Unique Public Roadway Types

[jp the roadgeek]

Street Rd (PA 132)

[Big John]

Richmond, Virginia has Boulevard (Va. 161).

Also a "Boulevard" in Atlanta.

Then a "Boulevard Ave." in Bismarck ND.

[Urban Prairie Schooner]

There is a road in Vicksburg National Military Park that is signed as merely "Mission 66".

I assume it was named for this NPS program: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mission_66

Not sure how that got translated into a roadway name; maybe the road was constructed around that time?

[jwolfer]

Jacksonville Florida has "Possum Trot" and "Noroad"

[theline]

Hyden, Ky., home of former UK and NFL quarterback Tim Couch, has Tim Couch Pass.

If Cleveland named a road for Couch, it would probably be Tim Couch Sacked. 

[kj3400]

Downtown Baltimore has Fallsway. Google Maps insists on adding a 'The', though.

[mapman1071]

Grand Concourse in the Bronx is one that I think is not emulated elsewhere:

https://maps.google.com/maps?q=Grand+Concourse,+Bronx,+NY&hl=en&ll=40.856344,-73.899193&spn=0.018989,0.027595&sll=37.269174,-119.306607&sspn=10.222803,14.128418&oq=Grand+Concourse&hnear=Grand+Concourse,+Bronx,+New+York&t=m&z=15

The Complete Name Is
Grand Boulevard and Concourse
Some Signs use the complete name and others use Grand Concourse

[KEK Inc.]

There's a "No Name Uno" in Santa Clara County near Gilroy.

[NE2]

There's a "No Name Uno" in Santa Clara County near Gilroy.

http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&ll=37.044392,-121.575308&spn=0.00781,0.016512&t=m&z=17&layer=c&cbll=37.044392,-121.575308&panoid=PbBkSv0OCTYMF4X4CallfQ&cbp=12,306.73,,2,-2.35
Weird. I guess they needed a name for a new frontage road, but...

[xcellntbuy]

Richmond, Virginia has Boulevard (Va. 161).
"Boulevard" also exits in the south end of Kingston, NY (NY 32)

Also a "Boulevard" in Atlanta.

Then a "Boulevard Ave." in Bismarck ND.

[roadfro]

"Rebel Run" is a street running past Fairfax High School in Fairfax City. The school's teams are called the Rebels.

Surprising that UNLV hasn't used this for the name of any roads around their campus.

[dgolub]

Columbia, Maryland has a slew of street names that are taken from English literature.  The signs in Columbia sometimes exclude the "type" of street, or there is not one at all.  Some examples:

Torrent Row

Jacob's Ladder

Billingsgate Row

Sunny Spring

There are a couple of streets ending in row on Long Island.  There's Cottage Row in Glen Cove and Forest Row in Great Neck.

[dgolub]

There are a number of streets ending in path in Suffolk County on Long Island.  There's Straight Path (CR 2), Hubbards Path, Old Willets Path, and Bicycle Path.  Yes, Bicycle Path is the name of a street for cars.

Also, in Upstate New York, there's the Northway and the Quickway.

[TheStranger]

Alberta has several "trails" as a road type - which can be anything from street to full freeway - Calgary Trail/Edmonton Trail, MacLeod Trail, Deerfoot Trail, Airport Trail, Beddington Trail, Stoney Trail, Barlow Trail, Crowchild Trail/Bow Valley Trail, Sarcee Trail, Bow Trail, Glenmore Trail.

[cpzilliacus]

Columbia, Maryland has a slew of street names that are taken from English literature.  The signs in Columbia sometimes exclude the "type" of street, or there is not one at all.  Some examples:

Torrent Row

Jacob's Ladder

Billingsgate Row

Sunny Spring

There are a couple of streets ending in row on Long Island.  There's Cottage Row in Glen Cove and Forest Row in Great Neck.

There's a Barracks Row along 8th Street, S.E. in Washington, D.C., but that Row is not a street name, just a designation for a segment of 8th Street near the Marine Barracks Washington (that's the oldest active Marine post).

[Kacie Jane]

Alberta has several "trails" as a road type...

https://maps.google.com/maps?q=glacier,+wa&ll=48.929069,-122.138411&spn=0.003827,0.010568&hnear=Glacier,+Whatcom,+Washington&gl=us&t=h&z=17 (Sorry, I couldn't get the Short URL checkbox to work for some reason)

I once considered moving to the neighborhood here, which has three Trails, a Cut, and a Corner.

[theline]

There are a number of streets ending in path in Suffolk County on Long Island.  There's Straight Path (CR 2), Hubbards Path, Old Willets Path, and Bicycle Path.  Yes, Bicycle Path is the name of a street for cars.

Also, in Upstate New York, there's the Northway and the Quickway.

Also in New York is an obscure street named Broadway:

[KEK Inc.]

There are a number of streets ending in path in Suffolk County on Long Island.  There's Straight Path (CR 2), Hubbards Path, Old Willets Path, and Bicycle Path.  Yes, Bicycle Path is the name of a street for cars.

Also, in Upstate New York, there's the Northway and the Quickway.

Also in New York is an obscure street named Broadway:

Never heard of it. 

[kphoger]

The town I grew up in–Atwood, KS–had only street names, no "suffixes".  Therefore my old address was simply 806 S First.  When we would order things for mail order, the person on the other end would often ask us:

"First what?"
"Just First."
"I mean, First Street, First Avenue, or what?"
"No.  Just First."
"I have to put something in that field on the computer."
"Then just put in whatever you want."
"Well, is it Street, or Avenue...?"
"It doesn't matter.  Just do whatever you need to."

[jwolfer]

Another one form Atlantic Beach FL is Barefoot Trace

[xcellntbuy]

We have a Trace here in south Florida--Indian Trace in Weston, FL

[J N Winkler]

Tucson has stravenues.

[sandwalk]

Part of US 250 in Sandusky, Ohio is named 'Sycamore Line.'  Also, a road in nearby Norwalk, Ohio is named 'Terry Arcade.'

[sandwalk]

Oh yeah. In Chicago, near the University of Chicago, is 'Midway Plaisance.'

[jeffandnicole]

I live on a street that ends with 'Terrace', which I didn't think was terribly unusual until I tried telling people my street name and it throughly confuses them.  And I'm not sure what most people would define a Terrace as, but this one is exactly like every other street in the neighborhood that ends in 'Ave'.

(Edited to fix "terribly"; was written incorrectly as "terrible")