Stupid street or road names

[CNGL-Leudimin]

I was searching for a Rail Road, but I didn't find any. Now that would be stupid, a Rail Rd that is not a railway...

[Big John]

^^ E Rail Rd in Appleton WI: https://www.google.com/maps/@44.2454018,-88.3674507,3a,75y,8.11h,84.53t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1szCGA7KfgJCziH1IEShMVTg!2e0!7i13312!8i6656

[US71]

Wal-Mart Drive is a good one

[kurumi]

Here's a 1958 town road map of Lebanon, CT: https://www.flickr.com/photos/uconnlibrariesmagic/3546387414/sizes/o/ It's a large image (6488 x 10327).

North end of town, intersecting CT 87 across from SR 449: N_gger Road. With the blank filled in. 1958.

It's now called Clarke Road; with a few houses along it. Wonder if they know about the old name.

[Kniwt]

But the sign is not ...

[paulthemapguy]

Here's a subdivision whose streets are named of random elements of the desert...where the nearest desert is a thousand miles away.
Some of the street names are pretty stupid too..."Vision Dr?  Mirage Dr?"  https://www.google.com/maps/@41.5677467,-88.2520176,17.33z

[Duke87]

How about one of the many examples of "Lois Lane" (such as this one).

Or Warp Drive.

Or Rainbow Road.

Okay, in defense of that last one, it probably has had that name since before there was such a thing as Mario Kart and it's just a coincidence.

[vdeane]

Figures that Warp Drive is on I-366...

[hotdogPi]

"Lynnfield St." on two of the four exits on the I-95/US 1/MA 129 rotary. (One is in Lynn, and the other is in Peabody.) How do you tell them apart?

[Max Rockatansky]

There is an "Old Dick Road" in Bagdad Arizona which ends at AZ 96...ironically located across the highway from a church:

https://www.google.com/maps/place/Old+Dick+Rd,+Bagdad,+AZ+86321/@34.5676631,-113.1784179,16z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x80d2ee195febd42b:0xb2975c43f1c56e85!8m2!3d34.5668053!4d-113.1851916?hl=en

And no...there is no "Dick Road" so it seems one of the miners thought they were being funny.

[Sam]

And no...there is no "Dick Road" so it seems one of the miners thought they were being funny.

Sure there is, but it's in Buffalo.

I never liked "Infinite Loop" in Cupertino, CA.

[CNGL-Leudimin]

Or Rainbow Road.

Okay, in defense of that last one, it probably has had that name since before there was such a thing as Mario Kart and it's just a coincidence.

Related to this, in defense of all things named Pearson is that they are unrelated to the syndrome of the same name and thus are just a coincidence. In fact some of them may predate the discovery of the disease. Having befriended a little child who suffered from the syndrome explains why I find it a bit stupid.

[paulthemapguy]

Came upon this today...What fresh hell is this? https://goo.gl/maps/ZgS8m7MXWfy

[silverback1065]

https://www.google.com/maps/@39.9570989,-86.002598,3a,66.8y,242.19h,76.07t/data=!3m4!1e1!3m2!1sMlQEsnGyOibdS2EdltR_Iw!2e0

exit 5 parkway, can't get any lazier than that.

[silverback1065]

Came upon this today...What fresh hell is this? https://goo.gl/maps/ZgS8m7MXWfy

this reminds me of an episode of the Simpsons when Mr. Burns was getting booed, and he asked "Are you guys saying 'boo' or 'boourns'?" 

[mvak36]

https://www.google.com/maps/@39.9570989,-86.002598,3a,66.8y,242.19h,76.07t/data=!3m4!1e1!3m2!1sMlQEsnGyOibdS2EdltR_Iw!2e0

exit 5 parkway, can't get any lazier than that.

Shouldn't it be exit 205 parkway now?

[silverback1065]

https://www.google.com/maps/@39.9570989,-86.002598,3a,66.8y,242.19h,76.07t/data=!3m4!1e1!3m2!1sMlQEsnGyOibdS2EdltR_Iw!2e0

exit 5 parkway, can't get any lazier than that.

Shouldn't it be exit 205 parkway now?

yes it should!

[chays]

https://www.google.com/maps/@39.9570989,-86.002598,3a,66.8y,242.19h,76.07t/data=!3m4!1e1!3m2!1sMlQEsnGyOibdS2EdltR_Iw!2e0

exit 5 parkway, can't get any lazier than that.

Looks like this road was named after the business park it services (Exit 5 Business Park) or vice versa.  Regardless, there is no exit 5 anywhere close (I-69 has exit 205 nearby).  I'm guessing it's a relic from the past numbering.

[bzakharin]

https://www.google.com/maps/@39.9570989,-86.002598,3a,66.8y,242.19h,76.07t/data=!3m4!1e1!3m2!1sMlQEsnGyOibdS2EdltR_Iw!2e0

exit 5 parkway, can't get any lazier than that.

Before I saw the context, I thought it would be like this:
https://www.google.com/maps/@39.3915124,-74.5630297,3a,33.4y,207.29h,88.17t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s5U5C6y-ag-NqYRR-LlCFEg!2e0!7i13312!8i6656!5m1!1e1?hl=en-US
But of course this literally is Exit 36 off the (Garden State) Parkway. Still, it's unique as far as I know. No other interchange (at least around here) is signed with an exit number like this.

[theline]

https://www.google.com/maps/@39.9570989,-86.002598,3a,66.8y,242.19h,76.07t/data=!3m4!1e1!3m2!1sMlQEsnGyOibdS2EdltR_Iw!2e0

exit 5 parkway, can't get any lazier than that.

Looks like this road was named after the business park it services (Exit 5 Business Park) or vice versa.  Regardless, there is no exit 5 anywhere close (I-69 has exit 205 nearby).  I'm guessing it's a relic from the past numbering.

Nearby 116th Street is Exit 205 from I-69. It was Exit 5 until the renumbering when the Evansville-to-Crane portion of I-69 was opened. That's why both the drive and the business center are (or were) aptly named.

[tckma]

Some that come to mind immediately from places I've lived or near places I've lived.

From the "Couldn't Make Up Our Mind" file:

Short Lane Road in Westminster, MD
Water Street Road in Walkersville, MD
Broadway Street in Lowell, MA

From the "Cancel Each Other Out" file:

Old New Windsor Road in Westminster, MD.  Wouldn't that just make it "Windsor Road?"

From the "Lazy" file:

A few instances of "Old Rd" or "Old Main Road" along NY-25 in Orient Point, NY
Schalk Road #1 intersects Schalk Road #2 in Manchester, MD
Similarly, Marriottsville Road intersects Marriottsville Road #2 in Marriottsville, MD


Just funny:

Detour Road in Keymar, MD (What happens when they have to close it?)
Y Road, also in Keymar (Because Y not? Never mind there are no other lettered roads here.)
Skunks Misery Road in Locust Valley, NY

From the Head Scratcher File:

Harney Road in Taneytown, MD becomes Conover Road when it enters Harney, to avoid confusion with the OTHER Harney Road, then becomes Harney Road again once in Pennsylvania.

[tckma]

https://www.google.com/maps/@39.9570989,-86.002598,3a,66.8y,242.19h,76.07t/data=!3m4!1e1!3m2!1sMlQEsnGyOibdS2EdltR_Iw!2e0

exit 5 parkway, can't get any lazier than that.

Shouldn't it be exit 205 parkway now?

Not to be confused with "Parkway Exit 205" or "Parkway Exit 5."

[Road Hog]

The "Road to Six Flags" in Arlington, TX.

[noelbotevera]

Main Street. The Most Generic of Road Names^TM

[opspe]

Around Portland's suburbs, streets have conflicting directional prefixes.  This is especially bad in Gresham, where there are a few streets that have two official names with two directional prefixes:

NW Birdsdale Av / SE 202nd Av: https://goo.gl/maps/QjDztHeF8vw
NE Hogan Dr / SE 242nd Dr: https://goo.gl/maps/55po7BxfvTM2