# Las Pulgas Road, and other bizarre street names **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [June 25, 2006, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/las-pulgas-road-and-other-bizarre-street-names/362090 "2006-06-25T15:27:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2006, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/las-pulgas-road-and-other-bizarre-street-names/362090/1 "2006-06-25T15:27:22Z")
So I was riding my Las Pulgas Road yesterday. Who the hell names a road ‘The Fleas’? ---
**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2006, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/las-pulgas-road-and-other-bizarre-street-names/362090/2 "2006-06-25T15:37:52Z")
> [@Johnny L.A.](#): > > So I was riding my Las Pulgas Road yesterday. It’s your road, rename it! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2006, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/las-pulgas-road-and-other-bizarre-street-names/362090/3 "2006-06-25T15:42:47Z")
By, dammit! BY! :smack: ---
**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2006, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/las-pulgas-road-and-other-bizarre-street-names/362090/4 "2006-06-25T15:51:43Z")
[FreakStreets.com](http://www.freakstreets.com/) might come in handy here. New York City has Tiemann Place (time’n place?) in Harlem. Waverly Place in the Village intersects with…itself. Then there’s [this corner](http://www.jokeboy.net/pictures/seaman_cumming.jpg) in Brooklyn, which probably _should_ be in the Village. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2006, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/las-pulgas-road-and-other-bizarre-street-names/362090/5 "2006-06-25T16:01:49Z")
> [@Johnny L.A.](#): > > So I was riding my Las Pulgas Road yesterday. Who the hell names a road ‘The Fleas’? Two of the more desirable areas in Haines, Alaska are named Mosquito Lake and Mud Bay. Poetic, ain’t it? ---
**Author:** ![D.E.S.K.Top668](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f07891/32.png) [@D.E.S.K.Top668](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D.E.S.K.Top668)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2006, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/las-pulgas-road-and-other-bizarre-street-names/362090/6 "2006-06-25T16:05:10Z")
“Beaver Ruin Road” in Norcross. Ga. If a street name EVER needed a explanation, this is it. “Red Rover Mine Road” off of the 10 towards Vegas. I don’t know why, but I love that name. Peace - DESK ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2006, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/las-pulgas-road-and-other-bizarre-street-names/362090/7 "2006-06-25T16:10:54Z")
One of my favorites is “_Thing Valley Road_”, found in the Laguna Mountains east of San Diego. I don’t think it would be wise to turn down it on a dark and stormy night… ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2006, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/las-pulgas-road-and-other-bizarre-street-names/362090/8 "2006-06-25T17:07:54Z")
Philly has Street Road, which I’ve always been very fond of. ---
**Author:** ![Alive\_At\_Both\_Ends](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/73ab20/32.png) [@Alive\_At\_Both\_Ends](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alive_At_Both_Ends)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2006, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/las-pulgas-road-and-other-bizarre-street-names/362090/9 "2006-06-25T17:09:59Z")
Ha Ha Road, in Woolwich, southeast London. ---
**Author:** ![Scribble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scribble/32/3317_2.png) [@Scribble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scribble)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2006, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/las-pulgas-road-and-other-bizarre-street-names/362090/10 "2006-06-25T17:15:00Z")
> [@twickster](#): > > Philly has Street Road, which I’ve always been very fond of. And Columbus, Ohio has Lane Avenue. ---
**Author:** ![capybara](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/capybara/32/202_2.png) [@capybara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/capybara)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2006, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/las-pulgas-road-and-other-bizarre-street-names/362090/11 "2006-06-25T17:54:17Z")
Santa Barbara has, all in the same neighborhood, Quarantinas (Quarantines, of course), Los Indios Muertos (Dead Indians), and Salsipuedes (I think something like ‘leave if you can’). ---
**Author:** ![soulmurk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b782af/32.png) [@soulmurk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/soulmurk)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2006, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/las-pulgas-road-and-other-bizarre-street-names/362090/12 "2006-06-25T18:01:23Z")
[Jump Off Joe Road](http://www.mapquest.com/maps/map.adp?formtype=address&country=US&popflag=0&latitude=&longitude=&name=&phone=&level=&addtohistory=&cat=&address=3290+East+Jump+Off+Joe+Road&city=valley&state=wa&zipcode=) in Valley, Washington, which takes you, not surprisingly, to the oddly named Jumpoff Joe Lake. ---
**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2006, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/las-pulgas-road-and-other-bizarre-street-names/362090/13 "2006-06-25T18:02:33Z")
> [@D.E.S.K.Top668](#): > > “Beaver Ruin Road” in Norcross. Ga. If a street name EVER needed a explanation, this is it. There’s a Beaver Ruin Creek nearby. Might be a corruption of Beaver Run (run means creek in some places), or maybe there were ruins of a beaver dam there once. ---
**Author:** ![Yllaria](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yllaria/32/3452_2.png) [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2006, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/las-pulgas-road-and-other-bizarre-street-names/362090/14 "2006-06-25T18:03:01Z")
Dead Cat Alley Woodland, California ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2006, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/las-pulgas-road-and-other-bizarre-street-names/362090/15 "2006-06-25T18:20:38Z")
Then there’s Backlick Road in Virginia. I don’t want to know. . . ---
**Author:** ![Neidhart](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Neidhart](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Neidhart)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2006, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/las-pulgas-road-and-other-bizarre-street-names/362090/16 "2006-06-25T18:28:55Z")
Northern VA has Gallows Road. Montgomery County, MD has Lost Knife Road. ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2006, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/las-pulgas-road-and-other-bizarre-street-names/362090/17 "2006-06-25T19:04:51Z")
Avenue Road in Toronto. Also, Old Cummer Avenue. :: shudder :: ---
**Author:** ![GorillaMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/50afbb/32.png) [@GorillaMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GorillaMan)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2006, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/las-pulgas-road-and-other-bizarre-street-names/362090/18 "2006-06-25T19:56:31Z")
> [@Sunspace](#): > > Avenue Road in Toronto. A search on [streetmap.co.uk](http://streetmap.co.uk) turns up a couple of hundred of these in Britain. Spanker Lane in Derbyshire is one that amuses me. ---
**Author:** ![St\_Ides](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ccd318/32.png) [@St\_Ides](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/St_Ides)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2006, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/las-pulgas-road-and-other-bizarre-street-names/362090/19 "2006-06-25T20:08:30Z")
In the Kitchener-Waterloo area we have Tulane Street. Yeah… It’s got two lanes. And out in the country, there’s Country Lane. It’s a country lane, basically just going to a couple farms (no exit). ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2006, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/las-pulgas-road-and-other-bizarre-street-names/362090/20 "2006-06-25T20:31:32Z")
> [@Neidhart](#): > > Northern VA has Gallows Road. > > Montgomery County, MD has Lost Knife Road. Down in Brandywine is Short Cut Road. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/las-pulgas-road-and-other-bizarre-street-names/362090.md?page=2)