Strangest destination/control city for an exit/ramp

[empirestate]

There seem to be two general types of entries here: those where the destination itself isn't strange, but has a funny or interesting name (like all the Santa Claus stuff); and those where the exit is actually signed for a type of facility or location that isn't usually seen on exit signage (such as a rail yard).


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[Mark68]

All of the "Ranch Exits" in Utah.

[SD Mapman]

All of the "Ranch Exits" in Utah.

Those are in Montana, too.

I like Crazy Woman Creek Road in Wyoming:

[jwolfer]

MD 32

I would not want to get off the wrong exit here!!

[The Nature Boy]

MD 32

I would not want to get off the wrong exit here!!

Not as risky as you might think. The NSA would likely already know you're coming and whether or not you're a threat.

[mapman1071]

California Interstate 15 Exit 239

[vtk]

In Port Clinton, OH, an exit on OH-2 used to have "Put-in-Bay" as a control city IIRC. A somewhat odd name, Put-in-Bay is a resort on South Bass Island in Lake Erie.  A supplementary BGS (LGS?) does still say which "Next 2 Exits" has ferry service to get there.

I thought Put-In-Bay was a legit city. Checking Wikipedia, apparently it's a village with a population of 138. While it may be essentially a "resort town", it's still a town, consisting of more than just a single resort.

[CtrlAltDel]

MD 32

I would not want to get off the wrong exit here!!

Not as risky as you might think. The NSA would likely already know you're coming and whether or not you're a threat.

This is a unique exit overall. Limited access (but not in the usual sense), left exits, a traffic circle in the median. And no street view either, for some reason. (39.101088, -76.769663)

[roadman65]

Too bad "Intercourse, PA" has no freeways directly around it.  That would make a strange destination on its signs.

[vdeane]

MD 32

I would not want to get off the wrong exit here!!

Not as risky as you might think. The NSA would likely already know you're coming and whether or not you're a threat.

This is a unique exit overall. Limited access (but not in the usual sense), left exits, a traffic circle in the median. And no street view either, for some reason. (39.101088, -76.769663)

Google probably didn't want to get searched at the gate.

[freebrickproductions]

MD 32

I would not want to get off the wrong exit here!!

Not as risky as you might think. The NSA would likely already know you're coming and whether or not you're a threat.

This is a unique exit overall. Limited access (but not in the usual sense), left exits, a traffic circle in the median. And no street view either, for some reason. (39.101088, -76.769663)

Google probably didn't want to get searched at the gate.

Actually, it's probably because of these traffic cones:
https://www.google.com/maps/place/39%C2%B006'03.9%22N+76%C2%B046'10.8%22W/@39.1012489,-76.770229,3a,66.8y,66.34h,80.38t/data=!3m4!1e1!3m2!1sm9Yg2K_b0mS4cH1cdgUDQw!2e0

[TEG24601]

Boeing Receiving, complete with Truck Symbol when Westbound on (WA) SR-526


Boeing Parking, eastbound at Airport Road, again on SR-526.  The odd thing is that it used to be a direct access to Parking, but the entrance it was connected was closed in 1993, but the signs are still there.

[vdeane]

MD 32

I would not want to get off the wrong exit here!!

Not as risky as you might think. The NSA would likely already know you're coming and whether or not you're a threat.

This is a unique exit overall. Limited access (but not in the usual sense), left exits, a traffic circle in the median. And no street view either, for some reason. (39.101088, -76.769663)

Google probably didn't want to get searched at the gate.

Actually, it's probably because of these traffic cones:
https://www.google.com/maps/place/39%C2%B006'03.9%22N+76%C2%B046'10.8%22W/@39.1012489,-76.770229,3a,66.8y,66.34h,80.38t/data=!3m4!1e1!3m2!1sm9Yg2K_b0mS4cH1cdgUDQw!2e0

The other direction doesn't appear to be blocked off.

[AlexandriaVA]

https://www.google.com/maps/@38.9544844,-77.138804,3a,75y,22.01h,78.34t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s8emroVhHOBfM1tBbUVgHlA!2e0!7i13312!8i6656

In the same spirit as the NSA. GW Parkway.

[lepidopteran]

http://www.m-plex.com/roads/trips/i70et_parkandride.html
Security BLVd at the east end of I-70 in Maryland and Park and Ride.

Also, at I-695, the two control cities on I-70 EB are the towns "Local" and "Traffic".

[Eth]

Too bad "Intercourse, PA" has no freeways directly around it.  That would make a strange destination on its signs.

It could be a reasonable destination for the PA 340 exit from the US 30 freeway near Lancaster. Alas, it seems they opted to just use the street name (Old Philadelphia Pike) instead.

[lepidopteran]

Exit 144 of I-75 in TN is for Stinking Creek Rd.

Exit 58 of I-75 in OH is for Needmore Rd.

Exit 192 of I-80 in PA is for Jersey Shore.  But this is in the middle of a mountainous region of Pennsylvania!  But that is a real borough, one whose "shore" is on the West Branch of the Susquehanna River.  I wonder how much confusion that's caused for folks heading for the "other" Jersey Shore?

Speaking of Jersey shores...

Exit 22 of I-295 in NJ is for Woodbury and Red Bank.  When I first saw this, I thought, that's odd to have a county road (644) list a town that way across the state (and in a different county -- Monmouth).  Of course, it's really signed for an unincorporated community near the highway.

Exit 16W of the NJ Turnpike used to be signed as (IIRC) "Kearny, The Oranges".  Someone once said that "Kearny and The Oranges" sounded like the name of a rock band.  But it appears to have been re-signed as merely "Newark, Kearny".  (For those unfamiliar, "The Oranges" referred to the city of Orange, NJ, along with East, West, and South Orange -- all cardinal directions except north.)

Exit 58 of I-68 in MD is for Flintstone.  Still can give me an earworm of The Flintstones' theme song.

[Henry]

Surprised no one mentioned this, I-95 at Truck Stop Road in Kenly, NC:
https://www.google.com/maps/@35.5756216,-78.1514106,3a,75y,75.56h,74.14t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s_BHSB3dijW0flf0YjjKcMg!2e0!7i13312!8i6656

[empirestate]

Surprised no one mentioned this, I-95 at Truck Stop Road in Kenly, NC:
https://www.google.com/maps/@35.5756216,-78.1514106,3a,75y,75.56h,74.14t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s_BHSB3dijW0flf0YjjKcMg!2e0!7i13312!8i6656

Well, a road is not an inherently strange destination. If it just said "Truck Stop" that might be unusual.

[Bruce]

The Boeing "Exit" off of I-170 in St. Louis https://www.google.com/maps/@38.7499117,-90.337708,3a,75y,335.5h,89.75t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1spVLmHEiIfrKX1dvpNb8HYg!2e0!7i13312!8i6656

In similar fashion, the Boeing Receiving exit on the Boeing Freeway (SR 526) in Everett, WA:

https://www.google.com/maps/@47.9226907,-122.2797178,3a,75y,331.61h,94.88t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s5bVDUkgvJzSMTn4xHe29tA!2e0!7i13312!8i6656

[bzakharin]

California Interstate 15 Exit 239

Surely that should have been XYZZY

[myosh_tino]

California Interstate 15 Exit 239

Surely that should have been XYZZY

Huh? 

[bzakharin]

Surely that should have been XYZZY

Huh? 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xyzzy_(computing)
Sorry, forgot the audience here is not all computer geeks

[roadman65]

Surprised no one mentioned this, I-95 at Truck Stop Road in Kenly, NC:
https://www.google.com/maps/@35.5756216,-78.1514106,3a,75y,75.56h,74.14t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s_BHSB3dijW0flf0YjjKcMg!2e0!7i13312!8i6656

Truck Stop Road used to be called Flowers Road at one time.

Another note, in Volusia County, FL Old Dixie Highway off I-95 between Palm Coast and Ormond Beach used to be called Marco Polo Park Boulevard.

[CNGL-Leudimin]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xyzzy_%28computing%29
Sorry, forgot the audience here is not all computer geeks

FTFY.