Two roads with same or similar name that intersect

[ftballfan]

Can anyone think of two roads that have the same name or a very similar name and those two intersect?

I found an example in Genesee County, Michigan, north of Flushing and west of Mount Morris, where Morrish Rd and Mount Morris Rd intersect.

[Bryant5493]

West Peachtree Street and Peachtree Street; Peachtree Battle Avenue and Peachtree Street; Peachtree Industrial Boulevard and Peachtree Parkway; and the list goes on...


Be well,

Bryant

[RustyK]

There are a number of places around Seattle and the suburbs where similar numbered streets intersect.  124th Ave NE intersecting NE 124th St, etc.

[realjd]

Fort Wayne, IN:
St Joe Rd. and St. Joe Center Road
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=fort+wayne,+in&aq=&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=53.696917,79.013672&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Fort+Wayne,+Allen,+Indiana&ll=41.129409,-85.09954&spn=0.025213,0.038581&z=15

There's also St. Joe River Rd. and several other St. Joe-named roads in Fort Wayne.

[1995hoo]

I think you need to limit the question to major roads (arterial or the like) because I'm sure it's extremely common for residential streets to fall within this category. I can think of a Spicewood Court that branches off Spicewood Drive not far from here, for example.

If I walk down a path through the woods near my parents' neighborhood I'll emerge at the corner of Colesbury Place and Colesbury Place. The street loops around and meets itself, complete with two street signs both bearing the same name (no Google Street View available, though).

In terms of more significant roads, I live not too far from the intersection of Kingstowne Boulevard and Kingstowne Village Parkway. My neighborhood is named Kingstowne, so those names are hardly surprising.

[agentsteel53]

Tremont St. at Tremont St. in Boston.

Brown Rd. at Brown Rd. (old US-395) in Inyokern, though that is just the road making a very sharp bend.

also, here in San Diego, any number of streets that start with La Jolla (La Jolla Drive, La Jolla Village Blvd, etc...) and Carmel (Carmel Mountain Road, Carmel Valley Road, etc...)

[1995hoo]

Down in Durham, North Carolina, Chapel Hill Street meets Chapel Hill Road at a T-intersection (going straight on "Street" there, the name changes to Duke University Road). To the east of there, Chapel Hill Street intersects Duke Street (oddly, that's further away from the Duke grounds). Chapel Hill Road in turn passes over Durham—Chapel Hill Boulevard and then meets University Drive (which doesn't run past any university, unlike Duke University Road which does). There is also a Chapel Drive nearby on the Duke grounds. It doesn't intersect any of these other streets and is named because it's directly in front of the famous Duke Chapel.

[agentsteel53]

can anyone figure out what Laval Road is doing here?

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=laval+road,+wheeler+ridge,+ca&aq=&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=30.268266,59.414063&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Laval+Rd,+California&ll=34.985812,-118.945498&spn=0.00763,0.022681&t=h&z=16

it made a lot of sense before the freeway was built, but why call the on-ramp that curls north from the east Laval Road, and also the cut-off west segment Laval Road as well?  the west segment should have been renamed to something else, as there is no direct connection between the two halves of Laval Road.

[ftballfan]

Another one from Michigan: Custer Rd and North Custer Rd come very close to each other at the Manistee/Mason county line.

can anyone figure out what Laval Road is doing here?

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=laval+road,+wheeler+ridge,+ca&aq=&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=30.268266,59.414063&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Laval+Rd,+California&ll=34.985812,-118.945498&spn=0.00763,0.022681&t=h&z=16

it made a lot of sense before the freeway was built, but why call the on-ramp that curls north from the east Laval Road, and also the cut-off west segment Laval Road as well?  the west segment should have been renamed to something else, as there is no direct connection between the two halves of Laval Road.

Agentsteel: I see a similar situation in Mason County, Michigan, where Deren Rd curves north (and doesn't change names) along the US-31 freeway to end at Meisenheimer Rd. It used to connect to Deren Rd west of the US-31 freeway before it was built, but it no longer does so.

[InterstateNG]

Two Custers in Monroe County as well:

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=Raisinville,+MI&aq=&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=48.555061,79.013672&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Raisinville,+Monroe,+Michigan&ll=41.934019,-83.462405&spn=0.022444,0.038581&z=15

[triplemultiplex]

I think you need to limit the question to major roads (arterial or the like) because I'm sure it's extremely common for residential streets to fall within this category. I can think of a Spicewood Court that branches off Spicewood Drive not far from here, for example.

Indeed.  I've seen subdivisions where the deeper one goes into the subdivision, the road names change by adding additional suffixes to the name of the main road into the subdivision.  So you could start with Flower Dr, then turn on Flower Drive Ln, then Flower Drive Lane Ct and so on as needed.  It's really annoying.

[1995hoo]

I think you need to limit the question to major roads (arterial or the like) because I'm sure it's extremely common for residential streets to fall within this category. I can think of a Spicewood Court that branches off Spicewood Drive not far from here, for example.

Indeed.  I've seen subdivisions where the deeper one goes into the subdivision, the road names change by adding additional suffixes to the name of the main road into the subdivision.  So you could start with Flower Dr, then turn on Flower Drive Ln, then Flower Drive Lane Ct and so on as needed.  It's really annoying.

I suppose it would be a whole 'nother thread, but this brings to mind the question of oddly-themed subdivisions you've seen.

There's one in Burke, Virginia, that has Prince Caspian Lane, Prince Caspian Court, Rilian Court, Narnia Court, and Digory Court (oddly, nothing named for Aslan or for the Pevensies). All the other names in the area have nothing to do with CS Lewis other than being British-themed (the area is called Kings Park and most of the streets have names like Parliament, Cromwell, Piccadilly, Southampton, Thames, etc.).

There's another in Chantilly, Virginia, with the horrible name "The Friendly Village of Dulles." All the streets except for the main drag (Airline Parkway) are named after airlines, a number of them defunct: BOAC Circle, Braniff Circle, Icelandic Place, Iberia Circle, Lufthansa Circle, Lake Central Drive, Northwest Place, Northeast Place, Lanica Circle, National Drive, United Drive, Trans World Avenue, Swissair Place, Panagra Place, and Pan Am Avenue. Ugh.

I know of another subdivision with alphabetical names, but I doubt that's at all unusual.

(Come to think of it, the Narnia-themed subdivision fits into this thread because Prince Caspian Court is a stub that branches off Prince Caspian Lane.)

[huskeroadgeek]

I saw an article recently about some of the odd named streets in Lake Jackson, TX. They have This Way, That Way, Center Way, Circle Way, West Way, Parking Way and a few others. This Way and That Way intersect, which makes for an interesting street sign.

[1995hoo]

This is in Austin, Texas. I suppose the names count as "similar."

[realjd]

Until 5 years ago or so, in Indianapolis, the 465 had an interchange with itself on the NW side of town. INDOT finally saw the ridiculousness of that and renamed the spur section to I-865.

[Henry]

Queens Road & Queens Road in Charlotte! 

[Ian]

Would the intersection of Chocolate and Cocoa Avenue's in Hershey, PA be eligible for the topic? 

[US71]

Grant and Grand in Springfield, MO

[Quillz]

Santa Barbara has a Castillo and Carillo Streets that intersect.

[hobsini2]

My brother used to live on Manhattan Cir in Oswego IL.  At the end of the block, Manhattan Cir meets Manhattan Cir.  Kind of looks like a sideways 6.
http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&tab=wl
Zoom in to the West side north of Mill Rd and west of Rt 31.

[wytout]

Charter Ave, Charter Road, Stafford Springs, CT. 
This is where town road (charter) x w/ Route 140 which east of the X is PARK STREET, and west of the X is charter road.
The original plan had a road that's unmarked (old rockville trolley bed) slated as Charter Hghts, which would have been off Charter Ave.

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=charter+ave,+charter+road+stafford+springs&aq=&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=51.177128,114.169922&ie=UTF8&hq=charter+ave,&hnear=Charter+Rd,+Stafford+Springs,+Tolland,+Connecticut+06076&ll=41.953985,-72.31935&spn=0.011841,0.027874&t=h&z=16  You can see where 140 is charter road to the west and park street to the east of the intersection w/ Charter Ave.

[nexus73]

For numbers, 42 and 42S (state routes) intersect in Coquille.  42S is the original US 101 from Coquille to Bandon.  No other state route in Oregon has N/S/E/W suffixes anymore other than former US 99E/99W. 

Rick

[agentsteel53]

downtown Nashville has something like US-31, 41, 41A, 341, 431, 441 all on the same gantry

[Hot Rod Hootenanny]

In Baton Rouge they have North St. and North Blvd as seperate streets.

[mjb2002]

UNIVERSITY PWKY and UNIVERSITY LN in Aiken.

STORM BRANCH RD and STORM BRANCH LEG between Aiken and Jackson.

GREGG HY and GREGG ST in Graniteville.