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Thread #35268   Message #738146
Posted By: SharonA
27-Jun-02 - 10:29 AM
Thread Name: BS: Unusual Street/Road Names
Subject: RE: BS: Unusual Street/Road Names
Thanks for refreshing this, Mr. Happy! I've got a couple of local ones to add:

Old New Road

Street Road

Herblew Road (a street in a housing development, named for the developer's two sons, Herb and Lew!)

Turkey Trot Road

Then there's the section of Interstate 476 from the PA Turnpike interchange south to its end (at Interstate 95). This section of road is commonly known as "The Blue Route" because it was one of many proposed roads mapped out in blue ink for decades before it was built. The odd thing is that in daily traffic reports on the radio and TV, announcers always refer to it as "The Blue Route" but hardly ever by its interstate route number! Anyone not familiar with the area – any tourist using it to get to Philadelphia PA, a popular historic site – is sure to be driven crazy by the unexplained nickname!!