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Started by bugo, May 31, 2010, 10:34:06 PM

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Duke87

#25
June 02, 2010, 10:55:18 PM  
Quote from: PennDOTFan on June 02, 2010, 09:45:08 PM
There is the opposite, Street Rd. (PA 132) in Philadelphia's northern suburbs.

PA 926 in Chester County, too.


As for "Esplanade", there's one of those in Pelham Manor, NY. One down in The Bronx, too, according to the street signs - although officially it's Esplanade Avenue.
If you always take the same road, you will never see anything new.

hm insulators

#26
June 03, 2010, 06:23:56 PM  
Quote from: corco on June 01, 2010, 11:12:21 PM
According to the official Arizona map, it gets the name "Beeline Hwy" as soon as it leaves Mesa and keeps the designation all the way to Payson. There's a Beeline Cafe at the northern terminus in Payson. I'm not quite sure why that name came into existence- that would be interesting to know.

When Beeline Highway was built in the 1950s, it was called that because it dramatically shortened the time necessary to drive to Payson on the winding old Bush Highway (part of which I think was dirt!). In the last fifteen or twenty years, the two-lane Beeline Highway was widened and straightened so now it's a beautiful four-lane highway all the way from Mesa to Payson.

On another subject: for you "Esplanade" fans, Redondo Beach, California has one running right along the ocean.
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At what age do you tell a highway that it's been adopted?

yanksfan6129

#27
June 03, 2010, 07:58:05 PM  
Quote from: deathtopumpkins on June 02, 2010, 08:34:46 PM
How's this for interesting?

"Boulevard" No name, just "Boulevard." (Richmond, VA)

"Road St." (abbreviated "Rd St" on signs - Elizabeth City, NC)

Mountain Lakes, NJ (right outside of my own town) has "Boulevard"---it's a nice little road.

mapman1071

#28
June 08, 2010, 11:41:30 PM  
Phoenix Has A Lane Ave and W North Ln/E North Ln
also "Air Line"

74/171FAN

#29
June 09, 2010, 10:01:08 AM  
Quote from: yanksfan6129 on June 03, 2010, 07:58:05 PM
Quote from: deathtopumpkins on June 02, 2010, 08:34:46 PM
How's this for interesting?

"Boulevard" No name, just "Boulevard." (Richmond, VA)

"Road St." (abbreviated "Rd St" on signs - Elizabeth City, NC)

Mountain Lakes, NJ (right outside of my own town) has "Boulevard"---it's a nice little road.
US 1/US 301 in Colonial Heights, VA is also just "Boulevard".
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#30
June 09, 2010, 10:05:30 AM  
"Boulevard" is also a city street in Kingston, NY and "Water Street Road" is a rural road in Columbia County, NY.

national highway 1

#31
June 10, 2010, 02:26:11 AM  
There is this road in Richmond, NSW called The Driftway.
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yakra

#32
June 10, 2010, 03:11:12 PM  
Quote from: deathtopumpkins on June 02, 2010, 08:34:46 PM
How's this for interesting?

"Boulevard" No name, just "Boulevard." (Richmond, VA)

"Road St." (abbreviated "Rd St" on signs - Elizabeth City, NC)
Just plain "Parkway" (Bethel, ME)
"Officer, I'm always careful to drive the speed limit no matter where I am and that's what I was doin'." Said "No, you weren't," she said, "Yes, I was." He said, "Madam, I just clocked you at 22 MPH," and she said "That's the speed limit," he said "No ma'am, that's the route numbah!"  - Gary Crocker

yakra

#33
June 10, 2010, 03:15:20 PM  
Maine also has the Air Line Road, Route 9 east of Bangor. The etymology here is that the Air Line is a fast & direct route -- a beeline -- between Bangor & Calais.
"Officer, I'm always careful to drive the speed limit no matter where I am and that's what I was doin'." Said "No, you weren't," she said, "Yes, I was." He said, "Madam, I just clocked you at 22 MPH," and she said "That's the speed limit," he said "No ma'am, that's the route numbah!"  - Gary Crocker

bugo

#34
June 10, 2010, 04:12:52 PM  
Quote from: yakra on June 10, 2010, 03:15:20 PM
Maine also has the Air Line Road, Route 9 east of Bangor. The etymology here is that the Air Line is a fast & direct route -- a beeline -- between Bangor & Calais.

Is that how Airline Highway (US 61) in Louisiana got its name?

Hot Rod Hootenanny

#35
June 11, 2010, 06:22:22 PM  
Quote from: bugo on June 10, 2010, 04:12:52 PM
Quote from: yakra on June 10, 2010, 03:15:20 PM
Maine also has the Air Line Road, Route 9 east of Bangor. The etymology here is that the Air Line is a fast & direct route -- a beeline -- between Bangor & Calais.

Is that how Airline Highway (US 61) in Louisiana got its name?

Pretty much
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mightyace

#36
June 11, 2010, 07:33:44 PM  
Quote from: yakra on June 10, 2010, 03:15:20 PM
Maine also has the Air Line Road, Route 9 east of Bangor. The etymology here is that the Air Line is a fast & direct route -- a beeline -- between Bangor & Calais.

Exactly.  It was also used in rail road parlance.  Part of the current CSX in the southeast along the Atlantic Coast was once the Seaboard Air Line Railroad.

Also, the track that is being bypassed in Chicago and may become a future highway is called the St. Charles Air Line.
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