Cool "major" road names in your city

[DBR96A]

PITTSBURGH

- Boulevard of the Allies
- Baum Boulevard
- Stanwix Street
- Beechwood Boulevard
- Banksville Highway
- Mount Nebo Road
- McKnight Road

ATLANTA

- Paces Ferry Road
- Cheshire Bridge Road
- Peachtree Industrial Boulevard
- Ashford-Dunwoody Road
- Chamblee-Dunwoody Road
- Beaver Ruin Road
- Mount Zion Road

Any other cities/roads you'd like to add? :)

[holladay]

Not sure what quantifies as cool but here are some I like:

Memphis:

Getwell Rd
Summer Avenue
Nonconnah Rd
Forest Hill Irene Rd
Airways Blvd
Stateline Rd (following the TN-MS border)
Frayser Blvd (pronounced Frasier)
Tchulahoma Rd
Knight Arnold Rd
White Station Rd
Houston Levee Rd

Some more additions for Atlanta:

Boulevard (no designation, just Boulevard)
Bankhead Hwy
McLendon Ave
DeKalb Ave
Wieuca Rd
Blackland Rd
Slyvan Rd
Cascade Rd
Dixie Hwy.
Piedmont Ave
Howell Mill Rd
Hemphill Ave
Lavista Rd
Pharr Rd
Edgewood Ave
Decatur St

Charlotte:

Derita Rd (de-RYE-ta)
Wilkinson Blvd
Rozzelles Ferry Rd
Idlewild Rd
Robinson Church Rd
Mallard Creek Rd
Sardis Rd
Brevard St
The Plaza
Morehead St
Tuckaseegee Rd
Little Rock Rd
Tyvola Rd
Arrowood Rd
Nations Ford Rd
Selwyn Ave
Dixie River Rd
Beatties Ford Rd
Sunset Rd

[Peanuthead]

Edinburgh

Cowgate
Sir Harry Lauder Road (no idea who that is!)
West Causewayside
Potterow
Pleasance
Easter Road
Royal Mile (Though really 5 connecting streets under one historic name, mainly cobbled and partly closed to traffic)

[Andy6]

You're Scottish and don't know who Sir Harry Lauder was?

[Peanuthead]

Im not scottish, im American!!

[tayser]

^ figures.

lawl :)

Melbourne has a lot of 'Parades'

Royal Parade
Victoria Parade
Wellington Parade
Alexandra Parade
Alexander Parade

[Evergrey]

Pittsburgh: Moosehart St.

[Cirrus]

On the DC/MD side of the Potomac most of the big avenues are named after states, while on the VA side many tend to be named for generals. Then as you get further out from the core of DC, more and more take on the names of the satellite city they lead to (Leesburg Pike, for example).

Those notwithstanding… Constitution and Independence Avenues in the District are natural.
I'm personally a fan of the royal-named streets in Alexandria - King Street, Prince Street, Duke Street.
There are a lot of streets in VA named for some landmark along them, some of which are kind of cool – Gallows Road, Glebe Road, Seminary Road, Chain Bridge Road…

[donybrx]

Philadelphia: Mole Street..... far from 'major', as the name suggests.... :)

[Derek]

hmmm...

SD:Albatross Street

(Jessica Alba is hot;))

[trvlr70]

^^^^^^^^^
No offense, but none of these sound cool to me.

[glowrock]

Suburban Denver's got a Jackass Hill Road... ;) (Littleton, actually)

Aaron (Glowrock)

[ColDayMan]

For Cincinnati, Colerain always sounded different...

Columbus, always enjoyed Beck Street (besides the drinking...)

Dayton, Needmore Road. Classic.

[Xelebes]

Edmonton:

Most of our streets and avenues are numbered - some of them are haphazardly numbered.

Favourite:

Messier Trail - St. Albert Trail - Groat Road - University Avenue - Whyte Avenue - 82nd Avenue Northwest - Wye Road

It is all one road. And I'm thinking I am missing a name.

[pjmch7]

Some of my favorites in South Jersey:

Hessian Road (National Park)
Almonesson Rd (Deptford)
Good Intent Rd (Deptford)
Erial Rd (Gloucester Twp/Erial)
Delsea Drive (Delware River to the "sea" in Wildwood)
Black Horse Pike
White Horse Pike
Evesham Rd (Deptford - Marlton)
Kresson Rd (Marlton)
Cuthbert Rd (Haddon Twp)
Marlkress Rd (Cherry Hill)
No Nome Rd (Blackwood)

[BnaBreaker]

This isn't in my city, but probably my favorite street name anywhere is SEPULVEDA in Los Angeles.

[The Chemist]

Deerfoot Trail (busiest road in the city, and often referred to as just 'The Deerfoot')
Crowchild Trail
Shaganappi Trail
Stoney Trail
Sarcee Trail

A lot of major roads are named after native people and bands from the Calgary area.

[TheMeltyMan]

I've got a picture of myself in front of some rusted out camaro in front of "Chew Lane". That just drips with cool.

[brian_b]

For Chicago I'm going with Stoney Island Avenue.

Does the city have a problem with stoners trying to steal the sign for Weed Street?

I know that in my college town, the street sign for Penny Lane got stolen quite frequently.

[Buckeye Native 001]

Aye, for Los Angeles, these are subjective. I think they sound cool, others probably won't. We have a wonderful way of bastardizing Spanish names...

Wilshire
Sepulveda
La Cienega
Fairfax
San Pedro
Rosecranz
Mulholland

[Front_Range_Guy]

Most of these aren't major streets, but I still like them.

Roller Coaster Road (very hilly)
Easy Street
High Street
Avenue A
Cache Le Poudre Street - everyone say's this one differently, and the police call it "dog street."

[tech12]

San Francisco:

Dolores Street
Guerrero Street

These translate from spanish into Pain Street(Dolores), and Warrior Street(Guerrero).

There's also Cesar Chavez Street, formerly known as Army Street, and Shotwell street.

Then of course, there's Belcher Street.

Also:

Silver Avenue
Mission Street
Bayshore Blvd.
Geneva Avenue
Persia Avenue
Lincoln Way
The Great Highway

[TexasStar]

Dallas

Mockingbird Lane
Lovers Lane
Park Lane
Camp Wisdom Road
Zang Blvd
Julius Schepps Freeway
Ft. Worth Avenue
Houston Street

[DJM19]

Interesting ones in LA are:

Avanue of the Stars
Mulholland
Wilshire
Pico
Cahuenga
Balboa
Sepulveda



seems like every big street in LA is named after someone, with the exceptions of your sunsets and hollywoods

[rockyi]

Around the whole Quad Cities-

Streets named for famous locals:
John Deere Road
Blackhawk Road
Cody Road (for local boy, Buffalo Bill Cody)

Other names, some on not-so-major streets: (A few of these streets I had never even heard of until I looked at the city maps in the phone book)
Tanglefoot Terrace
Tanglefoot Lane
Timothy Sirkl (I never knew why they decided to spell circle like this)
Avenue Of The Cities
Field Sike Drive
Baraboo Court
Fenno Road
Tam-O-Shanter Drive
AAA Court
Vogel Black
Kitt Court
Swit Street
Sea Oaks Circle - Uhhhh, hey street namin' guys, we're in the mid-west here in case you haven't noticed.
Poppy Garden Road
Coon Hunters Road
Niabi Zoo Road
Pansy Avenue
Hero Street
Sleep Grass Court
Confederate Avenue
Bowker Drive
Backwood-On-The-Green (well lah-de-dah)

[JivecitySTL]

Some cool major streets in St. Louis City:

Kingshighway
Vandeventer
DeBaliviere
Chouteau (pronounced "sho-toe")
Gravois
Goodfellow
Von Versen

[BnaBreaker]

Around the whole Quad Cities-

Coon Hunters Road
Confederate Avenue


:runaway:

[theWatusi]

hmmm...


(Jessica Alba is hot;))

you are correct sir! http://www.profitquests.com/files/smart2save_McMahon.gif


For all of you stoners out there: In Franconia Twp, Montgomery County, PA the is an interestion of

High Street and Smokepipe Road

There hasnt been a sign there for the longest time though, I guess they keep getting stolen.

[rockyi]

:runaway:

That's what I thought. :haha:

[ardecila]

Hmm..

Some of my Chicago favorites:
Sangamon Street
Washtenaw Avenue
Whipple Street
East End Avenue
Ada Street
Fulton Market
Bliss Street
Mozart Street

[SlidellWx]

New Orleans:

Elysian Fields Ave.
Magazine St.
Camp St.
Poydras St.
Tchoupitoulas St.
Bourbon St.
Esplanade Ave.
Desire St.
Pleasure St.
Gentilly Blvd.
Prytania St.
Erato St.
Terpsichore St.
Melpomene Ave.
Polymnia St.
Felicity St.
Fleur De Lis Dr.

Some of the many unique street names in New Orleans. There are more but the list would be too long.

[Cleveland Brown]

Detroit

John R (yes, you must also pronounce the "R")
Van Dyke
Big Beaver (suburbs)
Gratiot (pronounced "Gra-shit")
All of the "Mile" Roads from 5 through 30 something (city limits end at the infamous 8-Mile Road)
Jos Campau
Charlevoix
Cadeiux (sounds kind of like cashew with a soft d in the middle)
Pontchatrain
Livernois
Outer Drive
Beaubian

[Cleveland Brown]

Cleveland

S.O.M. Center Road (pronounced "SOM", but the full, never used name is Solon, Orange, Mentor Center Road (towns that it runs through))
Detroit Road (well at least cool to me ;) )
Van Aiken
Shaker BLVD
Kinsman

[Chicago103]

Hmm..

Some of my Chicago favorites:
Sangamon Street
Washtenaw Avenue
Whipple Street
East End Avenue
Ada Street
Fulton Market
Bliss Street
Mozart Street

I agree with that in addition to what someone said about Stoney Island Avenue.

One more that I wish to add is Narragansett Street.

[KevinFromTexas]

Major or not, here are a few.

First, all the major streets in downtown Austin that go east/west were originally named after trees that are indigenous to Texas. They were changed back to numbered streets sometime ago, though.

All of the north/south major streets in downtown, with the exception of a few, are named after Texas rivers. These streets appear in downtown from west to east as the actual rivers appear on a Texas map.

These streets are, from west to east:

Blanco Street
Leon Street
San Gabriel Street
Rio Grande Street
Nueces Street
San Antonio Street
Guadalupe Street
Lavaca Street
Colorado Street
Brazos Street
San Jacinto Boulevard
Trinity Street
Neches Street
Red River Street
Sabine Street
San Marcos Street
Medina Street
Comal Street
Concho Street
Pedernales Street
San Saba Street
Llano Street

There's an area of Guadalupe Street that is commonly called "The Drag". This is the retail and residential strip just west of the UT Campus popular for UT students. The area is one of the most dense and bustling areas of the city.

Others...

Congress Avenue, (which leads right up to the Capitol). It runs from South Austin into downtown and to a few blocks north of the Capitol, then turns into University Avenue and then terminates at the University of Texas Tower.

Lamar Boulevard, named after Mirabeau Buonaparte Lamar who was the 3rd president of the Republic of Texas. Lamar Boulevard is the longest street in Austin, (15 miles long, as the crow flies), (not counting I-35 and Mopac Expressway).

Emerald Forrest Drive
The High Road
Trail of Madrones
Capital of Texas Highway, (also known as Loop 360).

[arbeiter]

A few other Austin street names I like:

Bunny Run
Bridle Path
Cima Serena Road (grew up near this road)
Exposition Boulevard
Montopolis Drive (although the Montopolis neighborhood is VERY run down)
Speedway
Halfpenny Lane

[seaskyfan]

My favorite street name around Seattle is in the suburb of Mukilteo:

The Mukilteo Speedway

It leads to the Whidbey Island Ferry - "Speedway" is usually a bit of an overstatement.

[Mayfd24]

http://www.thecarconnection.com/images/scrapbook/tmb/1967.jpg

[Mayfd24]

Here's some more for those interested (http://www.roadtripamerica.com/signs/categories.htm)

[bryson662001]

The Philly suburb of Bensalem's main drag is called STREET ROAD

[steel]

Buffalo has Niagara Falls Boulevard
and
Niagara Falls has Buffalo Avenue

[kool maudit]

boulevard pie-ix (pee-neuf)

[chiphile]

No one mentioned for Chicago, Lake Shore Drive, otherwise known to locals as LSD.

[steel]

No one mentioned for Chicago, Lake Shore Drive, otherwise known to locals as LSD.

So that means if you are on the north side and want to go to the top of the John Hancock Tower you might take LSD to get high.

[cubercle]

milwaukee main streets:

kinnickinnic
teutonia
fond du lac
forest home


there are also two pierce streets, on different sides of town and running in opposite directions (one N/S and one E/W).

and "florist ave".

[LyndaleHoosier]

Minneapolis is full of numbers for streets and avenues and the other avenues are primarily historic figures (i.e. Emerson Ave, Newton Ave, etc.)

I guess our most well-known would be Nicollet which is Nicollet Mall downtown and then turns into Nicollet Ave through south Mpls and out into the southern 'burbs.

In Apple Valley, a southern suburb of the Twin Cities, a couple major roads are:

Johnny Cake Ridge Road
Yankee Doodle Road

Those always give me a smile. :)

[Boquillas]

San Antonio:

we have the German:
Wurzbach, and the completely different Harry Wurzbach (not even named after the same person)
Fredericksburg
Huebner (pronounced Heebner)
Hildebrand
Hausman
Braun
Walzem
Weidner

the Spanish:
Blanco
Bandera
De Zavala
Nogalitos
Zarzamora
Soledad
Durango
Nacogdoches
Frio
Flores, etc.

the hyphen roads, which tell you where they came from and where they're going: Perrin-Beitel, Lockhill-Selma, Jackson-Keller, Gibbs-Sprawl, Jones-Maltsberger, Binz-Engleman, etc.

But I've always liked the Leon Valley neighborhood street names:
Desilu Dr, Ben Hur Dr., Ponderosa Dr., Ben Casey, Charlie Chan, and my personal favorite, Gomer Pyle.

[the pope]

Detroit

John R (yes, you must also pronounce the "R")
Van Dyke
Big Beaver (suburbs)
Gratiot (pronounced "Gra-shit")
All of the "Mile" Roads from 5 through 30 something (city limits end at the infamous 8-Mile Road)
Jos Campau
Charlevoix
Cadeiux (sounds kind of like cashew with a soft d in the middle)
Pontchatrain
Livernois
Outer Drive
Beaubian

You are forgetting the most important thing! (the exit number)

http://www.thecarconnection.com/images/gallery/tmb/10495_NEORJDIPYICPN.jpg

[Latoso]

I can't believe nobody mentioned my favorite cool-named major Chicago street..... Wacker Drive!

[steel]

Buffalo has a cluster of streets named after fruit trees. The neighborhood is called the Fruit Belt. You won't find any fruits there however.

[asher519]

Valparaiso, Indiana:

The intersection of Smoke & Stoner :tup:

[secondson]

In the Cincinnati area, many streets are named after the two towns that are located at either end where the road terminates.....

-Cincinnati Dayton Rd.
-Princeton Glendale Rd.
-Glendale Milford Rd.
-Hamilton Cleves Rd.
-Cleves Warsaw Pike.
-Hamilton Mason Rd.
-Mason Montgomery Rd.

etc.....

But the streets with the coolest names (I think) are...

-Columbia Parkway, which runs on a hillside overlooking the Ohio river.
-Paradrome St., in Mt. Adams.
-Union Centre Blvd., in West Chester
-Reed Hartman Hwy., in Blue Ash
-Stettinius Ave., in Hyde Park

[seaskyfan]

My all-time favorite is Rascally Rabbit Road in Marstons Mills, MA.

[bobdreamz]

some from the Miami area:

Biscayne Boulevard (the name comes from the Bay of Biscay off of France & Spain)
Brickell Avenue ( named for the Brickell family)
Ocean Drive ( Miami Beach of course)
Espanola Way
Old Cutler Road
Coral Way
LeJuene Road
Okeechobee Road
Venetian Causeway
Calle Ocho ( 8th street in Spanish in Little Havana)

[trueviking]

http://www.histori.ca/minutes/minute.do?id=10192

the best story for a street name in winnipeg is Valour Road.

Valour Road is a street in the West End of Winnipeg. It was formerly called Pine Street, but was renamed in 1925 to Valour Road in recognition of the courage of three young men who all lived on the 700 block of the street and served in the First World War.

All three men were awarded the Victoria Cross, the highest recognition for valour that can be awarded to members of the armed forces of Commonwealth countries. A total of 1,356 Victoria Crosses have been awarded since 1856.

[asher11]

A major arterial a few blocks from home - Avenue Road. Other major streets I like are the British ones like Kipling, Victoria Park, Islington, Martin Grove & Bathurst. I believe Avenue Rd got its name from "The Avenue" which was the road from downtown (actually Queens Park) to Upper Canada College (an upper class boy's school) running north from Bloor St. It was once tree-lined so people could look down the vista to the Ontario Gov. parliament buildings from the college and down to Lake Ontario from their carriages.

[e2ksj3]

Raleigh, NC:

Falls of the Neuse Road (Yes, that's the full name of the road, and you say the whole thing)
Six Forks Road
Duraleigh Road (Pronounced DURA-LEE Road), took me a awhile to figure out that it wasn't DUR-RALEIGH road

To add to Charlotte's list:

There is also a Mallard Creek Church Road that intersects Mallard Creek Road, and if that isn't enough to confuse you, Mallard Creek Church Road turns into Prosperity Church Road at that same intersection, lol. :haha:

[pico44]

In the United States, I think New York has the most famous stock of streets.

Wall Street
Bleeker Street
Avenue of the Americas
Fifth Avenue
Madison Avenue
Park Avenue
Broadway
Flatbush
Arthur Ave
Central Park West
42nd Street

Los Angeles is a very close second

Melrose Pl
Sunset Blvd
Hollywood Blvd
Mulholland Dr
Ventura Blvd
Pacific Coast Highway

Atlantic City may very well have both of them beat, depending on popular Monopoly is nowadays.

Baltic Ave
Park Pl
Boardwalk
etc.

[st steven]

Other interesting StL street names:

DeGiverville (duh ZHEE ver vill)
DeTonty (de TAHN tee)
Hemp
Sunshine
Goethe (characteristically mispronounced as "GOH-thee")
Cerre (SAIR ee)
Bonhomme (BAHN um)
Mallinckrodt (MAL in krod)
James "Cool Papa" Bell
Gratiot (GRAT ee aht)
Cote Brilliante (coat brilliant)
Cabanne (obnoxiously pronounced CAB uh nee)

Finally I present Lindell, not because it's particularly interesting, but because out-of towners WITHOUT EXCEPTION mispronounce it as "lynn DELL," when it is supposed to be "LYNN duhl." So if you ever come to St. Louis, and want to know how to get to that street, prounounce it as the latter!

[harbinger320]

Kansas City MO

Troost Avenue
The Paseo Boulevard
Brooklyn Avenue
Prospect Avenue
Independence Avenue
Oakley Avenue
Hardesty Avenue
Chouteau Avenue

[SuburbanNation]

Other interesting StL street names:

DeGiverville (duh ZHEE ver vill)
DeTonty (de TAHN tee)
Hemp
Sunshine
Goethe (characteristically mispronounced as "GOH-thee")
Cerre (SAIR ee)
Bonhomme (BAHN um)
Mallinckrodt (MAL in krod)
James "Cool Papa" Bell
Gratiot (GRAT ee aht)
Cote Brilliante (coat brilliant)
Cabanne (obnoxiously pronounced CAB uh nee)

Finally I present Lindell, not because it's particularly interesting, but because out-of towners WITHOUT EXCEPTION mispronounce it as "lynn DELL," when it is supposed to be "LYNN duhl." So if you ever come to St. Louis, and want to know how to get to that street, prounounce it as the latter!

dont forget josephine baker ave!

http://www.francedirect.net/images/baker2.jpeg
www.francedirect.net

other "major" st. louis city streets (method: the "yellow" streets on google maps)

morganford road (margen fard)
skinker blvd
delmar (combo of delaware and maryland i hear)
germania street
chippewa st

inner stl county:

big bend blvd
bellefontaine rd (bell fountain)
natural bridge ave

a few minor stl city streets:

hydraulic ave
blow st
fauquier st (barely starts in city limits)

[Goody]

I have always been a fan of Sligo Road (I'm not even sure if thats how to spell it)

Then there is Cherry Ln :yuck:

[Goody]

Oh and there's a Baghdad street/road in Durham too

[valhal444]

I've seen a lot of places, and nothing beats the road network names in Colorado Springs, CO. Outside of the downtown core there's no grid to speak of, and many neighborhoods, some large, have different themes. A huge chunk of the city by Carefree Circle and Academy have the theme of . . . pleasantness. Serenity, Serendipity, Nonchalant, Joyful, Calm, Wandering . . . are some of the many names, and not all of the area is residential. Next to this neighborhood the streets have a playground theme, such as Seesaw and Slide and Swing. There's another neighborhood up by Dublin and Union that have the theme of musical instruments. A huge neighborhood on Garden of the Gods has a medieval theme, with names like Amsterdam, Darby, and Buckingham. A small neighborhood by Austin Bluffs and Academy are gem names.

The major arterial situation in the Springs is sometimes interesting, sometimes absolutely idiotic.

• Carefree Circle South and Carefree Circle North are both seperate major arterials, which don't really even form a circle.

• Fountain Blvd. in southtown. Two major arterials down it's Fontaine Blvd., probably one of the worst examples of a failure on the part of urban county government in the state. Out-of-towners are usually confused.

• Briargate Blvd. with the next major arterial up Briargate Pkry. Until a few years ago city street signs didn't differentiate between the parkway and the boularvard; both said simply "Briargate." This has been corrected.

• Fillmore turns into Fontmore for like 8 blocks before becoming Fontanero, then abruptly ending.

• 21st Street in westtown, which going south becomes Cresta Road, which shortly becomes Mesa Avenue, then Park Avenue for a block, then El Pomar Road, then Penrose Blvd, then finally Cheyenne Mountain Zoo Road. (all one major road) Good luck finding the zoo if you're not familar.

• Some of these are medium-sized, but all in the Broadmoor area are Cheyenne Road, Cheyenne Blvd., Cheyenne Mountain Blvd., Cheyenne Meadows Blvd., Cheyenne Mountain Zoo Road, and Cheyenne Street. Seriously, it's just stupid.

• Some random streets that come to mind (some not major arterials) are High Tech, Dynamic, Technology, Aeroplaza, Space Village, Portal, Jet Wing, Aerotech, etc.

• Hancock Expswy (huge road), which starts, then stops, then starts, then stops again, then branches off into two seperate Hancock Exprswys, one to Powers and one to Main Street in Widefield (I think this is temporary).

• Recently Drennan (The Road to the Airport) was divided in half and the eastern half was renamed Milton E. Proby Parkway. Resulted in someone getting lost going to the airport for me recently.

• Maizeland

• Stetson Hills

• Marksheffel

• B Street. The B doesn't mean anything!

• Interquest, the name for a short stretch of Highway 83 that goes through a non-existant business park. Should be renamed New Life Road.

• Roller Coaster Road (hey, this one's actually pretty cool)

Anything I'm missing? I doubt your (metropolitan) city can compete with this sillyness.

[miketoronto]

I like the street name SPADINA AVE here in Toronto.

I think it is one of the more unique names around. SPADINA is a native Canadian word meaning "view to the lake".

So thats one of my favourite street names. And not many other cities have a SPADINA AVE :)

[Inkdaub]

Matt Groening grew up in Portland...thus...

Southwest Terwilliger Boulevard - "Simpsons" creator Matt Groening says it's a coincidence, but Sideshow Bob Terwilliger, Krusty the Clown's murderous and felonious former sidekick and evil nemesis of the Simpson son, Bart, carries the name of the Southwest Portland parkway.

Northwest Quimby Street - Inspired the name of Diamond Joe Quimby, Springfield's corrupt, philandering mayor.

Northwest Flanders Street - Inspired the name of Ned Flanders, the Simpsons' annoying next-door neighbor.

Northwest Kearney Street - Source of name of Kearney, one of the schoolyard bullies who torments Bart.

North Van Houten Avenue - Milhouse Van Houten, Bart's best friend and foil, has the same name as this North Portland street. Again, Groening says it's a coincidence.

Montgomery Park - Used to name Montgomery Burns, the evil owner of the Springfield Nuclear Plant.

[fla_tiger]

New Orleans:

Elysian Fields Ave.
Magazine St.
Camp St.
Poydras St.
Tchoupitoulas St.
Bourbon St.
Esplanade Ave.
Desire St.
Pleasure St.
Gentilly Blvd.
Prytania St.
Erato St.
Terpsichore St.
Melpomene Ave.
Polymnia St.
Felicity St.
Fleur De Lis Dr.

Some of the many unique street names in New Orleans. There are more but the list would be too long.

more.......
Canal St.
Chef Menteur Hwy.
Transcontinental Pkwy.
Royal St.
Rampart St.
Pirates Alley
Claiborne Ave.
Carrollton Ave.
French Market Pl.
Pontchartrain Expwy.
Earhart Pkwy.
City Park Ave.
Westend.
St. Roch Pl.

..................

[fla_tiger]

bump--->

[2000_Watts]

Other KC off-the-wall and unique area major street names....

On the Missouri side:

The Paseo --Aforementioned major parkway/boulevard running much of the length of the city's core

Avenida Cesar Chavez-- Name for 23rd Street on KCMO's predominately hispanic west side

Southwest Trafficway -- Or __________ Trafficway, for that matter. Metro KC is the only place I've seen roads called Trafficways

Blue Ridge Cut-off -- One of the most retarded names for a street in existence; runs within a couple miles of Blue Ridge Blvd.

West Pennway -- Not sure where this one comes from, either. Might have to do with proximity to Penn Valley Park

Woodswether Road

Hickman Mills Drive -- Named for Hickman's Mill in what is now south KCMO

Red Bridge Road -- More than likely named for an actual red ridge crossing the Blue River near this road.

Blue River Road

Little Blue Parkway -- Recently renamed, it runs near the Little Blue River

State Line Road -- Running 12 miles along the Kansas-Missouri border separating the two states

Tiffany Springs Road/Tiffany Springs Parkway -- IDK, I just like these two.

Executive Hills Boulevard -- No longer in existence; now signed as Ambassador Drive

Platte Purchase Drive -- New name for street running along and near the Clay-Platte county boundary (which forms boundary for actual Platte Purchase of 1836) in KC's Northland

Running Horse Road -- Runs through exurban fringe of Platte City

Pleasant Valley Road

Woods Chapel Road

Adam's Dairy Parkway

Foxwood Drive -- MO Route 58 within suburban Raymore


Kansas side...

Parallel Parkway -- What does this run parallel to, other than every major east-west street in KCK?

Turner Diagonal -- Thoroughfare running diagonally from Turner area of KCK

Rainbow Boulevard

Quindaro Boulevard -- Runs through neighborhood of same name

Shawnee Mission Parkway -- Likely named for old Shawnee Indian mission in the area this road runs through. Or for the towns of Shawnee and Mission, both of which this road bisects.

Santa Fe Street -- The name for 135th Street in Olathe, KS

Black Bob Road -- The name for Lackman Road in Olathe, KS

Mur-Len Road -- Possibly more retarded than Blue Ridge Cut-off; The name for Renner Road in Olathe, KS

Plus streets named for many of Kansas City's suburbs:

Independence Avenue
Lee's Summit Road
Grandview Road
Raytown Road
Liberty Drive
RiverPark Drive (Between Riverside & Parkville, MO)
Shawnee Drive
Mission Road
Overland Parkway (US-69 Freeway in Overland Park, KS)
Leavenworth Road

[SuburbanNation]

Southwest Trafficway -- Or __________ Trafficway, for that matter. Metro KC is the only place I've seen roads called Trafficways



ah, SW Trafficway, many a time i chanced death on foot or bike crossing this monstrosity. may it find itself across a barrel.

[jmecklenborg]

You guys are missing some of the good Cincinnati road names...

Victory Parkway is short for Bloody Run Victory Parkway
Van Blarnicum
Devil's Backbone
Mad Anthony
Crookshank
Boudinoit
Cheviot Rd. was formerly Burnt Schoolhouse Rd.
Erchenbrecker Ave.
Elberon Ave.
Intersection of McMillan & McMicken

[mizzeaux]

We have a bunch of fun ones here in Las Vegas (All Major).

Hualapai Way
Anasazi Drive
Cimarron Road
Fort Apache Road
Rainbow Blvd
Decatur Blvd (I think everyone has one of these, but it looks weird)
Lamb Blvd
Wigwam Pkwy
Gomer Road Followed a block or two later by:
Pyle Road
Losee Road (Low-See)
Flamingo Road
Desert Inn Road
Basic Road (Nothing Special)

And a Couple That Mean the Same thing in two different languages:

Green Valley Parkway
Valle Verde Drive

[Jeff_in_Dayton]

n the Cincinnati area, many streets are named after the two towns that are located at either end where the road terminates.....

-Cincinnati Dayton Rd.
-Princeton Glendale Rd.
-Glendale Milford Rd.
-Hamilton Cleves Rd.
-Cleves Warsaw Pike.
-Hamilton Mason Rd.
-Mason Montgomery Rd.

Yes we have that in Dayton, too.

The best of those is Alex-Bell Road. When I moved here I thought it was named for Alexander Graham Bell, but it turns out to be a contraction of Alexanderville-Bellbrook Road, which everyone has shortned to Alex-Bell (I think that is the official name now, too....& the the town on one end, Alexandersville, has disappeared, being washed away by postwar commercial strip developement and road widenings)

Other Dayton names that I like, but are not necessairly cool....

Watervliet Avenue (New York Shakers)

Far Hills (picturesque)

Rip Rap Road (rhymee)

Dogleg Road

Stop Eight Road (inturban transit memorys, the 8th stop out from downtown )

Colonel Glenn Highway (not to be confused with John Glenn Avenue...the astronaut turned politician has two roads named for him here)

[Buckeye Native 001]

some from the Miami area:

Biscayne Boulevard (the name comes from the Bay of Biscay off of France & Spain)
Brickell Avenue ( named for the Brickell family)
Ocean Drive ( Miami Beach of course)
Espanola Way
Old Cutler Road
Coral Way
LeJuene Road
Okeechobee Road
Venetian Causeway
Calle Ocho ( 8th street in Spanish in Little Havana)

I thought Richenbacher Causeway was a cool one, too :tup:

[BrandonJXN]

LA:

Devonshire
Lakershim
Figueroa
Exposition
Crenshaw
Los Feliz
Rodeo (Ro-day-o)

[Nowhereman1280]

Not from here, but my family is:

Neenah, WI

Olde School Rd.


The cops literally just sit there and wait for kids to try and steal that sign... Oh the madness...
Oh yeah then there is my hometown:

Cedarburg, WI

Random Lake Rd.

Wasaukee Rd. (runs along the border between Washington and Ozaukee Counties, hence, Wasaukee...)

Shady Lane
^
Its made cool not so much because of the name, but because it is really twisty and fun to drive on...


There is also:

Kaukauna WI:
Fire Street 1 (2-17 also exist)

They are supposed to be called Fire Roads 1-17, but apparently it was cheeper just to put fire on the sign, so now they are fire street 1-17.

[Derek]

Tony Gwynn Drive.:)


(come on...you know that guy is cool)

[totheskies]

Arkansas City Arkansas (might be out of the city limits) in a place called Rower:

The intersecition of I Don't Care Boulevard and Je ne se pas Rd.

[Nowhereman1280]

http://www.wordlab.com/images/PsychoPath.jpg

Saw this list a long time ago, some of the funnier street names I have heard of...


First place in this wild, weird, and wacky street names contest went to Psycho Path in Traverse City MI, followed by Divorce Ct., in Heather Highlands PA, and Farfrompoopen Rd., TN.

The top 10 steet names?

10. Tater Peeler Road in Lebanon, Texas

9. The intersection of Count and Basie in Richmond, Va.

8. Shades of Death Road in Warren County, N.J.

7. Unexpected Road in Buena, N.J.

6. Bucket of Blood Street in Holbrook, Ariz.

5. The intersection of Clinton and Fidelity in Houston

4. The intersection of Lonesome and Hardup in Albany, Ga.

3. Farfrompoopen Road in Tennessee (the only road up to Constipation Ridge)

2. Divorce Court in Heather Highlands, Pa.

1. Psycho Path in Traverse City, Mich.


http://www.igorinternational.com/blog/2006/02/wild-weird-and-wacky-street-names/

Gee, I wish I lived on Psycho Path or Divorce Court...

[MiamiSpartan]

NW 66 St
SW 152 St
SE 8 St
NE 125 St




well, you get the picture...:rolleyes:

[alleystreetindustry]

atlanta
-ponce de leon
-highland
-boulevard
-peachtree
-piedmont
-euclid
-edgewood
-moreland
-spring
-argonne

[ATLksuGUY]

Does like every city have like ten Martin Luther King Jr. ave, st, blvd, etc. Cuz it seems so. Atlanta has like 69 peachtree streets.

[mersar]

I know Chemist hit on it on the first page, but Calgary doesn't have many interesting names, just the bland numbered streets, native names (just about all main arteries with the exception of Memorial Drive it seems) or streets named after other cities (one area in the NW has a street named after a number of towns and cities in Canada, such as Halifax, Victoria and the more local Cochrane, Banff, Canmore and Morley).

Then theres also at least TWO areas that have a number of streets that are named after trees... and not different trees either. You have Spruce Drive, and Spruce Way... Cedar Drive and Cedar Way... and they aren't exactly near each other either.

For Cochrane (where I actually live) we have a few more interesting ones:

RancheHouse Road - home of only the 'RancheHouse', which is our city hall that also happens to city in the bottom of a valley that requires a 2km trip outside of the main city to reach
The intersection of Carlson Tr and Carlson Tr (the a T intersection with all 3 sides being Carlson Tr)
George Fox Trail (after the country singer)
Toki Road (Pronouced Toke-E)
Trails End Rd

[LyndaleHoosier]

I believe Minneapolis is one of the only larger cities that does NOT have a Martin Luther King Dr/St/Ave/Rd....

I think there is one in St. Paul.

[CouvScott]

Matt Groening grew up in Portland...thus...

Southwest Terwilliger Boulevard - "Simpsons" creator Matt Groening says it's a coincidence, but Sideshow Bob Terwilliger, Krusty the Clown's murderous and felonious former sidekick and evil nemesis of the Simpson son, Bart, carries the name of the Southwest Portland parkway.

Northwest Quimby Street - Inspired the name of Diamond Joe Quimby, Springfield's corrupt, philandering mayor.

Northwest Flanders Street - Inspired the name of Ned Flanders, the Simpsons' annoying next-door neighbor.

Northwest Kearney Street - Source of name of Kearney, one of the schoolyard bullies who torments Bart.

North Van Houten Avenue - Milhouse Van Houten, Bart's best friend and foil, has the same name as this North Portland street. Again, Groening says it's a coincidence.

Montgomery Park - Used to name Montgomery Burns, the evil owner of the Springfield Nuclear Plant.

Couch St.- pronounced Cooch (mistakenly during the early 1900's, but just caught on). It is just funny how many times I take visitors through Portland and they all stop in their tracks when I take them out to dine on Couch street.

[DenverCrow]

Roller Coaster Road (very hilly)

The one in Tuscon, or is this in Colorado too?

[DenverCrow]

Jackass Hill and Gun Club Road are both pretty busy streets out here, and they always make me laugh.

[DenverCrow]

In Penn, by me there was a street called Boobe street that I used to laugh at when I was 5.:haha:

[BnaBreaker]

In Penn, by me there was a street called Boobe street that I used to laugh at when I was 5.:haha:

It makes me laugh now. lol

[st steven]

In Jefferson City, MO, capital of my, um, fair state, there is a road called:

No More Victims

A penitentiary is located on that street.

[BnaBreaker]

For NASHVILLE:

Many of these are not main roads, but these are my favorites:

Cisco St.
Vaulx Ave.
Marengo Ln.
Armada St.
Altura St.
Cruzen St.
Valeria St.
Catania St.
Flushing Ave.
Heliopolis Dr.
Eulala Dr.
Benzing Rd.
Tusculum Rd.
Cimaron Rd.
Nautilius Dr.
Modena Dr.
Boscobel St.
Demonbreun St.
Merrizz Ave.
Jonquil Dr.
Bonita St.
Draughon Ave.
Morena St.
Saneh St.
Dominican Dr.
Gaiaxie Dr.
Granny White Pike
Hooten Hows Rd.
Joya St.
Cortez St.
Juarez St
Belgium Dr.
Bonnavista Dr.
Dunedin Dr.
Green Echo Way
Kingsway West
Neelys Bend

Okay, so I was bored lol

[shovel_ready]

Buffalo has a cluster of streets named after fruit trees. The neighborhood is called the Fruit Belt. You won't find any fruits there however.

Nah, the fruits are found a few blocks to the west :rolleyes:

[staff]

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[atx001]

I'm suprised no one from Austin mentioned Slaughter Lane, which is a major thoroughfare in South Austin.

[volguus zildrohar]

Philadelphia names:

Shackamaxon
Moyamensing
Passyunk (pronounced Paa-shunk)
Street Road
Vogdes Street (not a typo)
Yokel Lane
Crooked Lane
King Arthur Road
Bible Way
Cosmos Court

There's also a Butt Road & a Los Angeles Avenue just outside the city.

[Top Of The Park]

In Colorado Springs not far from me is a street called Kinnikinnick Street...:D

[brackenridge]

Don't forget
Slaughter Lane.
Also, somewhere between Saint Claire Shores and Rochester Hills Michigan is Big Beaver Road. :)

[Fusey]

Norris Ave. Ahhhhhhhh yeah!

[shovel_ready]

Not major roads in Buffalo, but..........

http://img456.imageshack.us/img456/8471/clarkkentsi3.jpg

[DenverCrow]

Not major roads in Buffalo, but..........

http://img456.imageshack.us/img456/8471/clarkkentsi3.jpg

It took me a while to get this. Clever.:haha: