Wheel Drive. When the Ford Transmissions plant closed, it was changed to James E. Sauls Dr.
Brick Bat Road in James City County, VA
For the South Park fans:
Kilkenny Ct - West Bend, WI
Little St - Madison, WI (only 500-ft long)
I find it amusing that this is in Austin, Texas, as I would picture most Texans to be hostile to the use of SI:
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I only found out last week that their city motto is Keep Austin Weird, if that helps any.
Quote from: DaBigE on August 03, 2012, 01:36:38 PM
For the South Park fans:
Kilkenny Ct
Columbus has one of those too, in the Hilliard area, though I think it's a through street with a Dr suffix.
Found last weekend in Marquette, IA: "Anti-Monopoly Street". The parking lot and office for the Lady Luck riverboat casino are on that street.
Fremont, Nebraska has Sesame Street.
The Westmont subdivision at Highway 370 and 132nd Street in Sarpy County, Nebraska south of Omaha has streets named for the original 7 Mercury astronauts.
Quote from: DandyDan on August 16, 2012, 08:13:24 AM
Fremont, Nebraska has Sesame Street.
So does Tempe, Arizona.
We have a Hickey Drive (Theodore Hickey) in Joliet. Then there's the space subdivision off Caton Farm Road with names like Nuclear, Sattellite, Vesta, and Cosmic.
Quote from: iowahighways on August 16, 2012, 12:33:20 AM
Found last weekend in Marquette, IA: "Anti-Monopoly Street". The parking lot and office for the Lady Luck riverboat casino are on that street.
Wonder if it's named after the board game of that name.
a little town in northern wisconsin on US45 called Elcho has an Elmo St.
Quote from: Jordanah1 on August 18, 2012, 11:46:08 AM
a little town in northern wisconsin on US45 called Elcho has an Elmo St.
Elmo is a man's first name. Big whoop. Now, find me a Jezebel Street, and we've got something! Oh, wait, Houston (TX) has one.
Cleghorn Road in Cajon Pass, CA. It is the north end of Cajon Boulevard where it dissapears to be covered over by modern I-15 heading North and East toward Barstow.
It reminds me of that famous cartoon character, I say I say Foghorn Leghorn.
Quote from: roadman65 on March 27, 2012, 08:40:46 PM
Frelinghuseyn Avenue in Newark, NJ is cool because unless you know the street, you will most likely have trouble pronouncing it. Free-ling-high-sen is how you say it.
Kinda like Tchoupitoulous Street back home in New Orleans. (Chop-i-too-lus)
Quote from: kphoger on August 18, 2012, 12:56:11 PM
Quote from: Jordanah1 on August 18, 2012, 11:46:08 AM
a little town in northern wisconsin on US45 called Elcho has an Elmo St.
Elmo is a man's first name. Big whoop. Now, find me a Jezebel Street, and we've got something! Oh, wait, Houston (TX) has one.
I think Jordanah1 was trying to reference Elmo the Muppet from
Sesame Street. Now if you could find a street named Snuffleupagus (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mr._Snuffleupagus), then you've found something.
Quote from: roadman65 on March 27, 2012, 08:40:46 PM
Frelinghuseyn Avenue in Newark, NJ is cool because unless you know the street, you will most likely have trouble pronouncing it. Free-ling-high-sen is how you say it.
Frelinghuysen. It's Dutch. and it explains elegantly why I had thought the freeway in Philadelphia was pronounced "sky-kill".
Burrsville, Caroline County, Maryland:
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Also in Austin TX: the intersection of Research & Technology Blvds.
Was I beaten to it? (http://maps.google.com/?ll=39.947249,-74.962136&spn=0.002389,0.005284&t=m&z=18)
Roast Meat Hill Rd. in Killingworth/Clinton, CT
Also: Bushy Hill Rd in Simsbury, CT. People are always trying to steal the sign at the corner of Climax Rd. Gee, I wonder why? :biggrin: